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3800sc

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Flash Drive Question.
« on: March 10, 2011, 06:47:00 PM »
I added a normal USB port to one of my XBOX consoles years ago and have NEVER used it for anything.  I have a handfull of 16 and 32GB flash drives and I was wondering if there is a way to format them to FATx so I can transfer game backups from my PC to the xbox.  If so, what software would be needed to read the FATx flash drive on my PC?  

I used the search function for this first with no luck.

Thanks.
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xboxmods2977

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 07:15:00 PM »
No USB flash drive over 4gb will work on the Xbox.
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 07:28:00 PM »
QUOTE(xboxmods2977 @ Mar 10 2011, 09:15 PM) View Post

No USB flash drive over 4gb will work on the Xbox.


But anything 4GB and below will?
If I were to format a 16GB into 4 seperate 4GB partitions would it work?
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 08:13:00 PM »
Nope. I personally tried that myself with no luck. Also, not all flash drives 4gb and smaller will work. It is a crap shoot finding one that the xbox likes.
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 09:41:00 PM »
QUOTE(xboxmods2977 @ Mar 10 2011, 10:13 PM) View Post

Nope. I personally tried that myself with no luck. Also, not all flash drives 4gb and smaller will work. It is a crap shoot finding one that the xbox likes.


eh, oh well.
guess the only way I'll ever use these USB ports is if I mod my controllers smile.gif
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2011, 07:26:00 AM »
I suppose adding a purpose designed USB port to a Xbox is an interesting DIY project giving a minor practical advantage.

However as I understand it the four controller ports are little more than redesigned USB ones. All you need to use them with compatible USB devices is an adapter lead which is still easily found and costs. literally, a few dollars/pounds.

So I'm interested as to what mod to what controllers were you thinking of?
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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2011, 05:15:00 PM »
QUOTE(fallenangle @ Mar 11 2011, 08:26 AM) View Post

I suppose adding a purpose designed USB port to a Xbox is an interesting DIY project giving a minor practical advantage.

However as I understand it the four controller ports are little more than redesigned USB ones. All you need to use them with compatible USB devices is an adapter lead which is still easily found and costs. literally, a few dollars/pounds.

So I'm interested as to what mod to what controllers were you thinking of?

the memory card slots on the controllers are USB ports as well, and like the controller ports you just have to wire it to a standard port
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2020, 07:15:00 AM »
Yes, I know people have done just that, convert the memory card port into a USB one but why? Perhaps I'm being thick but that's what I've never understood and the reason I asked. Is it just being done because you can or does it have some practical purpose you can't acheive in any other, neater way?

As I said cheap, purpose designed Xbox controller port to USB(F) adapter cables have been available for years and still are quite easy to find. So except in extremis  or as part of some larger radical modding project I don't see the point of defacing a controller or console case just to put in a what amounts to a 5th USB port.
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