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[crs]

Informative it may be, but it is incorrect regarding 1.51. Atleast my findings have convinced me it is.

I've now tested wave 4 on many BenQs, Samsungs and Lite-Ons with 1.51, and none of them boots wave 4.

[spider85]

Got the exact same problem, hitachi 1.51 strats wave 4 games, but benq, samsung, lite-on doesn't start a wave 4!
Someone any idea?

Kind Regards,

[snart]

Oh that would suck. I have one Benq and one Hitachi at 1.51.  Hm.

[Reezum]

As always in these type of situations patience is the key. C4eva and ABGX360 will have the whole 'problem' rectified in a short while so just chill.....

I'm sure there will be wave 5, 6, 7 etc. in the coming years and the same will apply then. Just be PATIENT!!
It's the idiots who just can't help themselves and can't wait for a fix who then go online by patching or not verifying through ABGX then wonder why their console is banned!! IT'S BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T WAIT!!!!!!!

There is a plethora of fantastic games to keep us occupied in the meantime (ODST, Forza 3 , Brutal Legend etc.) - just because you wanna show off that you got Halo 10 a thousand years befor the release date is not a good enough reason for me to be impatient!! The firmware creators and guys at ABGX360 are doing an exceptionally good job of protecting our investments so just give them all time and wait for the magic to happen!!

On a side note:
Those of  us who are on 1.6 and can use the special disc to let us play without strict wave 3 compliance - just bare in mind that M$ could easily be logging the use of that disc (as it is so readily available for download) and then use that as a flag to ban consoles. As I stated earlier - I'm just gonna wait for 1.7. PEACE  

[Ree1981]

QUOTE(Reezum @ Oct 16 2009, 01:02 PM)

On a side note:
Those of  us who are on 1.6 and can use the special disc to let us play without strict wave 3 compliance - just bare in mind that M$ could easily be logging the use of that disc (as it is so readily available for download) and then use that as a flag to ban consoles. As I stated earlier - I'm just gonna wait for 1.7. PEACE  

Is that true? o_O

[Modify_inc]

QUOTE(SimianEtza @ Oct 16 2009, 10:33 AM)

I'm reading different things about the One-Shot boot disk, does it need to be burned on one layer or both?

Exactly, in this post it stays to make sure your burn to both layers...

4: Now open up Activate.iso with any burning software you use. (I.E. Imgburn, Clonecd, etc… I personally use Imgburn… )

5: Now in your burning program go into your write setting tab and make sure your layerbreak is set to the Calculate Optimal setting. Also check your booktype for DVD+R DL and make sure its on the DVD-ROM setting and that your write speed is at 2.4x.

6: Start Burn!

7: As soon as the burn starts a message will pop saying, “that the image is small enough for a regular DVD R, do you want to continue anyway?”
(You wanna choose yes because burned to a regular DVDR the Activate.iso wont work!!!)

8: Next another message will pop saying, “even though the image is small enough to fit into one layer its best to write in both layers, do wou wanna go away from the norm and write in only one layer?” (Now I wanna stress…READ THIS MESSAGE CAREFULLY!!!!)

Choosing “Yes” will cause all data to be wrttin into the first layer.

Choosing “No” will cause data to be writing into both layers.

CHOOSE NO!!

9: It will burn then finish…

[NoseBreaker]

I heard that's something that worked before for some kind of reason (?), however it does NOT work now. I accidently followed that guide and wasted a DL DVD.

Please edit your post as it might confuse someone and follow it.

This post has been edited by NoseBreaker: Oct 16 2009, 04:15 PM

[out4it]

QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Oct 16 2009, 11:05 AM)

Exactly, in this post it stays to make sure your burn to both layers...

4: Now open up Activate.iso with any burning software you use. (I.E. Imgburn, Clonecd, etc… I personally use Imgburn… )

5: Now in your burning program go into your write setting tab and make sure your layerbreak is set to the Calculate Optimal setting. Also check your booktype for DVD+R DL and make sure its on the DVD-ROM setting and that your write speed is at 2.4x.

6: Start Burn!

7: As soon as the burn starts a message will pop saying, “that the image is small enough for a regular DVD R, do you want to continue anyway?”
(You wanna choose yes because burned to a regular DVDR the Activate.iso wont work!!!)

8: Next another message will pop saying, “even though the image is small enough to fit into one layer its best to write in both layers, do wou wanna go away from the norm and write in only one layer?” (Now I wanna stress…READ THIS MESSAGE CAREFULLY!!!!)

Choosing “Yes” will cause all data to be wrttin into the first layer.

Choosing “No” will cause data to be writing into both layers.

CHOOSE NO!!

9: It will burn then finish…

If you had bothered to read the initial post in this thread you would see;
"The disk is available here:READ THE ARTICLE and needs to be burned to a DUAL LAYER disk, but entirely on the first layer (do not set a layerbreak and when imgburn prompts, tell it to burn to the first layer only)."


Hey hooked on phonics worked for me!!

[Fspiders]

Activate.iso works just fine for 1.6 units

Though I select yes to the last option to make imgburn write the data to layer 0.  Made a few of these last night for friends and all work on 1.6 and cars fine.

one point to add is that when you put this dvd in your unit it will come up as "play dvd" with the usual white box info... ignore that and press "A" the unit will go into pause. eject by the eject button and insert cars and it will boot up.. ( as long as you have a good rip... seems there are people burning this game without noticing the .dvd file is faulty)

[xbox360sexual]

QUOTE(Reezum @ Oct 16 2009, 01:02 PM)

On a side note:
Those of  us who are on 1.6 and can use the special disc to let us play without strict wave 3 compliance - just bare in mind that M$ could easily be logging the use of that disc (as it is so readily available for download) and then use that as a flag to ban consoles. As I stated earlier - I'm just gonna wait for 1.7. PEACE  

 I would imagine the f/w does its business with the disc before allowing that data to be passed over the sata, so MS can't log jack shit from that perspective. c4e isn't stupid.

Oh, and as for ACTIVATE.ISO :

http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=693767

[Ranger72]

QUOTE(Reezum @ Oct 16 2009, 08:02 AM)

On a side note:
Those of  us who are on 1.6 and can use the special disc to let us play without strict wave 3 compliance - just bare in mind that M$ could easily be logging the use of that disc (as it is so readily available for download) and then use that as a flag to ban consoles. As I stated earlier - I'm just gonna wait for 1.7. PEACE  

As far as the console knows you inserted a blank disk with nothing on it.

[Cascade]

should I even worry about this if my rips are from my original discs.  I ignore when abgx tells me the disc failed verification.  

Is abgx aimed more at the people that download illegal .iso or just a 'general' rip checking utility?

[BoNg420]

QUOTE(Cascade @ Oct 16 2009, 12:21 PM)

should I even worry about this if my rips are from my original discs.  I ignore when abgx tells me the disc failed verification.  

Is abgx aimed more at the people that download illegal .iso or just a 'general' rip checking utility?

Both i believe

[Anarchy99]

QUOTE(Cascade @ Oct 16 2009, 05:21 PM)

should I even worry about this if my rips are from my original discs.  I ignore when abgx tells me the disc failed verification.  

Is abgx aimed more at the people that download illegal .iso or just a 'general' rip checking utility?

both
how do you think pirates get games?   someone or group rips them just like you would
my rips can come out with a failure but then i set a autofix threshold of 3 and it fixes them to find the appropriate hashes
if your rips dont after that its a bad rip and playing it may = ban on next ban wave

This post has been edited by Anarchy99: Oct 16 2009, 05:44 PM

[Toddler]

QUOTE(Anarchy99 @ Oct 16 2009, 11:41 AM)

both
how do you think pirates get games?   someone or group rips them just like you would
my rips can come out with a failure but then i set a autofix threshold of 3 and it fixes them to find the appropriate hashes

Wrong, you should not be autofixing your own rips.  Just because they're not in the database doesn't mean they need to be "fixed" in any way.  That's not what the feature is intended to do.  Rip your games twice and compare the CRCs; if they match, you're set (ignore the RAW CRC since it will always vary due to jitter/disc angle value).  If you autofix your own rips, all you're doing is replacing known good data to make your rip look exactly like everybody else's.  And if I have to explain what that means, forget it--I don't feel like having that discussion.

QUOTE(Ranger72 @ Oct 16 2009, 11:07 AM)

As far as the console knows you inserted a blank disk with nothing on it.

But do we know whether that condition is logged?  If I'm Microsoft and I can see that people suddenly can't tell the difference between a 360 game and blank media every time they play Wave4 games, I smile and dust off the ban hammer.