I picked up a new 360 at Wal-Mart two days ago for $100 during the Saturday special. I checked 360drives.com, and my 360 Arcade isn't listed. It has a lot number of 0935x, which is only listed for 360 elites. So, I'm not exactly straight forward sure about everything. Some sites say that the new Lite-On drives can't be hacked because they use Flash ROM instead of RAM. But some of them don't have modern posting dates, some do, and some don't list the date, and I can't seem to find any really recent articles (less than a month old). I checked, my 360 has a Lite On Drive. Not sure what version though, and I don't want open it and risk voiding my warranty to check the drive number ("83850c").
Can all Lite-Ons be flashed? And if not, what alternatives are there? I'll look into mod chips as a last result. Am I able to swap the drive for another drive? If I do that, which drive should I swap it for? I think I read that Hitachi has the best drives.
Thanks.