Post by: haz8989 on May 29, 2006, 12:35:00 AM
Can anyone back this up for me??
Post by: recall2000 on May 29, 2006, 05:45:00 AM
QUOTE(haz8989 @ May 29 2006, 06:42 AM) 
I'm sorry if this question has been asked a hundred times, but i'm yet to find a solid answer. Is it possible to remove the region coding of an XBOX 360? I have been told by someone who is adament it is possible to do so, however it seems a bit sus.
Can anyone back this up for me??
You cannot (at time of posting) remove the region coding, but there are a number of games that don't have any region coding. More info - http://en.wikipedia...._Xbox_360_Games
Post by: Havok on May 29, 2006, 08:36:00 PM
QUOTE(recall2000 @ May 29 2006, 11:52 AM)
You cannot (at time of posting) remove the region coding, but there are a number of games that don't have any region coding. More info - http://en.wikipedia...._Xbox_360_Games
Secuirity sectors are still different for different regions even though the game is region free.
Post by: PedrosPad on May 30, 2006, 01:49:00 AM
QUOTE(Havok @ May 30 2006, 03:43 AM)
Secuirity sectors are still different for different regions even though the game is region free.
It's be interesting to know if the rest of the ISO content is the same and the SS the only difference.
If the true 'content' of the ISO also contains differences (localised language strings, etc.), then this would imply the SS contains a hash of the disk contents.
If the true 'content' is identical, this would imply the SS has a relationship with the console's regional settings (held in Flash?).
My guess would be the SS contains a hash of the disk contents. This be useful for verification during manufacture (although also potentially useful at runtime, I don't see the console recalculating the disk contents on insertion - the time this'd take would upset game launch time. Maybe thisd come if people started patching the game content files
).
Post by: brandogg on May 30, 2006, 06:42:00 AM
Post by: PedrosPad on May 30, 2006, 09:04:00 AM
QUOTE(Spark @ May 30 2006, 03:26 PM)
It is also impossible to disable the regional protection through the drive fw as it is stored in the bios.
I've no comment on the validity of any release, but I suspect it would be possible to hack the DVD-Drive FW to remove DVD-Video regional protection. (DVD-Drive FW could report all DVD-Video disks a region zero (i.e. everywhere).) I'm sure we'll see this eventually.