Post by: HerbalTylenol on December 24, 2007, 01:45:00 PM
I just bought a 360 a few days ago from Best Buy. It has a Hitachi drive, manufactured in October 2007.
I talked to a friend who does modding, and he told me to return the xbox to Best Buy and just get another one, something with a Toshiba or BenQ drive. He said he can only install a chip into the Hitachi drives, and at the end of January he would be able to do the firmware flash.
Anyways, I just want to be able to play on Live after modding. If I get the chip mod, I obviously will not be able to play on Live. So is it possible to flash the Hitachi drive? Or should I just exchange it?
I would exchange it, except I price matched a deal from Dell at Best Buy, and I got the Forza 2/Marvel Alliance, but also Halo 3 and a $120 HDMI cable free, all for $369.00. So if I go return the 360, I won't be able to get this deal again.
Last thing, I noticed that Toshiba/other drives can be modded with the new iXtreme 1.4 versions, but the Hitachi ones require iXtreme1.2, to play on Live. Won't this make the Hitachi ones more susceptible to bans, as it is an older version? I just don't want to get banned sad.gif
Thank you.
Post by: Vrtclhykr on December 25, 2007, 01:02:00 AM
Post by: mr_dimsum on December 25, 2007, 10:48:00 AM
QUOTE(Vrtclhykr @ Dec 25 2007, 09:02 AM) 
I would question your friend who "does modding" if he is telling you to return it. He must be pretty behind on the scene if he thinks you will find a Sammy out there and that there is only chips for Hitachi's. Once again he sounds like someone who thinks they are a modder cause they can flash a samsung. Same as all these kiddies who call themselves modders because they can solder a WiiKey.
Just purchased an Xbox 360 with a Samsung drive in it from my local Loblaws grocery store. =) To my surprise! Just wanted to let you know it's possible! One thing though, it did not include an HDMI port, so just a word of advice!
Post by: Ranger72 on December 25, 2007, 12:49:00 PM
QUOTE(mr_dimsum @ Dec 25 2007, 06:48 PM)
Just purchased an Xbox 360 with a Samsung drive in it from my local Loblaws grocery store. =) To my surprise! Just wanted to let you know it's possible! One thing though, it did not include an HDMI port, so just a word of advice!
Older 360 like that can have Samsung drives. None of the newer HDMI and Falcon 360 have them. Only BenQ and Hitachi.
But it is true that all 360 drives can me modded now so go from there.