Post by: Xbox-Scene on January 05, 2010, 01:41:00 PM
Xecuter LT Switch Easy Switch For Liteon 94850, 83850 and 93450 DVD Drives Posted by XanTium | January 5 15:41 EST | News Category: Xbox360 |
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Post by: leorimolo on January 05, 2010, 01:43:00 PM
Post by: Biaz on January 05, 2010, 01:48:00 PM
"60 second install"
Post by: k0mpresd on January 05, 2010, 01:50:00 PM
Post by: niai on January 05, 2010, 01:55:00 PM
Post by: Reaper527 on January 05, 2010, 02:18:00 PM
Post by: mingy83 on January 05, 2010, 02:21:00 PM
Post by: tstein on January 05, 2010, 02:25:00 PM
QUOTE(mingy83 @ Jan 5 2010, 03:21 PM) 
uhh yeah especially since its a flimsy little pcb with a switch, led and a resistor and you still have to cut your traces, team xecuter is ripping people off at $8 a pop seems like they haven't been doing much this generation.
I will personally continue to use wire and a switch. However, I think Xecuter has been great at supporting the Xbox community with good products over the years. Not useful for most, but this product has its place IMO.
Post by: skyliner99 on January 05, 2010, 02:45:00 PM
Post by: deilzfcjk on January 05, 2010, 02:49:00 PM
Post by: shtewps on January 05, 2010, 02:56:00 PM
so you are still trace cutting, and you are still soldering.. sorry but why do people want this, again?
Post by: neonkoala on January 05, 2010, 03:23:00 PM
QUOTE(shtewps @ Jan 5 2010, 09:56 PM)
as others have said, only useful if it doesn't require trace cutting and does not need to be installed for the drive to operate thereafter (this way it could be removed and used on other drives to acquire the key).
so you are still trace cutting, and you are still soldering.. sorry but why do people want this, again?
Because it has a nice flashy LED of course...
Post by: HOMiE7 on January 05, 2010, 03:27:00 PM
Russian version
German version
This post has been edited by HOMiE7: Jan 5 2010, 11:31 PM
Post by: Riffy on January 05, 2010, 03:45:00 PM
QUOTE(Reaper527 @ Jan 5 2010, 03:18 PM) 
Haha glad someone else thought the same thing, besides you'll still get banned so why do all the effort when you can just use an older drive. Hell banned ones are cheap as hell.
Post by: Blargharg on January 05, 2010, 04:40:00 PM
Post by: HotKnife420 on January 05, 2010, 05:27:00 PM
Post by: teamp on January 05, 2010, 06:31:00 PM
Post by: bedojunkmail on January 05, 2010, 06:55:00 PM
QUOTE(RoboChicken @ Jan 6 2010, 01:06 AM)
Xecuter LT switch:
- Doesn't matter if you lose original fw. Just reread and upgrade - never have to solder again
Um, if you install Ixtreme on the drive, then your original firmware is no longer there to be reread.
Ixtreme lets you read back the key over SATA, anyway.
Post by: warbeast on January 05, 2010, 07:07:00 PM
how about instead of making this crap they make a dual nand modchip like cygnos v2 with some good features
Post by: eyric101 on January 05, 2010, 07:34:00 PM
Post by: blob_54 on January 05, 2010, 08:45:00 PM
all you need is an exacto knife, soldering iron, a few pieces of wire, a 22ohm resister and a spst switch
an whammo bammo you got it made
and besides... By the time u get this thing in the mail you could have already been playing games for about a week lol.... But yes it does have it's purposes and I think it's a great device for some people.... But if you know how to solder and can hold ur hang steady lol... Why waste $8 an wait about a week to make it barely easier??
Post by: insanity4all on January 05, 2010, 09:04:00 PM
That or I just bought 2.
Oops
Post by: mafiafan123 on January 05, 2010, 09:06:00 PM
I think if they start doing easy to do solutions and maybe even xbr devices for flashing the nand it would be great still taking other peoples ideas though. Something new and creative would be a plus but i like the price.Post by: m82a1 on January 05, 2010, 10:20:00 PM
Post by: wlintek on January 06, 2010, 02:52:00 AM
Post by: q2uantum on January 06, 2010, 03:05:00 AM
http://www.diygadget...ctor-combo.html
Bit more pricey though!
Regards
q2
Post by: PerfectCell on January 06, 2010, 04:29:00 AM
QUOTE(Blargharg @ Jan 5 2010, 11:40 PM)
Actually, it seems with this thing installed reconnecting cut traces is no longer required (if you don't take it off of course). I can see this being useful, but 8$ is too much. Now, if it were 5 or less I'd definitely go with this method for all my customers.
Thats what I am thinking as the traces must be cut for the dumping to work, but if you can switch from on to off this switch must do something else
Post by: BoNg420 on January 06, 2010, 05:36:00 AM
QUOTE(Blargharg @ Jan 5 2010, 06:40 PM)
Actually, it seems with this thing installed reconnecting cut traces is no longer required (if you don't take it off of course). I can see this being useful, but 8$ is too much. Now, if it were 5 or less I'd definitely go with this method for all my customers.
You people are seriously this cheap? WTF is the difference between $5 and $8 (besides $3)
Come on, they are just trying to make things a little easier on people. Look it costs Xecuter $x to make product, then they charge reseller $x and then reseller has to make profit, its a cheap thing, probably costs like $1-2 to make tops. So the reseller probably only makes like $3 or so off these. What you want free hand outs all the time, its not like they are trying to charge $20+ for this thing. $8 is pocket change for most people and it will make the job slightly easier.
Look at it this way, if you didn't have the supplies to do the mod, most people will have to go to radio shack and buy switches, resistors, wire, etc. to do it the normal way and that's gonna cost you at least $5-6 there, so why complain about something like this, plus it is a nice clean install with no wires.
QUOTE(Riffy @ Jan 5 2010, 05:45 PM)
Haha glad someone else thought the same thing, besides you'll still get banned so why do all the effort when you can just use an older drive. Hell banned ones are cheap as hell.
Some people don't play on live, but would like a new console if they can't find pre August 09 stock so they have lesser chances of getting RROD.
Post by: ATHiEST on January 06, 2010, 05:49:00 AM
QUOTE(Liamm @ Jan 6 2010, 02:39 PM)
Does this mean that the original firmware can now be read from unflashed lite-ons?
As to restore your flashed drive back to stock firmware?
Yes, But its been that way for a while now on ALL liteon drives, This brings absolutley nothing new.
This IMO is completley useless and just a gimmick for n00bs. All this does is replace the use of wires and rejoining traces and that is it. You still have to cut traces, plus if you wanted to re-use it you would need to se-solder the board and then re-join the traces, there is no need to leave it on because once you have fw there is no need for the switch etc.
they have even held back on the tutorials etc so all the n00bs jump in and order one before seeing that its nothing different to what you have to already do.
Just a gimmick nothing more.
Post by: Morning Call on January 06, 2010, 11:38:00 AM
QUOTE(ATHiEST @ Jan 6 2010, 07:49 AM)
Just a gimmick nothing more.
basically. it doesn't make things faster, it doesn't make things easier.
it just costs money
you can get a roll of wire and a switch for less money and save time as you don't need to wait for this to come in
like everyone says, ixtreme fw allows you to reflash with no issue so this doesn't even help there.
atleast its only $8.. but that could be put towards something else. oh, like a roll of wire and a couple switches to permanently do more then one drive.
Post by: gotloveforall on January 06, 2010, 01:28:00 PM
QUOTE(HOMiE7 @ Jan 5 2010, 06:27 PM)
Russion to English Google
German to English
Translated to english. Does the Russion one look like a Spear Tool? Traces will still need to be cut and re-connected. Why don't they just mass produce something like that instead of making this Xecuter LT Switch?
Post by: BoNg420 on January 06, 2010, 01:32:00 PM
QUOTE(Morning Call @ Jan 6 2010, 01:38 PM)
basically. it doesn't make things faster, it doesn't make things easier.
it just costs money
you can get a roll of wire and a switch for less money and save time as you don't need to wait for this to come in
like everyone says, ixtreme fw allows you to reflash with no issue so this doesn't even help there.
atleast its only $8.. but that could be put towards something else. oh, like a roll of wire and a couple switches to permanently do more then one drive.
You can remove this and use it on more then one drive as well, you just got to fix your traces still.
Post by: pricemeista33 on January 06, 2010, 03:16:00 PM
QUOTE(insanity4all @ Jan 6 2010, 05:04 AM)
After shipping and conversion rate it's $17. For the US
That or I just bought 2.
Oops
Hey insanity are these on the shelves already or what? I went to their site and the date said they will be ready sometime in November 2010 WTF!
Post by: BoNg420 on January 06, 2010, 04:28:00 PM
QUOTE(pricemeista33 @ Jan 6 2010, 05:16 PM)
Hey insanity are these on the shelves already or what? I went to their site and the date said they will be ready sometime in November 2010 WTF!
some countries do their dates different, so they actually mean January 11, 2010 = 11/01/10
Post by: walterg74 on January 06, 2010, 05:26:00 PM
QUOTE(blob_54 @ Jan 6 2010, 01:45 AM)
I don't see what's so hard on cutting traces and exposing them to solder too.... I did it today within 10 minutes I had the drive open and ready to be read... Flipped the switch and off I went
all you need is an exacto knife, soldering iron, a few pieces of wire, a 22ohm resister and a spst switch
an whammo bammo you got it made
and besides... By the time u get this thing in the mail you could have already been playing games for about a week lol.... But yes it does have it's purposes and I think it's a great device for some people.... But if you know how to solder and can hold ur hang steady lol... Why waste $8 an wait about a week to make it barely easier??
Ahh but see, you took 10 minutes.. With this, it's "60 seconds"... You probably have a lot of time to wais, but I don't and my time is way more valuable than yours...
Post by: m82a1 on January 06, 2010, 05:49:00 PM
QUOTE(walterg74 @ Jan 6 2010, 07:26 PM)
Ahh but see, you took 10 minutes.. With this, it's "60 seconds"... You probably have a lot of time to wais, but I don't and my time is way more valuable than yours...
do you really believe its 60 seconds? if anything, its probably the same amount of time.
Post by: HotKnife420 on January 06, 2010, 05:58:00 PM
QUOTE(m82a1 @ Jan 7 2010, 01:49 AM)
do you really believe its 60 seconds? if anything, its probably the same amount of time.
Well, it seems like all you need to do us cut the trace, then slap this mofo on it. Sounds like less than a minute, to me...
Post by: Exobex on January 06, 2010, 07:12:00 PM
A knife, a bit of wire and a hefty resistor, job done. Actually SAVE your original firmware somewhere and you'll never need to open the drive again!
Still, I suppose someone'll buy them. Someone always does.
Post by: penguin13579 on January 07, 2010, 12:38:00 PM
I have a newer elite, almost positive it has 94850, my question is:
how much does this cut down on the difficulty of modding the newer liteons? i see I still have to solder..but do I still have to do something with those little pins everyone was talking about? Does this cut down on ease at all? Need an honest answer, because 8 dollars is nothing, especially for a one time install and done. But i'm just worried about the one time install..
Post by: saint24 on January 07, 2010, 01:02:00 PM
people just love to knock xecuter i think they are doing a great job keeping things alive
edit: the drive in the picture was probably a spare they had lying around that had the traces cut already
Post by: blackg1000 on January 07, 2010, 01:55:00 PM
QUOTE(saint24 @ Jan 7 2010, 08:02 PM)
doesnt require cutting of traces just a couple of blobs of solder and done takes 60 seconds including taking the bottom off the drive dont know why everyone is complaining i will be installing these to all liteons as its a damn sight easier than using that sodding probe and when theres an update voila already done
people just love to knock xecuter i think they are doing a great job keeping things alive
edit: the drive in the picture was probably a spare they had lying around that had the traces cut already
I've been waiting on someone confirming this as I have no real experience in cutting traces, bit of soldering but thats it.
Not doubting what you said but if theres absolutely no need to cut traces and it just needs to be soldered to the PCB then I'm definetely using this kit.
Post by: PerfectCell on January 07, 2010, 01:59:00 PM
QUOTE(saint24 @ Jan 7 2010, 08:02 PM)
doesnt require cutting of traces just a couple of blobs of solder and done takes 60 seconds including taking the bottom off the drive dont know why everyone is complaining i will be installing these to all liteons as its a damn sight easier than using that sodding probe and when theres an update voila already done
people just love to knock xecuter i think they are doing a great job keeping things alive
edit: the drive in the picture was probably a spare they had lying around that had the traces cut already
From Xecuter site
Removal of Resin: Scratch the surface of the solder points with an fiber glass pen / exacto knife / sandpaper / emery board.
Time: 20 seconds
Difficulty 1-10: 1
Cutting the Traces: Use an exacto knife to make 2 small cuts.
Time: 20 seconds
Difficulty 1-10: 1
Soldering the PCB: The PCB is self aligning to the exact positons. Solder 5 small blobs to the larger solder positions on the LT Switch - they will flow down to the small points on the Liteon PCB.
Time: 20 seconds
Difficulty 1-10: 2
However it does not make it clear which to traces need to be cut
Post by: pricemeista33 on January 07, 2010, 02:03:00 PM
QUOTE(BoNg420 @ Jan 7 2010, 12:28 AM)
some countries do their dates different, so they actually mean January 11, 2010 = 11/01/10
Hey thanks BoNg420 as I will try out one to see for my self and if I could use this for other than flashing. By the way your username is awesome as my b-day is 420 YEAH!
Post by: scorpionrecords on January 07, 2010, 05:08:00 PM
Post by: jgcaap on January 07, 2010, 06:26:00 PM
http://img248.images...oard6352726.jpg
Because if is that wont be hard at all
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