Gaming Modding an Xbox 360

[EarthBound]

Nope my new premium (Pro) that I have is a BenQ.

When did you purchase your 360?

Um can't quite remember, like 3-4 months ago...

Fairly sure it is a BenQ drive anyway, didn't do too much research into it as I wasn't going to flash it, having one console banned was bad enough!

http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=61.html

 

[aslacker55]

The new xbox360 have either a BenQ drive or a Hitachi-LG v79FL drive. The Hitachi would be better to get right now, it's easier to flash. You will just need a 79 Pass Key to flash it.
Here's the installation diagram: http://www.maximusgames.net/79passkeyinfo.php?opt=4

 

[MC DUI]

I can't go to that link Earthbound I'm at work and gaming pages are banned. Though for some reason I can still come here...

 

[aslacker55]

I can't go to that link Earthbound I'm at work and gaming pages are banned. Though for some reason I can still come here...

Here's the pic from that website:

 

[Hiratai]

Just buy a Blaster 360. You open it once, then you do the rest straight from this little hump thing on your 360. I use it all the time, and I used it to play Halo within minutes. Also, if you get the newest Booter firmware, you don't need to worry about getting banned from XBL.

 

[aslacker55]

Just buy a Blaster 360. You open it once, then you do the rest straight from this little hump thing on your 360. I use it all the time, and I used it to play Halo within minutes. Also, if you get the newest Booter firmware, you don't need to worry about getting banned from XBL.

That's only good for the old dvd drives, the new drives (BenQ and Hitachi v79) will need opening the dvd drive and soldering a Passkey(Hitachi) or a switch (Ben-Q).

 

[MC DUI]

Hmm going from that pick I may actually have a Samsung, are all the BenQ drive trays black?

 

[aslacker55]

Hmm going from that pick I may actually have a Samsung, are all the BenQ drive trays black?


Sorry I forgot to put this with the picture:QUOTEPlease note that the BenQ drive in this picture has a black tray, the retail drive is grey in color.

 

[MC DUI]

Well now I don't know for sure the Samsung and BenQ look very similar I would need to check on my actual 360 to know for sure.

If you guys care that much I'll check but otherwise I'll probably forget when I get home tonight!

 

[aslacker55]

I say just use this website to see what drives are in new xbox 360: http://www.360drives.com/list?sort=mfrdate.
Go by manufacturing date.

 

[deathfisaro]

My refurbished 360 came with Samsung drive, so I'm gonna flash it.

I read the Blaster 360 installation guide, and very clueless about why I would need it, just flash the drive with iExtreme and I'm good to go, no?

 

[MC DUI]

My refurbished 360 came with Samsung drive, so I'm gonna flash it.

I read the Blaster 360 installation guide, and very clueless about why I would need it, just flash the drive with iExtreme and I'm good to go, no?

No you don't need it, pretty sure the only reason to have it is so that you don't have to keep opening your 360 everytime you want to update the firmware.

 

[deathfisaro]

Thanks,
I'll probably be very lazy about updating iExtreme and get banned and care not much about it.

 

[aslacker55]

Thanks,
I'll probably be very lazy about updating iExtreme and get banned and care not much about it.

This site should help you on flashing the 360: http://360patches.com/forums/index.php?topic=7.0.

 

[deathfisaro]

Thanks aslacker55

I opened my 360 up, I got stuck at torx screws. I have 2 torx screw heads but both of them are too big. Gotta go buy smaller ones, T7 and T10.

And I'm not certain my mainboard SATA chipset is VIA, it's
ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI.
I'll hook it up to see if it recognizes my Toshiba Samsung drive, don't wanna spend extra bucks, hopefully I'll be done with modding this weekend.