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Nadaman said:
The original Xbox has had a cold boot software hack since... checks notes... July 2003. It was literally hacked before I was born.

Or if you mean "custom firmware" in a literal sense (flashing the BIOS of the motherboard itself), this has been known to be possible on most Xboxes for a similar amount of time. Recently, even the 1.6 model's flash ROM inside the proprietary Xyclops IC has been discovered to be flashable through its TTL interface: https://www.xbox-scene.info/forums/topic/804-xyclomod-flash-the-on-board-bios-on-v16/
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Wow the 1.6 is flashable? I didn't think that was even possible. I thought it was stored in ROM and couldn't be flashed. That's really cool.
 
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AWESOME! My 360 Elite has had a broken disc drive for a few years so I was SOL for a few years. Didn't want to JTAG the poor thing.
 
Dragon91Nippon said:
Wow the 1.6 is flashable? I didn't think that was even possible. I thought it was stored in ROM and couldn't be flashed. That's really cool.
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Only the A-B01 variant of the Xyclops chip you cannot flash. The A-A02 is supported. Guessing that's some closed weak point by instead removing the ability to write to the chip?
 
SylverReZ said:
Yes. 32GB or less is supported, however, larger sizes may need to be formatted with FAT32Format. I'd honestly stick with a 16GB USB which is what I've used.
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I ask that because I dont have usb stick, only hdd that are actually unused. Also if you know, do I need that usb/hdd after the installation or do I need to keep it plugged ?
 
Xyphoseos said:
I ask that because I dont have usb stick, only hdd that are actually unused. Also if you know, do I need that usb/hdd after the installation or do I need to keep it plugged ?
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I haven't checked yet but I think you won't need it after installation.
 
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Dragon91Nippon said:
Wow the 1.6 is flashable? I didn't think that was even possible. I thought it was stored in ROM and couldn't be flashed. That's really cool.
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I remember hacking the xbox with a kamikaze technique where i disconnect the hdd while the console still on ,plug it on a ide cable on a pc ,launching the hack,then reconnect the hdd to the xbox still on.This was 20 years ago.How time flies...
 
lordofcombo said:
Who cares about stock? you people always find negative aspect of things.Live service is gone,whats the point of stock?
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Some people do like to choose, no-one can force others to stick to a modded system as they do like to retain how it came originally.

But personally, considering the 360 marketplace and Live services are all gone, I do still recommend a modded system just because you can get more out of it.
 
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SylverReZ said:
Some people do like to choose, no-one can force others to stick to a modded system as they do like to retain how it came originally.

But personally, considering the 360 marketplace and Live services are all gone, I do still recommend a modded system just because you can get more out of it.
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in 20 years ,a 90 million copy sale console in stock state that cant read jack shit must be worth a lot...
 
lordofcombo said:
kamikaze technique where i disconnect the hdd while the console still on ,plug it on a ide cable on a pc ,launching the hack,then reconnect the hdd to the xbox still on.
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The Kamikaze hack involved drilling a hole on a certain chip at a certain location, on the pcb board of the disk drive. This would break a trace/ connection and allow backups to be read. Here is the drill kit:
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https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox_360:Drive_Flashing
 
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