Youkai said:
XD dunno what hit my had i wanted to write 230V
didn't know europ had all the same, only knew that america has way less Volt
I have no clue ...
I ask you, do i need one ?
like i said i have actually nothing and I want to play games ... and if possible not only originals cuz some imports are very expensive and that for a game i can't understand ....
I'll see if I can dig out the European power lead and photograph it. I think it's an European lead,
If you're not familar with JTAG's, you probably need to research them. I don't know if they play retail discs from other regions without the drive flashed. However, even if they games don't run without the drives firmware flashed, you will still be able to install them to the HDD and play them from the HDD. I know games run from the HDD are region free, with the exception of a couple of games (which are taken care of by DashLaunch 2.07). Most people just download games and then install them to the HDD and then launch them from the HDD, even my own retail games I have installed to the HDD. This is especially true with the Japanese games, I have the Japanese Otomedius Gorgeous on mine...
Most people who want bare consoles, already have an X360 and so have everything they need. If you don't already have an X360, you really need a complete console. You'll also need a X360 hard drive of some description, you can use 16GB from a USB drive but it's not really enough unless you aren't planning to use DLC.
One of the main features of a JTAG is being able to install games to the HDD and then run them without the disc inserted.
With JTAG's, you can store games in a GOD (Game on Demand) format on the HDD. This can be done by using ISO2GOD on your PC which will convert ISOs and then FTP them to the console's HDD if you have it plugged into your router. You can also use the "Install to HDD" option on the retail dashboard which like retail consoles will install the game to the attached HDD but will still require the disc present in order to start the game. You can then run NXE2GOD (homebrew) which will convert them into a GOD so you no longer need the disc inserted to start the game, hence why JTAG's are very popular with people who rent games. GOD games appear in the official dashboard's Library/ quicklaunch/ recently played like any NXE game.
Another method is to extract the files so you end up with the raw Xex files. People do that when they want to mod games. Those can only be run through an alternative dashboard such as FreeStyleDash or XeXMenu.
The Kinect Dash will only see GOD games on the internal drive or the 16GB reserved area of a USB drive, while the alternative dashboards such as FreeStyleDash can load them from a FAT32 external USB HDD. On a JTAG you can replace the Microsoft Official SATA drive with one of any size. DLC always has to be on the internal HDD while XBLA is the same as GOD games, as in it needs to be on the internal Sata drive for it to appear in the official dashboard but can be anywhere on a USB drive if you use FSD.
That really leaves 5 options:
- Use an USB external drive formatted to FAT32. In the Kinect dash reserve 16GB for console use (you don't get that full 16GB, as the console reserves a reasonable amount for it's own use. 16GB is the maximum you can reserve). This 16GB reserved area will actually be a set of hidden files in a hidden "Xbox360" directory in the root of the drive. You can then use the 16GB for DLC, and copy GOD/ XBLA to anywhere else on the drive. However 16GB is very limited for DLC, especially after the console itself takes a chuck of that. On a 20GB HDD, you end up with ~13GB useable free space.
- Use a 60GB/ 120GB Microsoft drive for your DLC and use an external USB drive for your XBLA/ GOD games. You'll have to use FSD2 to play the XBLA/ GODs.
- Use a 250GB drive for both, be limited with what you can install.
- Get a 20GB Microsoft Drive, rip out the drive and replace it with a 500GB/ 640GB/ 750GB/ 1TB Laptop 2.5" Drive (JTAG's aren't limited to 250GB drives). 1TB 2.5" drives are larger than normal laptop drives as they have an additional platter (a platter is a disk inside the HDD, HDD's normally have multiple platters per drive), you should be able to fit them if you remove the metal enclosure from the caddy but it's tight. That may also be true for some 750GB drives, it varies drive to drive depending on how many platters they use (newer drives = higher area density = few platters to reach a given drive capacity)
- Get a 20GB Microsoft Drive, rip out the drive, get a Sata extension cable and plug in a 1TB/1.5TB/2TB 3.5" Sata Desktop drive. Because Desktop drives use 12V (laptpo drives use 5V) It will need to be powered externally. This isn't an issue with drives in an eSata enclosure as they come with their own PSU's. For a bare drive you can gut an XBOX360 'Intercooler' and power it via that. Intercoolers piggyback into the XBOX's power socket and take power directly from the PSU, if you remove the piggyback adapter from the intercooler you can wire up the 12V+ & ground to a Sata power connector and use that to power the drive.
A fully set up and configured JTAG is very easy to use, they can even rip their own games.
The problem you have is when people supply them bare console, many don't include the original NAND or XeXmenu on Disc. New owners then power them on and it boots to the retail dash just like a retail console, and they don't have a clue what to next. It is possible to download XeXmenu from Xbins and burn to a disc, you can then launch that on the console and FTP FSD2.0 to the HDD from your PC. You then need to use quickboot on your PC to create an entry for FSD2 in the Kinect Dash. You also need to configure DashLaunch so FSD2 is either loaded by default or loaded when a specific button on the controller is held down. Once installed, FSD2 auto updates and will automatically download game covers/ screenshots, all you have to is tell it where your games are. However, don't buy a console unless it comes with the original NAND.
You may need the original NAND for future rebooter updates, a lot of people with older JTAG's have had trouble updating their consoles because they don't have the original NAND. If the drive is flashed, it's also handy if comes with a copy of the drives original firmware. A lot of people were also having problems when LT+ was released as they didn't have a copy of their original firmware, and likewise when LT+1.1 was released just recently.
