LT+ 3.0 released for most xbox 360 slim liteons

[iggloovortex]

finally got to flashing, and my xbox's drive is Lite-on DG16D2S, which isnt being recognized by the USB adapter, will i have to purchase other goods?

 

[DinohScene]

Have you set the drive to vendor mode? (tray half open)

7x series Liteon's should be recognized by ease.

 

[iggloovortex]

What i meant was my computer wasnt recognizing the drive. It loads it as a usb controller hub, my short term solution is to pay $70 for express shipping for a x360 USB, but i dont currently have that much money to spare If there is a cheaper/no-cost solution that would be perfect, but im not holding my breath, as almost everything ive looked up requires either the x360 or a pci slot card, which i cant use due to my lack of a desktop in the house

 

[DinohScene]

Ahh I see.

Nope you'll have to get a x360 USB or you could try and remove your laptop's DVD/HDD and use that Sata port for flashing.

Just boot winxp or win 7 from a USB drive ;]

 

[iggloovortex]

Well shit, i guess im SoL until mid-late march then. unless someone has an extra or one they dont use anymore and wouldnt mind forwarding it my way

 

[DinohScene]

I unfortunately don't have any spare laying around.
If you have some money left you could send it to Devin to have it flashed for you.

 

[iggloovortex]

I would, but i have a stupid thingy where i want/have to do these things on my own, and if i send it to him ill forget to buy the x360 and when the next update comes out ill be stuck again lol

 

[DinohScene]

Hmm true ;o

Guess you'll have to wait then ;o

 

[iggloovortex]

so funny story. My friend has a 360 that he doesnt care about, so he left it at another of our friend's houses for a long time. So im there and i realize that if i open it and use that drive then i'd be able to do it. So i take it home, open it up and its the same drive. . . Suffice to say i was defeated

 

[DinohScene]

You'll have to spoof drive Keys.
Otherwise it won't work.

Afaik All Liteon models can be used in any 360 which originally had a Liteon drive.
Liteon drive FW is updated since 13599 anyway.

Maybe you can buy it off him for a small price and RGH it.

 

[iggloovortex]

quick question, are region free games good to use? i feel like they might not be

 

[DinohScene]

Nearly all backups I got are Region Free's.

Still playing with them on XBLive and haven't been banned so far.

 

[iggloovortex]

Is there a way to extract the key without a probe?

EDIT: nvm, figured it out, but now i want to know how bad it is if i dont have the key? im sure its bad im just curious, since googling only tells me that i need it, not why

 

[DinohScene]

Depends on the drive actually ;p

If you don't have your DVD Key and you erase your Drive FW and it returns with a error code or somehow mess up the flash, you're done for.

Only way to retrieve it is to Reset glitch hack it (which isn't possible on 14717 at this time of writing)
You gain alot by leaving the glitch but you'll loose XBLive for good! (except if you take a Dual NAND but that would cost a lot more then the RGH itself)

 

[iggloovortex]

i bought a probe 3. im hoping thats the final piece of my long puzzle, as ive spent well over $100 on this cause haha

 

[DinohScene]

Flashing drives is expensive at first but if you compare it to buying games all the time......

Let me know how it went!

 

[iggloovortex]

successfully flashed friends' drive! however curious if the new 14717 dash only blocks rgh, and if LT3.0+ is ok?

 

[DinohScene]

Afaik it's safe to update.
Only if you don't want a RGH console.

Be cautions tho with XGD3 and AP2.5 active games.
They seem fine for now...