Gaming modding - how to tell drives apart

[juggernaut911]

is there a tray design or something?

 

[science]

 

[juggernaut911]

beautiful, thnx

 

[fischju]

You also need to take it apart to see which model it is, which you need to know.

 

[poisonousj]

don't forget the BenQ which is a lot more popular in the newer models now.

also this is a good reference site: http://www.360drives.com

 

[Prime]

What do i have?

soz about the blurry image

 

[fischju]

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/Xbox_360_DVD..._Comparison.htm

 

[SeanoRLY?]

What do i have?

soz about the blurry image

Haha, was going to say BenQ before Offtopic posted that link. Looks like I was beat.

Easiest drive to hack, imo.

EDIT: Where in Scotland are you from?

 

[fischju]

Hitachi is the easiest, every sata chipset can be used!

 

[Prime]

Ah, thanks for the pink offtopic.

I have a BENQ VAD6038 DVD drive

EDIT: Fuck, no modding for me

No firmware mods or tools currently exist for this drive. (04/05/07) This also implies that you cannot swap drives if your goes bad or you just want to replace your existing drive with one.

 

[SeanoRLY?]

Hitachi is the easiest, every sata chipset can be used!

I thought it all depended on which version of the Hitachi drive you had. Getting into ModeB seems like a hassle to me.

 

[fischju]

Hitachi is the easiest, every sata chipset can be used!

I thought it all depended on which version of the Hitachi drive you had. Getting into ModeB seems like a hassle to me.

I modded 2 kinds of Hitachi drives that needed seperate hacks, and they worked on my chipset.

 

[fischju]

Ah, thanks for the pink offtopic.

I have a BENQ VAD6038 DVD drive

EDIT: Fuck, no modding for me

No firmware mods or tools currently exist for this drive. (04/05/07) This also implies that you cannot swap drives if your goes bad or you just want to replace your existing drive with one.

Wrong tutorial.

 

[Prime]

Ah, thanks for the pink offtopic.

I have a BENQ VAD6038 DVD drive

EDIT: Fuck, no modding for me

No firmware mods or tools currently exist for this drive. (04/05/07) This also implies that you cannot swap drives if your goes bad or you just want to replace your existing drive with one.

Wrong tutorial.

What do you mean?

Have i got a BENQ drive? or not?

 

[poisonousj]

Ah, thanks for the pink offtopic.

I have a BENQ VAD6038 DVD drive

EDIT: Fuck, no modding for me

No firmware mods or tools currently exist for this drive. (04/05/07) This also implies that you cannot swap drives if your goes bad or you just want to replace your existing drive with one.

this is the year 2008 buddy! you're in luck!

 

[Prime]

What do i have?

soz about the blurry image

Haha, was going to say BenQ before Offtopic posted that link. Looks like I was beat.

Thanks offtopic.

 

[Prime]

EDIT: DP.

 

[jalapeno]

BenQ Drives are the easiest to hack.
all you need is a PCI card from ebay that will cost about $10 posted.

You need a chip for some types of Hitachi drives.

 

[InfinitiProject]

Hitachi is the easiest, every sata chipset can be used!Except for the v79 models. Those are hell waiting at your door to flash. They only can be flashed with a passkey at this moment with removing the super glue-like black epoxy first.

Ah, thanks for the pink offtopic.

I have a BENQ VAD6038 DVD drive

EDIT: Fuck, no modding for me

QUOTENo firmware mods or tools currently exist for this drive. (04/05/07) This also implies that you cannot swap drives if your goes bad or you just want to replace your existing drive with one.

Wrong tutorial.

What do you mean?

Have i got a BENQ drive? or not?

You have a BenQ for sure. Just google "Textbook 360 Guide" and it's the very first link. Took me about 5 minutes to flash one of these for a friend
EDIT: Assuming you have a VIA sata chipset or Via 6421 PCI sata card in your PC.