So I just purchased my first Xbox 360 last week, and decided it’s already time to flash the drive. However, after finding out, that almost all the new Xbox 360′s come with the Liteon DG-16D2s drive, which is Microsoft’s move to stop the firmware flashing and make it more difficult, it still is possible, but just take’s some extra hardware.
I already ordered the necessary hardware to flash the drive. Here’s what I’ve ordered so far.
- 360 Connectivity Kit V3 Lite CK3
- VIA 6421a Sata PCI card, (however, after ordering it, found out I really don’t need it, oh well)
I’ll update this thread, after successfully updating the hacked firmware (hopefully).
If you’re looking at doing the same, here are some links that are a good place to start.
http://www.ixtreme.net/
Here is a list of tools you’ll need to hack the Xbox 360 drive.
- 10 TORX Screwdriver
- CK3 Connectivity Kit
- CK3 Probe
Update:
Also, if you’re planning on flashing any of the Xbox 360 drives, such as the Samsung, Hitachi, BenQ, LiteOn, etc, you should also download Xbins. This software will connect you to the software repository, which will allow you to download all the hacked firmware, and tools to flash the Xbox 360 drive.
Download Xbinx here.
Here’s the latest JungleFlasher Tutorial for iXtreme 1.51 and soon to be released 1.6, that works for all drives. Jungle Flasher Tutorial
So it’s done! I successfully flashed the Liteon DG-16D2s drive, and I also flashed my friends BenQ drive. Each was fairly easy, thus I used the Connectivity kit for each of the drives. I do say that for the Liteon drive, you have to solder a connection on the board. If you feel comfortable soldering, then feel free, and take your chances like I did. If not, I recommend buying the Team Xecuter CK3 with the additional probe. For noobs, it’s completely worth the investment.
Flashing the Liteon drives, I used Jungleflasher. For the tutorial that I used, check out this link. http://team-xecuter.com/ck3/liteon_windows.htm
Now, flashing the Benq was just as easy, but I used two programs for this. First, for reading and erasing the firmware on the drive, I used a software program called Dosflash32, which can also be downloaded from either 360mods.net or team-xecuter.com. However, once you dump the firmware from he Benq, I did revert back to Jungleflasher, loaded the original firmware, and loaded the hacked firmware. Created the new firmware, saved it, then used Dosflash32 to write it to the drive. Was pretty dang easy.
The following is a link for the Benq tutorial over at Team Xecuter, I do however, do not recommend this method. I personally could not get it to work, which is why I used the Jungleflasher method. http://team-xecuter.com/ck3/benq.htm
Now, apparently, you can use Jungleflasher to do all the reading, and erasing of the drive, for the Benq. My problem, is that it wouldn’t locate the drive. Not sure why this was happening, but using Dosflash32, had no problems. So my advice to you, do whatever works. And remember, to dump the firmware a couple of times, to make sure the key is valid. Once you erase the drive, there’s no going back.
Flashing the Hitachi was extremely easy, I just flashed an Hitachi drive that my friend brought over. Here’s a simple tutorial, thanks again, to Team Xecuter. http://team-xecuter.com/ck3/hitachi_pre07.htm
You can download all the needed iXtreme 1.4 and 1.5 firmware either at Team Xecuter, or using Xbins, which is from 360mods. Download the updated iXtreme 1.51 firmware at http://www.adploits.com/2009/03/06/ixtreme-151-xbox-360-firmware-released
Click Here, this site sells all the Xecuter tools you’ll need.
