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Just a friendly reminder that the latest iXtreme Firmware to download is currently iXtreme Firmware 1.6 for Liteon, 1.61 for Samsung and BenQ drives, and iXtreme 1.51 Firmware for the hitachi’s.
The new firmware, Lite Touch, is still being developed by C4eva, and ETA is unknown. So hand tite, and keep checking the blogs for any updates.
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As of now, the latest iXtreme Firmware out there is 1.6 for the BenQ, Samsung (ms 25/28), and the LiteOn Dvd Drives.
iXtreme 1.6 has not been released yet for the hitachi drives. The latest Firmware for the Hitachi’s is 1.51.
For help and information on flashing your Xbox 360 DVD Drive with iXtreme Firmware, head on over to for the latest downloads and tutorials.
If you’re wanting to keep a Xbox 360 Drive in your PC full time for game dumping, download the iXtreme 0800 Dumping only.
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iXtreme 1.6 Firmware is released and ready for immediate download.
Thanks go out to Team HyperX! The firmware has been released for Samsung, Benq and the Liteon drives. The Hitachi drive is not included in this firmware release.
Download it here.
Details of iXtreme 1.6 Firmware
Team HyperX Presents IXtreme 1.6 firmware for Benq, Samsung and Liteon drives
——————————————————————————IXtreme fw for Benq, Samsung and Liteon drives!
Features
——–-Strict Wave 3 compliance! hybrid (modified disks) will not boot!
-Strict drive speed compliance – 12x only for game discs!
-Support for SS V2!
-Integrated 0800 for game dumping including SS v2!
-Full support for all known game exceptions! eg ddr etc!
-One shot boot mode! – allows a one off boot of gamedisc without -stealth/partition checks (will still use stealth), use activate.iso disk to activate each time!
-Support for easy drive key/version info cmd, same as liteon!
-Strict stealth/wave checking, one shot boot mode will boot wave(x)!
More Info
———Strict Wave 3 compliance means wave 3 games will only boot if they have correct PFI/DMI/SS and timestamp for wave 3
Strict drive speed compliance means games will only boot if drive is set for the initial speed of 12x, any modification of this make games fail to boot
SS v2 suports multiple timing samples for challenges type 5 and 7 , stroing them in the SS. This is a pre-requiste for SS v3 which has support for the so called AP2.5 check. Since this has never been used or may never be used by MS we will adopt a wait and see approach and continue to monitor for its usage.
With drive in Windows mode (Tray half open on powerup) 0800 mode is activated allowing easy dumping of game disc including SS v2. In this mode the drive is also able to output drive key, fw version and drive type by using a simple custom inquiry command.
Game exceptions are integrated in the fw for games that do not comply with the strict wave checks but are legitimate. These are Dance Dance Revolution Universe, Stoked, Ping 17 disk, afro samurai
One shot boot mode allows you to boot a Wave X or non stealth game by using the activate.iso disk as a flag. Just insert the activate disc and the next disc inserted will boot without any strict checks. This will still utilise full stealth if available. As soon as that disc is booted the flag is cleared, and you will have to re-insert the activate disk again to enable one shot boot. As always use with caution.
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This information was taken from a comment found in another one of the post here. I feel it’s worth mentioning. Apparently, ixtreme 1.6 firmware is making some good progress. Thanks to everyone involved in it.
I’m thinking we should start a Chipin fund for them?
Update for iXtreme 1.6 Firmware
The best deal with 1.6 ixtreme is that you can back up your games directly from your xbox through your sata with the 0800 function integrated. You used to have to flash the 0800 firmware to back up your games, then flash again back to ixtreme to play them. NICE
Stay tuned for further information about the New iXtreme Experience (NiXE) !
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[19:54] ix1.6 for benq is complete and in testing,samsung/liteon soon to follow, then there’s hitachi last!
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[20:05] ix1.6 – Strict Wave 3 compliance! hybrid(modified disks) will not boot!
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[20:06] ix1.6 – Strict drive speed compliance – 12x only for game discs!
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[20:07] ix1.6 – Support for SS V2!
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[20:07] ix1.6 – Integrated 0800 for game dumping including SS v2!
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[20:09] ix1.6 – Full support for all known game exceptions! eg ddr etc!
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[20:12] ix1.6 – One shot boot mode! – allows a one off boot of gamedisc without stealth/partition checks (will still use stealth), use activate.iso disk to activate each time!
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[20:15] ix1.6 – Support for easy drive key/version info cmd, same as liteon!
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[20:18] ix1.6 has strict stealth/wave checking, one shot boot mode will boot wave(x)!-> The new iXtreme 1.6 won’t load modified Disks with hybrid StealthSectors (e.g. Games with 1.51 modified to work on 1.5). This is because of your own security.
-> There’s an option with what you can turn of/on the StealthCheck on iXtreme, which means you can now load NON-Stealth Games. Though you have to activate this option everytime you want to play a NON-Stealth 360 Game. Activate it with the “activate.iso” coming with iXtreme. But iXtreme is of course still Stealth.
-> You can now dump your original 360 Games through your 360 Drive with 0800 Dumping. No need for the Kreon Drive anymore!
-> The new iXtreme 1.6 will now support StealthSectors V2, which is probably safer for you. More information about this new feature will follow soon. (!)
-> Drive Speed for games is set to 12x due to less ban-risk.
-> The new iXtreme 1.6 is finished for BenQ’s and right now in testings. For Samsung’s and LiteOn’s it is almost finished and Hitachi is going to be the next.
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