ixtreme firmware

If you’re looking to flash the Samsung MS 25 or 28 drive with iXtreme 1.6 Firmware , no worries, it’s not a complicated process at all. To start out, I recommend downloading and reading through the Jungle Flasher tutorial. In the past, with iXtreme 1.51, I always posted on here, the steps to flashing it. But seriously folks, the PDF tutorial out there is a great resource, and why should I try to re-invent the wheel.

Quick Reminder: If you have the MS25 Samsung drive, theirs not unlocking of the drive if it’s a stock drive. Both MS28 and iXtreme flashed drivers, have two methods for unlocking. Either using the Activate.iso disc, which is burnt on a dual layer disc, or using the VCC trick. Basically, selecting your drive in the MTK Flash 32 Tab through the I/O Port drop down list, then clicking on Intro/Device ID. Always try this method first, after several failed attempts of getting it into Vendor mode, then go ahead, and burn the activate.iso.

To use the activate.iso disc, simply put it in your drive while it’s connected to your pc, wait 30 seconds, then proceed. It’s all in the Jungle Flasher Tutorial.

So to get started, here’s a list of what you need to grab.

This tutorial covers both updating from iXtreme 1.5, 1.51 and flashing your drive, if it’s currently does not have ixtreme at all. In most cases, any pc that’s fairly new, and has a SATA port on the motherboard should work just fine. If you don’t have any SATA ports, you can always purchase the VIA-6421 PCI card. Usually, it’s around $15 dollars roughly, which can be found off Ebay.

If you need any help, you can always visit iXtreme.net for detailed instructions and help on flashing your Samsung drive.

Good Luck!

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Flashing the BenQ VAD6038 drive with iXtreme 1.6 Firmware is one of the easiest drives to flash. To start out, I recommend downloading and reading through the Jungle Flasher tutorial. In the past, with iXtreme 1.51, I always posted on here, the steps to flashing it. But seriously folks, the PDF tutorial out there is a great resource, and why should I try to re-invent the wheel.

So to get started, here’s a list of what you need to grab.

This tutorial covers both updating from iXtreme 1.5, 1.51 and flashing your drive, if it’s currently does not have ixtreme at all. In most cases, any pc that’s fairly new, and has a SATA port on the motherboard should work just fine. If you don’t have any SATA ports, you can always purchase the VIA-6421 PCI card. Usually, it’s around $15 dollars roughly, which can be found off Ebay.

If you need any help, you can always visit iXtreme.net for detailed instructions and help on flashing your BenQ drive.

Good Luck!

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iXtreme Firmware Update

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.

http://www.ixtreme.net

Download iXtreme 1.6 Firmware

Download iXtreme 1.51 Firmware

If you’re wanting to keep a Xbox 360 Drive in your PC full time for game dumping, download the iXtreme 0800 Dumping only.

Download iXtreme 1.6 0800 only

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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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ABGX 1.0 Tutorial

I’ve been seeing a lot of talk lately from individuals wanting to know how to properly verify that your Xbox 360 Backups are Stealth Patched and Verified. It’s a pretty easy process, that involves the use of ABGX 1.0, a program that can make Stealth games from a ISO dump, and can also be used to verify that your backups are 100% Stealth.

The first thing you need to do is download ABGX 1.0 for your current platform – Download them here. This is also the latest version, which supports iXtreme Firmware 1.51 with Wave3 support.

Now, install it and let’s get started.

Next you need to have a Xbox 360 Backup already downloaded, you can always find them for download from a Pirate in the bay.

ABGX home screenThis is how it should look on a PC when you first open the program. What we’re going to do next, is create two settings for use. One of them will be just to verify a ISO image, and the next, is only to be used, if the game does not come back Stealth Verified.

ABGX Level 3 Auto FixThe first thing you need to do, is click on the AutoFix tab, and select Level 3 (Autofix is stealth passes but fails verification).

Once you have done that, go to the top left of the program, click on File -> Save Settings. Name is anything you want, I named it “FixingISO”.

So now we have two settings, a Default, which should be used on all backups you get, and a Second one, to patch them if you run into issues.

Now were going to load a iso image. And if you’re wondering, if the .dvd file is incorrect, both settings will automatically create a new one, that you can use IMG burn with.

ABGX Folder Icon to load ISOGo ahead and click on the folder, to select your iso image.

Okay, the next step once you have loaded the file, is to click on the Launch button on the bottom of the program. Let this cycle through all the way. If for some reason you get an error, this is when you want to load the custom settings you created earlier. So for this first pass, let’s just keep it on the default settings.

ABGX running

You should see a screen similar to this. Let it run all the way through. Typically, if the stealth passes, once it gets to checking the Game CRC, i just hit Q to quit the process. But in your case, let it go all the way through.

ABGX Failed Verification

As you can see from the image above, this Backup failed verification, there was no verified rip of the Xex/SS in the online database. This is when you’ll click on load settings, or just click on Autofix level 3. Then, just re-run the program, and it will automatically download and update your Backup ISO. Other types of failures are you might get are error’s in the SS, DMI, or PFI, thus it will automatically quit.

And that’s pretty much it. The only step you have to do next is burn it with IMG Burn, which can be found here. Also, make sure you’re using good quality media, such as Verbatims 2.4x DL, those are the only Dual Layer Disc that I recommend for burning Xbox 360 backups.

Enjoy!

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So you already have iXtreme firmware 1.5 on your Xbox 360 drive, and need to update to 1.51? It’s not that hard. I did it the night iXtreme 1.51 was released, and it was a pretty easy process. I updated my Liteon DG-162s drive without issues.

First I recommend download and reading through this PDF – Jungle Flasher 1.51 Tutorial

If you need more help, check out http://www.ixtreme.net

Download the iXtreme 1.51 firmware here.

For this, I still used the CK3 Connectivity kit, which in my opinion, makes it easier for connecting it to the computer, getting the key, etc.

If you are using the VIA 6421 card, make sure you remove the drives first. Okay, let’s do that. Right Click My Computer, select properties, then click on the Hardware tab. Hardware Properties TabClick on “Device Manager” and scroll down to “SCSI and Raid Controller”, click the + sign to expand the list. Right click on your VIA card, and click “Disable”. When prompted with a yes/no message, click yes to disable it.

Now you have to remove the driver viamraid.sys, which is found in C:\windows\system32\drivers. When you find it, just right click, and delete the file. After you delete it, go back to the device manager, and right click your via card, and enable it. Next, reboot your pc.

After you have rebooted, go ahead an install the PortIO32 drivers. Just click on PortIO32.exe, which is in the same folder as JungleFlasher ( if you haven’t already downloaded JungleFlasher, do it now – JungleFlasher 0.1.55)

Another side note, is that JungleFlasher requires the .NET 2.0, get it here.

Now you can go ahead, and hook up your drive, making sure it’s turned off to your pc. Theirs no need to have your PC turned off when you plugin in the SATA cable to your drive.

Once you have everything hooked up, the first thing it to power on the drive, open the tray, then turn off the power. Next you want to push the drive tray in, half way, then power the drive back on.

Now you can go ahead, and open up JungleFlasher. When you’re at the main screen, click on the DVDKey 32. Find the correct I/O Port and Com Port. It should be listed as PLDS DG-16D2S. Just in case your PC freezes during the Erase process, write down with I/O Port your drive is connected to.

Now theirs two ways you can go about this, you can use the “Dummy from Ixtreme” button, or, if it make you feel more safer, you can go about the same process if you were dumping the key from a stock Liteon drive, getting the key, inquiry, identify, and dummy.bin files. It doesn’t matter.

Save to FileLet’s just get the “Dummy from iXtreme” button, and save as prompted. JungleFlasher will prompt you if you want to auto-load the firmware. Make sure your firmware for the drive is placed in the folder “firmware”. Click yes to auto load the firmware. When that completes, click the button, “Save to File”.

Now, the next phase is to erase the drive. Make sure that you’ve completed all the steps above, you’ve read over the PDF Tutorial, and feel comfortable proceeding.

During the erase process, if for some reason your PC freezes, don’t worry, you’ll still be able to continue flashing your drive after you reboot.

Now as long as you haven’t quit or closed JungleFlasher after you got your key, you should be good to go. If you did, make sure you have the correct I/O Port listed. Again, it should be shown as PLDS DG-16D2S.  Now, let’s proceed. In JungleFlasher, click on the MTK Flash 32 tab, then click on the Lite-On erase button. Don’t be scared, do it :)

Warning Message

When prompted to continue, click yes. You’ll now be presented with another warning message. It’s telling you, that after it’s been erased, you need to power off then on, in a quick cession.

When to Power Cycle DriveWhen you see the following status as shown below, go ahead and run the power cycle. If for any reason during the erase process, your computer freezes and you start splurring kuss words, no worry, just go ahead an reboot your pc.

Now your drive is erased, you should be able to see that it is shown under Drive Properties as “Drive in Vendor Mode”

Oh, if you had to re-boot your pc, lets get you caught up. Go ahead, open JungleFlasher and go tot he MTK 32 tab. When there, make sure you drive is powered on, and select the correct I/O Port. It wont say it found anything, so I hope you wrote down what I/O Port you were in. If you didn’t, just go through each one following the next step.

On the right hand of the screen, there is a Flashing Task section, click on Intro / Devide ID. This will load your erased drive. It took me about 20 minutes after I had to reboot my pc due to it freezing. Just click that button (sorry, don’t have a screen shot for that, trust me, it’ll work). Also, since you had to reboot your pc, you’re going to have to go back to the FirmwareTool 32 tab, load the dummy file, and create your hacked firmware again. It’s pretty easy, if you need more specific help on this, just post a question in the comments area.

Now you’re all caught up, lets write to the drive.

Write to the DriveWhen the process is complete, click the Outro / ATA Reset button, which will then reset your drive, and display it’s properties. To tell you the truth, I don’t think I clicked that button, and mine still worked fine. But for sakes of sanity, click it to be safe.

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The Xbox 360 Modification Disc v1.52 for use with iXtreme 1.51 Firmware is out and ready to be downloaded. Use this if you want to an automated process of flashing your Xbox 360 Samsung, BenQ, or Lite-On drive. Support Forum if you need help..

Thanks go out to FrostyTheSnowman for this release.

Download the 360 Modification Disc v1.52 – 360 Modification Disc v1.52

Features:

- Complete Modding Solution for Samsung/BenQ/Lite-On
- iXtreme v1.51 (12x) Firmware
- Supports Samsung TS-H943
- Supports BenQ VAD6038
- Supports Lite-On DG-16D2S
- Supports Previously Modded Drives
- Supports Previously Spoofed Drives
- 100% DOS Based Dumping & Flashing
- Supports FAT32 & NTFS Filesystems (WinXP/Vista 32-Bit & 64-Bit)
- Fully Automatic Dumping & Flashing
- Step-by-Step Instructions
- Backup of all drive-related files to HDD

Changes in v1.51:

- Updated all firmware to iXtreme v1.51
- 100% Support for all PC SATA & IDE DVD-ROM drives

Changes in v1.5 Revision 2:

- Improved dumping/flashing speeds for BenQ/Samsung drives
- Added ‘user firmware dump verification’ prompt to prevent possible BenQ bricking
- Revised menus and more detailed drive flashing/dumping instructions

Changes in v1.5 (Public Release):

- Initial release

NOTE: This disc requires a VIA VT6421 PCI SATA (or compatible) card
installed, and an NTFS or FAT32 formatted HDD/partition as the
‘C:’ drive for this disc to work properly.

NOTE 2: This disc *might* work with other types of SATA chipsets/cards,
but it is recommended that you use a VIA VT6421 SATA card.

NOTE 3: USB serial adapters are NOT compatible with this disc!

Usage:

- Make sure you have a VT6421 (or compatible) PCI SATA card installed in your PC

- Burn this ISO, and boot this disc in your PC

- Follow the prompts to mod any Samsung, BenQ, or Lite-On XBOX 360 DVD-ROM drive

- All firmware dumps, modified firmware, and other files related to the drive being
modified will be placed in the following directories on your ‘C’ drive:

Samsung TS-H943 – C:\SAMFILES

BenQ VAD6038 – C:\BENFILES

Lite-On DG-16D2S – C:\LONFILES

Disclaimer:

I take absolutely no responsibilty for the use of this disc by anyone. Use at your own risk!

Special Thanks & Credits:

Team Jungle – For the awesome iXtreme v1.51 firmware used by this disc
Datapol-Technologies – For their shareware NTFS4DOS software (NTFS support)
Dennis Bareis – GETRESP (used to input variables into MS-DOS batch files)
Franck Uberto – XMSDSK (used to create a RAMDISK under MS-DOS)
Geremia, Modfreakz, Podger, Redline99 and Tiros – DOSFLASH (BenQ/Lite-On)
Joseph Lin – MTKFLASH (Samsung)
Caster420 – Firmtool (Samsung/BenQ/Lite-On iXtreme firmware generating)
TJ – DVDKey & DummyGen (used to dump firmware for the Lite-On drive)
yaywoop – Original design of the included (and slightly modified) serial diagram

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ABGX 1.0 has just been updated to support the new games that contain a 3rd wave in the video partition for the Xbox 360 Stealth firmware.. ABGX now supports the new iXtreme 1.51 and the soon to be 1.6 iXtreme firmware. Microsoft added the Fall 2008 Xbox 360 Console update, which by default, all iXtreme firmware including 1.5 and lower will reject to play. Anyways, download your flavor of ABGX 1.0 below.

If you need help on how to properly verify and auto correct stealth backups, visit http://www.ixtreme.net, I’ll be adding tutorials on how to do that.

ABGX Has been updated to 1.0.1 – Download the updated versions here.

ABGX Windows Version:

Download here

ABGX Mac Version:

Download here

ABGX Linux Version:

Download Here

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iXtreme 1.51 Firmware has just been released for the Xbox 360. This releases fixes all new games that contain the 3rd wave in the video partition, which is due to Microsoft adding the Fall 2008 NXE Console update to the disc. The prior iXtreme firmware will not boot disc containing a 3rd wave, due to the firmware checking the crc of the video partition, looking for ‘wave1′ and ‘wave2′ only, now that there is a ‘wave3′ in the partition, the firmware rejects the disk.

Now, all newer games such as MLB 2K9 and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X will boot without issues if running the latest version of ixtreme 1.51. For all you previous Xbox 360 flashers out there, updating your firmware should be no problem at all. If you saved your initial firmware, or key dump, you can use JungleFlasher to spoof your new firmware.

Download iXtreme 1.6 Firmware here.

Download all iXtreme 1.51 Firmware, click here.

JungleFlasher tutorial for all drives, click here.

If you’re looking for just JungleFlasher 0.1.51 , download it here.

JungleFlasher has been updated to 0.1.59, download it here.

You can also download the Stealth Firmware with Xbins, which can be found here.

When I hear any news on ABGX being updated, I’ll pass that around also. Even though the Stealth Game Tom Clancy H.A.W.X is playing now, it’s nice to verify that everything is Stealth verified.

For more in-depth support on flashing your drive, check out the following forum.

http://www.ixtreme.net

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