I don't put people down who seek knowledge.  But begging for details while simultaneously insulting others won't help you.


So... the challenge, like I said.


What does he owe you?  Find it yourself.  This forum is quite the gagglef*** of threads, but they did already tell you where to look.

I doubt that anyone will be reproducing the work on another chipset, unless they just simply want the challenge.  I mean, how many hours and hours are most people willing to spend to save $20? (cost of the iHAS)

Because why write the custom firmware twice, for two different chipsets, when one isn't even being sold anymore?


Right. Possible, if your drive supports it.  If it doesn't support it... well, then you modify the firmware.



You just verified his answer in your citation, then you say he doesn't know what he's talking about?


Right, perhaps this is why $#!tty disc brands fail so much.  Also why even Verbatims sometimes fail at random.  This area just isn't expected to contain useful data.


Who gives a $#!t about this?  Relevant how?  Didn't you just complain about the thread going nowhere?

Wow, it looks like you covered all your bases, and made it one switch simple at that.  Well done.  Is the break between the switch positions long enough to reliably reset the SMC every time?

Go get the jungleflasher tutorial.  Also, if your originals are already in bad shape, it may be too late to try to ready them now.

Cheap and readily available where the reasons I read initially.

You're trying to make something like this?
http://hothardware.com/News/XIM3-Adapter-Enables-Keyboard--Mouse-Control-On-Xbox-360/

There are a few devices out there that do this, but I think all of them require a regular wired controller connected for them to operate.  I agree with d4m4n that your simplest bet would be to tap into a controller's board to handle the communication.  It would certainly be heaps less work, albeit less pretty.

He's not pulling a key from his drive (original drive gone), so he wouldn't need a probe even if he had liteons.

If he powers his drive from the xbox, he won't need a CK3. (awkward, but do-able)

Coolrunner is fine, I've done a few with them.  Plenty of people here seem to like the Matrix board.  You will need a way to program whichever glitch board you use, though.  (Can someone explain to me why no one sells these preprogrammed for a board type?)

How are you planning to connect your dvd drive?  Does your laptop have an e-sata port?  If not, there's a product called x360usb that will allow you to connect it via usb, but it's not free.

You'd be okay powering the drive from the xbox itself if you want, since you'll have taken a nand dump beforehand, and will restore it later.  Normally powering on a console with no drive attached (via sata) will get recorded in your nand, but it will be restored anyway so it doesn't matter.

One thing that I don't think was mentioned here is that you'll need to install the same type of drive that was installed originally. If they had BenQ drives, you can install one of those you already have. If they had something else, Hitachi or LiteOn, you'll need those instead.

• Get three identical nand dumps before your write ANYTHING to your nand.  If they don't match, figure out why. DO NOT PROCEED until they match.
  
• Do Reset Glitch Hack (this is the hard part), get CPU key and DVD key from XeLL (on screen when booted up).
  
• Remove/disable glitcher hardware.
  
• Use 360 Flash Tool with your cpu key and open up your original nand dump.  This will tell you what drive it had (OSIG data).
  
• Use Jungleflasher to flash stock firmware (pre-update) to the same type drive, with your dvd key from XeLL (also shown in 360 Flash Tool).
• Flash originally dumped nand image back to console.
  
• Connect the DVD rom and boot up normally.
  
• Have a beer if you did all of that without f*cking something up major.
  

Disc checks are ran whether or not you are connected to live, and failures are flagged in your NAND.  If you really wanted to be "Live Safe", you'd have to not only switch your drive (or drive firmware) but also your NAND.

Sure, why fix with a few bucks what you can replace with $150?  Mind you, the cap replacement may not fix it 100%, but it definitely worth a shot, especially since they are obviously bad (swollen).

The skeletal tracking works fine, but the facial recognition does not.

Edit: I followed the google link above, and found both of those from the first results page.  I didn't think I would find mention of the facial recognition so easily.

The last post on this thread was 3 and a half YEARS ago.  The feature has been added since then.  Do not bump such old threads without a good reason.

You could always take the super sexy route like I did: http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?topic=11943.0

This way I can use it with my desktop or my laptop.

If I've got a Zephyr that does glitch, but not very reliable at all, do you think that adjusting the timing could help this?  Perhaps a range of +/-5 from the 'standard', testing at each increment?

Nope.

Awesome. Good work and thanks for sharing. Kinda makes me sad that my Boxee Box has replaced my need for an HTPC.

xexmenu's ftp is very picky.  I think I used winscp in ftp mode for it.  Others posted better luck with other programs.

You don't just wire the USB cable to the nand-x, it needs a USB to serial adapter. The schematic will depend on which adapter chip you use. As for the serial pinout on the nand-x, that's at TX forums.

Btw, is it 5 or 3.3v signal level?