Xtreme firmware for TS-H943 Xbox 360 released!!!

[Arakon]

the SS is in an area that can normally not be read or burnt, on original disks. that's why it needs to be relocated.
as for the flashability, it's simply.. there will be firmware updates for the drives by the manufacturer, and most of the hardware is based on PC hardware, so it makes sense to use a flashable chip.

[xDREAM]

Anyone tried ImgBurn with user specified Layer Break?

[bonaparty]

Aha, that clears the ss part up.

But about the flashability, for instance on the original xbox, are there different xbox's sold with the same drives but updated firmware by the manufacturer in the meantime?
(I mean, I, as a end user, have never had to update my dvd firmware on the xbox, right?)

[lenselijer]

Maybe you can write-protect the flash chip by cutting a leg of the flash chip?

We'll see soon enough, but for now its nice to play xbox live with backups

[mvickers03]

Please can someone tell me were to buy the sata extension cable shown earlier,
the one that hangs out of the xbox to make it easier to plug into the pc

i work in a computer shop and found one in a external sata hd box but it isnt quiet long enough

[magiske]

It looks home made, I just did one my self..

/M

[SniperKil]

You're not silly so I'm sure there was a reason that you don't leave the original cable in the motherboard with it's handy 90 degree connector and run the extension from the drive. Why is that?

I am planning to do the same soon (I've not opened my 360, I like to research first and get things right)  and yours is the best solution I have seen so far.

umm what? the stock cable is 90 degree on both ends, and is still plugged into the mobo, and the extension cable IS plugged into the drive.

and the cable is not homemade, i bought a external sata pci slot cover type deal from compusa for $10.. but it had the power connecter also with it, so i had to dremel off the sata connector

[cajunsniper]

I was just wondering if everyone else who was ripping their games was getting the exact file size on all of them. The three games I've ripped so far using Iso Buster have been 7.05 GB .. What about everyone else?

Oblivion
DOA 4
Tomb Raider Legends

becouse all dump all the exact same size ass your dumpdvd movie u have to extract

[klexen]

I was just wondering if everyone else who was ripping their games was getting the exact file size on all of them. The three games I've ripped so far using Iso Buster have been 7.05 GB .. What about everyone else?

Oblivion
DOA 4
Tomb Raider Legends

becouse all dump all the exact same size ass your dumpdvd movie u have to extract

So this is okay right? Unfortunately, I've been able to do everything else I need to do except burn the actual backups and play them on my hacked xtreme.bin due to lack of money for DL's. So since money is tight, when I actually can get some DL's, I don't want to make them coasters.

Is WXRIPPER+SSmerge a better way to backup the games? Also, I know this has been addressed before and answered, but in Isobuster, It does not have to say it's a DVD right?

[Neptune]

I was just wondering if everyone else who was ripping their games was getting the exact file size on all of them. The three games I've ripped so far using Iso Buster have been 7.05 GB .. What about everyone else?

Oblivion
DOA 4
Tomb Raider Legends

becouse all dump all the exact same size ass your dumpdvd movie u have to extract

So this is okay right? Unfortunately, I've been able to do everything else I need to do except burn the actual backups and play them on my hacked xtreme.bin due to lack of money for DL's. So since money is tight, when I actually can get some DL's, I don't want to make them coasters.

Is WXRIPPER+SSmerge a better way to backup the games? Also, I know this has been addressed before and answered, but in Isobuster, It does not have to say it's a DVD right?

Correct, mine says CD and it worked perfectly.

[Feflicker]

Aha, that clears the ss part up.

But about the flashability, for instance on the original xbox, are there different xbox's sold with the same drives but updated firmware by the manufacturer in the meantime?
(I mean, I, as a end user, have never had to update my dvd firmware on the xbox, right?)

Because MS$ is basically using standard computer parts... Standard DVD/CD drives have flashable chips. If they were going to change that, they'd have to pay extra to the company providing the drives because they would have to modify their design, and possibly assembly line processes. The whole point of using standard parts is to save $. That is why the chip is flashable

Another thing: What if they found a bug in the firmware 2 weeks into assembly? Since the chip is flashable they can just update it. If it wasn't they'd be stuck with 10 million chips that were worthless. It's risky.

[jdeviance]

my story:

got a premium package and a core system.

found a non-samsung drive in a premium and a samsung ts drive in core system.

i switched the drives and see if the samsung drive can work on the premium motherboard (i thought they were just same thing, the mb's)

but what i found was that the systems booted fine but they failed to recognize both original and backups.   when i switched the drives back to original, the back ups ran just fine.

then it's safe to say that the motherboards know which drives are connected. 

i dumped the image from a system that i've switched the drives (samsung-premium mb), but that game works only in a samsung-coresystem mb combination.

so now i'm wondering what the mb-drive check mechnisms are.

and big ups to c4e

[td360]

there is more information on this than you can read, each drive has a unique key, if you patch the keys from both drives to eachother they will work in the other boxes.

[serum]

*edit* jdeviance: did you replace the key correctly ?

[klexen]

*edit* jdeviance: did you replace the key correctly ?

I don't think he tried it.

[qwerty]

Maybe you can write-protect the flash chip by cutting a leg of the flash chip?

We'll see soon enough, but for now its nice to play xbox live with backups

Why would you want to prevent writing to the flash??? M$ doesn't need to write the flash... They can verify if it has been modified with  read access. It is a matter of time when the cat and mouse game starts.

[Arakon]

my story:

got a premium package and a core system.

found a non-samsung drive in a premium and a samsung ts drive in core system.

i switched the drives and see if the samsung drive can work on the premium motherboard (i thought they were just same thing, the mb's)

but what i found was that the systems booted fine but they failed to recognize both original and backups.   when i switched the drives back to original, the back ups ran just fine.

then it's safe to say that the motherboards know which drives are connected. 

i dumped the image from a system that i've switched the drives (samsung-premium mb), but that game works only in a samsung-coresystem mb combination.

so now i'm wondering what the mb-drive check mechnisms are.

and big ups to c4e

good morning. was it nice behind the moon?
READ. that info is common knowledge and all the info on how to make it work is all over this site and many others.

[vibez]

Hi guys just a quick question if I may

What is the best method of booting into DOS as I have tried many versions of MS DOS using a floppy to boot

but when running Mtkflash I get no drives detected



the drive is shown in the bios as IDE FORTH MASTER TSSCORPDVD-ROM TS-H943A MS25 see image here



Is there a specific way I should be connecting the 360 rom to my PC? please help

I had the same problem. I advice is try different ports. i had to plug mine into port 4 instead of port 1

[lithiumC]

Does this also apply for ppl who are migrating there hitachi key to a replacement TS drive?

4000-4200 block isn't enough for some drives. my key starts at 4290.

just copy all the data from 4000 till you see all FF's

[john]

got premium from sams club with ts drive huys.  I hate to ask for directions but i cant find foros xtreme firmware.  I dont have usenet and it isnt on any other torrent.  Please dont flame for asking.  General direction would be appreciated, thanks.