Xbox 360 mods

[Po]

I have been looking for a good site to find information on modding my 360, I know this was done extensively with the original Xbox because of the hard drive, and I am sure it must be going with this generation as well. Anyone know any site or information where I could find out more about this?

[rezn0r]

I have been looking for a good site to find information on modding my 360, I know this was done extensively with the original Xbox because of the hard drive, and I am sure it must be going with this generation as well. Anyone know any site or information where I could find out more about this?

is this allowed on this site? (honest question, i'll shutup if it isn't, that's all)
you modify the firmware on the dvd drive using a sata card/connection to your pc, nothing is physically changed on the 360 besides the fact that you opened up the case. the original release of the 360 is the only one this is possible on, the newer ones shipping are covered with a black glue/plastic (although it may still be possible, i just know that was their attempt at stopping it, i haven't really been keeping up with the news lately). there are 3 different types of dvd drives & each would use a different firmware... http://www.xboxversions.com/

i'll check back and help more later if there are more questions, stuck at work and all that

[Aodh]

I hope that it's allowed when discussing for legitimate uses. I have a 360 and I would much rather load my FFXI disc onto the hard drive so that I don't have it spinning in my CD-Rom 24/7. ^.^;

[Po]

I have that Toshiba-Samsung one. Would the mods work with that? And where can I find out how to mod this?

[GraveRobberX]

In NYC there are tons of Modders who put there ads to sell Modded X-Box 360's with 250+GB HDD's

+ The chips so you can play burned 360 games and download 'em

yes you still can go on LIVE and still play

If you want a very good in depth way to mod

http://www.google.com Search How to mod X-box 360's ='.'=

[rezn0r]

I have that Toshiba-Samsung one. Would the mods work with that? And where can I find out how to mod this?

(this is for the samsung drive, directions+tools needed are different for the other ones)
you need a PCI SATA card with a chipset that is known to work. many onboard ones don't.

here's one that does:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...769&CatId=1455

here's a paste of a friend's writeup:

Download the Toshiba-Samsung_360_Auto_Flasher and follow the instructions in
the readme.txt. If you can boot off of a USB drive, i recommend that for
speed and size, however a floppy or 2 does the trick as well.

now, on yer opened xbox that is turned off, unplug the xbox's sata cable on the dvdrom. make sure your AV cable is plugged
into the back of the xbox (no tv needed). Turn the xbox on, and wait 4seconds, then plug in your SATA cable to the dvdrom.
The other end of this sata cable should be on the internal slot of the PCI card, btw. After you plug it in you'll see the
xbox's green ring of lights dance around for a sec before going back to normal. Go ahead and reach up and press enter on your
keyboard.

Select the appropriate option that the AutoFlasher gives you when you boot
into it, and follow the instructions. If it says "No drive found" you are
either using the wrong version of mtkflash (ie, wrong chipset) or your timing
is off. Try turning the xbox on, counting to 4, plugging the sata in and
immediately pressing enter to start the flash. I had to try 2 times or so,
but I got it.

it'll write all 4 banks, and then yer done.

check pms too