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how hard is flashing?
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 00:51 |
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on a scale from 1 - 10 (1 being easiest and 10 being hardest) what is the difficulty of flashing the 360 also what are the chances of me bricking my 360 (samsung if it makes a difference but not sure which if its ms25 or ms28)
~penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 01:12 |
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 01:25 |
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and what are the chances that i could mess up my xbox while flashing it
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17. April 2008 @ 01:30 |
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if oyu know what your doing, about 10%
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 01:38 |
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thats still pretty high for me
also do you know if the service at 360mods.net is worth it?
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17. April 2008 @ 01:59 |
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i dont know, i do all my flashing myself.
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17. April 2008 @ 03:49 |
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I'd say it was quite easy. I couldn't get my Hitachi into modeb with the slax CD though so I had to use the sewing pin method which I guess has a higher probability to brick one's drive. Once in modeb though its a piece of cake.
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17. April 2008 @ 13:05 |
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ya, but he doesnt have to worry about getting into mode b since he has a samsung drive. all he has to do is use iprep and in abuot 5 minutes it will be flashed.
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Haruk
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17. April 2008 @ 13:16 |
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I never flashed an xbox before, and when I first did it, it took me in total 10 minutes, the hardest part imo was opening the xbox :P
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Russian1
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17. April 2008 @ 17:53 |
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Originally posted by penner13:
on a scale from 1 - 10 (1 being easiest and 10 being hardest) what is the difficulty of flashing the 360 also what are the chances of me bricking my 360 (samsung if it makes a difference but not sure which if its ms25 or ms28)
~penner13
I'd Craigslist a local modder (don't send it off, the shipping will kill you) abd poay $30-50 for it, definitely the easiest way.
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 19:23 |
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will it be harder to flash if i have an ms28 drive, also thanks for all the info guys :)
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17. April 2008 @ 19:35 |
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nah, samsungs are easy to flash, takes about 5 minutes to do it.
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 19:38 |
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just what i wanted to hear! which guide should i use?
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17. April 2008 @ 19:51 |
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well, as for a guide, not sure, but there are several 'text book' tuts out there. but assuming you get the right pci card, it only takes like 5 steps to flash the drive. the card you will need has to have a via 6421 chipset in it. and i posted a really easy step by step flashing process using iprep in a thread a few days ago that you can follow once you to the flashing part.
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 19:59 |
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what was the name of the thread?
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17. April 2008 @ 20:01 |
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not sure, had something to do with iprep in it though. just when you do go off of my guide, dont use the dben commands...use dsam i believe, or whatever are the command lines for the samsung drives. when you boot up with the iprep drive, it will tell you what they are in case im not correct.
found it
step 1: put USB stick into USB slot
2: open up iPrep
3: load firmware definition (1.4.1)
4: select drive letter from drop down box
5: hit make bootable
6: shut down computer
7: deassemble 360 and hook the dvd drive up to the PCI card
8: turn computer on, boot off the USB stick
9: follow command prompts (it will put the orig.bin on the USB stick after you run the dben 1234567 12345 command.)
10: shut down 360 and computer and restart into windows
11: open up Firmware toolbox and make sure the FW it dumped is a legit one. if so move on, if not do as i said before to copy and paste a legit key in it.
12: restart computer and boot off the USB drive.
13: follow command promts and run the fben 1234567 12345 command to erase/flash the drive with the 'hacked' firmware.
14: shut down 360 and computer
15: put a burnt game in it to make sure it plays.
16: if it plays, put 360 back together
17: if it doesnt play games, see if it will play original games then restart computer off the USB drive, hook 360 back up and run the rben 1234567 12345 command to restore it to original shape. and start over.
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17. April 2008 @ 20:09 |
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what kind of damage could a bad flash do and is it usually fixable?
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17. April 2008 @ 20:11 |
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easily fixable, for a benq you would run rben to restore it, for a samsung it should be something similiar.
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 20:56 |
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is there any way to check you sata chipset without opening your computer?
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17. April 2008 @ 20:59 |
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you can do it through device manager i believe
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 21:46 |
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can i check my samsung drive if it is ms28 or ms25 without opening it? like if there is a different serial number on the box or case
thanks
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17. April 2008 @ 21:59 |
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360drives.com juts put the info in, and it should tell you which one you have.
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 22:01 |
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you actually know everything
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penner13
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17. April 2008 @ 22:15 |
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and lucky me my xbox isnt on the website. mfg date 2006-07-19, premium, canada, bestbuy. anyone know which firmware i have?
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17. April 2008 @ 22:45 |
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Originally posted by wabashman:
nah, samsungs are easy to flash, takes about 5 minutes to do it.
5 mins for you sinc eyou have flashed 1000s, prob 30 mins for a newbie
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