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Opblaas
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5. December 2007 @ 12:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm thinking about getting a xbox360 this winter (I live in Europe), and I definitely want to flasht he drive. Now I've been gathering some information, and from what I understand there are 3 types of drives:
* Hitachi
* Toshiba/Samsung
* BenQ (elite)

and all of these can be modded. Now I also read that there is a special model number of the Hitachi drive that requires opening your xbox360 and (un)solder a chip, which I really don't want to do.
Now my question basically is, if I get a new x360, what do I need to know to guarantee that I can flashit without opening or soldering? Is there such a method? Maybe somebody can give me some more info, cause it's kind of overwhelming.

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5. December 2007 @ 12:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, you can just open the drive door when powering on and looking at this page to see what drive you have:

http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=61.html

Then if it is a Hitachi, you will have to open it up to see what version you have (you actually have to open the system up anyway to flash it)!


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5. December 2007 @ 12:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I can tell you that no matter what drive you have, you are opening your Xbox 360 and voiding your warranty.

As for the soldering, I think they may have gotten around that. I'll leave that up to somebody who knows, I have a Toshiba/Samsung.
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5. December 2007 @ 12:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No there is a Hitachi drive (the 079) that needs to do some soldering to it! I haven't heard of a way around that (as of yet...)!


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