LITEON DG-16D2S Cheapest way to flash LITEON 02510C

[Dermodragon]

What's the absolute cheapest way to read/flash a stock PHAT LITEON which has been updated to the 02510C fw by the dashboard? The only HW tools I have are an INTEL ICH8 SATA chipset and a spare 360 to power the drive. This works fine for BENQs (the best drive!), but I fear I'll have to shell out to do the LITEON.

Cheers,

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[frayed]

as this is a TX product support forum, the only advice you will receive is for TX products.

the recommended tools are

x360usb v1 + ck3i + probe v3

or

x360usb v2 + probe v3

if you are looking for the cheapest route, this is not the place for you. try some youtube magic

 

[n1ght0wl]

a via 6421a card and a home made probe

 

[Dermodragon]

a via 6421a card and a home made probe

I'm happy to buy a probe I just don't want to buy an x360USBpro or ck3 if I can do it without. It's just for one drive, so buying a £30 x360, £15 ck3 and £10 probe seems not worth it. £55 to flash the drive of a £40 console? Something's not right there.

The thing that confuses me with the probe methods is all the power on/off you've got to do. I assume you can't use a 360 to power the drive...

 

[n1ght0wl]

if it works out cheaper then send it to someone on here to do for you if you dont want to buy the equipment.. ive told you how to do it on the cheap

 

[Hackerjac]

It have never been recomanded to use a xbox to power up the drive when flashing it, so stopbbeing a cheapass and buy the stuff needed, you never know if your gonna use it at a later time

 

[Dermodragon]

It have never been recomanded to use a xbox to power up the drive when flashing it, so stopbbeing a cheapass and buy the stuff needed, you never know if your gonna use it at a later time

I pretty much know I'm not going to use it. Thanks for calling me cheap, though!

Mods this thread might as well be closed - I get the picture.

 

[Moroccain]

u can use the xbox power and the home made probe but its difficult to take the dummy but is not impossible her ck3 made home
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T_EisOePuA"]final CK3 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Hackerjac]

u can use the xbox power and the home made probe but its difficult to take the dummy but is not impossible her ck3 made home
final CK3 - YouTube

Ffs its a tx suport site and then you post this crap curse the op is a cheapass

 

[Moroccain]

:facepalm::facepalm:

 

[hilly360]

Cheapest way would be to have a local modder do it for u or send the drive to someone trusted on here.

Where u from?

 

[frayed]

it all goes back to my OP in his thread, i will say it again because its quite obvious that some idiots cant read

this is a TX product support forum, if you do not wish to use any TX products we cannot help you




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[Disk0]

Send it too me if your in the UK, you pay post and i'll flash the drive for you for 10 english pounds sir

 

[johnccc]

Reading this thread, I have not seen the OP has accepted a solution, although many are posted.

If I were you, I would just buy the probe to get what you need, then flash your friends consoles for a small fee, then start a flashing service in your area, once you have the probe, you can officially say you can flash any phat xbox drive, and you can. I would recommend getting something other than the console to power the drive, its kinda tricky on those power off and on moments, get a CK3 lite, they're cheap and reliable, once you have that and the probe, you will get full support here and since its good quality TX stuff, you probably will not need any support.

 

[BL4K3Y]

A Probe 3 is dirt cheap, what's the issue?

You can even make your own... :rolleyes2:

 

[johnccc]

A Probe 3 is dirt cheap, what's the issue?

You can even make your own... :rolleyes2:

Yes, dirt cheap, I wouldn't make my own though, it could probably cost about 25% in parts to make, plus skills, also, powering the drive with the xbox is not recommended, I got one locked because of that once, I would not recommend it.

But yeah, your point stands, a probe and a ck3 is dirt cheap and makes flashing ANY phat console child's play.

Once you have these tools you can flash any PHAT xbox, you can EASILY start a flashing service and make your money back 100x.

 

[reefz3ro]

Time=money you will waste alot of time fighting with cheap/homemade sh*t. its cheaper to just buy the good stuff and be done.

for just a little bit more than the cost of a game you can own every thing you need!

Just dish out the cash get your self a ck3i/and probe and usb360 and flash that bish in less than a minute. you may think your only gonna need it once but ill bet your gonna use it WAY more than that plus the usb360 is a kickass sata to usb converter i use for tons of other uses!

getting a local modder to do it also is a good idea unless you need it done more than once then your gonna spend just as much as you would to own it, and the time spent setting up a meet driving there and back (time=money).

 

[johnccc]

True, however, if you can flash a drive with your mobo's sata chipset, there is really no reason to buy the x360pro as you already have the ability to connect to the drive via sata. If your mobo does not have the ability to detect the drive, then I recommend to buy the x360pro usb, don't buy the VIA PCI card, it will only work in a desktop and it still has some issues. If you are going to buy anything for the sata part, get only the x360usb pro as it will work on any PC/Laptop and you will not have to disable the Windows Driver Enforcement, no more portio issues, plus, it flashes much faster.

Time does equal money, think of it this way;

How long does it take you to power on an xbox, update the dash, then open it up, remove the drive and read the firmware (gives an extra 30 secs for liteon), then flash the drive and put it back together...

It takes me (liteon) about 6 minutes, if that. So lets say you charge $20 for this, thats 6 minutes of work for $20... That's $120/hour, who gets paid that much....


Bottom line, get the probe, get a good power supply, if your sata cannot detect the drive, get a xbox360 usb pro.

You will make that money back easily.