What do I need to flash my XBOX 360?

[Fear1]

What do you need to flash a Xbox 360? Im looking at some items to buy which are (X360UsbPro) and the (CK3 Mini Kit). Are those the items I need to flash a xbox 360? Can someone link me to a thread that has all this info? Thank You

 

[aizatgames]

you gotta know the model of the drive first m8...if the xbox is phatand the drive is liteon you will need ckprobe and x360usbpro...

if its benq,toshiba,or samsung you will only need x360usb...

 

[BL4K3Y]

You need to identify the drive type first, then follow one of these tutorials.

You will want to purchase the X360USB Pro and a CK3 (the X360USB Pro v2 has it all in one) as a bare minimum.

 

[Fear1]

Hello BL4K3Y, So if I buy this (http://www.xconsoles.com/products/xecuter-x360usbpro-v2.html). Is that all I will need to flash a xbox 360? Also I have a Hitachi GDR-3120L

 

[BL4K3Y]

That's all you need for a phat Hitachi drive.

You would probably get away with using your on-board SATA chipset, but I always suggest proper hardware so as to avoid issues.

You will need the 79 Unlock CD if it is a v79.

 

[Fear1]

Its not a 79 its a 78 so thats good. Im going to buy that kit soon and flash my drive. It works for all drives right? But for the lite-ons you need the CK3 PROBE

 

[aizatgames]

that is true..dont forget the thanks button

 

[johnccc]

If your only going to flash your xbox, there is no need to buy anything, use the xbox to power the drive, connect the drives sata port to your computer, you never know it may just pick up, saving you the $80. If it picks up and is detected by jungle flasher (remember to disable signed driver enforcement for Win vista and 7.) then your good, it will not cost you anything but your time to get the hitachi drive flashed. However if it does not get detected you will need something, get a compatible chipset PCI card, I will not list brands, but you can easily find it much cheaper than the usb360 pro.

I see you mentioned its not a 78 or 79, this is good, because you can use LT+ 2.0 and still run LT+ 3.0 format burned discs, as pre 78/79 hitachi's ignore the AP25 replay sector.

Note:

The easier way to check the brand of drive is to check the colors of the wires in the oval hole below the "3" on the drive itself, Yellow = liteon, White = Benq, One Red and One Black = Samsung, No wires at all = Hitachi.

 

[Farouk123456]

If your only going to flash your xbox, there is no need to buy anything, use the xbox to power the drive, connect the drives sata port to your computer, you never know it may just pick up, saving you the $80. If it picks up and is detected by jungle flasher (remember to disable signed driver enforcement for Win vista and 7.) then your good, it will not cost you anything but your time to get the hitachi drive flashed. However if it does not get detected you will need something, get a compatible chipset PCI card, I will not list brands, but you can easily find it much cheaper than the usb360 pro.

I see you mentioned its not a 78 or 79, this is good, because you can use LT+ 2.0 and still run LT+ 3.0 format burned discs, as pre 78/79 hitachi's ignore the AP25 replay sector.

Note:

The easier way to check the brand of drive is to check the colors of the wires in the oval hole below the "3" on the drive itself, Yellow = liteon, White = Benq, One Red and One Black = Samsung, No wires at all = Hitachi.

but don't forget that if the xbox is booted without the drive connected to it through the sata, it may give him a flag, i once accidentally forgot to connect the sata cable to the drive drom the xbox and booted it, it gave me 1 RRoD!!!! and i failed ap2.5 when i checked with xval luckily it was offline and i put a new donor nand, but take it as an advice from me if your drive will get recognized and you dont wanna waste time buying an x360 usb pro, then atleast buy a ck3mini to power the drive and its only 15$ which is really nothing!! dont risk getting flaged just for not paying 15 dollars man

 

[cab0747]

If your only going to flash your xbox, there is no need to buy anything, use the xbox to power the drive, connect the drives sata port to your computer, you never know it may just pick up, saving you the $80. If it picks up and is detected by jungle flasher (remember to disable signed driver enforcement for Win vista and 7.) then your good, it will not cost you anything but your time to get the hitachi drive flashed. However if it does not get detected you will need something, get a compatible chipset PCI card, I will not list brands, but you can easily find it much cheaper than the usb360 pro.

I see you mentioned its not a 78 or 79, this is good, because you can use LT+ 2.0 and still run LT+ 3.0 format burned discs, as pre 78/79 hitachi's ignore the AP25 replay sector.

Note:

The easier way to check the brand of drive is to check the colors of the wires in the oval hole below the "3" on the drive itself, Yellow = liteon, White = Benq, One Red and One Black = Samsung, No wires at all = Hitachi.

I believe the OP said his drive was a 78. This makes him unable to use LT3.0 and he will have to use originals for XDG3 games.

Side note: My first drive was a 78. It is a HUGE pain to get into Mode-B if you are just starting out and dont have the correct equipment.

Buy what is needed and save yourself the frustration.

 

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I have two SATA controllers integrated on my GA-P35-DS3P motherboard. I could get in to mode-B only on one of them. Of course AHCI should be off in BIOS setup. And windows should have appropriate drivers installed.
If the topic starter is an advanced PC user, knows hardware a little bit and doesn't intent to make profit from flashing somebody else's xboxes he doesn't need any additional hardware.
The only precaution: do not try to plug power connector in to your drive when your xbox is in stand-by. I burnt one Hitachi PCB because of that trying to plug it in upside down.