Xtreme Boot Maker is a simple program that will prepare a floppy or USB drive for use with X360SAM.
Features:
* Auto-detects your SATA/RAID controller and hex-edits MTKFlash (if needed) for your chipset.
* Formats your floppy/usb drive and copies all necessary files over.
* Uses X360SAM 0.4.
* MD5 checker when selecting your firmware lets you know your firmware is legit
* Updateable Firmware definitions.
* Renames the firmware you load to xtreme.bin, uses custom .bat files.
* Will work with all existing Xtreme fw's and future releases. (I Hope)
* Can be used with NTFS cd's, creates a folder on your hdd.
Xtreme Enterprise posted Part3 of their series about their upcoming Fantasy360 Console Replacement Cases:
In Part II, we talked in detail about the overall shape of the 360 and how it did not support the inclusion of jewels, dualfan and cooling issues. We had some really good feedback on the second article such as the part about pouring water on the 360 shells to test the water pooling effect. Another excellent suggestion (if you did not want to take apart your 360) is to lay the 360 on its side, and roll a marble on it and you will find it settling down quite nicely in the center.
By now, we presume that everyone who owns a 360 will have completed its 3 month warranty and is familiar enough with 360 casemods that involve not only faceplate replacements, but also the full console case dismantling process. Various tools can be used, as long as it is slim and sharp enough to contact the clips that hold both the top/bottom vents as well as the rear of the console. Fortunately, the original 360 case is made from durable composite plastic that flexes without breaking when one attempts to snap open the console shells. The same cannot be said for aftermarket replacements (faceplate and console shells alike).
Casemodding on the original 360 case is easy enough once you get the hang of it. It is common for users to open up their cases more than once during the casemod process. What we don't like is the 360's tricky design which makes it difficult and sometimes frustrating to do just that. This is even more so when using copy cases of inferior quality that either does not fit correctly or snaps/breaks when a slight pressure is applied on it.
Maximus released a new version of the GaryOPA Xtreme Firmware package for the Hitachi-LG Xbox 360 DVD drive that includes his latest "Stealth Firmware" patch, Geremia's "Media Detection v2" patch and support for ROM VER. 59B:
Maximus-Garyopa_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_2_Stealth 8in1
MOST OF THE WORK IS FROM garyOPA, even most of this Readme File
TESTED MANY TIMES ON 46/47/59/59B, other versions not tested
FEATURES (my contribution on this release):
* Removed old media detection and replaced with better media detection (media detection ver 2) from Geremia.
* Incorporates Maximus Firmware Stealth (Full Firmware Stealth)
* Added support for 59b firmware (what a stupid fw)
* Not yet Media Stealth... I have not heard news on this topic
Three Commands (for flashing use only one: Flash15s or Flash22s, no both):
FLASH22S.BAT: Flashes your drive with 2.2 Fw Stealth (Media Detect 2, F900 core and Firwmare Stealth
FLASH15S.BAT: Flashes your drive with 1.5 Fw Stealth (Media Detect 2, and Firwmare Stealth, (NO F900 Core)
RESTORE.BAT: Return your drive to original State, even if you have firmware stealth in your drive
*RECOMENDATION: If you have flashed your drive in the past use RESTORE
first. If it is a brand new drive use directly the Flash command you
like. If you dont plan to use your drive to dump games use the
flash15s.bat
* ALL NEW XTREME V2.2 FIRMWARE FOR ALL BUILDS OF THE HITACHI DRIVES! [except the new 78FK of course]
* Now includes "Security Sector Extraction" for all Hitachi Drives
* Included media detection 2 from Geremia and Maximus Firmware Stealth, this release just supports SS Extraction within Windows without the need to re-flash your drive back and forth between PLAY & RIP!
Official-Site: n/a (by Maximus, Garyopa and Geremia)
If your following the progress of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition you will be happy to hear that there is a Multiplayer Demo on its way.
Although the release date is vague at the moment by just stating "Coming this Winter.." I can assure you the action looks very good indeed. If you want the check out the action yourself get onto the Marketplace and download the new video from the Bringing it Home section.
Meanwhile here are a few teasing shots of the action:
Maximus (carranzafp) released a new version of the Hitachi Firmware Stealth-Maker that allows to make any Xtreme Hitachi-LG FW 100% 'Firmware Stealth'. That's not the same yet as C4E's Xtreme v3.0 FW for Toshiba-Samsung drives, that next to 'FW stealth' also includes 'Media Stealth'. This new version comes with support for ROM VER. 59B drives:
Maximus 1.3 Hitachi Firmware Stealth-Maker - ALL VERSIONS
It is a tool to take any hacked xtreme version for the hitachi and patch it to make 100% firmware stealth (appears like 100% original when you dump it) including the CHECKSUM!!!
The only way to know if it has the hack is de-soldering the flash chip and read with external programmer, so the console will dont know !!! (I hope)
It is NOT MEDIA-STEALTH yet, garyopa is already working on that side but when he finish that part he can implement this hack on his version.
I first do the stealth hack mannually, but then I realized that it is a pain in the ass to calculate the differences by hand, and when a new xtreme release appears it will need to be calculated again so instead of that I have done a tool that do the necessary calculations and patches to make it stealth.
I have done the tests only on 46 and 47 drives but is the same principle for every others.
What's new/fixed:
* Added support for 59B versions
Probutus released a new version of specially adapted Slax PC linux-bootdisc that allows you to switch the Xbox360 Hitachi-LG GDR-3120L DVD-drive to mode-b without connectivity kit (crossed-wire trick), so you can flash the DVD FW and dump discs in Windows:
ime for an update ;) Since Kernel 2.6.18 is out and the SATA subsystem got improved I gave it a try and implemented SATA support for the slax disc. To avoid confusion we now have a versionning scheme:
Here is a list of improvements:
1) plscsi and modeb command now integrated in baseimage (no dvd_base-mo package needed anymore)
2) usb and sata->pata adapter works as usual
3) modeb-cdb now integrated into generic scsi driver (which is used by libata)
Since I can't get my drive out of my box anymore (please dont ask... ;)) I have not been able to test it. If you have problems please PM me your dmesg output that I can help.
TO AVOID confusion: There are some sata-raid controllers out (e.g. sil 3112 and 3114) which do not support sata-atapi drives so please check if your controller supports atapi devices before complaining
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