Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia XP: 3,060,024
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 4:44 am Post subject: Xtreme firmware for TS-H943 for Xbox 360 DVDROM Released!
This release has not been tested yet, but as the original Xbox DVD firmware mod released by the same person (Commodore4Eva) was working, chances are high this one will work too.
The modified DVD firmware has been released for the Toshiba-Samsung H943 Xbox 360 DVD drive (it will ONLY work on that drive - the Hitachi-LG drives will need their own modified firmware). Just like Commodore4Eva's modified Xbox1 FW, it will need raw dumps, some patching (security sector on ISO and DVD drive key on firmware) and DVD+DL recordable discs to work.
Release comes with tools to make this all as easy as possible. Also included is a 2nd firmware that will allow you to extract the security sector (what you have to patch on the raw ISO) from an original discs with your TS-H943 drive connected to a PC.
Here it is, the long awaited World first Xbox 360 backup firmware modification to boot all game backups!
Features:
- Boots all Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
- Boots all Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
- Boots all Xbox 360 originals
- Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360
- Xtreme0800 extraction firmware enables drive to function natively under Windows without any hardware conversion/adaptors
- Use on Xbox Live at own risk
Technical details:
- Reads Xbox 360 security sector from PSN 04FB1F (Layer 0)
- Reads Xbox 1 security sector from PSN 605FF (Layer 0)
- Security sector must be extrated using Xtreme0800 360 firmware for Xbox360 games and Xbox 1 games
- Will not boot Xbox 1 backups made with Xbox1 605b 0800 firmware (maybe in future release)
Flashing your drive:
Advisable to make a backup of your dvd drive firmware first ("mtkflash r /m orig.bin"). Please make sure you hexedit the Xtreme.bin firmware (not Xtrm0800.bin firmware) to include your dvd drive key from your original firmware (usually at $4000-4200).
Plug SATA cable from DVD drive to PC. Power cable drive still connected to Xbox 360 Power on
Xbox 360 Power on PC Boot with standard dos boot disk with included mtkflash utility.
Run "mtkflash w /m firmwarename.bin" with relevant firmware file (Xtreme.bin for running backups or Xtrm0800.bin for security sector extraction)
Extracting Security Sector:
Ensure DVD drive has been flashed with Xtrm0800.bin firmware. Drive can now work under Windows.
Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change.
Run DVDinfoPro.
Enter the following four custom cdb commands:
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 01 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 03 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 05 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 07 C0
Then save hexadecimal display as bin file as SS.bin
<b><u>Creating a game backup</b></u>:
Ensure DVD drive has been flashed with Xtrm0800.bin firmware. Drive can now work under Windows.
Extract Isobuilder.rar
Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change
Run DVDinfoPro
Enter the following custom cdb command to unlock drive: (game data visable)
FF 08 01 01
Run Isobuster
Right click on DVD and select Extract From-To
Click Length and enter number of LBAs as follows:
Xbox 1 Original Number of LBA to read 3431264 decimal
or
Xbox 360 Original Number of LBA to read 3567872 decimal
Select User Data (2048 bytes/block)
Click Start Extraction
Enter filename as game.iso and click Save
Upon read error dialogue box choose fill with blank zeros for sector and select use this selection for all errors
Copy game.iso and ss.bin to the relevent isobuilder directory (Depending on Xbox 360 or Xbox 1 game)
Run build360.bat (Xbox 360 game) or build.bat (xbox 1 game)
Ensure your burner will set the booktype of DVD+R DL to DVDRom
Burn with CloneCd and choose the image.dvd file
Thanks to everyone at Xboxhacker.net for all their discussions. Now you guys will have to get homebrew running. Next on the list will be the PS3 and this one will be done much quicker (once it comes out!)
Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Holland XP: 0
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 11:29 am Post subject:
Isn't this GREAT NEWS!!!
xbox-scene also confirmed that it worked with 2 people!
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia XP: 3,060,024
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject:
Im just hoping this makes the way for homebrew.. Thats my main reason for loving xbox.. The games are sweet sure and so is xbox live.
But emulators and Xbox Media Center will take the cake on 360 for me..
I like having backups of the games i own too since they cost so much and are easily scratched..
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 614 Location: Nebraska XP: 0
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject:
hmm....i havent heard any offical response for this thread (although i saw it early in the morn)- if it doesnt frag my DVD rom (like i fragged my Xbox rom a couple of months ago)
then i might need to try it...this would be really good....
As for getting around the dash updates....beats me...but from what i understand- the Firmware upgrade can be upgraded even further after a dash update( So does this mean this will be the next way of running homebrew on the 360?)
Lets take a closer look into things.
crash04 360-HQ Experienced
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Central Indiana XP: 0
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:
Well I have helped a friend do this hack on his 360, I'm really not wanting to possibly lose my Live priviliges, just in case. He didn't understand how to do it, but he did have the SATA abilities on his board, I don't. Damn fink! For the main part, it looks to be working, but its a bit of a process getting the games copied and ready to run. He has created 3 coasters out of 10 burns. We haven't determined if its his burner or the way the discs are made that is causing the problem. Will put back more after we research a little bit into it. We are also going to see if we can use the USB to SATA adaptor that I've been using for the 360 hard drive file transfers, to flash the firmware.
I, personally, do NOT recommend doing this hack yet, just because the repurcussions are unknown. It does seem to work, but you have to pay attention to the steps listed in the Readme.txt included with the files to the letter. We had a moment where we thought we had thrashed his drive. So, do at your own risk people.
*UPDATE*
After about an hour on Live, for a reason unexplained by any messages or anything, my friend can no longer get on Live. We hooked my box up to his internet connection, and we could get on, but his box can no longer get online. Now something else may have happened that we don't know of yet, but it is fishy it happened after the changed firmware. Be careful. I also believe what many people are saying in the modding forums, the new games will have an updated drive firmware that will lock this hack out. It'll be just like the PSP scene. That assumption could all be wrong, but it's looking like this gonna be the future, games of cat and mouse and losing certain games because of the firmware update.
Last edited by crash04 on Tue May 16, 2006 2:46 am; edited 1 time in total
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crash04 360-HQ Experienced
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Central Indiana XP: 0
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:47 am Post subject:
I'm pretty sure posting any links is against forum rules, and PM's would be out of line too. Just check usual places and that's all I'm saying. That may be too much. Check the update I put onto my original post, may make you think twice.
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Joined: Oct 03, 2005 Posts: 6381 Location: Canada XP: 35,604
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:40 am Post subject:
It wouldnt surprise me that M$ has away of blocking the modified firmware now since they are aware of the hack. _________________________________________________________
crash04 360-HQ Experienced
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Central Indiana XP: 0
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:29 am Post subject:
Well, we are waiting for an exact confirmation that is the problem. So what I'm gonna have him try, when he gets home from work, is to see if he can create another Live-enabled gamertag and get online with it. If so, then its just his gamertag, and he'll have to figure out exactly why it was blocked.
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