Ok, so I recently bought the Maximus 360 Xtractor Pro kit and probe. I have scowered the internetz for information on exactly how to set it up, but have found only what to do after it is set up.

I now have the board with the on/off switch and eject button and what not (link to the board), the 12-hole power cable to connect to my Liteon drive, and the spear (with cable) to connect to Maximus board for key dumping. A Liteon 7x drive and a Dell Inspiron 531. I have modded EVERY type of drive except liteon in the Xbox360.

From what I've found, I still need either a 7 or 15-pin SATA to 4-pin Molex adapter, or a 4-pin Molex external power supply. Can anyone shed some light on that? As in, do I NEED the external power supply or can I use a 7 or 15-pin SATA to 4-pin Molex adapter like this one--> sata to molex on newegg and use the SATA cable in the back of my DVD drive like I have been with all the other drives?

And what exactly is the RS232 cable even FOR? I don't have one and have no idea if I'd even need one. There is VERY little information (from what I've seen) on the internet about the necessity of this part for Liteon modding.

All in all... could someone just explain how to set this thing up? what to plug where?

There is no SATA port on the Maximus board, that's why I need the SATA to Molex adapter or cable. But thank you for the rs232 info, I actually did some rs232 research that was unrelated to xbox just to see what it was for and found out I can use the USB 2.0 port on the kit instead of the rs232 serial port. What I'm wondering is where the power to my drive is coming from if I have to place the cable into the Maximus board... is the power from the Molex port going to power the Maximus board AND the drive? Or is it going to take power from the usb connection?

My PC's power supply has no molex cables of any kind. and there are no molex ports or plugs inside my comp at all. Molex is old tech I believe.

Ok so I have it mostly figured out thanks to you guys, but where do I plug in the SATA part of the Molex cable?

It appears I have an extra 15 pin SATA cable coming off the one plugged into the back of my DVD drive, they're the female ones I believe (receive a 15 pin SATA head), so lucky break there as I have no 15 pin ports on my mobo.

Does all this mean I'm good to go as soon as I get to Radio Shack to get the 15 pin SATA to Molex?

The only molex I see coming out of my power supply is the wrong size. I'll just have to use a sata to molex cable or adapter.

"The problem here is that the dell 300-watt psu does not have one of these connectors, nor a standard 4-pin molex connector." Quoted straight from overclock.net forums.

Question answered. Feel free to close thread.

My apologies, the title has been reverted.