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cmilesy
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_ 		25. June 2008 @ 18:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have just bought a new Xbox 360 for a present. When I took it too the local computer shop who flashed my xbox they said its got a new BENQ drive and it can't be flashed. Mine is an elite with a BENQ and that's been flashed by the same shop.

How long has this 'new' BENQ drive been out?

Is a flash expected soon?

Thanks in advance for your help
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ANeophyte
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_ 		25. June 2008 @ 21:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It can be flashed, it just is harder to do than some drives. And requires a very particular SATA card/chipset.
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bhetrick
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_ 		25. June 2008 @ 22:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If it's the "new" one, then it's the Lite-On... not the Benq. The trays are the same. The only way to tell the difference is to look at the label on the drive. It'll say Phillips & Lite-On instead of Phillips & Benq.

And the Lite On can not be flashed yet.



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ANeophyte
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_ 		25. June 2008 @ 22:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Right, so it would be Philips/LiteOn, not Philips/Benq.
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BurningAs
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_ 		26. June 2008 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Be sure to submit your info on www.360drives.com Nasty drives I must say.

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 And requires a very particular SATA card/chipset.
What do you mean very particular? it's the cheapest SATA PCI card that's how it was discovered. And you can find it anywhere.
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thor999
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_ 		9. July 2008 @ 01:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there any way to tell without voiding the warranty? I have lot0818 team FDOU and it looks like a Ben-Q.
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Memnock
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_ 		9. July 2008 @ 01:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There's another thread right below. Lot #0816 and under you'll be safe. You should avoid anything higher if you don't want to get that new Lite-on. At least in my area the highest lot number I've seen as of this weekend is 0810 which as at least a good thing for now.
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thor999
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_ 		9. July 2008 @ 02:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So can the dvd-rom be determined without voiding the warranty?
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bhetrick
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_ 		9. July 2008 @ 07:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not between the Benq and Lite On.
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thor999
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_ 		11. July 2008 @ 12:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Actually, you can, and I have it :( Take off the faceplate and look where the number 3 hole is on that guys post over at X-Scene. If you see 2 white wires you are GTG. If you see 2 slender yellow wires on the left you have my disease.
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