Can I use the Sata port on my laptop to flash?

I have been reading but can't find anyone that has asked this. I have new laptop that has a Sata port on the side of it. Can I just plug my XBOX 360 drive into it to flash it? If so, any additional info would be a great help. Thanks in advance.

 

Possibly.

Actually the port on your laptop is more than likely an E-SATA port. You would need to get an E-SATA to SATA cable. If your chipset is compatible, you should be able to read and flash.

 

oops...yes it's an eSATA port. So if I get a eSATA to SATA cable,that might work? Do you know how I can tell if my chipset is compatible? Any ideas on how I would power the xbox drive? (sorry total newb here)

 

You can power the drive by the 360. Do you happen to know what DVD drive your 360 has?

 

I'll look tonight when I get home from work.

 

be safer to use a desktop

 

I guess so if the chipset picks it up, just be sure to keep the original firmware in a safe place in case something does go wrong.

I just inserted a new touchscreen multi function panel on my computer which has esata with it. Might try using the esata on that next time i need to flash just to see if it works lol

good luck


fl3x7

 

i have an hp dv9000 laptop. I have a chip (via6421a) with a sata cable. i also have a sata to usb cable. my laptop will not show the chip for whatever reason can anyone pm so im not jacking threads, and let me know if this will work out or am i wasting my time. can chipset be hooked up via usb cables??? im lost and confused. i have spent so much time on this, im ready to get a desktop just to flash my drive...

 

just use your desktop computer to flash and install in there a VIA card 6421 then connect the optical drive LiteON or the one you have and be smart use a connectivity kit to power the drive .. this is very important.

wrong, this will be flagged by the Xbox ..

http://www.360mods.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=19345

 

Where is a rolleyes smiley when you need one?

Show me one case of somebody being banned from powering their DVD drive via their 360 during flashing. Oh, what's that? There isn't even one? And yet probably over 50% of flashing is done by people powering their drive via their 360...

OP: do yourself a favor and take anything dred says with a very large grain of salt.

 

listen do you want proof:

then I'd suggest you kindly to read the article in the link that I have provided ..

 

The entire thread is 1 page. I read the entire thing. There is no proof, or even speculation, of anybody EVER being banned for this.

The OP in the thread himself says that

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So, um, yeah...

 

I assume you didn't read the whole article and since you seem to be so clever otherwise the mods didn't promote you to senior member I suggest you re-read the article and this time read this very warning ..

quote from the article 360Mods:

better admit you're wrong, then to be sorry ..

 

Hmm... the guy in that thread definitely provided evidence... /sarcasm

Oh, and I'm pretty sure you get to Senior Member from post count, not the mods promoting you. Dumbass.

 

Heh... dred just follows me from thread to thread, jumping on everything I say and hoping to one day catch me slipping. It's sort of cute in a special ed kind of way.

 

Seems like dred definitely has a life.

 

whatever ..

if you are wrong then I have to correct the bs you are spreading,
nothing personal though ..

 

dred05, I noticed how that was written in stone over at 360mods.net. Please stop fear mongering and come back when you can present some evidence. Thanks.

Edit- Looking more into this, even though the poster of that thread is a Moderator (and I'm guessing he is BraveH43, an OP in #jungleflasher), he fails to provide any kind of evidence to what he claims. He just simply says, this is what I know and we all are suppose to take his word on it. So please, don't come in a thread acting like your word trumps what I said simply because you posted a link that contains no physical evidence.

 

posted by leerage

the link I gave from 360Mods is for me convincing enough and therefore I have the right to use it as evidence ..

let me remind you what you have been posting earlier (particularly notice the use of the word must)..

posted by leerage

 

You may be convinced by a single post but I'm not. Just because you are convinced, doesn't mean it is evidence.

posted by leerage

You really don't understand any of this do you? You obviously didn't read it very well. The 74850C Lite-ON REQUIRES the use of probe/spear. I said IF YOU PURCHASE THE CK3 PROBE, YOU MUST GET THE CONNECVTIVITY KIT. The CK3 Probe is used in conjunction with the CK3 Lite or PRO, since you didn't know.