TUTORIAL:Hitachi Flash/backup/burn

Hi,

Noob question i know but how do i know if my 360 has a hitachi drive in it without opening it ?

Thx

 

@MarkeyG
Open your drive and compare the tray to this picture:

Here

 

Well justed check seems i have a samsung drive am i still ok to follow this guide ??

 

Thanks Rich22 but it seems i have a samsung drive from the link you sent am i still ok following this guide now ?

Thanks

 

Just read full forum post and see its Hitachi only, Will the drives still be ok to copy games you have listed if i have a samsung drive also is there a guide for flashing a samsung ?

Thanks in advance

 

Yes, you can flash the samsung drive also, using a different tutorial. You can also use your 360 drive to read the games to your computer (if you don't wanna spend some extra money). You can use any burner that you can set the bitsetting of DVD+R media to DVD-Rom.

You may also buy one of the Kreon drives so you don't have to take apart your 360 everytime you want to rip a game to your computer.

The best guide available is the guide by Textbook. You may download it at:
http://www.360mods.net/Downloads/get=61/mirror=123.html
Hope this helps. Tells you everything you need to know. Good luck!

-DUGA-

 

Thanks for the info just a bit confused about the Sata connection am I still able to use the one recommended in this Hitachi guide or do i need another one for flashing my samsung drive if so what model anyone have a link ?

Thanks Again

 

not positive on this, but i don't think the one in this guide will work. in textbooks guide, he lists some of the chipsets that will work. listed is both onboard sata and pci add-on cards that will work and also listed are some that don't work. i would just go from that.

i personally couldn't tell you since i have the hitachi.

i just read that the newest 360's may have a benq drive. there is no modified firmware out yet for this drive. hopefully soon. i read that 360's produced after november 2006 will have this drive. mine was just a couple months before this, so i am glad i got it when i did.

-duga-

 

hi can you help me i have got a pioneer 108 dvd+r it writes the game but when i put it in to my xbox 360 it not work i am doing it this way

i use xbox creator v2.3 to read the game and i use clone cd and xbox creator to write then can you please help

thanks matt

 

is your 360 drive flashed? did you burn at 2.4x? did you set your burner, so it bitsets dvd+r's to dvd-rom? what media are you using?

 

Hey everyone. I have the Pioneer 111D, Using IMGBURN, Verbatim DVD+R 8x.

I do the layer break correctly and I follow everything according to the tutorial but I get this message when I press the BIG WRITE button.



I/O ERROR!

DEVICE {3:0:0} PIONEER DVD+RW DVD-111D 1.23 (F ATA)

ScsiStatus:0x02
Interpretation: Check Condition

CdB: AC 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00
Interpretation:Get Performance

Sense Area 00 00 002 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Interpretation: Medium Not Present.

 

Try using verbatim 2.4x, those are the ones you should be using.

 

I use these but when I press the write speed I only put it to a maximum of 2.4x. I already had 3 coasters. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. PLEASE HELP.

 

you need to upgrade the firmware on your burner to version 1.29. should work then. also don't run any programs while burning.

-duga-

 

I tried Upgrading the firmware to 1.29 but it says

"failed to move to the normal mode"

then it tells me that the firmware upgrade failed

Can you please help?

 

sounds like something is wrong with your drive. are all cables secure. do you have the master/slave settings right? is it able to read discs without error? i don't know too much about the 111D. my drive is a pioneer dvr-109, so i can't offer much help. i would try another burner if you have one and see if that works.

-duga-

 

Does anyone know if i am REQUIRED to buy the pioneeer111d? I already have a sony dru 710a DL dvd burner. i heard that you need the pioneer one because the dvd drive needs to be booktyped. However, im pretty sure that my dvd drive can alos be booktyped as other people on these forums have done it too.
So two questions:
1. can i use my sony dvd burner instead of the pioneer one?
2. if so, all i have to is booktype my sony DL dvd burner in order to sucsfully burn xbox 360 games?

on a side note, if your downloading xbox 360 games, do you still need the samsung drive? or is that just for when you insert original xbox 360 games and for the game to be read?

thanks

 

the burner you have now should work just fine, as long as it can booktype. you should also set the layer break at 1913760 and burn at 2.4x for best compatibility.

the 111D is just the most popular burner for 360 backups, because it will automatically booktype for you.

you don't need the samsung drive if you are downloading, however, make sure you are only downloading games you own, otherwise this is considered piracy, which is illegal. good luck.

-duga-

 

Hey there Duga. You've been helping me a lot and now I need your help once again....lol ... OK I was able to upgrade my firmware to 1.29 In Safe Mode. I kept on trying it and trying it and finally got the idea of doing in safe mode. Anyways, I tried backing up the game again and it says the same thing. It gives me the same error number. What else can it be? I have backed up some movies I have successfully with this burner already. Any ideas? THANK YOU.

-OSCAR

 

Duga, thanks so much man, that was what i was having trouble with all along. it was confusing the heck out of me. But i still want to clear up a few things. if i do download the games, do i have to patch them or something or are they pre-patched? if not , do u know how i go about pathcing the game? also would i have to remove extra any sceuirty stuff/SS merger thing/etc, or do u only remove that stuff if ure using the samsung drive?
thanks