Wanting to flash my 360 just one problem..

I've read people have had good luck with ICH9 so I think you should be able to flash the Lite-ON.

 

YES!

Ok SO now I need to officially order the connectivity kit and the probe. I'm still waiting on the SATA PCI to get here..

Thanks for all your help.

I'm sure there will be many more questions to ask once stuff gets here.


Quick side question: I'm not TOO worried about getting banned but in the case that it DOES happen do I have to call them up and cancel the account? Or do they automatically stop charging me for it?

Because the last time I had to cancel an account I had to go through an entire questionnaire over the phone with some indian guy on why I wanted to cancel the account. Don't really feel like explaining.

 

What SATA PCI did you order?

With getting banned from playing on XBL with a back-up game, they will ban the console's serial. So that specific console can't access XBL. You can buy a new 360 and transfer your gamertag over to it and continue playing XBL.

 

I bought this

http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci22-vt6421a.htm

Please tell me that is the correct thing to get..

What I meant was if I get banned I don't really feel like migrating my account or anything. I would rather it just stay banned and sit on my console and I would just cancel the gold live. But that did answer my question, thanks.

 

yes they dont actually ban your gamertag they just ban your console. I dont know if they flag the gamertag after like a secret note on their customer files because very little is known how microsoft bans people, BUT if you dont plan on getting a new xbox after you get banned then you should call in and cancel your account...

wait wtf why are we talking about getting banned, it is been relized that if you follow directions and stealth check your games then there is very little chance of getting banned, swim has been on live playing nothing but backups all day and night with no such banning

 

Yes, the VIA 6421 is correct. I didn't realize you had already order it. The reason that I was talking about the ICH9 is that you might be able to flash the Lite-ON with your onboard SATA. At least you will have a fail safe if the ICH9 ends up not working because the VIA is guaranteed to work.

 

Ah. I see.

Well I would rather have the SATA be external anyways. Like I said in my first post, when I built this PC it was my first build and not a whole lot of thought went into placement of things and I have a BUNCH of lights set up on the side case so when I take it off it can only come off a little bit otherwise the cords get stretched and I don't feel like unplugging them all in order to get to the MOBO.

OH! and one more thing!

I'm not even sure if all my onboard SATA ports work because I recall having to switch my HDD around to find one that did.

 

Officially ordered the probe and connectivity kit. Hopefully this isn't going to be $80 down the drain

Total cost to mod it so far: $120 or 2 new xbox games

 

The probe and connectivity kit will pay for themselves. If you got friends with 360s you can do theirs for a price, and make all your money back and more!

 

I know I asked this before but I never got a straight answer,

will my DVD drive work?

http://us.liteonit.com/us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=67

Or should I get a new one?

 

Are you wondering if it can burn 360 back-up copies?

I checked and it can write to Dual Layers. Just make sure to get yourself some Verbatim Dual Layers (made in Singapore).

 

Haha yeah sorry I was wondering if it could burn them. Buying a new DVD drive isn't that big of a deal but I am glad to hear mine works. I already ordered some verbatims off of newegg a couple of days ago and checked the reviews to make sure they were the right ones.


Edit:

I just got this email

dear customer,





The probes have just ran out of stock would you be interested in waiting as they will arrive by july 3rd please let us know if you wish to wait?thanks



rob

modchip.ca



Should I just wait it out or go ahead and get it from somewhere else?

 

You might be able to find somewhere else that has them in stock. I guess it is up to you.

 

They are in stock at consolesource.com so it looks like I will be getting it from them.

Would you recommend any of the special fans for the 360? Like the talismoon or XCM core cooler. I figured since my 360 is going to be open already I might as well add something else to it thats going to (hopefully) benefit it.

 

I would get a Talismoon whisper fan.

 

Alright great, I just got both of those ordered. (talismoon & probe)

I had a $50 visa gift card and they fit perfectly on to it.

 

Probably a really stupid question but I could use a quick answer.

I just installed the VIA SATA into the PCI slot and it came with a SATA cable. Do I want to attach that sata cable to my motherboard and the VIA slot from the inside? Or am I just overthinking this..

 

You can use either your VIA SATA card or you onboard SATA. I would say use the VIA since it is guaranteed 100% to work. Just make sure you don't have the VIA driver installed.

You need to take the SATA cable and plug 1 end into the VIA SATA card and plug the other end into your drive.

 

Thanks for the fast reply. The via card has 3 sata ports on it, 1 sticking through the outside of the case (I had to dremel a part of my case out just so the port would stick through lol) and then 2 inside the case. I didn't know if the SATA cable was supposed to be used to connect the VIA card to the onboard SATA.

 

I just installed the I/O drivers by following the jungle flasher tutorial and everything went well. I then ran the PortIO32.exe and it said it was installed and running.

Both of which I am assuming are good signs.

Now I just have to wait a week before any of the 360 stuff gets here.

Coming up next will probably burning games questions since I am assuming the blank DVD+R DL's will be arriving next.