I'm curious - as I understand it, the newest 360s come with Hitachi drives that cannot yet be firmware-modded.
If I purchased a new 360 and swapped in my already-flashed Hitachi drive (rev 46 I think) from another 360 (which hypothetically would have a rev 48 drive, right), would that work?
I'm concerned because of the drive version checking that the fall update is apparently doing, but from what I've seen it's only been an issue between different Samsung drives. Am I wrong?
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You would have to get the key from the 0078 drive....and even with desoldering and reading with an external programmer it's still not easily found. The new update checks firmware versions, so yes you would have a problem. You would have to update the firmware to show the 0078 version (pretty easy actually). But the main problem is the key.
QUOTE(jameswalter @ Nov 14 2006, 02:40 PM) 
You would have to get the key from the 0078 drive....and even with desoldering and reading with an external programmer it's still not easily found. The new update checks firmware versions, so yes you would have a problem. You would have to update the firmware to show the 0078 version (pretty easy actually). But the main problem is the key.
That's what I was afraid of. Looks like i'll be trying a few more tricks to see if I can't beat the ring of death on my old box yet.
QUOTE(jameswalter @ Nov 15 2006, 08:40 AM)
You would have to get the key from the 0078 drive....and even with desoldering and reading with an external programmer it's still not easily found. The new update checks firmware versions, so yes you would have a problem. You would have to update the firmware to show the 0078 version (pretty easy actually). But the main problem is the key.
so as i understand it, the firmware version is coded into the motherboard?? or is it only detected by LIVE?
if its only detected by live then the old dvd drive into a new 360 before it goes onto live should work??
hope somebody can answer this!
QUOTE(garyopa @ Nov 6 2006, 10:55 AM)
In theory you should be able to patch the v40, v46, v47, v58 firmwares
to reply back as v59 which will help those that have "downgraded" to
an older Hitachi from their original Hitachi version.
The E66 error appears it seems only on those units which people have
used on Live and Upgraded the dashboard since stock version, and
then afterwards have swapped their DVD drive or replaced it with an
older "version build" then what they had before in their system, and
applied the newer "fall update".
This idea of patching the Hitachi firmware will not currently help
those that have switched from a Samsung drive to an Hitachi,
or vice-versa, only for those that have downgraded their Hitachi.
You need to change the following locations:
starting at >2030 (2 bytes) backwards version becomes "95"
starting at >20D4 (2 bytes) forewards version becomes "59"
starting at >20DE (8 bytes) ver. build date becomes "06/01/24"
and the same change again at:
starting at >3D49E (2 bytes) forewards version becomes "59"
starting at >3D4A8 (8 bytes) ver. build date becomes "06/01/24"
starting at >3D51C (2 bytes) backwards version becomes "95"
And then you need to "encrypt" the hex-edited firmware before flashing:
firm e upped.bin upped-e.bin <---- Encrypt the "upped" firmware
And finally you need to "flash" the changed sectors:
47flash H upped-e.bin 90002000 1000 <---- Flash the first changed sector
47flash H upped-e.bin 9003D000 1000 <---- Flash the second changed sector
NOTE: The following changes currently have only been tested
on the NON-STEALTH versions of firmware, if you are trying to
do this on a STEALTHed firmware you MAY also need to first
UN-STEALTH your firmware by doing the following:
firm e orig.bin orig-e.bin <---- Encrypt the untouched original firmware
47flash H orig-e.bin 90033000 1000 <--- Flash back the READ part, to unstealth the firmware
P.S.: In the above examples and commands, replace the "H" with your CORRECT drive letter.
AGAIN I MUST WARN YOU PLEASE READ THRU EVERYTHING FIRST, AND ONLY TRY THIS IF YOU ARE
SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE RISKS (BRICKING YOUR DRIVE) IN DOING SO.
found this, this is as close to an answer as i can find, i'll be the guinea pig and let you know how it goes.
how did it go i am @ the same stage as you FW edited and ready to flash did u have success?
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