This is a tutorial i found on a website called *removed*. I take full credit for it, since i am a member at that forum, and actually created the guide, and it would be nice to share the info, so i will. BTW you can NOT flash the 78FK drive using this method, but you can using the ol' SATA method. Google it.

This is a full tutorial on how to flash Hitachi Drives specifically for X360 USB. I created this because of the many people that dont have a SATA based computer, or a SATA based Motherboard that supports a 360 drive. I sure don't, and really wanted to flash my 360 drive. But with this device, X360 USB, you can now flash your drive using a USB, instead of a SATA connector.

The PART WHERE YOU GET SCARED AND SHIT:

-I am not held accounted for what the hell u do with your 360 drive, but the way that i am doing it, you really should not mess up
-You WILL void your 360 warranty, which means if it breaks later on even if its not because of the flashing process, you are f***** and would have to buy a new 360.
-You Do not have to open your pc, however, it would be MUCH easier, so thats whats im explaining.
-Thats it really

Buying what you need:
X360 USB(it does come with the Xecuter Kit V2) http://www.modchipstore.com/Xbox-360-us … 16351.html GET THE OPENING KIT ITS ONLY 5 buckarous and it helps.
A 360 and if u didnt, know that go die please.
A 360 that has a HItachi Drive(ill get to that later)


So now you have a 360 and the X360 USB. First what you wanna do is make sure you have brought a 360 Hitachi Drive. if you didn't, this X360USB wont work, and you will have to get another 360, or simply return yours to your retailer. You can check this without voiding your warrenty. Just power up your 360, and eject the 360 drive. IF you see holes in the disc tray, you have a Hitachi Drive. If you dont, you have a Samsung Drive, and this does not apply to you. However, there is a X360 USB revision to work with all Samsung Drives.



You also need to know if you have the DREADED dvd drive know as 78FK drive. To do this, look on your drive. You will see a stick with a bunch of crap on it, but you are looking for a line that says
ROM VER:0078FK

If you see 0078FK, this wont work so sorry. Any other drive should be fine. You can see my dvd drive has 0046DH which is okay to flash!



Now that you have a 360 drive you can open it up http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdo … 10&p=2 and stop when you get the XboX360 Drive Out of the XBOX. Now, once you have that, throw the 360 aside(not litteraly) and make room to set your 360 drive down. Now lets get these cords right. Open the X360 USB package and make sure you have the follow as i do in this pic.

-The x360 USB Converter(the blue little box)
-1 SATA CABLE
-1 USB CABLE
-1 Connectivity Kit
-1 Power Crossover Cable(the little cord that's not the USB or the SATA Cord)



NOw put the Sata Cable into the xbox360 drive and put that into the X360 USb COnverter( the blue box)
The connectivity Kit will have 2 black boards, get the smaller one. Put that Power CAble into the 360, and the other side into the connectivity Kit. Now open your PC. get a Power Cable that you power your HDD's with, and put that into the 4-PIN molex port on the connecitvity kit. MAKE SURE THE PC IS OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Make sure on the Xecuter Kit, the power adpater is set to the On Position, the eject is up, and mode Button is down. Now put a 4-pin molex cable into the connectivity kit from the pc. Turn on the PC and the Connectivity Kit should light up red. That is PERFECT . now, MAke sure you are stable in windows and your computer has finished booting. Now put the USb cable into the other side of the X360 USB converter, and into your pc. It should say found new hardware and then install all drivers, and bam the hardest part is really done. Take a look at this computer that has everything set up, as well as the found new hardware.

Edit:
If you do not want to open your pc, then this is what you can do:
Put the SATA Cable in to the X360USB converter and the other into the XBOX360. Then power on your XboX360 and then power on your pc and hook up the usb cable and it should work. I however dont recommend this way i was able to flash, but ran into too many porblems.



Now you will have this as a Device in My Computer So that means OH SNAP!!! Make sure now that NO GAMES ARE IN THE DRIVE. Now to flashing the drive. OH NOES!!!

Download this http://www.xbox360-hacks.com/file/31.

Make a folder on your local drive called Maxim360. PLEASE FOR BOTH OUR SAKE MAKE IT THIS NAME! For most(if not all) will have C:\Maxim360. Remember that. Also go to my Computer and remember the drive letter of the XBOX drive. no scratch that. WRITE THE LETTER DOWN. now extract this rar to MAXIM360 folder. NOw open a command promt by going to start/run. type CMD and you will see the command promt. type in these lines in this order:

1. cd\
2. cd Maxim360
3. cd Maximus-Garyopa_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_2_Stealth
4. cd X-LG
5. FLASH22S.BAT X 6384(where X is replace that wth the the drive letter you saw in my computer e.g. mine was letter I, so my command is FLASH23S.BAT I 6384)
Before you hit enter, take a deep breath and look at how far you got. If you hit, enter two things could happen.

1. It works and you have backups playing at will.
2. Your back at Llama.com buying a replacement dvd drive.

Not to scare you, but this is the time of decision. Its all on you and be ready for what comes out. But for me, i really didnt care and hit enter anyway and bam, it will flash automatically. It will show some stuff, then it will say done. Now close and you can take a deep breath. Our last and final step. There will be a  new folder generated in that directory that has a backup of your firmware. SAVE IT SOMEWHERE. If you have hundreds of blanks cd's like me, burn it to a cd. Yep thats right that little file needs a cd. Just keep that cd next to your piles of games at all times. NOw shut down the computer and unhook everyhing reassemble your xbox, and everythign will look the same, but you will have BACKUPS RUNNING!! give yourself a pat on the back, and then thank Xecuter team, and the people who made all of this possible. Now have fun knowing that you can tear up that Gears of war game all you want now that its a backup and it can get as scratched up as you want.