Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 Tutorial - By tpepsiman

download the new toolbox v3.1 b http://www.xbox360-hacks.com/file/32 - this is just a updated version of the toolbox v3.0

WHATS NEW ON V3.1b:

   - Added: Hitachi Xtreme 1.7 (Disc Jitter Fix by "c4eva")
   - Added: Smart Hack Patcher now works for all Production Drives V40 thru v79
   - Added: Correctly show and handle of keys for Hit79 drives
   - Corrected: Bug displaying Samsung FW as spoofed (display error)
   - Corrected: Several other bugs
   - Improved : Checksum checkup when dumping

   - Added: OCX's included on the release
(REPACK, first v3.1b had corrupted archive) (there are available on Microsoft site anyway)

Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 Tutorial
Published by forahobby on 2006-12-22

Overview
This tutorial will explain briefly how to use Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 to flash the Xbox 360 Hitachi v78 drive firmware.

we do not take responsibility for anyone who attempts to flash their firmware and causes damage..

Required Items
- Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0
- Xbox 360 with Hitachi V78 drive

Let's Get Started
1. Open 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0
2. Tools > Direct Drive Dump (GDR Only)
3. Choose your DVD drive from the drop-down list (there should only be one)
4. Click the button labeled "RAW Dump Firmware As ..."
5. Save the original firmware as original.bin somewhere safe
6. It will tell you that the firmware has been dumped and ask if you want to open it, select "Yes"
7. Make sure everything looks pretty normal, nothing out of the ordinary
8. Go to Tools > Smart Hack Patcher
9. Read the warning and then accept it
10. On the line labeled "output file" click the box to the right with the ellipsis (three dots) and save your output file as hacked.bin
11. Make sure the rule set is for Hitachi v78 drives
12. Hit "Generate File"
13. Again, it will ask if you want to open the firmware, select "Yes"
14. Go to Tools > Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only)
15. Select Differential Flash (PATCH)
16. Select your Hitachi DVD drive from the drop-down list
17. Hit "Read Drive and Detect Differences"
18. Select "Start Flashing" and wait for it to finish (very fast)
19. Test it all out

happy gaming

MODE-B - tpepsiman

Mode-b - ModeB is the Hitachi drives built-in debug mode that we need to get into before anything else can be
done. When in ModeB, the drive can be recognized in Windows and flashed with the hacked firmware.   

SLAX - is a specially edited Linux Live-CD that will send custom commands to the Hitachi drive through on boot-up.

Download the latest SLAX image from Xbox-Scene

Open the .rar archive using 7.zip and extract the .iso image file.

Burn the .iso image to a blank CD-R using Imgburn, Clonecd, Nero, or any other burning program

Make sure your computer's BIOS is set to boot from CD first. Most are set to this by default.

Power off both the Xbox 360 and PC.

Make sure both power and video cables are plugged into the Xbox 360.

Unplug the small, black SATA cable from the back of the Hitachi DVD drive and connect your Hitachi drive to your PC via a SATA cable.

Power on the Xbox 360 and PC at the same time. Boot the PC from the Slax CD and wait until you reach the login prompt.

If you get a line of text that says "Spinning Up Disc..." eject the Hitachi drive and Slax should continue loading.

Check for ModeB!


Connectivity Kit 
Note: This ModeB method will not work on Hitachi v0078FK drives. You must use Slax if you have a v0078FK drive. The kit can still be used to power the drive, but the debug/ModeB button will not work.

If the Slax disc did not work for you purchase a Xeno or xecuter Connectivity Kit to put the drive into ModeB. 

Some important warnings about the kits- 

You can fry the kit and/or drive if you plug in the DVD power cables upside down. Look on the connector. There are small tabs to make sure you are connecting the cables correctly.

You can also fry the kit and/or drive if you short it out on something. The back of the kit is not protected, and you can see bare solder points on the circuit. If you aren't careful, you can short the kit onto your PC case, Xbox drive, or another metal object. 
 
Disconnect both power and SATA cables from the DVD drive and take it out of the Xbox 360. Power off your PC and hook up the connectivity kit. Hook up the SATA cable to the DVD drive as well. Push the ModeB button down and power on your PC and boot into Windows.

make sure the Eject button is up and the ModeB button is down before powering up the system.

The same status LED configuration is used for the Xeno kit. If you power up the drive and the LED is green, hit the ModeB button so that the LED turns red for ModeB.

Hitachi 0078fk (For Noobs, By Noobs) - tpepsiman

This is my first time flashing a 360 and my first time writing a tutorial. When I first started I had no idea what I was doing. I want to share what I discovered in the process of flashing my 360 start from finish.

This is where you need to start. First discover which drive you have in Step (1). If you've got  a hitachi drive you're in the right place. Now I may be an idiot but it took me a while to figure out that there are several versions of hitachi drives out there. What does this mean to you? Newer drives have newer firmware (possibly to prevent people like us from doing what we do). I ended up spending a lot of extra money on cables that wouldn't work for my paticular drive.

Follow the instructions in Step (2) to open your Xbox 360. You will need a Torx 10 (10 being the size of the screwdriver :-) yes i did not know that). Once your 360 is open you'll need to identify what type of hitachi drive you have. This can be found by looking on the right middle side of the label. 0078fk is a drive present in some (and mine) newer drives. If you've just bought your 360 last week, you may find it has the newer 0079 drive.

Next you'll need to remove the dvd drive. You'll see a pin power connecter and a SATA cable. You have a few options for how you'll want to connect the dvd drive to your computer. The cheapest and easiest way would be with a SATA chipset. If your motherboard doesn't have one onboard you'll need to buy one on ebay.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl … category0=

You'll also probably need a longer SATA cable than the one that came with the 360. You're other options are a SATA to IDE / USB. These conversions are iffy at best. You're hitachi drive may not show up in windows. Even if it does there's no garuntee that the software will support it.

Now that you have the 360 drive powered by the 360 and connected to your motherboard you'll need to set it in Modeb. Modeb allows the drive to show up in windows so it can be flashed.  To set your hitachi 0078 in modeb you'll need to download slax.

http://www.360mods.net/Downloads/details/id=59.html

slax is a linux iive cd. Burn the ISO image to a cd using IMGBurn, poweriso, etc.  Power down your pc and 360. Start your pc. Insert the live cd. Once slax begins to load start the 360. Once you get a prompt to login the drive should already be set to modeb. To confirm try ejecting your dvd drive. If it takes two pushes to close it then it is in modeb. Push it 3 times while it is open to make sure it does not automatically open again.

Power down your pc and boot back into windows. Make sure the drivers for your SATA chipset are installed. You may need to restart but your DVD drive should show up in My Computer.

From here on out follow this tutorial.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/440449

If you encounter errors make sure you are running the latest version of fwtoolbox. If your computer freezes during RAW image dump then 99% of the time you are using incompatible hardware. This happend to me when trying to use SATA -> USB even though the drive was showing up in windows. The problem was fixed when I used a sata -> sata.

There is a very real danger of bricking your dvd drive. I managed to avoid it being a complete noob on my first try. Do plenty of reading. If something isn't as described in the various tutorials stop and think about it.

Here's how much money I had to spend.

1 SATA chipset. $15
10 Dual Layer DVD + R. $22

Here's how much more money I spent because I didn't do enough reading before purchasing.

1 IDE to SATA cable. $30
1 SATA to USB cable. $30 (with shipping).
1 Pioneer DVD burner. $25 (turned out my current burner worked fine).

You can have your 360 flashed and playing backups for as little as $22 bucks if you have the right hardware. Most people will just need the SATA chipset. Good luck and happy flashing.

Using the USB Adapter for flashing Xb360 DVD drives

X360USB Tutorial - mannyman

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.

Samsung Flash -  xs2man

Written by PC Arcade over at xbox-scene, but I thought we could do with it here.

Things you need :

An xbox360 with a Toshiba/Samsung Drive (open tray to look):

A Torx 10 screwdriver
Thin Tweezers (or similar)
A PC with SATA connectors - but NOT the Silicon Image Sil3112 SATA chipset, these will not work (ATM?)
A Hex editor - I used : http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Downloads/he … -free.html
The Firmware package
Some plasters

Part 1 - Taking the box apart - There is a tutorial in this post.

There are guides to this all over the place, I used this one as it was the most accurate and easy : http://www.informit.com/articles/articl … p;seqNum=2

At stage 10 stop - DO NOT unscrew the black screws, leave them alone, they hold your heatsink on, all we need is access to the DVD drive

Part 2 - safety first

You will need a boot disk, so format a floppy disk ensuring the box that says "MS-DOS system disk" (or similar) is ticked, when this has formatted copy MTKFLASH.EXE and MTKFLASH.TYP from mtkflash183c.zip to this disk (if you have an nforce4 motherboard use the same files from the archive MTK-NF4.RAR)

Your xbox360 will need to be plugged in (but turned off) next to your PC
with it's DVD rom drive powered by the xbox, but connected to port 1 of the SATA on the PC

remove / disable all IDE channels except for the floppy disk and all SATA ports except port 1

make sure you have set the PC to boot from the floppy disk

turn on the PC, leave the 360 turned off for the time being, when you have a command prompt tuen the 360 on and type the following on the PC

mtkflash r backup.bin

press 1 to select SATA master

This will backup the original firmware to the disk - DO NOT LOSE OR MODIFY THIS IN ANY WAY, if you screw up you can easily restore the original firmware with this file and put the 360 back to factory

turn off the 360 and unplug the drive from the PC.

Plug the pc's drives back in / reenable all the applicable ide / sata channels and boot into windows

Part 3 - modifying the firmware

Each 360 DVD firmware has a unique key that marries your drive to your console, this HAS to match or the drive will not work, so we need to insert the key from your firmware into the modified firmware (which has no key).

Copy the backup.bin file from the floppy to your hard disk

Load the Hex editor then load backup.bin into it from your hard disk, the area containing your key is located at $4000-$4200 so press ctrl-G and type 4000 into the box, then click goto.

Using your mouse select everything from 4000-4200

press ctrl+C

Load the file from the Xtreme_Package called xtreme.bin, press ctrl-G type 4000 into the box and click goto

Press ctrl-V this will copy your key from the backup firmware you created to the xtreme firmware ready for use on your drive

save the xtreme.bin file onto the floppy disk

Step 4 - The scary part

Connect up the 360 to the PC as before, unplug all the drives again, boot off the floppy disk and at the command prompt type

mtkflash w xtreme.bin

Press 1 to select master

The 360 should at this point be hacked

In order to test whether it has worked, put an original game in, it should play as normal, then put in an xbox copy if you have one, it won't work, the emulator will say that thi game is not playable (or similar), but it will recognize it as a game

If it did, put the 360 and the PC back together, put the plasters on your bleeding fingers and thumbs as needed

Hopefully not needed part - Troubleshooting

My drive won't boot anything! Originals say "insert in an xbox 360"

You've messed up with the key double check that you overwrote the are $4000-$4200 not inserted - the firmware should always be 256kb

My PC won't recognize the drive to flash it

Try another PC, or use a promise SATA PCI card, mktflash compatibility seems a little "flaky"

How to Flash your Samsung SH-D162c with Kreon Firmware

You must find the correct DVD ROM drive needed for this flash.  There may be a drive you can cross-flash, or another model drive.  This is at your OWN risk!  As far as I know, it only works with the SH-D162C.

1. Find the Kreon Firmware, and unzip/unrar to a folder on your PC.

2. Open (click) on the sfdwin.exe icon and the flashing tool will open.

3. If your "TSST corpDVD-ROM SH-D162CTSO3" drive is not listed in the DropDown Optical Drive Box Click the Down Arrow and select your SH-D162C Drive. Make sure you SEE the correct drive, if not, you will flash the wrong drive.  Play is safe, and only have the target drive installed.

4. Now click the Folder Button "First of the three" in the top left corner of the SFDWIN Program Window.  When the window Opens, Click the arrow attached to the "LooK in" Box and select the folder you created where the firmware was extracted to.

5. Now Select the "SH-D162C_TSO4_KREON_V081.bin" file, (it should be the only file available) and Click the BIG OPEN BUTTON!

6. Now the Firmware is Loaded into the Flashing tool. 

7. Click the Middle of the Three Buttons in the Top left corner of the SFDNWIN Program Window; This starts the flash which only takes about 2 Seconds and then a Window Pops UP and says "Download Ok, restart windows."

8. Restart windows, the drive is flashed.

This is not unlike other OEM programs that you use to update firmware on all kinds of optical drives.  This is basically doing the same thing, but with a hacked version of the XB360s Samsung firmware to use in this drive.