Total Guide To Xbox 360 Firmware, Xbox DVD Drives & Xecuter CK3 Kits

OK this post will hopefully give you the low down on what all this firmware business is all about.
It's aimed at all you beginners out there who find it all very confusing.
1. If you want to play your backups you need to program custom software known as FIR!"R#
to your $bo% &'( )*) drive. +he current best firmware to use is called i$treme and the latest
version is i$treme ,+-
.elow are the latest i$treme Firmwares per drive model /as of 01 "1RI, 0(112
3itachi 4 i$treme ,+- v1.1
5amsung 4 i$treme ,+ v1.(
.en6 4 i$treme ,+- v1.1
,iteon 4 i$treme ,+- v1.1
5lim ,iteon 78(9 4 ,+- v1.1
5lim ,iteon (008 4 In progress /Re6uires :nlocked 1;.2
5lim ,iteon (9(1 4 In progress /Re6uires :nlocked 1;.2
5lim 3itachi (8(( 4 In progress
J!" #0$$ %D&T"' (i)ce t*e )ew (+stem ,date #-0-$3$.6-0 /XGD3 Das*board0, drive
1irmware *as also bee) 1las*ed wit* )ew versio)s- T*ere will be )ew versio)s o1 2T3 1or t*ese
drive versio)s-
3itachi 4 :ntouched
5amsung 508 4 50811F7 or 50810F7
5amsung 50< 4 50<11F7 or 50<10F7
.en6 4 (9901;
,iteon 4 (081(;
5lim ,iteon 78(9 4 (0=0
5lim ,iteon (008 4 :ntouched
5lim ,iteon (9(1 4 :ntouched
0. +he first thing you need to know is which version )*) drive you have in your $bo% &'(.
)ifferent versions have different ways of programming the firmware. +he different manufacturers
of )*) drive are /in order of release by the factory2 3itachi> 5amsung> .en6 ? ,iteon.
T*ere are also di11ere)t versio)s o1 eac* drive'
3itachi4,@ @)R4&10(, 9')3 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5.
1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /BO "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
3itachi4,@ @)R4&10(, 9=)@ /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5.
1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /BO "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
3itachi4,@ @)R4&10(, 9=)A /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5.
1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /BO "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
3itachi4,@ @)R4&10(, 87)A /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5.
1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /BO "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
3itachi4,@ @)R4&10(, =<FK /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5.
1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
3itachi4,@ @)R4&10(, =7FK /re6uires =7 unlock cd2 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the
drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5
"108 +#;3BO,O@C2
3itachi4,@ @)R4&10(, =7F, /re6uires =7 unlock cd2 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the
drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5
"108 +#;3BO,O@C2
+oshiba45amsung +54379& 508 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an
$&'(:5. 1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /BO "108
+#;3BO,O@C 4 3owever some reports of refurb returns from 5 have problems booting "108
+itles2
+oshiba45amsung +54379& 50< /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an
$&'(:5. 1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /BO "108
+#;3BO,O@C 4 3owever some reports of refurb returns from 5 have problems booting "108
+itles2
.en6 *")'(&< '97&(; /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO or
*I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
.en6 *")'(&< '09&(; /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO or
*I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
,ite4On )@41')05 =9<8(; /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO
or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher 4 ;K& 1robe & re6uired to dump the
drive key2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
,ite4On )@41')05 <&<8(; /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO
or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
,ite4On )@41')05 <&<8(; /)ated Auly 0((7- known as <&<8(*0D2 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite
to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle
Flasher 4 ;K& 1robe & re6uired to dump the drive key2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
,ite4On )@41')05 79&8(; /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO
or *I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher 4 ;K& 1robe & re6uired to dump the
drive key2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
444 5"6"67"5' 81 +ou *ave a 93.:0;<3<:0 2iteo) a)d it dies, +ou ca) sim,l+ bu+ a =.<:0
a)d 1las* it wit* 93.:0;<3<:0 1irmware DDD
$bo% &'( 5lim
,ite4On )@41')95 78(9 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO or
*I" '901 5"+" ;ard to connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2
,ite4On )@41')95 (008 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO to
connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2 4 Re6uires )@41')95 :nlocked
1;.
,ite4On )@41')95 (9(1 /:se a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive and an $&'(:5. 1RO to
connect to 1; ? Aungle Flasher2 /3"5 "108 +#;3BO,O@C2 4 Re6uires )@41')95 :nlocked
1;.
3itachi4,@ ),1(B (8(( /:nknown entity as of 01 )ecember 0(1( 4 :nder Investigation2
4Jul+ #009 *as a mix o1 t*e v$ a)d v# drives > ?ou ca) o)l+ tell 1or sure b+ *oo@i)A t*e drive
u, a)d start Ju)Ale1las*er a)d clic@ t*e 2B<3i)1o butto)- Ju)Ale1las*er su,,orts a secret
i)Cuir+ 1or <3<:0 V#, so it will tell +ou i1 +ou *ave o)e or )ot, i1 +ou clic@ 2B<3i)1o a)d JF
tells +ou to ,ower o) t*e drive wit* tra+ $;# o,e), +ou *ave a <3<:0 V$-
&. +o program your )*) drive you need to take it out of the $bo% &'( case and then connect it to
your 1;. If you try to power your &'( )*) using your console it will log an error as unconnected
from the motherboard /center green light flashing on the RO, panel 4 this is a documented possible
ban flag so be aware2. +o be totally safe /and because it's a great tool to have2 !e recommend you
use a ;K& 1ro or ;K& ,ite to power the drive.
9. +o power your )*) )rive when prepping to connect to your 1; you need an $bo% connectivity
kit. +eam $ecuter make the best kits on the market and the latest versions are called the $#;:+#R
;K& 4 there are different types of $#;:+#R ;K& depending on how advanced you want to get.
+he most used kit is the ;K& 1ro /Rev )2. )on't be fooled by copycats on the market that call their
kits ';onnectivity Kit v&' 4 these are BO+ $ecuter products and are cheap rip offs2
8. For your 1; to recogniEe your )*) drive you need to have a data connection. +he best tool on
the market currently is the $&'(:5. 1RO which is specially design to access all known drives in
all 1ortIO and !in"1I methods for easy access by tools such as Aungle Flasher. Cou can also use a
5"+" connection however this can cause meany headaches and issues with drivers F O5 etc. ost
5"+" connections work 4 however some don't work so well> particularly some onboard 5"+"
chipsets. if you had to use a 5"+" card we would recommend that you get a *I"'901 5ata card.
Cou can buy them from www.via'901.com
'. #very )*) drive is tied to each $bo% with a serial number known as the drive key. Cou need to
have a copy of your drive key saved at all times. !ith the drive key it doesn't matter if you screw up
your drive 4 you can always flash "BC drive with your drive key and it will then work on your
$bo%. If you ever have a faulty )*) drive and do not have the drive key you will not be able to get
another drive working /not without very advanced techni6ues called the A+"@ 3";K 4 so of course
getting the drive key is important 4 this is done easily when connecting your )*) drive to your 1;
=. +here are many programs available to readFwrite to your )*) drive. +he best tool to use in our
opinion is Aungle Flasher. make sure you read the Aungle Flasher anual 4 it gives you all the info
you need.
<. 3ere is a comparison chart showing the differences between ;K& 1ro> ;K& ,ite ? .laster ;K&