Soldering 101! Episode 7: Xbox 360 Flashing?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:50 pm

Kurt_ wrote:
RetroMaster wrote:OMG thankyou vb master! all the circuit boards i've been making for the past years have been soldered wrong! But then your video gave the answer I needed for professional soldering. Thankyou
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I AM THE SOLDERING MASTER. BOW DOWN BEFORE ME SOLDER SLAVES. MUHAWHAWHAW
Is it just me?

lol owned!

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:52 pm

vb is the soldering master!

WOOOOO!

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Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:21 am

why, yes he is the soldering master. even though my computer views the videos with bad resolution, I can still tell. BOW DOWN BEFORE HIM AS HE IS THE MASTER! (i'm sorry, but I had to say that in caps. the reason I put that in my sig is because I passed in surface mount soldering on a broken playstation that I got at goodwill. It was hard, but the battle was long and successful!) That coil trick works perfect vb, so do not disregard it. it just might help. and that post was before I got good at it....
and that's out of my sig because people think it's 'boastful'...yeah right...
try out that trick....REALLY.... by the way, retromaster has no capital m in it.
where do you keep getting those custom pcbs?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:13 am

Retromaster wrote:where do you keep getting those custom pcbs?

Either etching them myself or buying kits.
I added a logo.

And decided the next episode will be about flashing Xbox 360.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:29 am

vb_master wrote:
Retromaster wrote:where do you keep getting those custom pcbs?
Either etching them myself or buying kits.
I added a logo.

And decided the next episode will be about flashing Xbox 360.

360 flashing eh? cool i wanted to learn about that, maybe see how easy or hard it is.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:24 pm

Im curious, did they manage to get around the anti-hacking measures that Microsoft is installing in new drives (ie. pouring black epoxy all over the firmware chip

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Mageslayer · Post by **Mageslayer** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:47 pm

I have some questions about flashing the 360. First off, can you play burned games without a mod chip? Secondly can you still play on Xbox Live? Honestly I haven't looked much into this myself, as the only thing to cause me to modify my 360 would be playing my "backups" and I don't have a DVD writing drive to "backup" my games in the first place.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:01 am

I didn't film the process because I was cursing under my breath the whole time taking apart the thing.

Mageslayer wrote:I have some questions about flashing the 360. First off, can you play burned games without a mod chip? Secondly can you still play on Xbox Live?

Yes to all of them. You need a dual layer DVD burner too.
I took a picture to help people get the right tools:

Mageslayer · Post by **Mageslayer** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:22 am

Hm. I should have the torx screwdrivers but do I absolutely NEED that unlocking tool? Is there any way to do this without it?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:34 pm

Mageslayer wrote:Hm. I should have the torx screwdrivers but do I absolutely NEED that unlocking tool? Is there any way to do this without it?

You can take it apart still but it will be pretty hard. See this: http://www.xboxchopshop.com/catalog/man_360_open.php

DK · Post by DK » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:15 pm

Not sure where I saw it, but you can remove that black epoxy with a hot air gun and a pokey object.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:25 pm

DK wrote:Not sure where I saw it, but you can remove that black epoxy with a hot air gun and a pokey object.

You don't even need to do that to flash it...

NESavior · Post by **NESavior** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:10 am

Retromaster wrote: OMG thankyou vb master! all the circuit boards i've been making for the past years have been soldered wrong! But then your video gave the answer I needed for professional soldering. Thankyou

woah.....thats the exact same thing I was thinking.......

these guides are very awesome, Vb master. I soldered wrong all the time before them.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:27 pm

vb_master wrote:I didn't film the process because I was cursing under my breath the whole time taking apart the thing.
Mageslayer wrote:I have some questions about flashing the 360. First off, can you play burned games without a mod chip? Secondly can you still play on Xbox Live?
Yes to all of them. You need a dual layer DVD burner too.
I took a picture to help people get the right tools:

vb do you have any links to good tuts? probably gonna be buying a 360 soon and am really interested in this.

EDIT: how is this burner?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... TC-Froogle

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:03 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:vb do you have any links to good tuts? probably gonna be buying a 360 soon and am really interested in this.

EDIT: how is this burner?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... TC-Froogle

Your burner may work, but these are the preferred products:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827129001 <-- This burner, legendary performance for 360 burning.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817130008 <-- These DVD's, again, legendary for 360 media.
Tutorials:
http://www.ncsx.com/2007/011507/x360_opening.htm <-- this tutorial for XCM tool.
http://www.xboxchopshop.com/catalog/man_360_open.php <-- this tutorial for no XCM tool.
http://www.360mods.net/Downloads/c=11.html <-- this tutorial for flashing.
xbox-scene.com & forums.xbox-scene.com <-- all other info

You could also PM me for help.