PDA

View Full Version : firm ware

knakworst
June 26th, 2003, 04:33
I am following the progress of cxbx for some time now and have to say I am very impressed at the speed the develpment goes. (Keep up the good work :D)

I never realized that I have to change my firm ware of my DVD to read the disc's.
And I dont like the Idea of messing with my firmware.... (firm ware is hardware specific... accidentally using the wrong firmware (if one exist for my type of drive) and away is my drive...)

But how big are those xbox images really? Do they really use up the entire X-Box DVD?? (of course games differ in size) But how many games are over 700mb in size? all? none? few?? a lot???....

Maybe I should find a lager Harddisk.... :P
Yeloazndevil
June 26th, 2003, 04:35
But how big are those xbox images really? Do they really use up the entire X-Box DVD?? (of course games differ in size) But how many games are over 700mb in size? all? none? few?? a lot???....
all of them ;)
TerrorShocked
June 26th, 2003, 05:24
Actually when I dumped my Capcom Vs SNK 2 CD it was under 700 MB, but then again it is a small game!
Yeloazndevil
June 26th, 2003, 05:47
hmm I thought that game would be bigger :p
knakworst
June 26th, 2003, 13:51
A so maybe its possible to burn the " little" games back on an normal disc instead of an DVD disc....

Well. Time will tell how it al will go... I just dont want to buy an DVD burner...
R.G
nwagenaar
June 26th, 2003, 16:03
The original XBOX won't allow you to read CDR's. Only DVDR's (- or + media) as well as CDRW. And other option is to use Alcahol 120% and a iso mounter ;)

BTW, it's possible to use your XBOX drive to read the discs.
djresqd
June 26th, 2003, 21:10
Test drive off road wide open is also under 700 mg (614 exact), and there is one drive that can read anything (cdr-rw, dvdr-rw) ...
the samsung drive
i know that cuz i have one
TerrorShocked
June 26th, 2003, 21:43
I just updated the sticky.... aparently the hacked DVD Firmware is a "grey spot" of the scene. Please do not ask specifics where to get it.
knakworst
June 27th, 2003, 02:54
BTW, it's possible to use your XBOX drive to read the discs.

But by putting de DVD drive from my Xbox in my computer its a bit pointless to emulate the games dont you think?

Why all the fuss to connect the drive to my pc while I can play it just fine on my Xbox?? And with my Xbox drive at the right place (the console itself) I also can play on the xbox.....

R.G
TerrorShocked
June 27th, 2003, 06:06
Perhaps you can just buy the DVDROM ? MAybe it would be a cheper solution instead of buying the entire Xbox.
LordCorwin
June 27th, 2003, 09:01
Maybe buy a broken/messed up xbox with a working DVDROM :) Seems like the solution to me.
Player-X
June 27th, 2003, 15:34
IIRC I heard a rumor that the XboX DVD drive could be attatched to a PC running WinXP and still work
nwagenaar
June 27th, 2003, 17:29
But by putting de DVD drive from my Xbox in my computer its a bit pointless to emulate the games dont you think?

Why all the fuss to connect the drive to my pc while I can play it just fine on my Xbox?? And with my Xbox drive at the right place (the console itself) I also can play on the xbox.....

Well, maybe not so pointless. On several internet pages it's possible to get a 2nd XBOX DVD drive to fix your broken XBOX DVD drive. But since you can only read XBOX CD's on your p.c. using hacked firmware, isn't it better to not just do this (hacked firmware are still dangerous to use and can result in throwing away your "patched" DVD drive) using an original XBOX DVD?

Problem solved, it costs some what more but it's still cheaper then to use the hacked firmware (which seem only to work on DVD burners btw) and *hope* it works ok and doesn't fry your DVD :)

But, I have an original XBOX and damned I will to take the XBOX DVD DRIVE out! My XBOX is my pet :P
Exophase
June 29th, 2003, 01:38
I looked around and getting DVD stuff from XBox is both rare and expensive. Gameconsolerepair.com is sold out of their about $90 replacement kit. On the other hand, you can buy a new Samsung SD-616T DVD-ROM for about $45, probably less if it shows up on eBay. Check out this page to see how to mod it so that it'll read XBox DVD-ROMs:

http://www.xboxhacker.net/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=10613

There are probably other DVD-ROMs you can use too. It seems like a safer bet to buy a new DVD-ROM and thrash it than to go after an XBox one.

EDIT: The link describes how to mod a PC DVD-ROM to be used in an XBox, which should mean it can be used to read DVD-ROMs while in a PC too, but if not this one has been confirmed to be able to do that: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2738365296&category=3754

- Exo
GKort
June 29th, 2003, 07:20
one on one (or four player) fighters are really really small...while thing slike halo and adventures are like MAJOR big ass...mainly because theres the graphics for fighters and levels...and rules on how they move compared to many levels, many graphics on characters weapons and many many more possiblities
stevehabs
July 4th, 2003, 08:42
does anyone know if the 40x16x20x philips dvd and cdrw combo drive has hacked firmware available to be able to read all the xbox dvds data? im pretty sure its a 16x dvd rom i know its a 48 or 40x cd rom and definately a 20x cdrw. its white mostly with some grey.
Galway no Sora
July 4th, 2003, 22:44
does anyone know if the 40x16x20x philips dvd and cdrw combo drive has hacked firmware available to be able to read all the xbox dvds data? im pretty sure its a 16x dvd rom i know its a 48 or 40x cd rom and definately a 20x cdrw. its white mostly with some grey.
Where do you got that information?
stevehabs
July 5th, 2003, 02:59
i got the firmware for it its a 20x10x40x and its a 12x or 16x dvd rom got that info from the site and my device manager. anyways the firmware i got for it made it have rpc1 instead of rpc2 so can it read xbox games now like the stuff it hides if your firmware aint hacked.
Gondar
July 5th, 2003, 05:15
ok.. reading all posts about reading xbox dvds have made me confused. Could someone clearify this:

As I understand it a dvd-drive that's region-free could read xbox dvds, correct? Or do you have to have a special firmware that makes the dvd-drive able to read dvds from the inside out? And is there only some brands that can actually handle this (and will you still be able to read regular pc-dvds)?
Will the emu support reading xbox dvds in a regionfree drive?

Caustic, you really forgot the "most" important thing on your homepage mate, the FAQ ;)

Would be nice if someone could explaine this to me, or direct me to somewhere.

Anyway, you kick ass C.... looking forward to more of your and your friends great work.
stevehabs
July 5th, 2003, 14:23
as far as i know it being region free has nothing to do with reading a xbox dvd otherwise a xbox us console could read imports with mod chips. u need hacked firmware to read it properly. i updated mine from the site where everyone gets their firmware upgrades but i dunno if my firmware i upgraded with was hacked. all i know is i had rpc2 and then had rpc1 after upgrading. i dont know what rpc1 is but if in any case you cant read pc dvds and only xbox dvds u can downgrade your firmware back to what u had to read pc ones. u can upgrade and downgrade as much as u want. hope i was of some help even tho i have a lot of ?'s. Also I know one of the xboxs uses a philips drive so my philips cdrwdvd2010 should work i have firmware 1.3.0 rpc1 caustik. so do u think it will read my xbox games now so i can make gdf isos
Galway no Sora
July 5th, 2003, 14:23
Even the regionless DVD ROM need a special firmware. XBOX disc not that easy to read in normal PC DVD ROM.
stevehabs
July 5th, 2003, 14:47
heh heh thanks for confirming galway. but u can make it regionless even if it starts out wit a region well its easy if u have xp anyways u just use a firmware upgrade that doesnt work wit your drive run it then use one that does work run it reboot go to control panel system hardware and there u will see no region is set and u have 2 more choices for which region on that drive. u can keep it regionless like that.
Galway no Sora
July 5th, 2003, 21:01
heh heh thanks for confirming galway. but u can make it regionless even if it starts out wit a region well its easy if u have xp anyways u just use a firmware upgrade that doesnt work wit your drive run it then use one that does work run it reboot go to control panel system hardware and there u will see no region is set and u have 2 more choices for which region on that drive. u can keep it regionless like that.
I don't use XP, but surely it's exactly like what a DVD player do. WinDVD and PowerDVD have 5 time [depend on the DVD drive] "extra" chance to change the region, before it became permanent. I've used one before I upgrade the firmware into RPC1. Now I don't even need to select what region I want to play. Thanks to Pionner for that :p
stevehabs
July 6th, 2003, 01:54
does anyone know if the philips cdrwdvdrom combo 2010 model has hacked firmware available so it can read xbox dvds if anyone can confirm yes or no id appreciate it
Kane
July 6th, 2003, 14:37
No discussion on hacked firmware.