powerclown

I have some 360 games I want to backup...but not sure which route to take.

Don't want to goof around inside the xbox too much, so Im looking for a clean, fast, effective, lowest-risk, idiot-proof method of backing up games...so I *think* i want a modchip, but I'm not sure which one. Anyone have any experience with this and can recommend a good reliable chip?

(Am I correct in thinking that a modchip simply provides the required sata connection for updating the firmware in the xbox optical drive so that the drive will show up in Windows?)

Any experience in backup software/methodology would be appreciated as well.

TIA

zero2

This is something that I want to do also. So far, I'm looking into flashing the firmware, or the NME 360 modchip.

messy

I did this a month or so ago. At the time I had no idea what I was doing and was a bit nervous at first even though I had previously installed a modchip in my PS2. This is a bit different. It involves opening the 360, connecting the dvd drive to your PC, and backing up and flashing it with a new firmware. It sounded easy enough at first, but it wound up being a little more difficult.

My problem was that I had actually over researched the ways to go about it. There are more than a few ways to flash your drive, but if you choose the right method, it is extremely easy.

First thing to do is find out what type of drive you have: http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/dvd/TS-HLG.jpg

If it's a Toshiba-Samsung, I can help you. I have plenty of good links that will get you started.


And to answer your question, I don't know anything about 360 modchips (don't even know if they exist) but you just need a sata connection on your PC. If you don't have one, a sata card will do fine too. The sata connection is how you connect the 360 dvd drive to the PC for flashing. No modchip required.

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powerclown

Hey messy, thanks. The drive I have is a Toshiba-Samsung.

So does a modchip let you play backed up games without having to connect to the xbox dvd player? Or do you still have to upgrade the firmware in the xbox? I'd rather do this without having to open up the xbox and void the warranty.

What would you recommend?

messy

Like I said, I don't think xbox 360 modchips exist. At least not like original xbox modchips that allow you to play back-ups.

The way it works for the 360 is that you open the 360 and remove the dvd drive. You then connect the dvd drive to your PC through a SATA cable. One end of the SATA cable connects to the 360 dvd drive and the other end connects to a SATA port on your motherboard. If your motherboard doesn't have a SATA port, you can get a SATA card to connect to one of your PC's IDE connections, then connect the other end of the cable to that SATA card.

From there you run a simple program from your PC and it will backup and flash you 360's dvd drive. You then detach the 360's dvd drive from the PC and reinstall it back into the 360.

All of that will allow you to play your back-ups from the 360's dvd drive which you just flashed the new firmware to.

Pretty easy. No?

Since you have a Toshiba-Samsung, it is relatively easy. Your next step, if you wished to persue this, would be to open the case and determine what version your 360's drive is.

Opening the case: http://www.informit.com/articles/art...&seqNum=2&rl=1

To determind what version drive you have you need to open the case and look at the top of the dvd drive. It should say somewhere on there F/W: MSxx (xx=25/28). Either MS25 or MS28. If I remember correctly, The MS25 is the easiest to work with. The MS28 requires a few extra steps when it comes to flashing the drive.

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powerclown

Thanks, man.