What is Xbox 360 Drive Flashing?

What is Xbox 360 Drive Flashing?

Basically, There is a hardware chip on the Xbox DVD drive, that controls if you can play backup games or not. To enable a xbox 360 to play backups you need to flash your DVD drive, which involves the modder opening up your 360 and changing/flashing the software on the drive.

Fat/Original 360			Slim 360 (360 S)
Samsung (ms28 and ms25)	Moddable (LT3.0)		Liteon 9504 / 2702	Moddable (LT 3.0)
Hitachi	Moddable (LT3.0)		Liteon 0225	Moddable (LT 3.0)
BenQ	Moddable (LT3.0)		Hitachi 0500	Not moddable yet
LiteOn (All)	Moddable (LT3.0)		Liteon 0401 + 1071	Moddable (LT 3.0)
			Liteon xxxx (there are more coming)	Not moddable yet

All older/Fat consoles are moddable. Since Slims are still being made not all Slim models are. Its not super easy to tell which DVD drive you have inside your slim, but a couple of factors can help. Most of the drives are Liteons, there is one type of Hitachi Click here to see how to check by ejecting the DVD drive tray). Australia is behind with stock types, so as of August 2011 all stock is still 9504/2702, 0225 or 0401. Unfortunately the slim drives are all WRITE protected. So we have to do some crazy stuff to write to it (see video here). 

Disadvantages: DVD drive flashing is NOT a once off. Everytime Microsoft changes special protection etc, you have to flash the DVD drive again (at $25) and Open the console everytime. A solution like the x360Key allows the user to update the device without opening the console at all, which means all updates are free and easy. (Xbox Live safe? Hmm)

Drive flashing = Latest Update is safe for Xbox Live Use when used with 100% Reliable Backups. (Ask Me)

Ways to get your Drive Flashed by us

• In Australia? Contact I.T Emergency  https://www.facebook.com/I.T.Emergency000
• You can buy tools like the x360 USB Pro, or the Maximus Lizard, and you can flash them, and update yourself. Please keep in mind the limitation of writing with Slim xboxs!