Hack the 360, Xbox..

[ECA]

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/11/modded_xbox_360.html


That was quick, meet one of the first modd'ed Xbox 360s complete with - a window mod, 4" cold cathode, 12V fan mod (increase air flow), Silver and blue paint scheme, Blue ring of light, 60GB laptop drive upgrade (this is in addition to the 20GB normal 360 drive both can be, accessed from the dashboard and the upgrade drive can be updated with media from a PC)

[ECA]

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/

[neuroking]

Yeah, but there was a run down of the security features to prevent console hacking, and I have to say... it is nuts! THey are serious this time about preventing hackers from expanding the system... let me see if I can find it...
Here it is...

- The flash is encrypted with a per-box key
- The key is stored inside the CPU
- The boot ROM is stored inside the CPU
- Also inside the CPU is a hypervisor that verifies the running state of the kernel, making sure there is no modification (RAM checksums), else the Xbox360 panics and blows up!
- The CPU contains RAM inside of it to store the checksums
- All interrupt/exception handling is done by the hypervisor
- All code runs in kernel mode
- The emulator for first generation games can be updated via an official Microsoft download burned to CD by the user, though the CDs’ content will be encrypted and signed with public key cryptography.The boot ROM is stored inside the CPU

(From: http://www.xbox360-hacks.com/)

[ECA]

Thats is SOooo LAME..

[scottie]

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/

Isn't it a given to take games out while moving your system?

[ECA]

Not to SOME...
But it also the idea to place a Floppy in your drive to keep the heads from rattling, in transport.
Or.
NOt to MOVE your computer, with the power on...(screws up the hard drives)
And the OLD CD drives, to place a Cartridge into the drive, to lock the heads down..

YOU SOULD NOT, power the system down with a Cartridge loaded...It can ground out and erase the cartridge.. And static build up can erase it also..