Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
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#2Very cool to see people still working on hacking the 360. I used the RGH on my 360 years ago. Was really fun back in the day going through all the cat and mouse that went on.
A soft mod would be cool as the RGH does require soldering some very tiny wires to some very tiny pads and I remember seeing posts of many people lifting pads trying to do this mod. But in the end I had a perfect install on my 360 and would boot almost every time on the first try.
Re: Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
#3Very cool to see people still working on hacking the 360. I used the RGH on my 360 years ago. Was really fun back in the day going through all the cat and mouse that went on. A soft mod would be cool as the RGH does require soldering some very tiny wires to some very tiny pads and I remember seeing posts of many people lifting pads trying to do this mod. But in the end I had a perfect install on my 360 and would boot…
Ah, I remember I had one of the first series where they forgot to remove the JTAG pins
Re: Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
#4Very cool to see people still working on hacking the 360. I used the RGH on my 360 years ago. Was really fun back in the day going through all the cat and mouse that went on. A soft mod would be cool as the RGH does require soldering some very tiny wires to some very tiny pads and I remember seeing posts of many people lifting pads trying to do this mod. But in the end I had a perfect install on my 360 and would boot…
Do the people who hack 360s also know how to prevent them from inevitably red-ringing? Cause that's the biggest thing discouraging me from buying another (my other 2 went red).
Re: Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
#5Very cool to see people still working on hacking the 360. I used the RGH on my 360 years ago. Was really fun back in the day going through all the cat and mouse that went on. A soft mod would be cool as the RGH does require soldering some very tiny wires to some very tiny pads and I remember seeing posts of many people lifting pads trying to do this mod. But in the end I had a perfect install on my 360 and would boot…
Do the people who hack 360s also know how to prevent them from inevitably red-ringing? Cause that's the biggest thing discouraging me from buying another (my other 2 went red).
I can't help but think that XBox 360 emulation is the only long term path that exists for the 360, which is concerning because only Xenia to my knowledge exists and it's still experimental.
Re: Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
#6Very cool to see people still working on hacking the 360. I used the RGH on my 360 years ago. Was really fun back in the day going through all the cat and mouse that went on. A soft mod would be cool as the RGH does require soldering some very tiny wires to some very tiny pads and I remember seeing posts of many people lifting pads trying to do this mod. But in the end I had a perfect install on my 360 and would boot…
Do the people who hack 360s also know how to prevent them from inevitably red-ringing? Cause that's the biggest thing discouraging me from buying another (my other 2 went red).
Not every model of the 360 will inevitably red ring. Those were typically only the "fat" models and there are some fixes to prevent it from happening. It usually just involves changing to some better quality thermal paste & reflowing the board.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+Red+Ring+of+Death+Fix+...
Re: Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do the people who hack 360s also know how to prevent them from inevitably red-ringing? Cause that's the biggest thing discouraging me from buying another (my other 2 went red).
I can't help but think that XBox 360 emulation is the only long term path that exists for the 360, which is concerning because only Xenia to my knowledge exists and it's still experimental.
Maybe it's easier at this point to reverse-engineer Halo 3 into a Windows build
Edit: wait https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064271/Halo_3/ Well it'd still be nice to get the original experience and not to deal with Steam.
Re: Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do the people who hack 360s also know how to prevent them from inevitably red-ringing? Cause that's the biggest thing discouraging me from buying another (my other 2 went red).
Not every model of the 360 will inevitably red ring. Those were typically only the "fat" models and there are some fixes to prevent it from happening. It usually just involves changing to some better quality thermal paste & reflowing the board. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+Red+Ring+of+Death+Fix+...
This video does a deep dive on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24KbVf1AD1c
He suggests that all of the fat models will eventually red ring due to being stress tested at the factory. Not sure how true that is.
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#9I wish there was somewhere I could toss cash into a softmod bounty.
Re: Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit
#10I wish there was somewhere I could toss cash into a softmod bounty.
at this point is there any reason to use xb360 hardware? emulation on modern hardware has gotta be substantially better