Hack-proof DVD drive for Xbox 360 arrives

ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
edited October 2006 in Science & Tech
FOR SOME TIME NOW naughty owners of the Xbox 360 have been able to flash the system's DVD-drive firmware with manipulated code that allowed the successful loading of copied 360 games.

For nearly every drive type and drive firmware Microsoft used in the new Xbox, hackers have been able to defeat the security mechanisms and patch the drives to allow for 'backup' disks to be used. A with the manufacturing of the original Xbox, Microsoft sources several different drives from different manufacturers (including Toshiba/Samsung and Hitachi/LG), but this hasn't stopped the availability of firmware hacks for nearly every drive (although the Philips model still seems to be a fairly safe).

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