Soft Unlock For The 79, no screwdriver or soldering iron required!!!!

Discussion in 'Firmware Modding Tutorials' started by Soapy, Aug 3, 2008.

  1. jjstunts Newbie

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    first of all, forrest your av is the coolest s$%t Ive seen in a awhile.
    anyhoo... I have left the power on always so the 79 stays in modeb. Is it random that winxp will see the 79 if i just open and close the tray enough times? I read a little on chipsets and I know mmy mobo is not via but nforce...could this have something to do with it, idk. But when I flashed my benq drive pp[l told me that nforce wont work to see the drive but mine did. HAd no probs there. I just ordered the the ltittle pwr and sata thingy off of ebay to pwr the 79 and any other drive from my pc and not the 360 (out of convienience), maybe that will make a difference.
    any dieas are greatly appreciated, thnax.
  2. brandt77 Newbie

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    if i keep my drive in my xbox, do i need to ground it to my computer?
    also, in the video he says you type "79unlock (drive letter)" and you have it in your tut as "unlock79 (driveletter)"
    does it matter which way?
    thanks
  3. Soapy Banned

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    The drive letter is where your 360 drive is located so it wont flash any other drives;.
  4. jjstunts Newbie

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    Got my hitachi flashed, all it took was help from you guys and a different mobo with sata. Thanx guys
  5. brandt77 Newbie

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    okay i got my sata card but i need to know before i start, do i need to ground my xbox before i do this if i keep the drive in the system??
    thanks
  6. Soapy Banned

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    U dont have to but you should. Just make the xbox touch your computer. It will be fine.
  7. brandt77 Newbie

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    alright soapy, few more questions..
    when its in mode B, it ejects by itself..
    so to stop that, i hit eject only once and it stops, but im not sure if that will affect the modding of it..
    also, in the command, it wont find the file, and everybody talks about open the command from the file, but that option isnt there for me..
    please help, everytime i type unlock79 G it says error.
    thanks alllot
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  9. brandt77 Newbie

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    soapy
    thanks has been given.
    i havnt tested it yet, because there isnt one damn dual layer disk in my whole town
    but it flashed and turns on.. so thats a start
    thanks so much man

    alright, not sure if this is the place to bring ALL of my issues, but so far i have been helped.
    i burnt and iso (quantum of solace apathy) not sure if its the iso itself, of the way i burnt it, but it wont read the disk it keeps going to the eject option
    people say that burning at 8X works.. but im too dutch so see if thats the case, these werent cheap. should i just buy a kreon drive and do the ripping myself?

    nevermind, i accidently burnt the iso and not the .dvd file
    its working great, thanks again
  10. EXPLODING_FROG Newbie

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    why is it that when i went to copy my drive key it is just 7474747474747?
    did i do something wrong?
  11. brandt77 Newbie

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    you must not have the most current version of TOOLBOX
    check and see if it says 4.6 at the top..
    if not download from here
    URL___http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4400895/Maximus_Firmware_Toolbox_4.6___URL
    to mods, i am not sure if i'm allowed to post links, if not, dont be mad : \
  12. matt6233 Newbie

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    when i go to save raw dump firmware as it says cannot read drive but my drive is in mode b, the dvd is in the drive, and it shows up. What going on?

    i also did the thing where you type 79unlock e and it said done.

    .
  13. Soapy Banned

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    Make sure u wait at least a couple minutes to let it read the disk then drive direct dump select ur drive then dump
    OR
    After you take out the 79unlock disk make sure your disc tray is open still
    OR
    If it doesn't work just retry your steps again.
  14. matt6233 Newbie

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    Still the same problem :(. Thanks for trying to help though
  15. Soapy Banned

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    Do you have the newest Toolbox?
  16. matt6233 Newbie

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    if it's 4.8 than i do
  17. Abolfazl Experienced Member

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    Yeah it is 4.8 :\
  18. matt6233 Newbie

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    not sure what i'm doing wrong. maybe once i get a chance ill record me trying to do this and you guys can point out where i mest up. if i did.
  19. Soapy Banned

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    Yea cause if you passed the unlock but cant dump then idk whats wrong.
  20. BA_FYATHYRIO Newbie

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    So...is this a temp way to flash your xbox?