How Xbox 360 determines whether the HDD is genuine and how to avoid it
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The ' Xbox 360 ', which was released in 2005, has seen a variety of variations, such as models with larger built-in HDD capacity later being sold, and models compatible with HDMI and separately sold HDDs being developed. increase. There are models that allow you to replace the HDD, but the specification does not accept non-genuine HDDs, and the Xbox 360 brand HDD is very expensive, so it is difficult to replace it cheaply with your favorite HDD. was. Mr. Eaton, who runs a technology blog, explains this specification.
How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine
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Although the HDD was an optional purchase accessory, it was essential for gamers who wanted to download a lot of content. However, while the price of a general HDD at the time of sale was less than $ 60 for 80GB (about 6600 yen at the rate at that time), the price of the Xbox 360 brand HDD is 20GB and the list price is 9975 yen, which is quite expensive. I think it was the setting.
Enthusiasts managed to find a way to use another HDD, but it soon proved impossible. According to Mr. Eaton, the genuine HDD of Xbox 360 has unique data in a place called 'security sector', and Xbox 360 reads this data and checks the authenticity. The Xbox 360 refers to three pieces of information, the serial number, model number, and firmware revision of the HDD, and if even one of the information differs from the information stored in the security sector, it will not operate the HDD.
by Shaun Greiner
The security sector is encrypted using a private key known only to Microsoft, making it difficult to modify the security sector. However, there are some workarounds.
One is to use a tool called 'HDDHackr' to change the firmware information of the HDD. However, support for HDDHackr has ended and it seems to work only on old PCs. The other is to modify the Xbox 360 itself, but there are disadvantages such as losing access to Xbox Live.
Instructions for using HDDHackr are circulating among enthusiasts, but Eaton points out that ``Microsoft is aware of this.'' This is because Microsoft regularly collects information while the Xbox 360 is connected to Xbox Live. When an Xbox 360 equipped with a modified HDD is connected, a large amount of information that should be unique is sent from another device, so it becomes clear that hacking or modified HDD is used. That's it.
However, although Microsoft was able to ban the Xbox 360 using a non-genuine HDD, it seems that no case of banning has been confirmed so far.
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