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Week of November 28, 2010
Maximus 360 Lizard Update
>> From 360lizard.com:
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The last touches on the Maximus Lizard took a lot of hard work and many days to ensure that our exciting add on features will be compatible with what you order today. Available in just a few days will be the list of features the Lizard will sport at launch.
Meanwhile, we can confirm the following facts:
a) Launch date: January 14!! That gives us time to implement some awesome hardware changes and, believe us, it will be worth the wait!
b) Lizard Suggested Price: $99.90 if you preorder, giving you savings on the regular $110 price.
c) Lizard will be bundled with cables and goodies -- details coming soon.
The doors are now open for wholesale orders. Please contact us at wholesale /AT/ 360lizard.com ONLY SERIOUS INQUIRES PLEASE!
Now here's a sneak preview!! Feast your eyes on the final board with our cool 3D engineering view!
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Official Site: http://www.360lizard.com
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(Saturday 04 December 2010 21:58 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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USA v. Crippen - A Retrospective by Andrew 'Bunnie' Huang
>> As we know now the USA v. Crippen [Xbox Modder] case has been dismissed by the prosecutors. Andrew "Bunnie" Huang was supposed to testify as expert witness. Today "Bunnie" posted some key concepts on his blog of what he was gonna present in the case:
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While the true facts are not as simple, raw facts are essentially useless to a jury. The real challenge for me personally was to take a world of technical jargon full of one-way hashes, modular exponentiation, prime numbers, finite fields of characteristic two, stealth sectors, lead-ins, lead-outs, and reflectivity measurements using a laser and a four-quadrant photodetector and boil it down into a set of factually correct statements that any lay jury could not only understand, but feel confident enough to use to decide upon two felony counts.
So, for the purpose of encouraging discussion, criticism, and education, here are some of the key concepts I was to present in the case.
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Check out bunniestudios.com for a nice simplified version of how the 'Xbox360 ODD modification' works, but here's his 'conclusion':
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In the case that the “answer table” is lacking from the disk inserted into the ODD, the disk will not play. Thus, the question is: given that the user of the modified Xbox360 (in this case, the private investigators and agents that the government hired) must also materially participate in the “process” by providing an “answer table”, is the mod alone sufficient to justify felonious conduct?
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Full Story: bunniestudios.com
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(Saturday 04 December 2010 16:46 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Channel9 Xbox Campus Video Tour
>> Microsoft's Channel9 is having a new series where they take you around buildings and places on Microsoft's main campus:
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We start our tour at the infamous Xbox building where we team up with Larry Hryb (Major Nelson). Larry takes us through the Xbox teams work spaces and play places. We make our way through Holograms, Elephants, programmers and a pretty incredible eatery.
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The embedded video above is using Silverlight... if you don't want to or can't install that plug-in, you can also download the video in various formats on channel9.msdn.com.
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(Friday 03 December 2010 04:36 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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FreePSX beta v0.1
>> Ced2911, member of the LS-Team, released the first public version of FreePSX: a Playstation1 emulator for homebrew/JTAG 360s.
The GFX emulation is very good for most games, but there are still a few sound problems.
The release includes the full source-code for other developers who may want to help improving FreePSX.
Official Site: By Ced2911 of Team logic-sunrise.com
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
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(Thursday 02 December 2010 21:09 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Modder Trial: Prosecutors Dismiss Case Mid-Trial
>> From wired.com:
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Federal authorities in the first-of-its-kind game console modding criminal trial abruptly dropped their prosecution here Thursday “based on fairness and justice.”
During his testimony, Rosario [undercover agent with the ESA] said Crippen inserted a pirated video game into the console to verify that the hack worked. That was a new detail that helped the government meet an obligation imposed by the judge that very morning, when Gutierrez ruled that the government had to prove Crippen knew he was breaking the law by modding Xboxes.
But nowhere in Rosario’s reports or sworn declarations was it mentioned that Crippen put a pirated game into the console. Shortly before Rosario’s testimony during opening statements, defense attorney Koren Bell told jurors that there would be no evidence of that kind.
Defense attorney Callie Steele objected to the new testimony. And as court was to get underway here early Thursday, prosecutor Chiu told the judge that he first learned of Rosario’s newfound recollection days before trial. Chiu conceded he never forwarded that information to the defense.
“That fact was disclosed on Sunday,” Chiu told the judge. “We should have disclosed that to the defense right away.”
In light of that omission and “based on fairness and justice,” Chiu moved to dismiss the case, conceding that the government had made errors in its prosecution.
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Full Story: wired.com
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(Thursday 02 December 2010 17:08 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Patch Importer 101202
>> 'uf' released Patch Importer 101202 for developers:
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What it does
takes the regular kind of patch.bin:
struct patch {
DWORD address,
DWORD size,
DWORD patches[size]
}
struct patchbin {
patch, ...
0xFFFFFFFF
}
(incorrect semantics, who cares, you get it.)
and applies it to your executable. edit out the check for 0x40000 (line 25+26) in case you're doing this to an actual xex.
so far I've been unable to execute programs from idc scripts (if that's even possible?); in case someone knows how to do it, let me know: twitter.com/uf6667
I'm still hard at work on the in-program patcher, but this would be greatly accelerated if I could just execute gcc from an idc or plugin.(what it does is allow
you to edit the executables INSIDE ida and then export to patch.bin)
How to use
load xboxkrnl.exe as a bin, execute "Blue Bars", execute this, enter the requested patch.bin.
the undo option is for when you've done a previous patch but no longer want it in there (in case that wasn't obvious)
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Official Site: n/a, by 'uf'
Download (fixed): here
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(Thursday 02 December 2010 16:57 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Party Buffalo Drive Explorer v1.0.0.8 Beta
>> CLK Rebellion released a new beta of the open-source Party Buffalo Drive Explorer that will allow you to read/write on Xbox360 formatted drives/usb-sticks/bins:
What's new/fixed (since v1.0.0.6):
* Includes writing. I just tested injecting a folder in to my thumb drive, and it showed up perfectly on my Xbox. All game saves were there, nothing appeared to be corrupt... (v1.0.0.7)
* I removed basically everything except the "Extract" function from the treeview's context menu. Reason for that is I noticed that when you right-click on an object, it doesn't actually select it. So say you right-click on your profile but beforehand you clicked on the "Content" folder -- it's going to extract the content folder vs. the folder you right-clicked, and there's no way (that I know of?) for me to fix that. I figured it'd be safer to remove the writing functions from that so you don't accidentally overwrite something you shouldn't... (v1.0.0.7)
* Fixed the listview not being cleared after opening the drive selector (v1.0.0.7)
* "Get Help Online" in the "Help" menu item actually has something there now (v1.0.0.7)
* Entire re-code of the extracting form (v1.0.0.7)
* Fixed bug: within my delete function, it called to the writing function, therefore causing it to re-write what I just deleted. (v1.0.0.8)
* Adds drag and drop support (v1.0.0.8)
* Fixes a threading issue (v1.0.0.8)
* Some better error handling (v1.0.0.8)
Official Site: n/a, by CLK Rebellion
Download: EXE (should prompt to update automatically upon startup) | Sources (v1.0.0.8)
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(Thursday 02 December 2010 01:45 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Modder Trial: Judge Berates Prosecution, Allows 'Fair Use' Defense Again *Update: No Deal, Trial Begins*
>> From wired.com:
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Opening statements in the first-of-its kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had “serious concerns about the government’s case.”
Among the judge’s host of complaints against the government was his alarm that prosecutors would put on two witnesses who may have broken the law.
One is Entertainment Software Association investigator Tony Rosario, who secretly video-recorded defendant Matthew Crippen allegedly performing the Xbox mod in Crippen’s Los Angeles suburban house. The defense argues that making the recording violates California privacy law. The other witness is Microsoft security employee Ken McGrail, who analyzed the two consoles Crippen allegedly altered. McGrail admitted that he himself had modded Xboxes in college.
“Maybe two of the four government witnesses committed crimes,” the judge said from the bench. “I think it is relevant and the jury is going to hear about it –- both crimes.”
The government had fought to keep the witness conduct a secret from the jury.
The judge on Wednesday even backtracked on an earlier ruling that had prohibited Crippen, 28, from raising a “fair use” defense at trial.
While the judge ruled last week that such a defense was not permitted by the DMCA, he seemingly changed course during his speech.
Court is recessed until 1:30 p.m.
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*Update* From wired.com
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The government decided to forge ahead in the landmark trial after U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez gave the government a little breathing room on the standard of proof required to convict defendant Matthew Crippen on two counts of breaching the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Toward the government’s end of proving that Crippen knew what he was doing was illegal, prosecutors put on the stand an Entertainment Software Association private investigator who told jurors that he paid Crippen $60 to modify a console at Crippen’s residence in Southern California in 2008.
“He produced a pirated video game. He placed it into the ROM he had just worked on. He initiated the game and it played. He showed me that the actual game would play,” Rosario testified.
But on cross examination, Rosario conceded he did not write that fact on any of his notes or reports. Nor did it appear on a secret video he took of the encounter.
The defense told jurors in opening remarks that they would show that Crippen didn’t even breach the DMCA to begin with.
“That work on those two consoles did not willfully circumvent a technology measure that effectively controls access to a copyrighted work,” defense co-counsel Koren Bell told jurors.
Crippen’s lawyers intend to call Andrew “Bunnie” Huang in a bid to make that point.
“Basically, what he did was insufficient on his own to violate anything,” Huang said in a recent telephone interview.
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Full Story: wired.com[1] | wired.com[2]
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(Wednesday 01 December 2010 20:40 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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US/UK: Introducing the Xbox LIVE Rewards program
>> From majornelson.com:
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It’s a brand new way for Xbox LIVE members [available in the US and UK only] to earn Microsoft points for doing things they already do on Xbox LIVE. Sign up and start earning Microsoft Points by watching movies and sports, playing games and more. Plus, when you sign-up for Xbox LIVE Gold, or renew your membership you’ll earn even more. Sound good? We’re officially kicking off the program later today, but if you want to get in early hit the link below.
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Official Site: https://rewards.xbox.com
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(Wednesday 01 December 2010 11:11 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Maximus Announces the 360 Lizard
>> Maximus officially announced the 360 Lizard:
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More than a year of research and development was poured into Maximus Lizard and today this bad ass lizard has seen the light and come packed with really cool technology. The Dream of every DVD Firmware Tester has come true. And Do you Know What That Means?
No more:
- SATA Drivers
- Win64 Problems
- PC Hanging
- PC Forced Reboot
- Multiple Computers to cover all drives
Its time to start in the Lizard Way. Your PC fades into the dark as you enjoy freedom like never before!
Lizard equals FREEDOM. With Lizard, you are investing in a professional TOOL that will not be limited to a few quantity of drives. Also there is NO RESTRICTION on the kind of file you can open, read or write.
At Maximus, we take engineering seriously. You can trust that Maximus Lizard rely on a deep research and lots of time prototyping. and will offer you RELIABLE FREEDOM LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE !!
LIZARD FEATURES ARE TRUE FEATURES! With Maximus Lizard, you won't have another tool in the background doing the real flashing work, this is because the Lizard features are built right into the hardware device itself.
Feature List (Non extensive)
- Hardware Flasher with Unlock, Read, Write, Erase and Key Retrieval
- Support for all 360 Drives, Samsung, Hitachi, Benq, Liteon, Slim (yes it also UNLOCKS and READ KEYS on the latest 0225)
- Support is built in for MANY PC DVD SATA drives too
- Support Onboard AES128 Key Verification
- Several Modes of Operation - with PC conectivity or as Standalone Entity!
- Expandable internal flash memory
- Upgradable onboard firmware
- Accesory Port (several very useful accesories already on the design bench)
- Sexy Graphical Screen Display
- Friendly Navigation Menu with simplified button count
- Multilingual Support
- Free UNRESTRICTED companion software
Some notes about the features:
a) Some features may not be available at launch but will be later with a secure firmware update
b) Some features may require additional accessories that will not be available at launch - but they're coming very soon!
Credits:
Long live to all scene pure hart contributors, some of them my friends and really nice people,lots of their effort and knowledge its also embedded on Lizard.
kai schtrom, geremia, c4e, team modfreakz, seventhson, tiros, the specialist, redline99, xorloser, MRA, podger, garyopa, birdy
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Official Site: http://www.360lizard.com/
News-Source: psx-scene.com
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(Wednesday 01 December 2010 06:03 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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US Xbox Modder Trial Begins Today - 'Fair Use' Defense Denied After All
>> From gamesradar.com and wired.com:
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A Southern California man is set to go before a jury here Tuesday on criminal charges of violating copyright law by modifying Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games.
In the first trial of its kind, defendant Matthew Crippen is charged with two counts of violating the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA. He faces a maximum three years in prison if convicted.
In pre-trial hearings, Crippen hoped to be able to introduce a defense of "Fair Use," the same defense used for iPhone jailbreaking. The judge at one point said he would allow that defense, saying, "Because fair use is a mixed question of law and fact, it is a permissible question for the jury."
But last week, District Judge Philip Gutierrez backtracked on that, saying Fair Use is not a valid defense on the specific DMCA charge in the case.
Two other key evidentiary issues in the case are unresolved, and are expected to be ruled upon at any time.
One issue is the admissibility of a covert video recording of Crippen allegedly performing the modification. A second is whether the jury can hear the testimony of hardware-hacking guru Andrew “Bunnie” Huang, who is prepared to testify for the defense that the modification did not circumvent a copy-control mechanism within the meaning of the DMCA.
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Full Story: gamesradar.com and wired.com
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(Tuesday 30 November 2010 19:36 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Two Kinects join forces to create better 3D video
>> From engadget.com:
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Oliver Kreylos impressed and shocked us by showing that a single Microsoft Kinect could create some remarkably stout 3D video. He's back at it again, this time blowing minds and demonstrating that two Kinects can be paired and their output meshed -- one basically filling in the gaps of the other. He found that the two do create some interference, the dotted IR pattern of one causing some holes and blotches in the other, but when the two are combined they basically help each other out and the results are quite impressive.
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News-Source: engadget.com
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(Tuesday 30 November 2010 08:47 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Xbox 360 Surpasses 2.5 Million Kinect Sensors Sold
>> From the MS Press Release:
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Microsoft Corp. today announced that strong demand over the Black Friday weekend has propelled retail sales of Kinect for Xbox 360 to more than 2.5 million units worldwide since it launched just 25 days ago.
“We are thrilled about the consumer response to Kinect, and are working hard with our retail and manufacturing partners to expedite production and shipments of Kinect to restock shelves as fast as possible to keep up with demand,” said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “With sales already exceeding two and a half million units in just 25 days, we are on pace to reach our forecast of 5 million units sold to consumers this holiday.”
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Full Press Release: microsoft.com
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(Monday 29 November 2010 17:54 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Microsoft working on TV subscription service for Xbox, PCs
>> From arstechnica.com:
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Microsoft's partnership with ESPN to bring streaming sports to the Xbox 360 may be the tip of a streaming video iceberg. According to sources speaking to Reuters, the company is working on deals to launch a subscription service to stream video content to Windows PCs or devices such as the Xbox 360.
Microsoft has proposed a few different ways that its service could work in its pitch to content providers. One would have Microsoft acting as a "virtual cable operator," streaming video in exchange for a monthly fee. Another would use the Xbox to enable existing cable subscribers to stream content with "enhanced interactivity." A third option would allow viewers to subscribe to channels separately—the "à la carte" option that most cable companies have fought against despite consumer demand and pressure from the FCC.
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Full Story: arstechnica.com
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(Monday 29 November 2010 17:51 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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NAND Flasher 360 for Windows v1.1.0
>> Trancy of modcontrol.com released a new version of NAND Flasher 360:
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What is the NAND Flasher 360 for Windows?
The NAND Flasher 360 is a NAND -flash program for MS Windows. With this program you can update to a new version of freeboot within minutes over USB. With a 16 MB NAND this takes about 8min, Including three extractions steps and one for writing. the Data gets verified for each extraction and writing step. 256/512 MB NANDs take round about 16mins (approx. 128 KB/s). Bad blocks automatically get moved to the appropriate positions (Bad block management). This works for the small as well as the larger NANDs (16/256/512MB).
The program also extracts the KV and Config data from the current NAND and writes it to the freeboot.bin file.
The function "write only valid data" speeds up the writing process. Empty blocks (0xFF) are no longer handled when this function is selected! This results in a 64MB large NAND file being overwritten almost as fast as a 16MB file.
Information on the hardware and NAND is also displayed.
What's new/fixed:
* New BBM method, fixed rarely Bad Block
* Open Source
* Small Bugs fixed
* Erase Bug fixed
* Added option to delete entire flash (Data Partition)
* New BBM Option: Search Bad-Blocks in original Nand Image
* Added work on file instead on Nand (emulation NAND)
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Official Site: By Trancy of modcontrol.com
Download: here
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(Sunday 28 November 2010 17:14 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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3-extra USB Diagram and Full SouthBridge Pin-Out for Xenon Xbox360
>> MODFREAKz released some interesting (Xenon) diagrams over at XBH. The Xbox360 southbridge has 3 unused USB-ports that can be added/soldered manually, however the Xbox360 kernel/dash has a limit on the amount of USB devices, but maybe this can be 'hacked-out' for homebrew/JTAG 360s. He also released a full pin-out of the Xenon Xbox360 southbridge:
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The custom made Xbox360 Southbridge has three unused USB ports.
I have only made Xenon diagram, but can provide others too.
GND and 5V are not in diagram, that's basics.
I have tested the USB Port, they are still active and working.
There only one problem, I guess the dashboard is locked to max. 2 USB devices.
Is it possible to make a patch? Has anyone ever dealt with this?
I've just trawled my old notes/data and found this "Xenon SMC Southbridge Pinout", based on Speedy22 Datasheet.
Here is also the Excel file if someone would like to make an update.
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News-Source: 3-extra USB [xboxhacker.org] | Southbridge-pinout [xboxhacker.org]
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(Sunday 28 November 2010 04:37 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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