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Kreon Alternative FW for Samsung SH-D163A/TS-H353A v0.80
>> Kreon released a port of his popular firmware for the Samsung SH-D162C PC DVD-drive to the Toshiba-Samsung SH-D163A/TS-H353A PC DVD-drive. This modified firmware allows you to dump original Xbox and Xbox 360 discs (including extracting the Security Sectors (SS)) with this cheap PC DVD-drive (so no Xbox(360)-drive or disc hot-swap required):
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XBOX 360 enabled alternative FW for the Samsung SH-D163A/TS-H353A drive - V0.80

Yes, you've seen it all before, but this time it's for the Samsung SH-D163A SATA DVD-ROM drive. This is a direct port of the code used in SH-D162C, so the features of the drive and how to use it in general should come as no surprise.

While this drive can be rather difficult to pick up at the moment, it is expected to replace the SH-D162C. Hopefully the 163A will reach all markets (unlike the 162C), but it's still to early to say. Another drive from another manufacturer will be targeted next, which should once and for all make cheap drives available to everyone Smiley

This is what you get..
* Full challenge/response functionality.
* Two types of unlock for XBOX 360 game discs. One for making xtreme style images and one for making wxripper style images. Both types of iso can be made using isobuster. Ripping using wxripper isn't supported for the time being
* A 'lock' function that will cancel any enabled unlock state. This can be very useful for custom applications.
* 'Error skipping' which basically speeds up the error handling of the drive. A complete wxripper style image (including video) can be obtained in 15-16 minutes, when error skipping is enabled. Getting through the critical area of LBA 19408-20479 will take you more than 20 minutes alone, if error skipping is disabled Sad
* A much more streamlined command interface which is good news if you intend to write an application that makes use of the drives extra features.
* The drive will default to unlock state 2 and error skip enabled when a 360 media is inserted. You can in other words use isobuster to obtain a wxripper style image without issuing any commands to the drive Smiley
* RPC1 support (RPC-2 actually but with automatic change of drive region and RCE support)

This is what you'll have to wait for..
* Hardware correct timing for response types 5 & 7.
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Official Site: n/a (by Kreon on xboxhacker.net)
Download: n/a (could be illegal under DMCA/EUCD)
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(Wednesday 18 October 2006 00:50 EST) - (direct link to article)
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