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Talismoon First Aid Kit for Xbox 360 Controller
>> Talismoon released a new product for the Xbox 360 controller:
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If your Xbox 360 controller is losing some life, its time to administer some First Aid. The First Aid Kit includes new rubber mats for your controller, as well as replacement thumbsticks with potentiometers.
* Description
Bring your old controller back to life. This first aid kit fixes two basic problems. Fix the problem with "dead buttons" by replacing the rubber pads that the buttons rest on. After several years of heavy gaming, these pads can wear out and not provide the "spring" back that they onces did. Replacing the rubber mats is easy and requires on the most basic skill. This kit also includes replacement thumbsticks assembly. This includes the mechanism for the thumbsticks plus the potentiometers that work with the mechanism. Repalcing the thumbstick mechanisms requires intermediate soldering skills.
* Specs
-1 set of rubber mats for your controller. This includes 2 different shapes.
-2 thumbstick replacement mechanisms.
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Official Site: talismoon.com
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(Saturday 31 October 2009 17:13 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Jungle Flasher V0.1.67 beta (50)
>> A new version of JungleFlasher(info) has been released.
What's new/fixed:
* iXtreme 1.61 support
* 1 minor bug
* other work was planned but leak of 1.61 prompted this quick fix
Official Site: jungleflasher.net
Download: here
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(Saturday 31 October 2009 00:20 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Microsoft Confirms LIVE Console Ban Wave to IGN
>> From xbox360.ign.com:
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"We have taken action against a small percentage of consoles that have been modified to play pirated game discs," a Microsoft spokesperson told IGN. "In line with our commitment to combat piracy and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox LIVE community, we are suspending these modded consoles from Xbox LIVE."
Microsoft also added this is a standing policy and isn't tied to any specific time-frame.
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Full Story: xbox360.ign.com
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(Friday 30 October 2009 23:43 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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New Console Ban Wave on Xbox LIVE?
>> We're currently seeing lots of discussions on our forums (like here or here) and on IRC about console/hardware bans again, so it seems Microsoft is busy with a new Xbox LIVE console (not gamertag) ban wave atm.
Right now we don't have a lot of details, except it doesn't seem to be linked to any particular FW version or drive model, as users with all type of FWs and drives report bans, while others with the same configuration still seem fine.
Report your status in the thread below.
More details soon ...
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(Friday 30 October 2009 15:06 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Nand Pro 2.0b
>> A new version of Nand Pro has been released a few days ago (sry for the late posting). It's a PC tool that allows you to read and write on the Xbox 360 NAND via USB or LPT with some simple wiring (for LPT at least).
From the readme/nfo:
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This release fixes a bug when a sector fails to write, ie it will retry the block now.
Before it could corrupt the rest of the write. Reading was unaffected.
Also new feature, allows a "virtual nand device": Which is a RAW file, that nandpro pretends is a nand
It can then extract/inject individual blocks from a image, instead of a nand (ie no hardware)
For example you could inject a small xell into a large image with the following:
nandpro completerawimage.bin: -w16 xell.ecc
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Official Site: n/a
Download: here
News-Source/Full Readme: xbins.org
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(Friday 30 October 2009 13:42 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Team HyperX IXtreme v1.61 FW for Samsung and BenQ Drives *Updated*
>> A new version (v1.61) of the iXtreme DVD Firmware for both Samsung and BenQ DVD drives has been released. A Lite-on version is still in development and will be released later (NO ETA).
These were released without any type of readme or NFO, but early user reports claim they work fine like v1.6 with added support for 'Wave 4' discs.
*Update* Team HyperX now officially released the new firmwares and the readme/nfo confirms it comes with 'Strict' Wave 4 compliance:
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-Strict Wave 4 compliance! hybrid (modified disks) will not boot!
Strict Wave 4 compliance means wave 4 games will only boot if they have correct PFI/DMI/SS and timestamp for wave 4
Note for unofficial releases:
It is highly recommended that you do not flash unverified or unofficial releases. We often do not implement specific security features in beta firmwares that are neccessary precaution's to help keep everyone as safe as possible on Xbox Live.
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Official Site: n/a, by Team HyperX
Download: n/a (might be illegal under DMCA/EUCD)
News-Source: xbins.org, #FW@EFnet
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(Thursday 29 October 2009 22:53 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Xplorer360 For 250gb Drives
>> Xamp released a patched version of Xplorer360(info) to work with 250GB harddrives on our forums.
From the readme:
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The Good:
* Drag and drop content to and from (inject/extract) confirmed working on both Partitions 2 and 3.
The Bad:
* Do not use any sort of backup or restore image features with this patched version.
* Do not use this version with 20, 60, or 120 gig drives.
The Details:
* Changed the cluster chain length value to 00 08 39 at offset 0xF0C2.
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Download: here
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(Thursday 29 October 2009 00:44 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Xbox 360 System Update Wireless Adapter WPA2 support
>> From majornelson.com:
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The team has released a system update for the Xbox 360 over Xbox LIVE.
Sometime over the next few hours when you sign in to Xbox LIVE you'll receive a prompt to accept this mandatory update. If you are signed into LIVE already, you may be signed out and asked to accept the update and you'll be back online in a few moments.
This update does not include the Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune features. Those will be coming to Xbox LIVE later next month. This update adds WPA2 support for the Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter.
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Note: As always, update at own risk and don't do it if u still wanna run the JTAG Hack.
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(Wednesday 28 October 2009 19:12 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Microsoft temporarily suspends Sky Player for Xbox 360
>> Microsoft Statement via engadget.com:
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The Sky Player on Xbox 360 service did successfully launch early this morning, it has subsequently been suspended due to an unforeseen technical issue. With so much excitement and interest in the service, we'd much prefer to ensure that our customers enjoy the highest possible quality of service. We would like to take this opportunity to apologise to our customers who have attempted to access the service today. Sky Player engineers are hard at work to resolve the problem - we expect to have the full service available tomorrow.
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Full Story: engadget.com
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(Wednesday 28 October 2009 19:10 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Datel to fight back against MS unofficial memory card block
>> From maxconsole.net:
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We have just received exclusive word from a UK distributor of Datel that the company is to fight back against the block that MS induced on their pioneering memory card solutions for Xbox 360. We're told that an update for the product will be released shortly to enable the device once again!
"Due to recent actions by Microsoft, there is a possibility that these memory units will not fully function after the upcoming Microsoft Dashboard update.
Datel are aware of the changes that are required to remedy this problem and will shortly release a solution in readiness for this potential update. This will be made available to you and your retail / domestic customers shortly. In the meantime if you are holding any stock of this product you can, if you wish, return this to us and we will exchange / replace with new updated versions in readiness for the Microsoft Dashboard release."
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