I haven't seen it in action, but a guy I know here in Sherman, TX claims to have a Beta 360 that he was able to get Linux installed and working on.
If this is true it would mean that the security was all programmed in later. Therefore, it should be possible to remove all the security. Even if this isn't true, it should still be possible to erase the security completely and here is why. 1.) Several aspects of the security are software updateable from a CD Download from Microsoft. This CD Download is NON MACHINE SPECIFIC which means there is an encrypted back door (with the same encryption key for all machines) into the processor core. If someone was able to discover the encryption key and kernel specific methods used to access the core, it should be possible to turn off the security. 2.) The boot code is stored in the processor, however the boot code is also updateable from an encrypted CD Download from Microsoft. So the aforementioned method should apply here also. 3.) While all the security is stored in hardware integrated into the motherboard. It is still software that is stored in that hardware. Just a thought (not responsible if this is tried and it fries your 360): What if a highly targeted (low power) EM (Electro-Magnetic) pulse was skimmed across the processor. It should effectively erase the security programming and after a discharge of the system should leave the system completely functional (without any operating system) and without any security. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stop paying high prices to get your computers repaired! TechTools "Ultimate Tech Disk" allows you to boot your computer from DVD into a Windows environment that has everything you need to Troubleshoot, Repair, Configure and Test your computer. For more information visit: http://techtools.venuspcservice.com -----Original Message----- From: Brice Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 8:04 PM To: Richard Colbert Jr Subject: Re: [Free60-Devel] Dumb Question may be a good idea but the xbox has 3 cores and would defeat to purpose of modding it. the reason that i would mod it is to take advantage of that monster of a cpu. also it would cost a lot of money. But i think that you are correct if all of the security is on the cpu then removing it would do the trick. I think that the trick is going to be with all of the lcp ports around the processor they have pin headers on the devkits and therefore should serve some purpose hopefully we can get a solderless mod for xbox 360 using the lcps or at least an easy pin header install instead of wires. However building our own modchips like the cheapmod might be fun. On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 18:38 -0600, Richard Colbert Jr wrote: > From what I have been able to gather, most of the security in the xbox > 360 is embedded into the cpu. Why not remove the cpu, replace it with > a standard Dual-Core PPC processor and then you can install any PPC > ported OS. This would at least allow us to find out what the mystery > chip on the motherboard does, as well as find out if any of the > security is outside of the CPU. > > > > Sounds like a good place to start to me. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Stop paying high prices to get your computers repaired! > > TechTools "Ultimate Tech Disk" allows you to boot your computer from > DVD into a Windows environment that has everything you need to > Troubleshoot, Repair, Configure and Test your computer. For more > information visit: > > http://techtools.venuspcservice.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ free60-devel mailing list free60-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/free60-devel
