Optical Disc Drive Compatibility: Xbox (original) & Xbox 360
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A guide to Optical Disc Drives compatible with Xbox (original) & Xbox 360 dumping.
See also: Optical Disc Drive Compatibility
Kreon Drives & Firmware Setup
Firmwares are also compatible with Dreamcast dumping.
| Manufacturer | Model | Firmware Download | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung TSSTCorp | SH-D162C | [1] | |
| Samsung TSSTCorp | SH-D162D SD-M2012C | [2] | SD-M2012C is strongly suspected to work, but needs someone to test it for confirmation. |
| Samsung TSSTCorp | SH-D163A | [3] | |
| Samsung TSSTCorp | SH-D163B | [4] | |
| Toshiba | TS-H352C | [5] | Rebadged SH-D162C. |
| Toshiba | TS-H352D | [6] | Rebadged SH-D162D. |
| Toshiba | TS-H353A | [7] | Rebadged SH-D163A. |
| Toshiba | TS-H353B | [8] | Rebadged SH-D163B. |
Firmware Installation Instructions
- Download the appropriate firmware for your model.
- Download the app sfdnwin.exe and place it in the same folder as the firmware download.
- Open the Command Prompt app and cd (change directory) to the location of the files.
- Run the command: sfdnwin.exe -nocheck
- You'll get a pop up that says "-Nocheck Use!!!", click "OK" beneath it. This will open the SFDNWIN app.
- In the app, select your "Drive".
- Click the light-blue Folder icon in the upper left part of the app, then select the ".bin" firmware file.
- Click the green Folder icon.
- If the firmware was successfully flashed, you will be asked to restart your computer, do this.
Notes:
- When connected with a USB adapter, SATA models may falsely claim the firmware was not updated. More research is helpful, please report your findings here.
- It has been reported that in some cases the Alcohol 120% driver causes the dumping process of Xbox discs to fail. Only a complete uninstall of Alcohol 120% fixes the issue.
- Linux will produce bad dumps if using the libata driver on some SATA chipsets due to silently erroring on the lock state command. Some DiscImageCreator builds will not report the dump as bad, so it is recommended to use redumper for Kreon dumps on Linux.
Stock Xbox 360 Drives
The above Kreon Drives are preferred as they are faster, more reliable, have support in redumper, and are significantly easier to setup and use.
Specific models of Xbox360 drives can be connected to a PC with custom hardware and flashed with custom firmware to allow redump-compatible dumping using XBC (XboxBackupCreator). The process to connect stock drives to PC, flash them, and dump with them is extremely complicated and prone to mistakes. Dumping Original Xbox discs with these drives is an extremely slow and tedious process as they do not skip the security sector ranges, with each sector reporting as a read error. While Original Xbox discs dumped using stock Xbox360 drives are still acceptable for redump submission, we highly recommend and prefer dumps via redumper with Kreon drives. If you are unable to get one of the Kreon drives above and are comfortable working with hardware and computers, the instructions are below:
Note: Previously, 0800 drives were required for getting the SS (security sector) from XGD3 discs, however this is no longer the case when using the latest version of redumper (build 597 or later) and ZZ01 or DC02 revisions of the Kreon firmware linked above. There is no benefit to using stock Xbox360 drives and we do not recommend anyone purchase these drives for redump (unless submitting to abgx360 is your primary goal).
