Flashing your Xbox 360 requires a SATA cable.
"Flashing" your Xbox 360 DVD drive involves using a computer program to edit the DVD drive's .bin firmware file to run back-up copies of games or movies. Flashing is performed via a SATA cable connection between the DVD drive and the computer. Only certain computer SATA chipsets are capable of running the program necessary to edit .bin firmware files, some chipsets can only work under specific settings, and some chipsets do not work at all with the Xbox 360 flashing program.
The following chipsets can flash Xbox 360 consoles. You can determine your computer's SATA chipset by consulting your user manual or by clicking "Start," then "Control Panel," then "System," then clicking the "Hardware" tab, clicking "Device Manager," and selecting the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" section.
NVIDIA nForce 2 IDE Controller
NVIDIA nForce 4 IDE Controller
Intel P45 (ICH10R) ASUS P5QC
Intel ICH9
Intel ICH (i810,i815,i840)
Intel ICH0
Intel ICH2M
Intel ICH2 (i810E2,i845,850,860)
Intel C-ICH (i810E2)
Intel ICH3M
Intel ICH3 (E7500/1)
Intel ICH4 (i845GV,i845E,i852,i855)
Intel ICH5
Intel ICH10
Intel ICH10R (Asus P6T V2 Deluxe)
Intel ICH10R+P45
Intel ESB (855GME/875P + 6300ESB)
Intel ICH6 (and 6) (i915)
Intel ICH7/7-R (i945, i975,945P with silicon 3231 SATA controller)
Intel ICH9R
Intel PIIX3 for the 430HX etc
Intel PIIX4
Intel PIIX4 for the 430TX/440BX/MX chipset
Intel PIIX
Intel 82801EB (ICH5)
Intel 6300ESB (ICH5)
Intel 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W)
Intel 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW)
Intel 82801FBM ICH6M
Intel Enterprise Southbridge 2 (631xESB/632xESB)
Intel 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7, identical to ICH6)
Intel 2801GBM/GHM (ICH7M, identical to ICH6M)
Intel SATA Controller IDE (ICH8)
Intel Mobile SATA Controller IDE (ICH8M)
Intel SATA Controller IDE (ICH9)
Intel SATA Controller IDE (ICH9M)
NVIDIA nForce 4 SATA Controller
NVIDIA nForce 2 SATA Controller
NVIDIA nForce 3 SATA Controller
NVIDIA nForce MCP04 SATA Controller
NVIDIA nForce MCP51 SATA Controller
NVIDIA nForce MCP55 SATA Controller
NVIDIA nForce MCP61 SATA Controller
NVIDIA 750i
NVIDIA Nforce630i (flashed a benQ and lite-on)
NVIDIA Nforce570 (Samsung M28)
Silicon Image SIL-3512
ATI SB600 (configured to legacy IDE)
AMD 780G
The following chipsets for SATA connections have been determined as incompatible for Xbox 360 flashing:
NVIDIA GeForce 8200 (ABIT A-N78HD)
Some users have used certain SATA chipsets to flash Xbox 360 consoles but other users have claimed those chipsets do not in fact work. The following chipsets may be incompatibile with Xbox 360 flashing, or may only work under certain settings:
ATI SB400
EVGA X58 with Intel ICH10
Intel 82801 G ICH7
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