Some Additional Info as the Christmas Eve Release of iXtreme LT+ v3.0 Nears

From c4evaspeaks.com:
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With the final testing stage of BenQ and phat Lite-On underway in preparation for the scheduled Christmas Eve release of c4eva?s iXtreme LT+ v3.0, we thought we?d drop some additional bits of info into your Stockings in the form of answers to some recent questions.

Version 3.0 of iXtreme LT+ for BenQ and Lite-On (both phat and slim) does in fact retain support for truncated backups, although it is strongly recommended to use full burns made with a compatible Lite-On iHAS drive flashed with the iXtreme Burner MAX fw. Support for truncated backups, however, remains excluded from Hitachi in its forthcoming 3.0 version.

While abgx360 v1.0.6 remains in progress, the new version of Xbox Backup Creator can be used temporarily as an alternative for injecting the necessary new AP25 topology data files into existing backup ISOs. XBC doesn?t perform the same degree of validation of topology data files, and provides no means to verify their authenticity or correctness, so be very cautious if using files from unknown sources until abgx360 is released. In addition to extracting/injecting AP25 topology data files, the new XBC also works with the existing 0800 v3.0 ripping firmware to dump backup ISOs that include proper topology data from original game discs. At the time of writing, it has yet to be definitively determined whether the new XBC will be released alongside LT v3.0, or if it will be released later. The new abgx360 is still under heavy development, and will release in due time.

Recently, there have been some rumors and bogus info spread by a sad individual that is attempting to trick and confuse people with fake release dates, false info, bogus IRC channels and Facebook accounts (note: we don?t post on Facebook, only Twitter), and mislabeling things as ?official? when they are in fact not. We?d like to remind users that the only official sources for news and info from c4eva and the team are here at c4evaSpeaks.com, the #c4e channel on EFNet IRC, the Team-Xecuter, JungleFlasher, and abgx360 websites, as well as reliable news outlets such as Xbox-Scene. Be wary of news or information from other outlets that don?t cite the official #c4e IRC channel or one of the aforementioned sites as the original source.[/QUOTE]

News-Source: c4evaspeaks.com

*Update* Unbeatable Coolrunner/Nand-X Bundles + Jasper 68nf cap Fix

*UPDATE* Now included in the bundles is option for the USBtoNANDX update cable!! 

Also included is FREE shipping for orders of $150 or over (selected countries only).

Foundmy.com have decided to create a Coolrunner/NAND-X Monster Bundle for $59.95 and a Parallel bundle for $33.95,    Both sets will include the Jasper 68nf cap fix for FREE!

                      COOLRUNNER NAND-X MONSTER BUNDLE

1x Coolrunner PCB
1x Nand-X Complete Kit
1x Nand-X updated to latest v3 firmware
1x Nand-X to Coolrunner Update Cable
1x Coolrunner QSB PCB (Phat or Slim) Version
1x Solder

Info/Purchase:  Here

COOLRUNNER PARALLEL BUNDLE

1x Coolrunner PCB
1x Coolrunner LPT Parallel Update Cable
1x Coolrunner power adapter for ck3.
1x Coolrunner QSB PCB (Phat or Slim) Version
1x Solder

Info/Purchase:  Here

360 Multi Builder v0.5

Rogero released a new version of 360 Multi Builder – an easy to use GUI to help everyone make their Jtag / ECC / Reset Glitch Hack images

What’s new/fixed:
* Added Support for xeBuild and latest Dashboard version 14699.
* Updated patches to Latest Dashlaunch v2.27 Patchset.
* now using xeBuild built-in “fcrt.bin” extractor for Trinity images.
* Added RGH smc files for proper RGH image building.
* Added Xenon Retail Image build option.

Official Site/Download: tortuga-cove.com

xeBuild GUI v1.0

Swizzy released a GUI for xeBuild v1.0:
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Overview – What it does
- This is a frontend/GUI for xeBuild, what it does is make it easy for you to select most options that you might need, such as Motherboard, SMC hack for freeboot, image type etc. etc.
- It is able to check what SMC hack you have previously used for JTAG it’s also able to tell you what SMC version you have, and if it’s a JTAG, Clean/Retail, Glitch or Cygnos patched SMC 
- If you put any of these files next to the executable it’ll use them
automaticly:
SMC.bin – Custom SMC of your choice; ONLY USE THIS OF YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU ARE DOING!!!!
Xell.bin – Custom Xell of your choice; ONLY USE THIS OF YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU ARE DOING!!!!
cpukey.txt – It’ll read the first line of this file as CPUKey
flashdmp.bin – It’ll load this as source nand 
Default.xml – It’ll load any preset settings from this file 
options.ini – It’ll load any custom settings from this (for xeBuild)
launch.ini – Settings for Dashlaunch, if you choose to use this setting it’ll include this file in the built image  [/QUOTE]

Official Site: n/a, by Swizzy
Download: n/a (might be illegal under DMCA/EUCD)
News-Source: logic-sunrise.com / xbins.org

DashLaunch v2.27 Released

It's been more than a month but another dashboard release means another DashLaunch release to go along with it. c0z has released version 2.27 to push in some bugfixes and support for the 14699 kernel. In this version, c0z has removed the FCRT patch which was incompatible with 1175 drives. (Probably the reason why Rogero temporarily went back to using v2.25 in his 360 Multi Builder program) On the installer side of things, c0z has revised the patch checks and the extension building so that it follows xebuild's base+patch's method.

You can grab DashLaunch from below.

Download: DashLaunch v2.27

Source: Xbins

XeBuild 1.00 and 14699 data Download - Dashboard / kernel 14699 for Jtag-RGH Xbox 360

Download XeBuild 1.00 (F1) (Dashboard / kernel 14699)
Download 14699 Data
Download XeBuild GUI

NullDC-360 (Dreamcast Emulator) for LibXenon by GliGli

He never stops working 

After Mupen64-360 and the Reset Glitch Hack, Gligli started a new project.

NullDC-360



This is a Dreamcast Emulator, based on NullDC, for LibXenon. Work started approximately a week ago and it's already showing nice progress.
Here you go with some screenshots:





Thx GliGli for your hard work you put into all this 

Udpate 27/11/11

After a long dev period here's a little update about GliGli's nulldc port, on the last update, the emu was running on interpreter, and GliGli faced a big problem, there is no dynarec for the xbox 360 architecture (PowerPC), so he had to code his own  

Currently the port runs at 168mhz ingame for Soul Calibur (DC Cpu speed is 200mhz). The speed is not constant during games, for example you can see on the video that Soul Calibur stage 1 isn't at that emulation speed, but the other stages are.

To Do :

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- Reach full speed
- Sound Emulation
- Add Save
- Add Menu

 

FSD 2.2 Final

They have done it again......... TEAM FSD have released there new update for FSD and OMG is it good .... Thanks Guys ..... Here is a quote from there site with links at the bottom ... 

We started to do some small updates and fixes on FSD for running on Slim.

While working on it, we incorporated more and more fixes and some brand new features.
The result:

FSD 2.2 Final

Some of the new features:

• Faster file management (copy / delete / etc)
• Play games from pc-share (with ConnectX plugin)
• Support for Slim on board MU
• New weather provider
• New tune on the about screen

Information on how to use ConnectX is found in the plugins folder.
For users that used the auto-update feature: the ConnectX-only package
can be downloaded seperately (instructions included).

HOTFIX
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Fixed some crashs on startup
fixed weather for french locations
fixed bug in fan speed settings
fixed fan speed bug


Downloads for FSD 2.2 Final:
FSD 2.2 Full package HotFix 1
FSD 2.2 full package
ConnectX-only package