Preorder info:
Please note that the price listed is in Australian dollars and includes 10% GST (tax). Buyers of this product from other countries do not need to pay the 10% tax, so the price is 127 aud.
This device is NOT in stock, its on preorder. Which means you are buying it to reserve a spot in the queue. Orders will ship in the same order that that they are placed. Stock is estimated to come late June or July. Please note that big projects like this can get delayed sometimes by some weeks. Please do not preorder if you don't want to wait. We WILL charge credit cards daily, NOT when the device ships.
Preorders come with!
Product overview
The x360Key is a new product from the famous Wiikey Team. Famous for the most popular line of Wii modchips, they dominated the market right up until a device called the WODE came out. The WODE has been an extremly successful product becuase its bassically a hardware hack that allows you to run games from a harddrive, insteaed of your original disc. Instead of the Wiikey team bringing out the same product, they have been concentrating for over a year on doing the exact same thing for the xbox 360, and here it is!
How does it work?
The x360Key is an Xbox 360 drive emulator. What this means, is that when you load a game via the x360key the xbox actually thinks the game is loading via disc. The 360 thinks the drive is ejecting, a disc is being inserted, the tray closes, the disc spins up, and then loads. Of course non of this is actually happening, its all via emulation, and the data is coming directly from your harddrive!
The x360key is based of Linux, just like the WODE was. This means that it is compatible with multiple filesystems, but more importantly, is that the feature list can grow and grow and grow. Initially the device will only be made to work with the "PHAT" xboxs and not the Slim. The Slim xbox is a little harder to hack, but they plan on releasing a firmware update shortly after the device comes out to make it compatilbe.
From the website:
x360key consists of 2 parts, a motherboard and a remote.
The motherboard connects to the SATA bus inside the Xbox 360, and sits between the drive and the Xbox 360 motherboard. x360key is a full-fledged computer system running embedded Linux. It is capable of many things such as
The remote is a simple yet stylish piece of hardware that features an OLED display and 3 buttons. It connects to the x360key motherboard via a high speed USB2 connection. It also has USB for connecting USB hard drives and other devices. The OLED and buttons are used to control various aspects of x360key. It is also used for browsing attached USB media devices and launching games.
How do you install it?
The x360key team have done everything they can to make this device ready to install. Its a solderless installation! The problem with xbox 360 drives is that they are locked to the console they are in via a serial number. This means that you cannot just swap DVD drives over without first getting the key out the original drive, and putting it in the replacemetn drive. So you will need to input for key into the x360key for it to properly emulate the drive. Now this would normally be a problem for most people, as expensive flashing tools are needed to extract the key from drives, for examble, the maximus lizard is $123 on our website. The great news is that the x360key will be able to extract the key out of every compatible drive for you! This means that you are in the installer and you have the tools to do everything yourself.
We will be featuring a how to video, of the complete process, a little bit closer to relase date.
If you would like us to install it for you (If you are in Australia) we will be adding a postal service, and offering an in store service right after the product comes out. If you buy the product are are not confident with the installation...do not fear! We can install it for you after you post us your console + x360key.
Compatibility
Which 360 Consoles are compatible at launch?
Advantages / Disadvantages
Considering the other solution is to flash your DVD drive.
Advantages:
http://www.utoptoy.com/x360key.html
Future features!
This feature are planned to come out with a firmware update. The dates, and how fast the team can pump them out is not known so please don't buy the product based on a future feature unless you a patient person.
Launch features, out of the box
Please note that the price listed is in Australian dollars and includes 10% GST (tax). Buyers of this product from other countries do not need to pay the 10% tax, so the price is 127 aud.
This device is NOT in stock, its on preorder. Which means you are buying it to reserve a spot in the queue. Orders will ship in the same order that that they are placed. Stock is estimated to come late June or July. Please note that big projects like this can get delayed sometimes by some weeks. Please do not preorder if you don't want to wait. We WILL charge credit cards daily, NOT when the device ships.
Preorders come with!
- x360key and all of it official contents
- Free Xbox fat opening tool!
- Free EXPRESS POST for Australian orders
- External Harddrive, to load content off
- USB stick, for future upgrades
- A brain with the ability to follow installation instructions
Product overview
The x360Key is a new product from the famous Wiikey Team. Famous for the most popular line of Wii modchips, they dominated the market right up until a device called the WODE came out. The WODE has been an extremly successful product becuase its bassically a hardware hack that allows you to run games from a harddrive, insteaed of your original disc. Instead of the Wiikey team bringing out the same product, they have been concentrating for over a year on doing the exact same thing for the xbox 360, and here it is!
How does it work?
The x360Key is an Xbox 360 drive emulator. What this means, is that when you load a game via the x360key the xbox actually thinks the game is loading via disc. The 360 thinks the drive is ejecting, a disc is being inserted, the tray closes, the disc spins up, and then loads. Of course non of this is actually happening, its all via emulation, and the data is coming directly from your harddrive!
The x360key is based of Linux, just like the WODE was. This means that it is compatible with multiple filesystems, but more importantly, is that the feature list can grow and grow and grow. Initially the device will only be made to work with the "PHAT" xboxs and not the Slim. The Slim xbox is a little harder to hack, but they plan on releasing a firmware update shortly after the device comes out to make it compatilbe.
From the website:
x360key consists of 2 parts, a motherboard and a remote.
The motherboard connects to the SATA bus inside the Xbox 360, and sits between the drive and the Xbox 360 motherboard. x360key is a full-fledged computer system running embedded Linux. It is capable of many things such as
- Emulating the Xbox 360 DVD drive
- Reading USB hard drives and other USB media with various file systems
- Updating itself and other hardware from USB media
- Communicating with the remote and other external USB devices
- And a lot more! (embedded Web server and Wifi connectivity for example)
The remote is a simple yet stylish piece of hardware that features an OLED display and 3 buttons. It connects to the x360key motherboard via a high speed USB2 connection. It also has USB for connecting USB hard drives and other devices. The OLED and buttons are used to control various aspects of x360key. It is also used for browsing attached USB media devices and launching games.
How do you install it?
The x360key team have done everything they can to make this device ready to install. Its a solderless installation! The problem with xbox 360 drives is that they are locked to the console they are in via a serial number. This means that you cannot just swap DVD drives over without first getting the key out the original drive, and putting it in the replacemetn drive. So you will need to input for key into the x360key for it to properly emulate the drive. Now this would normally be a problem for most people, as expensive flashing tools are needed to extract the key from drives, for examble, the maximus lizard is $123 on our website. The great news is that the x360key will be able to extract the key out of every compatible drive for you! This means that you are in the installer and you have the tools to do everything yourself.
We will be featuring a how to video, of the complete process, a little bit closer to relase date.
If you would like us to install it for you (If you are in Australia) we will be adding a postal service, and offering an in store service right after the product comes out. If you buy the product are are not confident with the installation...do not fear! We can install it for you after you post us your console + x360key.
Compatibility
Which 360 Consoles are compatible at launch?
| Fat or Slim Console? | 360 DVD Drive Type | Compatible? |
| Fat | Samsung ms28 and ms25 |  |
| Fat | Hitachi (All) | |
| Fat | BenQ | |
| Fat | Liteon 7,8 and 9 series | |
| Slim | Liteon 9504 |  not yet, but will be with future update |
| Slim | Liteon 0225 | not yet, but will be with future update |
| Slim | Hitachi0500AA | not yet, but will be with future update |
Advantages / Disadvantages
Considering the other solution is to flash your DVD drive.
Advantages:
- Cheaper in the long run, due to the fact that you never have to burn any media.
- Upgradable WITHOUT opening the console, the updates are via USB which means there is no need to consistantly get your xbox reflashed by professionals.
- Fasting loading times via USB
- Future features like a web control panel will allow you to change games without getting up off your lazy ass ;)
- No or Less wear and tear on your DVD drives. Everyone that has had a 360 for a while knows that 360 DVD drives aren't the best, and maybe people and up getting faulty lasers after a couple of years. Drive replacements cost about $100. This device will ensure that having a faulty drive is pretty much impossible becuase....you aren't using it anymore!
- Future updates will also include disc ripping, which is an amazing feature that will allow you to backup your games directly to harddrive.
- An alternative to c4eva....For a LONG time c4eva has an a fantastic job at making firmwares for flashing DVD drives. The only problem is that the market is very much reliant on his work. Future DVD drives may get hacked by x360key team before c4eva.
- The whole "xbox live" thing is a bit up in the air at the moment. Its not known whether the device will be safe or not for xbox live. DVD drive flashers have been safe from January 2010 onwards, however it seems more like microsoft has decided not to ban people, more then undetectable firmware. This is an unknown, only MicroSoft knows whats happening!
- The initial cost outlay, compared to drive flashing is more. Personally I prefer buying something thats more expensive that I know will not have any additional costs, then to buy something for $60, and then pay $30 twice a year, and $2~$3 every time I want to burn a disc, and $80 for a Kreon drive or 0800 drive to rip my originals....do the math!
http://www.utoptoy.com/x360key.html
Future features!
This feature are planned to come out with a firmware update. The dates, and how fast the team can pump them out is not known so please don't buy the product based on a future feature unless you a patient person.
- Support for all slim Xbox 360 models
- Web Control Panel (requires Wifi dongle which will be sold seperately)
- Loading games from NFS and Samba shares (requires Wifi dongle which will be sold seperately
- Xbox Live support
- Backup original Xbox 360 games to USB hard drive (Disc ripping!!!!!)
Launch features, out of the box
- User friendly: intuitive interface, no soldering required
- Compatible with all fat (and soon slim!) Xbox 360 models
- Supports most Xbox 360 and Xbox 1 games
- Supports most file systems, including NTFS, EXT2/3/4, and Mac OS X Extended
- High speed USB2 interface
- Stylish USB control pad for selecting games and controlling your x360key
- Powerful embedded Linux system running from Micro SD card (included)
- Linux firmware fully updatable from USB media
- FPGA fully updatable from USB media via built-in, in-system JTAG programming
- Recovery mode - it is always possible to recover from a bad flash
- No drive flashing or JTAG hack required
- AP25 protection emulation
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