Microsoft Banned Us: 40GB RAM Xbox Series X Developer Kit Tear-Down (XDK)
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Date: 2022-04-23
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Baloney
I have to wonder if you can put the M2 from a standard Xbox into that Xbox and see what happens. I get the feeling that Microsoft set up the Xbox Dev kits to self ban themselves under a number of conditions, for example even taking it out of the local area network it was first set up to be used in could make it ban itself and force the developer to have to call Microsoft to get it unbanned. Another thing to watch out for is if it has a a wi-fi module to phone home with. You might at that point never have had a chance if it needed a authenticator device to make it work.
I'm not sure there is one.. but I do think you should recognize this a standardized device that gets put in millions of homes...Microsoft is on some level, obligated to not allow there device to become a security exploit. In any case if only because this is suppose to be a tool for developers and Microsoft to develop video games... I do give them a free pass on this for it being so hard to tamper with if they do any of that crap..
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I have to wonder if you can put the M2 from a standard Xbox into that Xbox and see what happens. I get the feeling that Microsoft set up the Xbox Dev kits to self ban themselves under a number of conditions, for example even taking it out of the local area network it was first set up to be used in could make it ban itself and force the developer to have to call Microsoft to get it unbanned. Another thing to watch out for is if it has a a wi-fi module to phone home with. You might at that point never have had a chance if it needed a authenticator device to make it work.
I'm not sure there is one.. but I do think you should recognize this a standardized device that gets put in millions of homes...Microsoft is on some level, obligated to not allow there device to become a security exploit. In any case if only because this is suppose to be a tool for developers and Microsoft to develop video games... I do give them a free pass on this for it being so hard to tamper with if they do any of that crap..
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Abdul-Sattar
Greetings,
I believe this ban was done in this device on a software base, most likely when it was connected to the internet, the best solution is to cross transfer identical components from another device that works without the software alteration like bios chip however sometimes an extra components used as a hardware security might be implemented and removing it might be a solution however sometimes its existence was made as a must by design depending on its other purposes therefore a replacement of this component would be a good option, please remember not to connect it to the internet/Microsoft to avoid implementing the ban again or to find a way to block it from connecting to Microsoft only,
You may have a good day and please stay safe and healthy,
Regards.
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Greetings,
I believe this ban was done in this device on a software base, most likely when it was connected to the internet, the best solution is to cross transfer identical components from another device that works without the software alteration like bios chip however sometimes an extra components used as a hardware security might be implemented and removing it might be a solution however sometimes its existence was made as a must by design depending on its other purposes therefore a replacement of this component would be a good option, please remember not to connect it to the internet/Microsoft to avoid implementing the ban again or to find a way to block it from connecting to Microsoft only,
You may have a good day and please stay safe and healthy,
Regards.
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Jez
The 360 gen had keys encrypted into the optical drives, not sure about whether HD was also, these where tied to the system bios and were unit specific. So swapping ssd drives probably won't work , you had to extract the key and inject it into into a new bios and flash the system bios so that it would match existing hardware keys.
Everytime ms issued a system update you would have redo the modded bios or stay offline and not update the os to avoid being bricked.
Online updates make it easier for manufacturers to keep Modders at bay , not so good for homebrew but keeps piracy down, as you can't pop a cracked exe like pc gaming.
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The 360 gen had keys encrypted into the optical drives, not sure about whether HD was also, these where tied to the system bios and were unit specific. So swapping ssd drives probably won't work , you had to extract the key and inject it into into a new bios and flash the system bios so that it would match existing hardware keys.
Everytime ms issued a system update you would have redo the modded bios or stay offline and not update the os to avoid being bricked.
Online updates make it easier for manufacturers to keep Modders at bay , not so good for homebrew but keeps piracy down, as you can't pop a cracked exe like pc gaming.
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Xearrik
Microsoft does not provide information about specific hardware bans. How is this legal? Oh wait, I know. Microsoft is a trillion-dollar company. I would rather have no copyright law than have it in its current form. 2 years TOPS for any sort of copyrights. I want real competition instead of these corporate kingdoms that buy up all intellectual property and then abuse their customers.
We all need to vote out all the politicians that enable this and make it illegal to bribe them. That's never going to happen though... Welcome to cyberpunk everybody.
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Microsoft does not provide information about specific hardware bans. How is this legal? Oh wait, I know. Microsoft is a trillion-dollar company. I would rather have no copyright law than have it in its current form. 2 years TOPS for any sort of copyrights. I want real competition instead of these corporate kingdoms that buy up all intellectual property and then abuse their customers.
We all need to vote out all the politicians that enable this and make it illegal to bribe them. That's never going to happen though... Welcome to cyberpunk everybody.
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Susanna
Forget Noctua, Delta are the good stuff. I have three 120mm ones that run off of 4A. Each. Great for putting more stuff in a server than the laws of thermodynamics intended.
The thing about the noise is that it only bothers you for the first few seconds, once the pain of your bursting eardrums passes they become the quietest fans on the market. A small price to pay for performance.
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Forget Noctua, Delta are the good stuff. I have three 120mm ones that run off of 4A. Each. Great for putting more stuff in a server than the laws of thermodynamics intended.
The thing about the noise is that it only bothers you for the first few seconds, once the pain of your bursting eardrums passes they become the quietest fans on the market. A small price to pay for performance.
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Nic
Can you still install things like retroarch as you could with the retail consoles in dev mode? Most expensive emulator ever haha, but aside from that, still being able to whack homebrew on it opens it up to attack I suppose.
Just speculating, tbh, never looked into any of this for a current gen console
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Can you still install things like retroarch as you could with the retail consoles in dev mode? Most expensive emulator ever haha, but aside from that, still being able to whack homebrew on it opens it up to attack I suppose.
Just speculating, tbh, never looked into any of this for a current gen console
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Alex
Legally speaking is Xbox Allowed to ban these devices from online play. Most likely not.
One could buy a device like this. Plug it in to make an account and banned without agreeing to any terms of service..... If they aren't allowed to exist destroy them or let them play. Microsoft is a Bit..c...h
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Legally speaking is Xbox Allowed to ban these devices from online play. Most likely not.
One could buy a device like this. Plug it in to make an account and banned without agreeing to any terms of service..... If they aren't allowed to exist destroy them or let them play. Microsoft is a Bit..c...h
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Vitor
You may be able to unlock it by copying the firmware from the EEPROM chip of a not banned divkit console and flash it on the banned one.
This may require someone that knows how to do micro soldering and EEPROM Clone / Flash.
It may also need to be a matching model.
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You may be able to unlock it by copying the firmware from the EEPROM chip of a not banned divkit console and flash it on the banned one.
This may require someone that knows how to do micro soldering and EEPROM Clone / Flash.
It may also need to be a matching model.
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Marcin
Guess it could also be turned into a linux gaming solution for performance/heat/power draw testing. That could go around the Xbox network ban, should presumably work with the linux drivers, so only needs a fresh SSD in for the OS... at least in theory ;)
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Guess it could also be turned into a linux gaming solution for performance/heat/power draw testing. That could go around the Xbox network ban, should presumably work with the linux drivers, so only needs a fresh SSD in for the OS... at least in theory ;)
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