Wasabi 360 Ultra User manual

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Wasabi360UltraUserGuide

Forfirmwarev1.0,documentrevision0

Introduction

Wasabi360Ultra–theultimateODDE(OpticalDiscDriveEmulator),allowsyoutoemulateyouXbox360’soptical

discdriveandrunXbox360orXbox1ISO’sfromHDD.Nomorehuntingforgamediscs,simplyexecuteyour

favouriteISO’sfromanyESATAorUSB(adaptorrequired)externalHDD.

Easy,fast,safeandconvenient.

Featuresinclude:

 Unique,intuitiveon‐screenuserinterface‐navigatetheISOlistdirectlyfromtheXbox360dashboardusing

yourcontroller.Noneedtointeractwithasmallremote/LCDforfeedbackornavigation.Noneedtoever

leavethesofa

 Solder‐lessinstallation

 SupportforXGD3games

 SupportforAP25protectedgames,withoutneedingtopatchISO's

 ESATAinterfaceisusedinplaceofUSBprovidingsuperiorperformance,sincedataistransferreddirectly

betweentheESATAHDDandXbox360resultinginimpressivelyhighbandwidth,manytimesfasterthan

readingfrom

arealDVDdisc

 Elegantandstreamlinedconsoleinspiredcasedesign

 Versionsavailableforbothfatandslimconsoles

 NTFSfilesystemnativelysupported

 PowerfulembeddedCPUrunningperformancetunedRealTimeOperatingSystem

 Regularfirmwareupdatesavailablefreefordownload

 Fullyupdatablehardware

(MCUandFPGA's)fromESATAHDDincludingafailsaferecoverymode

 NoneedtoflashorinanywaymodifyyouroriginalODD

 Hardwareselectablepassthroughmode–allowinggamestobeplayedfromtheoriginaldiscdriveina100%

XboxLivesafemanner

 Latestsupported

Xbox360dashboardversion:2.0.13599.0

NOTE:PLEASEREADANDENSURETHATYOUFULLYUNDERSTANDTHISENTIREDOCUMENTBEFOREYOUATTEMPT

TOOPERATEWASABI360ULTRA

UsageOverview

Wasabi360UltrasitsbetweenyourXbox360motherboardandODD(OpticalDiscDrive).Twofundamentalmodes

ofoperationaresupported,pass‐throughandemulationmode.Thecurrentmodeisselectedbythemodeswitch.

ThemodeofoperationshouldonlybechangedwhiletheXbox360ispoweredoff,do

nottoggletheswitchwhile

theXbox360ispoweredon.

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Pass‐throughMode

Inpass‐throughmode,youroriginalODDisconnecteddirectlytotheXbox360,withWasabi 360Ultraeffectively

disabled.Inthismodeyoucanplayoriginalgamediscs,DVDmoviesetcandsafelysignin

toXboxLivetoplaygames

online.

EmulationMode

Inemulationmode,Wasabi360UltraisconnectedtoyourXbox360andreplacesyourODD.Fromthismodeyoucan

enjoyplayingISO’sdirectlyfromtheattachedHDD.WhentheXbox360isinitiallypoweredon,Wasabi360Ultrawill

scantheattachedHDDandgeneratealistingofavailableISOfiles.Thiswillsubsequen tlybeusedtodisplaytheon‐

screenmenusystem.ToaccesstheWas a bi 360UltramenusystemandselectanISOfiletoplay,navigatetoVideo

LibraryintheXbox360dashboardandthenselect

CurrentDisc.YouwillbepresentedwiththelistofISOfileson

yourHDD,representedasaseriesoffolders.Usingyourcontroller,navigatethislistandwhenyouhavedecided

whichitemyouwouldliketoplay,presstheAbuttontoenterthat“folder”.Youwillthen

bepresentedwitha

messagesaying“ISOselected.Pleaseejectdisc”.Atthisstageyoumust“eject”Wasabieitherbypressingtheeject

buttononthefrontoftheconsole,anXbox360remotecontrol,orusingthecontrollertonavigatebacktothemain

dashscreenwhereyoucan

selectMixedMediaDiscandthenpressXtoeject.AtthispointWasabi360Ultrawill

mounttheselectedISOandafterafewsecondstheXbox360willshowthatgameasinsertedinthesamewayit

wouldwithanyregulargamedisc.Youmaythenstartplaying

atyourleisure(ifthegamehasnotalready

automaticallystartedduetothedashboardauto‐startfeature).

Whenyouwishtoswitchtoadifferentgame,theprocedureisjustassimple.ReturntotheXbox360dashboardand

thenejectthediscagainusinganyofthemethods

describedabove.Wasabi360Ultrawillthenre‐mountthe“mixed

mediadisc”whichmakesupthemenusystem,andyoumaybrowsethemenusystemandselectanewISOjustas

previously.

InitialPreparation

DVDKey

BeforeyoucanuseWasabi360Ultra,youmustfirstobtaintheDVDkeythatcorrespondstoyourXbox360.Every

singleXbox360hasauniqueDVDkeyandyoumustobtaintheonethatspecificallymatchesyourXbox.

WhileweareplanningtoupdateWasabi360Ultra

tosupportautomaticallyextractingtheDVDkeydirectlyfrom

yourODD,unfortunatelythisfeatureisnotyetavailableandfornowyouwillneedtoobtainyourDVDkeythrough

othermeans.WerecommendtheuseofapieceofsoftwarecalledJungleFlasherwhichcanextractdrivekeysfrom

almostanyXbox360drive.YouwillneedawaytoconnectthedrivetoyourPCinordertouseJungleFlasher;often

thiswillinvolveadditionalhardware.Pleaseseethedocumentationaccom panyingJungleFlasherforfurther

information.

Thereareothermeansofextractingdrivekeys;anymethodissuitable

providingyouendupwiththecorrectdrive

key.Wasabi360UltracurrentlysupportsANY

Xbox360driveregardlessofthefirmwareversion,providingyoucan

obtainthecorrectdrivekey.Thereiscurrentlyonlyoneknowndrivewherethekeycannotbeextractedfromthe

driveitself–thatistheXbox360SlimHitachi DL10N.Howeverinthisinstance,thedrivekeymay

stillbeobtained

fromtheXbox360itselfviathe“resetglitch”.

OnceyouhaveobtainedtheDVDkeyforyourXbox360,youshouldhaveafilecalled“Key.bin”whichcontainsthe

16‐bytekeyinbinaryformat.IfyouhaveusedJungleFlashertoobtainyourDVDkey,

youcangenerateaKey.binfile

byselectingthe“FirmwareTool32”tabandthenpressingthe“SaveDriveKey”button.The“Key.bin”filemustbe

placedataspecificlocationontheHDDyouwillconnecttoWasabi360Ultra.IntherootdirectoryofyourHDD

thereshouldbe

afoldercalled“wasabi”;ifthisdoesnotexistthencreateit.Placethe“Key.bin”fileinsidethe

“wasabi”folder,soyouendupwiththefilepath“X:\wasabi\Key.bin”whereX:isthedriveletterforyourexternal

HDD.

HardDiskDrive

Wasabi360UltraconnectstoexternalHDD’s

viaanESATAport.AnyESATAenclosureissupported,alongwithUSB

HDD’sifyouaremakinguseoftheWasabiESATA‐>USBadaptor.TheHDDmustbeformattedwiththeNTFSfile

system.Wasabi360UltrawillonlyscantherootdirectoryforISOfiles,soplaceall

yourgameISO’sintheroot

directoryofyourHDD.Thefilesmustbenamedwitha.ISOextension.

AP25Setup

AP25isanewXbox360copyprotectionschemeaffectingsomeofthemorerecentgames,wherea

challenge/responsetableisrequiredinorderforsuchgamestobootwith

Wasabi360Ultra.Thespecificlistof

gameswhereAP25isactivatedcanbefoundhere:http://bit.ly/ap25list

.Thechallengeresponsetablerequiredfor

AP25isdependentonyourXbox360dashboardversion;inordertouseanAP25protectedgame,youmustfirst

obtainthecorrectAP25tablecorrespondingtothedashboardversionyouhaveinstalled.TeamWasabiprovide

AP25tablesforvariousdashboardversionsfordownload

fromtheWasabi360Ultrawebsite.Insidethedownload

archiveisafilenamedap25.bin–placethisfileonyourHDDinthewasabidirectory,alongwithyourkey.binetc.

Unlikewithothersolutions,youdonotneedtopatchISOfileswith“AP25replaydata”.Thisishandled

foryou

automaticallybyWasabi360Ultra;allyouneedtodoisensurethatap25.binhasbeencopiedtoyourWasabi360

Ultra’sHDD.

EvenifyouhavenoplanstoplayanAP25protectedgameatthecurrenttime,werecommendthatyouinstall

ap25.binregardless.Thiswilllead

tolesstroubleifyoudecidetoplayAP25protectedgamesinthefuture.

PleaseensurethatyoufamiliariseyourselfwithwhichgamesareAP25enabledforyourdashboardversion,andif

youwillbeusinganyofthesegames,ensurethatyouhavecorrectlysetupWasabi360Ultrato

dealwithAP25asper

thedirectionsabove.IfyouattempttoplayanAP25protectedgamewithout firstsettingupap25.binthenWasabi

360UltrawillabortandyouwillbereturnedtotheXboxdashboardwithadiscreaderrormessage.Thisprotection

isdesignedtopreventyoufrombeingbannedfromXboxLive.

Wasabi360UltraFirmware

Wasabi360Ultrashipsfromthefactorywithoutanyfirmwareinstalled.Beforeyoumayuse

thedeviceforthefirst

time,youmustperformtheinitialfirmwareinstallation.DownloadthelatestfirmwarebuildfromtheofficialWasabi

360Ultrawebsite.Insidethearchivewillbeafilecalled“wasabi‐update.bin”–thisfilecontainsthefirmware

updatedata.Placethisfileintothe“wasabi”

folderonyourWasabi360Ultra’sHDD(whichwillhavebeencreatedin

thestepsabove)andtheninstallaccordingtothefollowingprocedure:

1. PoweroffyourXbox360,andpoweronyourHDD

2. Ensurethatpass‐throughmodeisselected,byplacingthemodeswitchinthecorrect

position–THISIS

IMPORTANT

3. HolddowntheSELECTbuttonontheWasabi360Ultracontrolpanel(thebuttonbyitself,awayfromthe

remainingbuttons)

4. WhileholdingdowntheSELECTbutton,turnonyourXbox360.AblueLEDshouldstartblinkingonyour

Wasabi360Ultra.

Thisindicatesthattheupdateprocessisunderway.

DONOTTURNOFFYOURXBOX360OROTHERWISEDISCONNECTPOWERFROMWASABI360ULTRAUNTIL

THEUPDATEISCOMPLETE!

5. Afterafewmoments,agreenLEDshouldturnontoindicatethattheupdatewassuccessful.Ifforany

reasonthe

updatefailed,aredLEDwillturnoninstead.

6. Oncetheupdatehascompleted, asindicatedbyeitherasolidgreenorredLED,switchoffyourXbox360.

7. Selectemulationmodebyplacingthemodeswitchinthecorrectposition.Providingyouhavecorrectly

setupyourDVD

Key.binfileaccordingtothedirectionsabove,yourWasabi360Ultraisnowreadytouse.

Enjoy!

Thesesamestepsshouldbefollowedwheneveryouneedtoinstallanewfirmwarereleaseinfuture.

Precautions

TherearesomeprecautionstokeepinmindbothbeforeusingyourWasabi360Ultraforthefirsttime,and

continuingitsuseintothefuture:

 DonotupdateyourXbox360systemsoftware(dashboard)pastthemostrecentversionexplicitlysupported

byWasabi360Ultra.Thelatestsystemsoftware

versioncurrentlysupportedbyWasabi360Ultrais:

2.0.13599.0

 DonotconnecttoXboxLivewhileyouareusingWasabi360Ultrainemulationmode.XboxLiveiscurrently

notsupportedunlessyouhavebootedyourXbox360withWasabi360Ultrainpass‐throughmode(whereby

youwould

playgamesfromyourODDratherthanWasabi)

Bewarned,failuretoadheretotheaboveprecautionscouldresultinyourconsolegettingbannedfromXboxLive.

FAQ

Isthereawaytocheckthesoftware/hardwareversionofmyWasabi360Ultra?

TurnontheXbox360whileholdingtheUPbuttonontheWasabi360Ultracontrolinterface,andthennavigateto

themenusystem.InsteadofdisplayingthelistofISO’s,theversioninformationforyourWasabi

360Ultrawillbe

displayed.Toleavethismodeandrevertbacktonormaloperation,simplycyclepoweronyourXbox360anddonot

holddownanybuttonsuponthenextpowerup.

DoIneedaworkingoriginalODDinordertouseWasabi360Ultra?

Atthe

currenttime,afunctioningoriginalODDisrequiredinordertouseWasabi360Ultra.Weplantoreleasea

firmwareupdatecapableoffunctioningwithoutanyODDattachedinthefuture.

Troubleshooting

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ThereareseveralsituationswhichwillresultinWasabi360UltradisplayinganerrormessageinsteadoftheISOlist

whenyounavigatetoVideoLibraryinordertodisplaythemenusystem.Theseerrormessagesareexplainedbelow:

 ERROR:NTFSclustersizeisnot4kb–non‐standard

clustersizesarenotsupported,yourHDDmustbe

formattedwithNTFSusingthestandard4kbclustersize

 ERROR:HDDnotNTFSformatted– theHDDconnectedtoyourWasabi360UltraMUSTbeformattedwith

NTFS.OtherfilesystemformatssuchasFAT32arenotsupported(duetothe

factthatFAT32cannot

accommodatefileslargerthan4GB)

 ERROR:HDDnotconnec te d–aHDDcouldnotbedetected.CheckthattheHDDisproperlyconnectedto

Wasabi360UltraandresettheXbox360

 ERROR:ODDnotconnected–theODDconnectioncouldnot bedetected.

Theoriginaldiscdriveforyour

Xbox360mustbeconnectedaspertheinstructionsintheinstallationmanual.Checktheconnectionandtry

again

 ERROR:\wasabi\key.binnotfound–theKey.binfilewasnotfoundonyourHDD.EnsurethatyourKey.bin

fileisplacedontheHDDaccording

totheprecedinginstructions

FurtherInformationandContact

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Wasabi360Ultraofficialwebsite:http://www.wasabi360.com

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