So there is finally a hack for Hitachi v79 Drives using the Hitachi v79 unlock tool.

Here’s how:

• 1. Unrar the file
• 2. Burn the CD Image, I used ImgBurn….
• 3. Put 79 in Mode B
• 3. Insert the CD in the 79 and play the track, wait for it to finish…
• 4. Then press play again and straight away pause it, you should hear some noise
• 5. Eject the disk, using the eject button not the PC ( it does something different)
• 6. Run the the command in a command window 79Unlock h// where h is the drive letter of the 79
• 7. If all went well bit 4 of (0×5BD) should be set and the drive should be unlocked
• 8. Drive will dump and flash with Toolbox…
• 9. This is a tempory unlock, (0×5BD) is in RAM and would need to be done each time you power the drive, although I’ve posted how to by pass this with the drive unlocked with a passkey…..
• 10. Has not been extensively tested but worked on 6 drives to date.

Download: Hitachi v79 Unlock here

*Remember kids this is RISKY, you could brick your DVD drive and give yourself a useless Xbox 360. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Oh and not to meantion a Xbox live ban.