Rumor: PartnerNet Bricking Kits?

http://kotaku.com/5505341/suspected-game-code-thief-on-the-lam-[update]

http://kotaku.com/5507399/suspected-game-code-thief-surrenders-to-authorites

http://kotaku.com/5542547/pax-east-breach-code-theft-suspect-faces-arraignment

:-0

 

If you remove r6t3 or better still use the "ground bridge", and have a full nand backup, you can recover from anything. Theres is no "secret" charge pump. Aside from headers and a fuse or two, the retail and dev hw is identical.

 

The problem here is that the folks who claimed to remove it, never did so. :thumbsup:

 

lmfao @ "gave up without struggle"

 

Wasn't he supposed to be back in court on the 27th? I haven't seen any news stories about it.

 

Let's try to keep this thread on-topic.

If you'd like to talk about MTWomg/Brian May/PAX/Breach/Who he Knew/Etc., Etc. then please take it to Off-Topic.

While his stupidity at PAX was Epic, it doesn't really have a bearing on Xbox 360 development.

-hl718

 

I think its based on IP loaction... My kit got hit, accidentally went online, turned it off, back on. DEAD.

 

Heh, if it was done on what type of connection the person had then that'd be weird...
I'm on business internet with static IPs, wonder if that'd pass...
Probably done using an allow list with only the IPs registered to the companies that have the kits.

 

I would actually disagree with that, otherwise I'd have been the first one bricked.

You had an older kit though, didn't you? An Xenon/Zypher?

-Doom

 

It had a 2008 mfc, no idea why it was Xenon kit...

 

maybe, its just a case of them wanting the older units destroyed/returned, we know they are peddling XDK S's now. Maybe they realise that companys simply cant be trusted to dispose of what is essentially a high value (albiet, on the black market)piece of hardware, so being well within their rights flip the kill switch themselves.

I really dont think there is a white list so to speak, it would be nigh on impossible to maintain.

I remember reading somewhere during the run up to the reach beta that people from bungie were able to take kits home to play the beta, it stands to reason that at least some of these peoples ISP's used dynamic IP's. Now factor in other users, studios taking hardware with builds intalled to demo them to press, major events such as PAX, E3, ECTS etc etc. Many of which would require perhaps a mobile adsl connection, if it was in fact used, and 99% of the time these devices will be based upon dynamic IP's.

I personally didnt get bricked, i got banned from pnet, and i have a fair idea why. I never leaked anything or intentionally miss used the service, one time i was playing a beta version of a certain xbla game and didnt realise i was logged onto the server untill it informed me it was posting my score/time/whatever to the leaderboards.

Once i made that mistake, i was kinda expecting a ban, when at first it didnt happen i figured hey what the hell and just used the kit signed in, and the ban came eventually just as i figured it would.

 

Well that could be it.
I know from someone at a company that they have lots of old equipment, including equipment that nintendo would have wanted back (gamecube development and testing kits, etc.) that they used to have on the walls but has been moved into storage, PS2 and PS3 stuff too, guess either companies have gave up wanting equipment back or have trusted some companies to keep it for decoration.

 

Yeah, I know three others that had full '2008' xenon kits all from the same seller. Dunno what the deal was there ._.

-Doom

 

Yes I remember, For some reason none of them have actually gotten a RedRing, I think theres a secret to these kits, im going to open mine up.

 

Another leak...
Crazy Taxi Beta8.
Now is only time left to pnet shut down...

 

I don't get pnet, does it allow you to access any betas or only ones from the company that owned the xdk or what?

 

i had gotten a few from the guy, i haven't been on pnet since this started,

@leo
they have a double finner gpu sink, so that helps a bit with the rings.

 

there is idea to unbrick kit,. But ban is still is but method works great

 

Errm, what?