Xbox:LiveInfo

Used to review or modify EEPROM backups, LiveInfo is a Windows-based tool initially developed by Team Assembly, with a final Beta 3 release put forth by Yoshihiro to add support for 1.6 systems. It's essentially a PC-based version of the Xbox-based Config Magic.

A similar but modernised tool exists under the name of Xbox EEPROM Editor.

Features

EEPROM Info

• Xbox Version: Determines the format of the EEPROM. Modifying the selection allows it to be flashed into a different console revision (bearing in mind that 1.1 through to 1.5 systems all use 1.1 format EEPROMs). Note that flashing with the wrong format can only be reversed with an external EEPROM reading / writing device, as your system will otherwise no longer boot!

• Serial Number: Should match what's written on the bottom of the console the backup came from.

• MAC Address: Be aware that connecting multiple systems with the same MAC to the one network will prevent them from communicating. This value can also be changed through the official MS dash if need be.

• Video & XBE Region: Can be set to either USA, Japan, or Europe & Australia, with PAL & NTSC options for each.

• Online Key: Not of much interest since Xbox Live services were shut down for the original Xbox.

• DVD Kit Zone: The single-byte value here corresponds to standard DVD region codes. Note that modified Xboxes can perform region-free playback through XBMC regardless of its setting.

• Confounder: A hexadecimal representation of an eight-byte value. Use unknown, may have been related to Live.

• Unique HDD Key: A hexadecimal representation of a sixteen-byte value. Used alongside the HDD's serial to generate a user password for ATA security purposes. An Xbox will be unable to boot if its attached drive isn't locked with this password (outside of modchipped or TSOP-flashed systems, which can operate with unlocked drives).

HDD Info

Here a PATA/IDE device attached to the computer running LiveInfo can be selected. Its model and serial numbers are displayed, alongside the appropriate ATA security password determined using the key in the currently loaded EEPROM. This information is purely for reference purposes - LiveInfo itself doesn't offer ATA security features, and can't lock / unlock drives.