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by jamesgeck0 88 days ago
One of the DRM circumvention methods for the Xbox 360 involved precision drilling a specific depth into one of the chips on the board. Microsoft was very aware of the nature of physical access while designing this, haha.
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I had many Xbox 360s with flashed DVD drive firmware back in the day. But as I never owned a slim console I had no idea the drill/Kamikaze hack was a thing until now.
Oh man, I remember the kamikaze hack. I was so chuffed when it worked; I felt like a brain surgeon for a moment.