On Toshiba/Samsung drives, the update checks the drive's firmware and doesn't recognize it as the original firmware, causing the update to fail and report an E66 hardware failure error.
The problem occurs because the latest update flashes the drive with Microsoft's new firmware to allow consoles to play games using the new GDX3 media. Once your original firmware has been restored, the update will complete successfully and you can reflash your drive with the modified firmware of choice. Given the nature of this particular topic, I won't go into detail on how to do that, but a couple minutes on Google will tell be more than sufficient to find that information. And finally, because 99% of the time this issue occurs in modified consoles, I'm pretty sure your drive has been flashed with an alternative firmware.Īssuming these assumptions are true, you need to flash your drive with the original firmware. Linux 385S: 1: Unix Filter: 1 Mb: Download. Next, I'm guessing your console has a Toshiba/Samsung drive, which is the most common drive in older units. Enhance your operational and financial performance with Toshiba's award-winning range. First, I'm positive you're talking about an Xbox 360 console, but I'm going to infer that it's an older model without the HDMI port. I'm going to make a few assumptions in my solution, based on the nature of the problem you're having.