5-FEB-2010 New Revision to Vampire Manual and
Quick 1-page Printable PDF Guides
We got a message from user of the Rebuild board, he find that if you put the Vampire Probes inside the holes of the rebuild board and pinch really hard you can actually pinch thru the coating of the dvd board and cause some heating on the xtractor. Below is a reference picture so you can see the tip actually passes thru the board.

The good new is that almost all stock resides still on warehouse and we will be doing a quick fix on the rebuild boards (filling the holes) to avoid you the problem. For the customers who already received the boards we have designated a better way to use the Vampire with rebuild board wich indeed result much more easier job. We have already updated the Vampire+Rebuild board Manual and we also published the Quick 1-page Reference Guides in English and Spanish in printable PDF format. Get them on the download section.

4-FEB-2010 Clarifying Rumours
Is there a non solder solution as your competitor announced?
A.- Yes, of course, But 90% of the modders will find the solder method to rebuild traces is faster
and easier than using the conductive glue that will be included with their product, so in market terms we think our product stands out on top.
So if you think their solution will require a way to rebuild the cut traces?
A.- Yes, if there was another solution; it would be by software and software doesn't pay. Not to mention
they will have to make all the software free "forever".
What do you think about the way they put in big words NO SOLDERING?
A.- Well that's is their attempt to take the customers over to their product, it's really a shame. They did it to try to
stop our sales and indeed they are lying to the customers, those who in good faith believe them will wait the 2 weeks
just to discover that they will receive a product that they can get now with our vampire.
Any other comment to customers who are now trying to make a purchase decision?
A.- Well, the market is too big, no sense to try to earn customers with sneaky tactics, here is Maximus;
we always speak the truth and that's the best strategy for anyone in this business.
 
NEWS 29-JAN-2010 XTRACTOR ITS ALIVE !!
INTRODUCING THE NEW ACCESORY FOR XTRACTOR: "VAMPIRE"

This device will help to professional installers to do the Firmware reading on the latest Liteon drives (83850V2 & 93450). Its based on the MRA concept and 100% compatible with all Xtractor units, it connects directly on the Xtractor pin port. It came with 2 visual indicators, one for polarity check and other for Vendor Mode.

This device release could confuse some people because we just released Litekey (click here).
But the reason is simple, Litekey is intended for end users who want to install a device on their drives
that simplify their lifes on future updates without having to re-open the drive, their main worry is about enjoying the console, they should not be bothered about plugging, wiring, switching, every time they update.

Now for the Professional Installers market, some installers could adopt Litekey for their regular daily mods, and they could simply pass the Litekey cost to end user (who ends with a more quality job). But there are other Installers who can feel leaving one Litekey soldered for every drive they mod is an un-needed expense, so basically they are 2 different markets, the vampire will cover the market that does not accept litekey as a choice and preffer a re-usable tool even when could require some more care and some extra steps to do the updates on the future.

 
Video Demonstration Here:
 
But more to add to the confusion, Vampire didn't came alone !!!
What is this small board that seems similar to litekey !!! Its Maximus trying to confuse us ?

This board is a rebuild board, do you remember having to wire up the traces that you cut at the beginning of the MRA method to read the Liteon Firmware? well, this board can be used to avoid doing that re-wire, while the use of this board IS NOT REQUIRED to use the Vampire, we are sure that the use of this board will simplify the full mod procedure, and it has a couple of extra features like making easy access to the probe spots for the vampire and at the end of the job you can choose route the PIN 101 to the power connector of the drive for future updates without re-open (with an upcoming tool). Simply use the rebuild board from the beginning of the installation and we are sure you will find it useful.

We have placed on our Downloads section 2 manuals, one for the use of the "Vampire with the rebuild board" (recomended) and other for using the "Vampire Standalone". We really want you give a try and we have bundled 2 Rebuild Boards for free on every Vampire sale (till new announcement). More rebuild boards can be acquired in affordable packs on your favorite reseller's store if you end adopting the concept.

 
Picture of the Kit Contents (click to zoom):
Suggested Retail Price: 15 USD
 
If you interested on resell the Vampire and/or Rebuild board email us at carranzafp@hotmail.com for information.

   

ATTENTION:
THE REGULAR SPEAR ACCESORY WILL NOT WORK ON LATEST LITEON DRIVES
MODELS KNOWN AS 83850v2 and 93450
FOR THESE DRIVES YOU NEED THE NEW ACCESORY CALLED "VAMPIRE"

  Device Description:
The new ALL-IN-ONE 360 Xtractor tool is here, It supports a POWER KIT + SERIAL RS232 & USB Tool in one, throw away anything else you have been using until now, as this device is all you need to update or reflash your 360 drives safely. After endless hours of design and testing we are proud to offer this high quality product made by Maximus.
Feature List:
- RS232 Support (Liteon Key dumping)
- USB Support inside Windows (Liteon Key dumping)
- Power Feed all XBOX 360 Drives
- Automatic Mode-B on Hitachi 59 and earlier (78/79 require slax)
- Compatible with already released tools (Xtractor Reader/dvdkey/dvdkey32)
- Native Toolbox support soon
- Onboard ON/OFF switch
- Onboard Eject tactile switch
- High Quality and Heavy Duty Parts
- Safe and Tested Design
- Other small features to be released will be announced later
ON STORES WORLDWIDE NOW !!
 
NEWS:

21-APR-09
New Version of Xtractor Reader Software 2.9
 Maximus Xtractor Reader Software 2.9 has also been updated!
Get it on Downloads Section Here

23-FEB-09
RESETABLE FUSES IS NOT NEW !!! COMPETITORS COPIED US AGAIN !!!
Since 2 months ago we started shipping the version 1.2 of Xtractor that included Fuses on the design, this prevented drive/xtractor/computer damage due to wrong polarity plugging of the dvd cable. After weeks of use we got a suggestion (vgcrepairs) to change the fuse with Resettable PTC fuses that give us great success. Unfortunatelly some of the testers leaked the info to the competitors and now they are announcing like if was their design idea. We just want to settle who is the team that bring the ideas and who is the team that just copy all of them. If they dont take our idea they would keep blowing drives with their current design.

We are shipping the Xtractor with Resettable fuses to all resellers worldwide. And we are doing that since 1 week. If you are careful with the plugging/unplugging of the dvd cable you dont have nothing to worry with current xtractor you already have it.

We have another major announcement to do in a few days more, stay tuned.

31-Oct-08
ANNOUNCED FIRST 360 XTRACTOR ADD-ON !!



IN STORES NOW !!
(Sold separatelly)

CHECK PERFORMING VIDEO HERE:


The Spear require the Latest Version of Xtractor Reader 2.7





Get the Software totally FREE on our Downloads section

Also we have done this 3 Tutorial Videos to show you the main tasks, we recommend view this videos in full screen.

Video Tutorial #1
Searching Sata Ports
Video Tutorial #2
Reading Liteon Keys
Video Tutorial #3
Hitachi 78/79 ModeB


Special thanks to yoshihiro (usb addon idea), redeath, foundmy, modsupplier for their support on this project, and thanks and credit is for c4e, geremia, podger on the dvdkey and dvdkey32 utilities released.