Serious Business

Maybe I’m the only one, but I’ve got spare box running 2k3 that I ‘fix’ Xbox360′s with. Been doing it the old fashioned way for just about 3 years now (Should I be sad or happy about this?) but finally ran into a Lite-On drive that required a little extra help. So I buy a ck3 and run into a world of trouble getting windows 2003 to recognize this thing. A good hour of my life was wasted on failed attempts with the ‘official’ drivers from Xecuter. This is more for those helplessly searching for answers. Eventually I got it; this should help you out.

Things pretty much went a little like this:

• Install official ck3 drivers.
• Plug ck3 in.
• Watch windows tell me it can’t find suitable drivers.
• Attempt in vain to extract the drivers from the installer.
• Attempt to track down / modify / force driver after install to work.
• Hate everything.
• Search the net for 0 answers.

My current internet situation is… let’s just say it’s slow. Installing XP+patches+.Net (needed in this case) was just not an option. After some digging (aka: ‘the ck3 should show up as the COM3 port’), I realize the ck3′s just got a Prolific USB->serial adapter. Specifically the ‘drivers’ are just a wrapper for the PL-2303 drivers.

So I head on over to Prolific’s website where I find the following: Drivers released 2009/04/21 that address an issue with the driver not working in windows 2003!

Once installed, upon plugging in the ck3, everything worked as intended! COM3 comes up, xbox gets ‘fixed’ without a hitch, life can continue!

So if by some small chance you find yourself in this position, I hope this helps.