Want to Mod my xbox.

[zoombini]

Its NOT a scare story.

People have been banned through this, some needed new boxes to get back on again, some have been banned as users for it.

If you can get a chip that prevents access then thats better, have a word with the person installing it to see if the ethernet port can be disabled while using it.

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by zoombini

Its NOT a scare story.

But how does it work? - what do they look for, and how do they look for it?

[Tricky]

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

But how does it work? - what do they look for, and how do they look for it?

AFAIK they check the bios that's loaded and check that it's locked down as a M$ one, if it's not then "click" your box is banned. Newer mod chips usually have a switch that turns the mod on/off so that you can play live games (originals). There are also a number of rumours on other boards that they can also check for the harddrive being the normal 6-10gb one any bigger and again "click" you're banned.

It still amazes me that developers don't build something into games to check for BIOS versions etc. it cannot be that hard to perform a rom scan.

[Frank]

Originally Posted by zoombini

If you can get a chip that prevents access then thats better, have a word with the person installing it to see if the ethernet port can be disabled while using it.

Not really a good idea, how else are you going to install and configure your dashboard, xbox media centre, transfer films, etc etc?

[j4y3m]

I was going to get mine modded at a local shop but they didn't do Xecuters so I'm thinking about doing an install myself. Can't be that hard, can it?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by j4y3m

I was going to get mine modded at a local shop but they didn't do Xecuters so I'm thinking about doing an install myself. Can't be that hard, can it?

It isn't, the x-bit chip is a doddle to flash/install.

I have a 160 gig HDD in mine, I have also installed XBOX Media Center (as well as XBM Player), & a whole host of other apps (including an FTP client etc)

I can also get constantly updated weather info, & constant links to www.imdb.com !

Do it-you won't regret it.

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Tricky

It still amazes me that developers don't build something into games to check for BIOS versions etc. it cannot be that hard to perform a rom scan.

It's not really in their interest to do that - it's just a lot of time and effort for them - and when a new version of the BIOS comes out, all their software would have to change.

Originally Posted by Tricky

AFAIK they check the bios that's loaded and check that it's locked down as a M$ one, if it's not then "click" your box is banned. Newer mod chips usually have a switch that turns the mod on/off so that you can play live games (originals). There are also a number of rumours on other boards that they can also check for the harddrive being the normal 6-10gb one any bigger and again "click" you're banned.

I'm surprised that the chips can't take this into account, and fudge the results?