Warning all XBox users with Mod Chips!

[mangell6]

Paul N (wots a hex box? Do witches keep their spells in them?)

Its a box for those HEX spanner screwy thingies that come with modern bikes.

[k14]

Yeah that is pretty old news, pretty standard. Never attempted to play xbox live but the modchip in my one is easily turned on and off depending on how long the power button is held for on boot up. So I guess that is the best compromise.

[matthewt]

pah !! just use xbConnect and be done with it. At least then you can play any system link game instead of just xblive enabled games.

[Slipstream]

I modded our xbox and had it so I could turn off the mod chip for the purpose of playing using the original bios should I ever wish too,

Ditto...Do you have an internal or external switch?

I have an External one, really handy but came with a damned annoying blue light

Also, what type of mod you get? I got an Xecuter 2, but my friend just got a Xenum. Are there any others?

Infact, does anyone know what the latest soft/hardware stuff you can get are?
Like, I have XMPB and C. C is more helpful but I prefer B. Was there an A or was that a prototype?

I hope I'm not sounding like I'm talking out my arse, but I'd like to know what's out there, rather than just what I have.

[Blakamin]

Also, what type of mod you get? I got an Xecuter 2, but my friend just got a Xenum. Are there any others?

Infact, does anyone know what the latest soft/hardware stuff you can get are?
Like, I have XMPB and C. C is more helpful but I prefer B. Was there an A or was that a prototype?

Thank f*ck i've got a ps2!


btw, you can also get linux for ps2

[MrMelon]

xbConnect looks like the biz. I was always meaning to try it but never got around to it.
Might hire halo 2 out tonight and have a go at it online.
But Halflife 2's out tonight, so I don't know how much playtime it'll be getting :O

[MrMelon]

Ditto...Do you have an internal or external switch?

I have an External one, really handy but came with a damned annoying blue light

Also, what type of mod you get? I got an Xecuter 2, but my friend just got a Xenum. Are there any others?

Infact, does anyone know what the latest soft/hardware stuff you can get are?
Like, I have XMPB and C. C is more helpful but I prefer B. Was there an A or was that a prototype?

I hope I'm not sounding like I'm talking out my arse, but I'd like to know what's out there, rather than just what I have.

There are loads of different mod chips you can get. I just got a $20 aladdin one, which is pretty simple, but lets you turn it on or off by holding the power button in for a second, or just pressing it. I think the xenium ones are pretty pricey, but they've got their own OS on the chip and a few more features.

There have been a few different media players for modded xboxes, and i'm sure there will be plenty more. One of the original ones was XBMP (xbox media player) which was replaced by XBMC (xbox media center). There are quite a few sites around dedicated to releasing new software for the xbox, but XBMC works for me, so I've got no reason to change it

[Dr Bob]

Does the use of programme migration come into probing in any way?, I don't have any gaming console (no time etc.) but I am reliably informed that the processing distribution with the Xbox live colloboration is performed through application migration rather than interbox communication. So, when someone else is 'probing' your console they are doing so with your own local processing ability- meaning they are potentially ways that the process can be fooled.

[matthewt]

xbConnect looks like the biz. I was always meaning to try it but never got around to it.
Might hire halo 2 out tonight and have a go at it online.
But Halflife 2's out tonight, so I don't know how much playtime it'll be getting :O

The people at xbc are in the process of releasing a new version which won't require so much involvement with your PC. My brother is getting hooked up tonight so it might be time for a bit of "brotherly love" Halo style

If you want to play Halo 2 let me know. I've got a copy you can borrow.

I went for a cheap aladdin chip as well. It does everything I need it to do. I then sold my 400 disc cd player to fund a 120Gb hard drive and I've converted 75% of my cd's to mp3's which are loaded on the box. Much easier to search for a song than the 13 character lcd that was on the cd player.

[inlinefour]

If your XBox has a mod chip, and you are, or plan to play Halo2 on XBox live, you will be banned from XBox live. Microsoft have stepped up security measures, to ensure a quality service and fair play to all genuine users...

Microsoftcocks are really going over the top over pirated PC games also

[MrMelon]

The people at xbc are in the process of releasing a new version which won't require so much involvement with your PC. My brother is getting hooked up tonight so it might be time for a bit of "brotherly love" Halo style

If you want to play Halo 2 let me know. I've got a copy you can borrow.

I went for a cheap aladdin chip as well. It does everything I need it to do. I then sold my 400 disc cd player to fund a 120Gb hard drive and I've converted 75% of my cd's to mp3's which are loaded on the box. Much easier to search for a song than the 13 character lcd that was on the cd player.

Ah yeah it'd be cool if I could borrow your copy of halo 2 for an hour or 2 *whistles innocently*

I've got a 120 gig drive in the xbox, but it's about 1/2 full with games. All the rest of my media's just mounted through smb shares. It all works really well.

[Ghost Lemur]

Thank f*ck i've got a ps2!


btw, you can also get linux for ps2

Linux for PS2 has been out for a couple of years. You can buy the sony kit for it, or do your own hacking. See
here and here to start. Heaps of info floating around about it.

[Ghost Lemur]

SC - see here for xbox-linux.

[Hoon]

Yeah same. I was running out of space on my xbox 120GB drive so now I just share most the stuff across the network from my PC. I stream movies from my PC to the xbox using VLC which negates any codec issues that xbmc might have. I also trimmed out the unnecessary files (xbl, languages) from my ripped games and that freed up gigs of space too.

But now I have a DVD burner I'm trying to get away from ripping games to HDD and burning them to DVD instead.

Xboxs totally rock once you chip them!!

[Blakamin]

Linux for PS2 has been out for a couple of years. You can buy the sony kit for it, or do your own hacking. See
here and here to start. Heaps of info floating around about it.

Been meaning to play with it for ages, but i dont even use my ps2 anymore... it's sitting somewhere gathering dust....
I did, however, get my welcome pack a few weeks ago...only had this ps2 for 2 years!!!