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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: BUCKETHEAD on March 06, 2007, 04:32:40 pm
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Just got through Pimping my XBOX.
Just though i would share some pix.
I probably will add some more LED's to light up the controller buttons.
That will be a B!TCH to do.
Also need to add a MODCHIP.
Any suggestions on a good MODCHIP ?
Do you still have to Flash them ?
Or do they now come with the BIOS already to go ?
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Ask Snaake. He is da man!!!
Looking gooood!
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If your machine is from "the golden years" 2001-2004ish, you won't need a mod chip, provided you don't want to access xbox live. Those machines are really, really easy to mod with 2 dabs of solder and a savegame exploit to allow you to flash the part.
If your machine is later 2004 onward, you probably have a "1.6" version xbox, and will probably need a modchip for it. Cheaper solutions, like the alladin XT or duox2 chips are about $20. They take considerably more time to mod, requiring a half dozen wires to be added to the backside of the motherboard.
Check the xbox identification guide on xbox-scene to figure out what version you have and proceed from there.
All modchips will need to be flashed-having them pre-loaded with MS hacked software would be (more) illegal.
If you have to buy a modchip, I suggest http://www.llamma.com/ (http://www.llamma.com/), entirely because they are local to me (literally 3 blocks away from where I am right now) and cool folks. :)
-jeff!
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If your machine is from "the golden years" 2001-2004ish, you won't need a mod chip, provided you don't want to access xbox live. Those machines are really, really easy to mod with 2 dabs of solder and a savegame exploit to allow you to flash the part.
If your machine is later 2004 onward, you probably have a "1.6" version xbox, and will probably need a modchip for it. Cheaper solutions, like the alladin XT or duox2 chips are about $20. They take considerably more time to mod, requiring a half dozen wires to be added to the backside of the motherboard.
Check the xbox identification guide on xbox-scene to figure out what version you have and proceed from there.
All modchips will need to be flashed-having them pre-loaded with MS hacked software would be (more) illegal.
If you have to buy a modchip, I suggest http://www.llamma.com/ (http://www.llamma.com/), entirely because they are local to me (literally 3 blocks away from where I am right now) and cool folks. :)
-jeff!
I'm pretty sure all Xboxes can be soft-modded with the save game exploits now. You also DO NOT have to solder anything to soft-mod your xbox. You also do not have to have a mod chip for a larger hard drive.
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Looking good! make the pad the same style to finish it off.
With softmods, isnt there only so far you can go? I think you need a modchip to be able so swap out the HD etc. Theres a few solderless chip out that just need a single screw to put into place as well.