xbox mod chips

Are you comfortable soldering meep? I'm guessing you aren't since you're asking this question here. I too am terrified of soldering. Not to mention I didn't feel like coughing up $50 for a chip.

Consider a SoftMod: [url]http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/218495 [/url] You get all the pleasure of a modded xbox (xbmc, playing backups) without the pain or risk of frying your hardware. Consider also that doing this requires something called "Action Replay" which is basically a USB card reader that reads an XBOX memory card. After some extensive reading, I found that the only card worth using for the softmod is the official MS brand. If you're too cheap to get the Action Replay hardware, just download the software and roll your own card reader: [url]http://xbox-scene.com/articles/homemade-action-replay.php[/url]

If this is too brief for you, search the meep out of forums.xbox-scene.com, it will not let you down. Softmodding saved my marriage and added 2" to the length of my ePenis.

Linux Box

Softmod is evidently 100% the way to go. I have an older x-cutor (or some x-treem misspelling of executor) and it's never failed me but it seems there are some advantages to the new softmod method beyond not having to carefully solder tiny-meep wires.

vasudeva: Softmod is evidently 100% the way to go. I have an older x-cutor (or some x-treem misspelling of executor) and it's never failed me but it seems there are some advantages to the new softmod method beyond not having to carefully solder tiny-meep wires.

I too use Xecutor swampdonkey software. I paid 70 bux, shipped my xbox to some technerd(w/a 60gigHD), got it back a week later, custom lights and everything. Ive since loaded about 1000 arcade games(still havent played em all) onto it and numerous other xbox titles. I love it.

There about a dozen non-soldering options availabe, as I was looking at the new xecuter3 CE chip.

Soft mod looks good, though. Lets you do anything linux can do basically?

Side note, you use Evox? Or unleashedx?

<span class="post_was_edited">On 2006-07-01 at 12:47:32, Mofo praised Jejus</span>

Mofo: There about a dozen non-soldering options availabe, as I was looking at the new xecuter3 CE chip. Soft mod looks good, though. Lets you do anything linux can do basically? Side note, you use Evox? Or unleashedx? <span class="post_was_edited">On 2006-07-01 at 12:47:32, Mofo praised Jejus</span>

From what I know, the softmod only utilizes linux to install the firmware hack that lets you install your own dash and related apps. As far as dashes go, I just switched from EvoX to UnleashX and really have no preference for either. I spend about 1 second looking at the dash before I load XBMC (which you can also set as your dash).

I have one of the modchips that doesn't require soldering. It's only popped outta place once in 2 years and it gets ROUGHED around alot (in my car).

Rough handling in the car? I would say "stop backseatcarmeeping your xbox you Putin style pervo boi."