the big yim

does anybody have a modded x box, mine has given up the ghost tonight so i need a new x box. im thinking of buying a modded x box but i don't really know enough about them to just go out and buy one.
are they reliable, im not on x box live so thats not an issue, what do they actually do????
thanks in advance
the BIG yim

Sith

Buy a UK xbox an buy a SmartXX chip from www.Divineo.com They work on all rev boards.

You get High Def TV, all region and Jap/ US NTSC. It will use almost any Bios as a boot rom. Currently Using the Executor bios.

the big yim

sorry for being a bit thick but could you please explain what all that means

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Yes, they are reliable and you can do pretty much anything you want.

Treat it as a media centre, backup your games to a larger HDD so you don't have to carry them around, surf the web etc. The list is endless.

www.xbox-scene.com

the big yim

cheers for the info so far lads, where do you buy them from( dont fancy takin an xbox apart and wiring stuff in etc) i saw one at a pc fair, i think it was an alladdin xp.
does anyone have any experience with these.
so what im thinking is
look on internet
play cough back up games cough
use as media centre
bigger hard drive
watch high quality tv through x box
anything i have missed

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

You can get premodded consoles or individual mods from:

http://www.baldbouncer.co.uk/
http://www.divineo.co.uk/

Yes, there is lots you have missed But thats the basics, have a browse on Xbox Scene and see what people are up to.

The Alladin will do as a basic chip, but I would go for something like the X3, SmartXX or Xenium.

thundertiger

watch out though, i've had my **** banned on xbox live!!!!!
(forgot to switch the chip off) "xecuter2"

i didnt realise and phoned them up. they asked if i had chipped the box i i obviously said no then they said i could sent it in for a free repair... yeah right!!!

mind you 75 (backed up ) games later i'm not complaining.

rememeber to burn the later games on decent dvd's at 1x speed though.
as i had some glitchy video sequences on faster burn times.

enjoy

BB

the big yim

not really planning on going on live mate so thats not a problem and i buy the games from a bloke my dad works with so any probs and they go straight back to him ha ha. what have i missed off the list then guys, any big things. does it still load like an x box or is it like a windows kind of system. thanks for all your help and sorry for being consistantly thick

the big yim

would this be any good
http://www.baldbouncer.co.uk/catalog...4c82040bc94d4f

thundertiger

i use evo x operating system, which has a kind of menu and ability to run games etc i also have a gensx emulator (sega) on the hard drive with about 200 odd sega games at the click of a button (no disk required).

i installed this lot ages ago, but there are plenty of websites explaining the processes involved - just follow the instructions.

enjoy BB

PS: the games play directly as the originals, with no pishing about, unlike some ps2 chips i could mention.
i speak only for xecuter2 though, i've not had any dealing with others!!

the big yim

is there any programs that mean i could play ps2 games on the xbox. i like the look ot gran turismo 4 and the new gta

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

No.

thundertiger

borrow a mates for a week or so.


i'm sure someone will swap consoles with you for a bit.

the big yim

not after last ime. i lent my x box to someone i work with. a week later it broke. mmmm.
i reckon they will bring gta out on the xbox anyway

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

GTA San Andreas is due out on XBox in June.

p@ul

Bought an xbox at chrimbo for my lad,took it straight round to a "friends" who put a smartxx chip in,120gig hard drive and shedloads of games on it!
sweet.............
I just pop down the local vid store hire em out,burn em on and take them back now playing nfs underground 2 at the mo its fantastic

p@ul

Did i say i brought it for my lad

Jamesemt

Sorry to hijack the thread and this sounds a really dumb question, but how do I burn games to my modded xbox? I bought it off ebay a year or so ago with about 40 games - and would like to delete some that I'll never play and burn some different ones to the hard drive...Software wise, when I boot the xbox I get a choice of Launch DVD, MS Dashboard, launch game or reboot...

When I put an audio cd in the drive I get the option to copy it to the hard drive - will this be the same for games? I've never played a CD Xbox game on it...

any ideas?

Recaro

I'm thinking of doing this. What chip is the best at the mo??

There seems to be alot to choose from.

I understand the part about using as a media centre, but whats this high quality tv bit?

Tony_W

[QUOTE=Recaro]I'm thinking of doing this. What chip is the best at the mo??

There seems to be alot to choose from.

I've done 3 Xboxes with mod chips. I've always used the Xecutor 2 from baldbouncer.co.uk.
The latest one has a special piece to easily mod the crystal (version1.6 & 1.6b) of XboX.
the mod chip costs 21 inc delivery.
All you have to do is read the tutorials on the links from baldbouncer which explain how to soldier it on. It's quite easy.
After you've done that the worst part, or most frustrating part is finding the correct bios for your xbox. Once you've done that all you have to do is burn the bios file and a dummy.bin (100Mb) file to a cdrw.
Pop it in and reboot the xbox. It should come up to the flash bios screen. Making sure you booted on bank 2 then flash the bios with your bios.bin file on the cdrw.
Once this has been completed you need to re-boot. It will now play copied , sorry...backup games
To put the new dashboard on you need to download slayers evoX ver 2.5 or 2.6.
Then burn the slayers iso file onto cdrw again.
reboot your xbox with the slayers auto install cdrw in and it will boot up with various choices. Pick the one you want and it does the rest.
Once it's all loaded the xbox will boot up into the slayers menu where you can choose to play games direct form dvd, hdd or for you to use the different apps to say burn a backup copy to your hdd!
If you want to put a new, bigger hdd in (the standard is approx. 8Mb) then insert the HDD and boot with the slayers cdrw again and select format and install new hdd (Think it's option 3a).
that's it really.
the hardest thing is finding the bios, via xbins.org and using mIRc plus Flash FTP. All the instructions are on teamxecuter.com and baldbouncer.co.uk...plus you can ask any Q's right here
Tony