Old Skool Hackery Update

[Harrison]

Yeah I agree. Should only need to register to post a reply.

[sarek2k]

@Harrison i've tried and killed several things with a soldering iron so i gave it up as a bad job btw: i do belive games still work maybe not all of em but would be a pretty pointless execise eh

@KG & Zetro perhaps it's time we looked at that one! (Zetro and myself as Admin of said site!) However some areas of the site would still be locked off to non members as is the case here at CA!

[sarek2k]

@KG we are sorting access to more areas of the site without having to be a member

hope that keeps you all happy

[Zetr0]

done all done

[killergorilla]

OOh I can see it now, cheers!

I like xbox modding info, it makes a good read.

I softmodded 2 xboxes last week actually, a lot less messy than those pics

Using the ndure bootdisc of course, no need for memory cards/games etc.

[Harrison]

I'm interested in soft modding an xbox. What would I need to do in order to softmod one using the ndure bootdisc? Is it as simple as downloading an ISO, burning it, and then running the disc on the Xbox? AFAIK I was going to need something like an Action Replay memory card.

[v85rawdeal]

Same here, might see me get some more use out of the xbox again.

[sarek2k]

@Harrison

The soft mod could either go very well or very bad i've experienced both sides

I did a few softmods for myself and a few friends however it turned ugly for a few reasons!

As with all this things is a lot of reading between the lines with any mod some stuff i understood and some i didn't!

since i got xbox way back when i've had 3 consoles 2 bought and 1 given to replace a stuffed one the 2nd bought one was only 20 quid so a bargain

Anyway my first original xbox i had for many years it had one of the earlier modchips i can't remeber what it was called but it worked flawlessly for years i only gave it away when i discoverd softmod!

however it is possible to **** up a soft mod and i did just that!
on my install is several ways to **** it up 1, unlock the hdd 2, run one of the last games which can replace your soft mod files. 3, do what i did experiment and see what the linux option on slayers evox does.

to get me out of the shit (my xbox is my media hub to tv and it's ****ing brilliant for that!)

To fix my **** ups Zetro installed a mod chip Executor 2.6 on the xbox mobo i sent him! he did a fine job and my wife is watching star trek tng on it as i speak streamed from this pc.

I can't remeber how much it cost me now but i sent the mobo to zetro well packaged and a lot lighter than in the xbox i stripped all the weight down to xbox mobo with 1 heatsink i managed to remove the processor one. And i re-assembled it this end after 1 or 2 hiccups and a reflash by our man in the know (Zetro) it works brilliantly!

What i'm saying harrison is do what i did and Zetro will sort you out!

Sorry for this topic getting well off topic