RE: Soo... Chocollect Xbox costs... (now modchips)

["Lee" <mailinglists@xxxxxxx>]

The trick is to use a short piece of wire, rather than just
trying to bridge the gaps with solder.

The process is pretty starightforward and does save ?30
worth of mod chip.

If you do screw it up, you can always just fit a modchip...

-----Original Message-----
From: Des Gibbons [mailto:des@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 May 2003 21:06
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Soo... Chocollect Xbox costs... (now modchips)




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee [mailto:mailinglists@xxxxxxx]

>
> If you're hacking the Xbox yourself, you don't _actually_ need
> a modchip. Using some very clever s/w and copy of the game
> Agent under Fire, you can reflash the existing Bios on the
> Xbox motherboard. Ebay - AUF ?15 and ?5 for a memory cart.


I found the soldering to be MUCH harder for the bridges required for the
007
hack than for soldering an LPC modchip.

Of course that is probably caused by my average soldering skills :)

I wouldn't recommend this hack unless you KNOW what you are doing tho. ie,
you have the skills and means to reflash the TSOP if you screw up :)

Cheers, Des.




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