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it's sorta old. it's been replaced by the chameleon. try www.matrixmodchip.com for help.

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i wouldn't say it's fairly new. it's already obsolete with new versions of the xbox.

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latest or next to latest is usually the best. depends on if the new version fixed bugs in the old one, or just brought more bugs...

slayer put a lot of work into documenting help for v2.5. it should tell you in there...

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Spykes424 - yes you can burn dvds onto the hd if you have a chip

grimreaper - xbox reads -r, +r, -rw, and +rw. although it does depend on the dvd drive that you have in your box. samsungs read everything, philips read most, and thompsons hardly anything

do i have to have a special dvd drive likethe phillips u were tlaking bout, or can i use my xbox drive?

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ok my xbox is v1.0 i think cos i got it on its launch date and current bio ver. is EvoX 2.6 Eject Fix i load up the slayer's v2.5. in the flash bios menu i see:

7-1) Flash 1MB MOD or v1.0-1.1 TSOP w/ EvoX-M7 EjectFix

........7-2) Flash 256K MOD or v1.2-1.5 TSOP w/ EvoX-M7 EjectFix

........7-3) Flash 1MB MOD or v1.0-1.1 TSOP w/ X2-4977

........7-4) Flash 256K MOD or v1.2-1.5 TSOP w/ X2-4977

........7-5) Flash 1MB MOD or v1.0-1.1 TSOP w/ X2-4977 *FC*

........7-6) Flash 256K MOD or v1.2-1.5 TSOP w/ X2-4977 *FC*

........7-7) Flash 1MB MOD or v1.0-1.1 TSOP w/ X2-4977 +137 G:

........7-8) Flash 256K MOD or v1.2-1.5 TSOP w/ X2-4977 +137 G:

........7-9) Flash 1MB MOD or v1.0-1.1 TSOP w/ X2-4978.03

........7-10) Flash 1MB MOD or v1.0-1.1 TSOP w/ EvoX M7+137 G:

........7-11) Flash 256K MOD or v1.2-1.5 TSOP w/ EvoX M7+137 G:

which one should i use? my HD is 120gb. thnx alot.

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Spykes424 - yes you can burn dvds onto the hd if you have a chip

grimreaper - xbox reads -r, +r, -rw, and +rw. although it does depend on the dvd drive that you have in your box. samsungs read everything, philips read most, and thompsons hardly anything

do i have to have a special dvd drive likethe phillips u were tlaking bout, or can i use my xbox drive?

the philips isnt a special drive. all stock drives. microsoft just keeps switching between thompson, philips and samsung. if you want to find out what drive you have go here: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act...ST&f=41&t=82908

remember samsung > philips> thompson

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I know a guy who will mod my xbox and I think the deal sounds pretty good, is it?

*his custom chip (identical to all thats out there, xecuters, and all)

*a switch

*120gb maxtor lockable hd

*evox (as the dash)

*avalaunch (As an app)

*xbmp (as an app)

*all the homebrew software and apps i will ever need (dvd2xbox, etc)

*transfer all my data and gamesaves from my old hd to my new 1

*load up everything to go (so i can bring it home and plug, flip the switch on, and play)

*complete installtion is 1 day

*he lives locally so i wont have to ship

*2 year warranty

*answer any questions or probs i have

sound good? im not sure if thats a good deal, i have never modded any systems, but... everything included above for...

- $200?

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sounds like a good deal. just a few questions.

how will you flash his chip?

will you get to keep the original hdd in case something goes wrong?

don't use evox as dash. use mxm.

is 120gb enough?

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sounds like a good deal.  just a few questions.

how will you flash his chip?

will you get to keep the original hdd in case something goes wrong?

don't use evox as dash.  use mxm.

is 120gb enough?

mxm? where do i get that and how is it better?

can u go over 120? also how much average can a 120 hold?

not sure about old hd + flashing ill ask and update ya later

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you can get mxm at the usual places. (efnet/#xbins)

it's way more advanced. it's like the xp of the xbox, whereas evox is like dos.

mxm is way more customizable, can have preview videos, moving skins, etc.

yeah, you can go all the way up to 4TB if you want :p

well you lose about 5gb for normal xbox stuff, so you'd have 110gb free after formatting. games, in my case, on average, are about 2.5gb.

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sounds like a good deal. just a few questions.

how will you flash his chip?

will you get to keep the original hdd in case something goes wrong?

don't use evox as dash. use mxm.

is 120gb enough?

okay just talked to him...

- i can use evox to flash his chip

- i get my old hd back

- he loads xbmp, evox, and avalaunch in there so i can choose one, or i cud load mxm if i wanted (but he includes 3 dashes with initial install).

- he can but bigger hd's in, but it would be more expensive...

so sound good? with these and the previous stats...??? for 200 bux?

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http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act...T&f=35&t=123416

well here's what i did:

paid $50 for my x2.1lite + switch

paid $80 for a 160gb hdd

took both to a guy, who installed them for $50.

that's $180 total, for a bigger hard drive.

so it's not the best deal, but it's not the worst. if you have no other options, just go for it, modded xboxes are just too much fun to pass up.

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well, after rebates. outpost, best buy, circuit city, crapusa usually have some type of deal going. usually, that's why the modded xbox prices are so high, because they charge you full price for the hard drive.

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ok, im gonna look for a big cheap hd... lol, which ones work best? are western digitals ok? how can u tell if there lockable? so i would just go to a store and buy a regular internal hd like for a comp?

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i'm still running 4977 with the lba48 patch. have you?

i thought about it, but i've been concerned about the lba48 patch, since i've only been running it for a couple weeks now. once i'm certain that it's 100% stable and perfect, i'll prolly update.

i could always throw it on the second bank also...maybe i'll try that :)

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i'm still running 4977 with the lba48 patch. have you?

i thought about it, but i've been concerned about the lba48 patch, since i've only been running it for a couple weeks now. once i'm certain that it's 100% stable and perfect, i'll prolly update.

i could always throw it on the second bank also...maybe i'll try that :)

Not sure if I should lol...Things are working just fine now. I'd hate to go ahead and f things up because of my compulsive need to update thigns lol

Do you use XBMP? Perhaps stream from your pc music and/or movies??? I can't get Relax to work.

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yeah, i've used relax and ccxstream. not at the moment though, cuz i still haven't moved my pc from my gfs apartment (where i used to live) to my own apartment (where the xbox is).

what modchip do you have? if you have an xecuter, you can use flash-x to flash only one bank at a time, so if you have a bad flash, you just flip the bank switch, and do it again.

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Right Some piccys of me Xbox ( dazzla's eX-box :p bad j/k )

xbox-1.jpg

xbox-2.jpg

Ill get some more/better ones done when i get me cam back.

Its a Ltd.Ed Green Xbox with X-cuter 2.1lite with a 80gb hdd + Green round cold cathode light added.

Im gonna light the front up with either some green led's or a 6" cold cathode when i can find one in the UK :(

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yeah, i've used relax and ccxstream. not at the moment though, cuz i still haven't moved my pc from my gfs apartment (where i used to live) to my own apartment (where the xbox is).

what modchip do you have? if you have an xecuter, you can use flash-x to flash only one bank at a time, so if you have a bad flash, you just flip the bank switch, and do it again.

I have Xecuter 2.2 lite. I dont know much about the hardware and whether it has two banks. Thats the next time I'm gonna read up on. Right now, I'm trying to get Relax to work and setting up MXM.

Do you know of a good place to dl preview vids for MXM??

Also, you didnt have any trouble with vids and music using relax? i tried using xbmp 2.4 cvs 10/29 with Relax 7.5 and 7.6pre and it got me nowhere. Just locks up or kicks me back into xbmp.

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well if you have the switch installed (which i'm sure you do), one of them is to switch between banks 1&2, and banks 3&4. if you use 512kb bios, you can fit one on banks 1&2, and a second on banks 3&4.

i think allxboxskins.com has thumbs/vids. if not, there should be links to places in the mxm forum.

have you tried using ccxstream?

i just followed the tutorials in the xbmc forum. it's a pain to make sure your .ini is perfect, no typos or anything. have you tried following the tutorials?

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