Modding a XBOX 360

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: greenman100

different deal

360 dash updates will be embedded in every game disk - so if you want to run a game that was released after your modchip, or go online, ever, then you're f'ed


orginal xbox's mod was int eh BIOS - the stock dashboard never saw the mod

Thats pretty clever.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: ivol07

Originally posted by: Budmantom

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Have they done it yet?

Not just adding a bigger HD and modding the case but burning the games(that you own) on the HD.

They haven't figured out how to add a larger drive yet. They haven't figured out how to do anything yet. Also, MS responded fairly quickly once the news the kiosk disc would work if you burned the image on disc. They had a security update ready to go about 2 weeks later. This one might be a tough battle, especially those that want to play online with a modded unit.

80 gb hd ?

I'm sure it's just an 80GB Hard Drive connected just as you would connect any other external hard drive....but I wonder how he fit it into the actual console. And what's the point of having it in there because you can't save anything to it from the xbox, you would have to remove it to save anything to it then put it back in. Sounds lame.

I've got a few 60gb laptop drives and was thinking of experimenting with one of my 360's to see if I could replace the stock 20gb with one of the 60gb laptop drives.

My theory is all I would need to do is ghost it over and I'd be good to go.

I haven't read up on this, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Anyone?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: ivol07

Originally posted by: Budmantom

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Have they done it yet?

Not just adding a bigger HD and modding the case but burning the games(that you own) on the HD.

They haven't figured out how to add a larger drive yet. They haven't figured out how to do anything yet. Also, MS responded fairly quickly once the news the kiosk disc would work if you burned the image on disc. They had a security update ready to go about 2 weeks later. This one might be a tough battle, especially those that want to play online with a modded unit.

80 gb hd ?

I'm sure it's just an 80GB Hard Drive connected just as you would connect any other external hard drive....but I wonder how he fit it into the actual console. And what's the point of having it in there because you can't save anything to it from the xbox, you would have to remove it to save anything to it then put it back in. Sounds lame.

I've got a few 60gb laptop drives and was thinking of experimenting with one of my 360's to see if I could replace the stock 20gb with one of the 60gb laptop drives.

My theory is all I would need to do is ghost it over and I'd be good to go.

I haven't read up on this, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Anyone?

The 360's drive is SATA.

 

[mrrman]

no mod chips yet...I am waiting to

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: ivol07

Originally posted by: Budmantom

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Have they done it yet?

Not just adding a bigger HD and modding the case but burning the games(that you own) on the HD.

They haven't figured out how to add a larger drive yet. They haven't figured out how to do anything yet. Also, MS responded fairly quickly once the news the kiosk disc would work if you burned the image on disc. They had a security update ready to go about 2 weeks later. This one might be a tough battle, especially those that want to play online with a modded unit.

80 gb hd ?

I'm sure it's just an 80GB Hard Drive connected just as you would connect any other external hard drive....but I wonder how he fit it into the actual console. And what's the point of having it in there because you can't save anything to it from the xbox, you would have to remove it to save anything to it then put it back in. Sounds lame.

I've got a few 60gb laptop drives and was thinking of experimenting with one of my 360's to see if I could replace the stock 20gb with one of the 60gb laptop drives.

My theory is all I would need to do is ghost it over and I'd be good to go.

I haven't read up on this, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Anyone?

The 360's drive is SATA.

Maybe I'm wrong here, but only the DVD drive is SATA, no?

The hard drive, in the enclosure that pops off the top, contains a laptop hdd, and I don't know of a sata laptop hdd even existing.

Can anyone else confirm this?

 

[KoolAidKid]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

I've got a few 60gb laptop drives and was thinking of experimenting with one of my 360's to see if I could replace the stock 20gb with one of the 60gb laptop drives.

My theory is all I would need to do is ghost it over and I'd be good to go.

I haven't read up on this, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Anyone?

It wouldn't have worked in the security-hole laden original Xbox, so I doubt it would work in the 360 either.

 

[raystorm]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: greenman100

different deal

360 dash updates will be embedded in every game disk - so if you want to run a game that was released after your modchip, or go online, ever, then you're f'ed


orginal xbox's mod was int eh BIOS - the stock dashboard never saw the mod

Thats pretty clever.

Thats the case with PSP games now. You use a hacked bios so you can use different programs, play with emulators..etc, but now some psp games install the latest bios automatically from what I read so that means your emus, programs ..etc wont work.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: ivol07

Originally posted by: Budmantom

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: Budmantom
Have they done it yet?

Not just adding a bigger HD and modding the case but burning the games(that you own) on the HD.

They haven't figured out how to add a larger drive yet. They haven't figured out how to do anything yet. Also, MS responded fairly quickly once the news the kiosk disc would work if you burned the image on disc. They had a security update ready to go about 2 weeks later. This one might be a tough battle, especially those that want to play online with a modded unit.

80 gb hd ?

I'm sure it's just an 80GB Hard Drive connected just as you would connect any other external hard drive....but I wonder how he fit it into the actual console. And what's the point of having it in there because you can't save anything to it from the xbox, you would have to remove it to save anything to it then put it back in. Sounds lame.

I've got a few 60gb laptop drives and was thinking of experimenting with one of my 360's to see if I could replace the stock 20gb with one of the 60gb laptop drives.

My theory is all I would need to do is ghost it over and I'd be good to go.

I haven't read up on this, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Anyone?

The 360's drive is SATA.

Maybe I'm wrong here, but only the DVD drive is SATA, no?

The hard drive, in the enclosure that pops off the top, contains a laptop hdd, and I don't know of a sata laptop hdd even existing.

Can anyone else confirm this?

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