07-29-2004, 01:58 PM
why don't you put together a nice CDIH step-by-step post about how to actually do it, with links to the chip and/or software needed? I've been toying with the idea for a while, and a concise plan of action would be sweet.
I've got one of the original boxes (with the shitty Thompson dvd drive), and I'd like to mod it up - the only problem is I've got LIVE, and I hear even though the new mods allow you to install a toggle to turn the chip on & off, MS can still detect it if you go LIVE with it off. With new boxes going for $150 or so, I figure a smart plan would be to buy a new box, move my LIVE shit to it and use that for LIVE only - then mod the old box up and use it to play games & use the media center for watching divx movies (which would save me a shit load of time since I wont need to convert to dvd specs to watch them).
The thing is, how do I move my LIVE account to the new box? and where can I get a new dvd drive (to replace the thompson drive), and what kind of a harddrive should I replace the old one with (since I'll be in there anyway to replace the dvd drive) ?
so yeah, a step-by-step guide would be great :thumbs-up:
I've got one of the original boxes (with the shitty Thompson dvd drive), and I'd like to mod it up - the only problem is I've got LIVE, and I hear even though the new mods allow you to install a toggle to turn the chip on & off, MS can still detect it if you go LIVE with it off. With new boxes going for $150 or so, I figure a smart plan would be to buy a new box, move my LIVE shit to it and use that for LIVE only - then mod the old box up and use it to play games & use the media center for watching divx movies (which would save me a shit load of time since I wont need to convert to dvd specs to watch them).
The thing is, how do I move my LIVE account to the new box? and where can I get a new dvd drive (to replace the thompson drive), and what kind of a harddrive should I replace the old one with (since I'll be in there anyway to replace the dvd drive) ?
so yeah, a step-by-step guide would be great :thumbs-up: