Topic: M$.stops.modded.xbox.users ? (Read 988 times)

DaGamePimp · « **on:** November 12, 2002, 11:35:00 AM »

OK , here we go ... the test that we have all been waiting for [ RETAIL LAUNCH ] . Many reports are coming from all over the place that people with modded units are not able to connect any longer

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__ Please supply your information here and help the scene to solve this mystery

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thebeagle · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2002, 11:42:00 AM »

messiah chip here,

cant connect either, im currently looking how i can fit a disable switch to it, ill let you know if that works too

andreo · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:09:00 PM »

Enigma final chip installed.

Grendel · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:15:00 PM »

It might get worse.. clipped from Xboxhacker.net
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Well, guess what....MS DOES have mod chip detection on XBOX live. I'm a beta tester for 2 weeks now.

I have a Matrix, with ybox bios, blah blah.....all of a suddden today, i was unable to connect to live. After calling MS and checking the problem, I still coulnd't connect. I finally tried my other XBOX never modded - and guess what, it worked. Using the SAME NETWORK cable and all.

Wondering even more, i pulled the Matrix out and deleted evox off the hard drive. Guess what, STILL CAN'T CONNECT. They obvously block your serial number once it detects the mod.

kkattfish · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:27:00 PM »

haha, success for me. i have an xecutor installed with an 80 gig hd. i boot to my normal ms dashboard though everytime and run evox dash from a cdrw, don't know if this has anything to do with it. i was able to connect and play all the games for xbox live i just tested it right now when i read the bad news others were having. btw i am playing the games on the cd's that ms sent in the xbox live beta kit, not running them from my hd or copies.

tony_montana · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:34:00 PM »

do you have a modified hd? As in, do you have other stuff on the hd except the what was originally there?

kkattfish · « **Reply #6 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:38:00 PM »

yeah, about 50 games as well as dvdx 2.0, xbmp6, boxplorer, and xbcopy. those are the only things.

tony_montana · « **Reply #7 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:42:00 PM »

but you have never placed an alternative .xbe in C:, have you?

kkattfish · « **Reply #8 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:58:00 PM »

yes, i use to run evox at startup everytime, but then about a month ago when everyone was worried about ms detecting things, i thought i would rather be safe than sorry, so i took out the evox .xbe and just have the original xboxdash.xbe so everytime my box starts it's to the normal xbox startup screen, and if i wanna play games from my hd or use any of the apps on the hd, then i have put in the evox dash cd and i'm ready to go, not that big of a deal.

kkattfish · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2002, 01:03:00 PM »

well ms did send out an email to me and i suppose all beta testers saying the servers would be down frequently between now and the 15th due to last minutes updates and server resets, i wonder if this has anything to do with it??

obscure_detour · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2002, 01:04:00 PM »

This is seriously some pretty bad news. I sure hope the community will get this resolved. Getting your serial # blocked is bad news in my opinion, although you can change it. I was planning on having a blast on friday when XBL came out. Although with this news who knows what will happen. I might try what kkattfish did and boot with the CDRW instead of with hdd dash. I have ybox and 80GB HDD installed but like xboxhacker.net said they were unable to connect so thats bad news indeed.

I wonder what people are getting if they have the TSOP flashed and boot from it. For example if you flashed the TSOP using the matrix like previously figured out and then took the matrix out and tried connecting to Live. I would think that might be the best option but who knows maybe MS is actually detecting the bios.

I also wonder if MS is doing a CRC check. Which indeed I would think we are screwed. But I find that very unlikely. So the mystery goes on...

I have faith in the Xbox mod chip community...

tony_montana · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2002, 01:10:00 PM »

try now..pm me and let me know

kkattfish · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2002, 01:12:00 PM »

who are you tolking to tony_montana??

0rbital · « **Reply #13 on:** November 12, 2002, 01:21:00 PM »

Possibly they're checking for the hard drive to be locked? I'm not going on Live until this is resolved that's for sure.

jcahall · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2002, 01:26:00 PM »

what other files (if any need) to be restored other than to rename the msdash back to xboxdash.xbe
i am removing my mod chip untill i can get another xbox any help is appretiated. i also have anothe thread on this but i figured i would post in a more active one. :-)
thanks
joe

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