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[solid7x2]

people who keep asking if they are going to get banned, youll only know one way, and just do like weve been saying for the past week, keep C and E clean, grab your nuts, and sign in.

Also This method is definately going to confuse n00bs, so i would just stick to the methods that work: stock HD new eeprom, until maybe there is more testing by others or something

[ICEchrono]

QUOTE (solid7x2 @ Nov 18 2004, 11:28 PM)

people who keep asking if they are going to get banned, youll only know one way, and just do like weve been saying for the past week, keep C and E clean, grab your nuts, and sign in. Also This method is definately going to confuse n00bs, so i would just stick to the methods that work: stock HD new eeprom, until maybe there is more testing by others or something

alot of users get ban becuse they don't know some Apps save there data in E drive.

[airviper127]

QUOTE (VampireJesus @ Nov 18 2004, 08:44 PM)

Now, some questions. 1. Is it possible to use the same HD key for a HD on a different Xbox, or would this get me flagged? 2. If I use the same eeprom on two different boxes on live at the same time, will I face a ban?  I assume this answer is yes.

I would like to know this same info so that i can attempt to get back on live. thanks for all and any help.

[Gumba]

QUOTE (xionanx @ Nov 18 2004, 08:19 PM)

On a side note, I think the marriage theory is completely bogus for one reason, and its a damn good one. IF your EEPROM and HDD S/N is matched up when you sign up for live, then some point down the road your XBOX is sent in for repairs and they replace your HDD, that means your EEPROM and HDD S/N will no longer match up, which according to the marriage theory equals ban. Any LOGICAL human being would see that.

That's a stupid reason for thinking the Marriage Theory is bogus.

When MS gets an xbox in for repair the first thing they would do would be to enter the Serial Number (from the back of the box) into a job logging system.

If you think the world's most powerful software company couldn't tie the serial number from the back of the box to the serial number in the marriage database, and thus revert the marriage... when ever they perform an HD swap on an xbox, then I dunno what to say.

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The fact is, the Marriage Theory is still the most important theory in regards to these bans, this new information just covers the nuts and bolts of *how* the marriage is actually done.

[solid7x2]

QUOTE (zoomer777 @ Nov 18 2004, 11:43 PM)

4)  Once C: and E: are cleaned up, I will then use ConfigMagic to go in and follow Angerwound's procedure to write a new HDDKey using a virgin EEPROM I just purchased.  I will also load the entire EEPROM.bin file as well just for insurance, even though it may be unncecessary.

Not quite sure on this, wouldnt writing a new eeprom undo the changes you manually put in while running config magic? unless i just dont understand what the hell is goin on here (im not 100% sure on how the eeprom/updating works, cause I used the new eeprom/gt/hd theory last week)

edit: and about MS getting their own xbox's banned LMAO! They dont have a monopoly in computers because they have idiots working for them!

[hybridstorm]

I unlocked my new hdd (120gb wd that I did not sign up for live with) and changed my eeprom to a new virgin one. I then replaced my hdd with my stock hdd that I had when I signed up for live. I locked it and then removed my modchip making the xbox stock hardware wise. I then used a 2 month free card to create a new account. All went well until I got to the "activate account" screen when I got a "Unable to continue due to technical difficulties. Please try again later..." error.  Does this mean a server is down and I just can't make an account right now or that my xbox is still banned from live?

[solid7x2]

my friend got that message while signing up last night... and it was a router problem and he got all the way to the end before getting that message.  Plugged direct into the modem and it worked.

[ororick]

 i am also banned from live and everytime i try to log on it says
"software or hardware has been modified" i have config magic installed so you are saying if i was to ask a unbanned friend with a modded xbox and a 200gb hdd what his hdd key was and was to use config magic to make my Hdd key the same as his, i would be able to log on without even swapping my epprom?

Also after getting his Hdd key if when i booted up my xbox and make it so the modchip was turned off would i just get banned again?

[Angerwound]

ororick that would be an excellent test against my theory.

As long as your 100% positive that his eeprom is unbanned. Post back your results.

[mjimi420]

I replaced my hdd key with the stock hdd key that came with my xbox and updated the eeprom.  I still can't sign into xbox live because now when xblive tries to connect i now get a communication error.  Anyone else experience this problem?

[dzv]

QUOTE (Angerwound @ Nov 19 2004, 05:31 AM)

EDIT: I'm also behind a router, therefore they can't exactly ban my Mac Address of the router. Which means if you aren't behind one they could still ban your Mac Address from connecting. DZV@ Try moving the mac addy and hdd key to the old eeprom and post those results.

Alright, I tested this and also moved the MAC Addy over.  First, I re-flashed my EEPROM back to how it was originally (banned state).  Then I just changed the HDD Key and Mac Addy (from my unbanned EEPROM).  This worked, and I am now able to connect.  Funnily, I am also behind a router.

So, changing the HDD Key and Mac Addy got me back onto Live.  However, I don't know how long this will last.  We'll see what happens over the next few days.

[ororick]

                        THanks

[SwordMasterLink]

Just thought I'd add my story in here and ask a few questions while I'm at it.

I had been playing live (including halo 2) without my modchip on a virgin xbox.

a few days later I installed the x3 chip in my xbox and then after making sure it was working I installed a maxtor 250 gb hd.  I then locked the hd and left the main settings for partitions (with F taking all of the space instead of putting some on g).

I have Halo 2 and was playing on live (of course with the modchip turned off) until November 14th.  I tried going on live and got the "modified system" error message.  

I am getting this message not just on halo 2 but trying to log onto live at all.

Now- at that point I had NOT played halo 2 offline at all.  

I guess my main questions would be:

1. What are considered questionable files?  Is it not ok to have any game saves on c: or e: that have been saved by a ripped game?  

2. Do I need to get my stock hd's eeprom and copy it over?  This will take care of the hdd key... right? (that's what I've understood from the earlier posts)

3. Is there anything else I need to do?

[STICKY_BUD]

QUOTE (ICEchrono @ Nov 18 2004, 02:52 PM)

alot of users get ban becuse they don't know some Apps save there data in E drive.

this is simply untrue

[hybridstorm]

I got it running.

It seems like xbox live times out after a few min of no activity. Im not sure if its live or my setup. Before I was banned I had no issues but now im getting droped left and right.  Have to run through my router settings again.