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[shanafan]

Have fun with this poll.. it will mislead people and think XBL detects what type of modchip you have

Anyways, enjoy!

[GGZ]

who's we?

[allholy1]

By we I mean tackling the banning problem as a team, not individaully.  The only way we can ever find out how they are doing this is either a leak from MS, or through lots and lots of tests.... I was hoping this poll would be the start.  (A weak attempt eh?)  Just hoping we could figure something out.

[shanafan]

Oh I see. Well, go get into your black clothes, strap on your pistol and night vision goggles, and head to Redmond.

Post when you get back (or from your cell block)  

[shanafan]

Ah..

But anyways, the main theory is the marriage theory. It makes the most sense. But, a theory about XBL detecting what modchip you have, well, doesn't make sense. A modchip just holds a BIOS. A BIOS on one modchip, is the same as another.

And actually, in reality, first generation modchips are better for XBL. First, they don't support a HD upgrade. Second, xboxdash.xbe can not be changed because the MS BIOS and the modchip's BIOS will always boot that XBE when loading.

They pretty much just support loading unsigned games and programs on CD, or HD if you want to utilize that 8 or so GIGS.

[nitemare]

2nd Banning in 2 days! first ban happenend when i installed a 250GB HD into an X2 chip..I flashed the eeprom with a different HD- unbanned for about 18 hours- then BANNED AGAIN!
MS--Go to HELL! -I should have the right to modify a product i own!!

[xprezz]

Modify your product all you want. Noone is stopping you from that. However when going onto xbox live you have accepted MS' terms of service, so dont be mad when they stick to those terms.

[allholy1]

I read that post a while ago... before I made this poll... just trying to help out the community.... I figured why should we rely on just one theory, when there could be other solutions out there.... so I did the research, and you need to relax

[allholy1]

Did you read about any xeniums getting banned?  I read about one or two... and that was it...

[shanafan]

QUOTE (allholy1 @ Dec 9 2004, 11:20 PM)

Did you read about any xeniums getting banned?  I read about one or two... and that was it...

Sorry man, but that means nothing. Bans have nothing to do with what kind of modchip you have.

It can be turned off, or turned on. There is no middle of the road.

[uppityox]

can you take off the mods and stuff so you wont get banned from xbox live?

[Sechy]

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But anyways, the main theory is the marriage theory. It makes the most sense. But, a theory about XBL detecting what modchip you have, well, doesn't make sense. A modchip just holds a BIOS. A BIOS on one modchip, is the same as another.

I have a friend with an Aladdin chip, it was installed about 5 months ago. I put a new 160gig hard drive in it the same day I modded it. He singed up for XBL when Halo 2 came out and he is now banned. I am not sure if the marriage theroy is correct either.

[badmonkey]

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But anyways, the main theory is the marriage theory. It makes the most sense.

Except that it doesn't match up 100%.


The only thing that DOES make sense, is that they are doing multiple things.

My guess is that they are matching drives to Xboxes, but it seems they are also checking the C drive. I say the latter, because it is the only thing that makes sense about my friends Xbox, which was recently banned.

He put in his 200GB before I put in either of my Xboxs' latest drives, so if he was banned under the marriage theory, then it fails to explain my situation.

The only difference between our Xboxes, is the various programs on them (I have emulators, and he does not), and the location of the boot files. Both his original and his mod were booting off the C drive. My mod does not boot from C.