Topic: Marriage Theory 101 (Read 1352 times)

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #75 on:** February 05, 2005, 04:00:00 AM »

QUOTE(MyS2006 @ Feb 5 2005, 05:32 PM)

okay i found a segate that i had in my box stock hdd when i upgraded my HDD so if i install that on his box then his current gamertag should be fine?

yepp

chuckalicious · « **Reply #76 on:** February 07, 2005, 03:01:00 AM »

Just to update this. I signed up to Live at the weekend, with a modded box (with a blocking bios) and a new HDD. I have not yet been banned.

CGMneon · « **Reply #77 on:** February 07, 2005, 08:34:00 PM »

Hi all. I've been away from Live for about three months now and I just wanted to summarize what I think I've read here before I just jump back on and get banned.

I joined Xbox Live in July 2004. I bought a second Xbox (v1.6) just to do it because my Xecutor1 chip could not be turned off. Then I upgraded both my Xboxes to have SmartXX modchips because this new chip could be turned off and the Xbox could play on Live. I then put my gamertag on my original Xbox (v1.0) and gave away the second Xbox I had purchased to my brother.

So here I am in August 2004 on Live using my v1.0 Xbox with a 160 gig hard drive. Everything is great. In September 2004 I upgraded to a new hard drive with 250 gigs of space. In October 2004 I had to pack away my Xbox, only to return to it now in early February 2005 with much confusion on the scene.

Bottom Line: Xbox probably "married" my EEPROM to my 160 gig hard drive. By upgrading hard drives in September 2004, I would definately be banned if I tried to logon to Live today with the 250 gig HD.

Correct? Thanks for any responses in advance.

chuckalicious · « **Reply #78 on:** February 08, 2005, 01:46:00 AM »

I think that would be correct. Because the hardware has changed from the original signed kit, you'll be caught, however I can't remember when they started doing this, so you may have escaped it, but I doubt it.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #79 on:** February 08, 2005, 04:44:00 AM »

QUOTE(chuckalicious @ Feb 8 2005, 06:45 PM)

I think that would be correct. Because the hardware has changed from the original signed kit, you'll be caught, however I can't remember when they started doing this, so you may have escaped it, but I doubt it.

i think its all about timing. when did they start the marrige thing? i think you are a bit late, and your stuck with the old hard drive

Gumba · « **Reply #80 on:** February 08, 2005, 06:42:00 PM »

The marriages seemed to be started circa July 2004.

You might want to try getting a new eeprom before going back online. That might be good enough.

sniper666 · « **Reply #81 on:** February 08, 2005, 07:04:00 PM »

Thought i would post here bc its related to xbox live i have a harddrive that is banned and has evox on it, i have brought a new virgin and eeprom hdd i want to be able to just like instead of using the one hdd i want to use one for modding and the other fr xboxlive is there away to do this? also if i need to make a switch could nebody guide me to a tutorial

thanks so much in advance

CGMneon · « **Reply #82 on:** February 08, 2005, 11:22:00 PM »

Thanks for the replies, gang.
I ended up buying a new, factory-sealed Xbox on eBay last night with the "Buy It Now" feature for $115 (plus $20 for shipping). I did this not just to avoid messing up Live on my existing Xbox (I guess I'll just forget about that) but also to see to it that no harm is done to my Xbox Live Gamertag. My receiver has more inputs than I know what to do with so I should have no problems.

CGMneon · « **Reply #83 on:** February 09, 2005, 09:33:00 AM »

Well, I got screwed trying to buy a new Xbox on eBay.
Despite listing the system as "new" and "factory sealed," I got an e-mail from the seller, saying "oh, yeah you don't want it. it's actually broken. I'll refund your money next month" after I Paypalled him my money.
So I'm suddenly really interested in the "get new eeprom" idea again.
eeprom.bin is what I'm looking for right? This is just software that I upload to my Xbox hard drive after removing the original eeprom? I was reading one of the tutorials on this site and that was how it appeared. I thought for sure that eeprom was something that I needed to weld to my motherboard. But I just need to buy a new eeprom from someone on this site? (Is there other means of getting a new eeprom?)

Gumba · « **Reply #84 on:** February 09, 2005, 06:23:00 PM »

QUOTE(CGMneon @ Feb 9 2005, 04:32 PM)

Well, I got screwed trying to buy a new Xbox on eBay.
Despite listing the system as "new" and "factory sealed," I got an e-mail from the seller, saying "oh, yeah you don't want it. it's actually broken. I'll refund your money next month" after I Paypalled him my money.
So I'm suddenly really interested in the "get new eeprom" idea again.
eeprom.bin is what I'm looking for right? This is just software that I upload to my Xbox hard drive after removing the original eeprom? I was reading one of the tutorials on this site and that was how it appeared. I thought for sure that eeprom was something that I needed to weld to my motherboard. But I just need to buy a new eeprom from someone on this site? (Is there other means of getting a new eeprom?)

The usual means is to buy one from zodiiak in the b/s/t forum

eeproms are chips, but what you're actually buying is the 256 bytes of data stored in one.

When you get your money back (if) remember to report the guy.

CGMneon · « **Reply #85 on:** February 09, 2005, 07:11:00 PM »

QUOTE(Gumba @ Feb 9 2005, 04:22 PM)

eeproms are chips, but what you're actually buying is the 256 bytes of data stored in one.

Thanks for the reply, Gumba.
I took a closer look at the tutorials section. Looks like I would have to do some soldering to put the new eeprom on the motherboard.
Soldering is something that's I'm afraid of doing. That's probably why I'll just get a new Xbox (eventually). I appreciate the tip, though.

And yes, I will report the eBay seller who screwed me.

Gumba · « **Reply #86 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:44:00 AM »

No, when you buy an "eeprom" from someone on X-S you will get a 256 byte .bin file. You flash the EEPROM on your motherboard with that .bin file using ConfigMagic or some other program.

You do not normally buy actual physical eeprom chips from people unless you buy from an ebay auction or something crazy

No soldering should be required.

Note, the EEPROM is different to the TSOP (which is a 1MB flash chip)

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #87 on:** February 14, 2005, 01:19:00 AM »

QUOTE(Gumba @ Feb 10 2005, 05:43 PM)

No, when you buy an "eeprom" from someone on X-S you will get a 256 byte .bin file. You flash the EEPROM on your motherboard with that .bin file using ConfigMagic or some other program.

You do not normally buy actual physical eeprom chips from people unless you buy from an ebay auction or something crazy

No soldering should be required.

Note, the EEPROM is different to the TSOP (which is a 1MB flash chip)

thats right. when you buy it, you get teh file. then just ftp it to your xbox, run config magic, and flash the eeprom, and your done

Devastator36 · « **Reply #88 on:** February 15, 2005, 04:50:00 PM »

ok you probably answered this but ive been trying to follow everything thats been said and i just wanted to clear things up when i was originally banned i still hade the original xbox hdd, i hade the xenium ice with slayers evox installed. i think someone might have signed in to XBL with the mod chip on or i accidenty screwed up to eeprom when i installed slayers. but i have since installed a new 200 gig hdd and was wondering that if i got a new eeprom, is there anything else i could or should do to insure that i dont get rebanned on XBL other then leave the Chip off?

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #89 on:** February 17, 2005, 02:43:00 AM »

well id say with a new eeprom, you would be safe. i cant see why you would be banned

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