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[thebuffman]

QUOTE(kyrail5427 @ Jan 14 2005, 01:39 AM)

Ok I just wanted to be sure. I Have a original xbox version 1.0 and I installed a smartxx chip, a wd 160 gig hd and have never been on XBL. Now if i'm understanding this right I should be able to get onto xbox live since I have never been on xbox live before.  Just trying to get this figured out before I sign up. Thanks again

[Sybatical]

QUOTE(thebuffman @ Jan 14 2005, 02:10 AM)

I've found a lot of people crying that they never went on xlive and then got banned etc etc etc, but what a lot of folks are missing is that these games now-a-days are LIVE ENABLED GAMES.  What that means is even though you have "do not automatically connect to xlive" selected in your M$ dashboard configuration, when you pop in that madden 2k5 or halo2 or Rainbow 3, your xbox connects up to M$ servers regardless if you have a network cable plugged into your box.

[thebuffman]

ummmm thats what i just said.  if you have a network cable plugged into your xbox, an xbox live enabled game will connect up regardless of whether or not you have "automatically sign" in disabled.

[kyrail5427]

Thanks I just now recieved dsl before now it was good old dial-up so I know its never connected to xbox live before now.

[Lord Magnus]

You should be fine. Go for it!

Edit:

Ps: Lock your HD if you haven't.

[Lord Magnus]

QUOTE(kyrail5427 @ Jan 14 2005, 04:40 AM)

So a game will connect to xbl even if you don't use xboxlive and the network cable is connected?

[Lord Magnus]

He was talking about a game connecting to Live even without the cat 5 cable connected.
I just thought it was funny to think about the idea of M$ being able to ban an xbox withouth one.

Also, about the Auto Connect thing... all the last dashboards updates that M$ has been doing do turn your auto connect to yes automatically without asking a thing. It was discovered by someone in this forums when tsunami was coming out in its first phase.

[kyrail5427]

So X2 4983.06 bios takes and stops games from using the network when you are in your mod dashboard. Does it keep you from using back up games on xlink or xbconnect.

[Snake201]

IF what you guys say is true, that it will no matter sign u in how about put a password to the account like that you have time to recginze if your chip is of or on.

[Lord Magnus]

QUOTE(kyrail5427 @ Jan 15 2005, 03:13 PM)

So X2 4983.06 bios takes and stops games from using the network when you are in your mod dashboard. Does it keep you from using back up games on xlink or xbconnect.

[Gumba]

QUOTE(thebuffman @ Jan 14 2005, 03:23 PM)

I just double checked it and my statement is false:

Automatically sign-on has to be enabled.
Network connectivity to the Xbox.
A live enabled game in the dvd tray.

This is all that is needed.  Unaware to me I had auto sign in enabled.  Strange though because I set it to disabled a long time ago.  I don't know if something got reset when it goes through its clock reset routine every now and then. 

auto-signin gets re-enabled when the dash is updated. new games will auto-update the dash. new dvds will auto-update the dash, xbl will  auto-update the dash.

ergo, to not get banned, you MUST use a live blocking bios.

[feet14]

A more reliable method of preventing live connections is to keep your account on a memory card only and pull it out when booting with modchip on. There are 3rd party memory cards which are a lot cheaper than the M$ version. Also, a USB memory stick with an Xbox->USB adapter will work like a memory card.

[Gumba]

QUOTE(feet14 @ Jan 16 2005, 04:56 PM)

A more reliable method of preventing live connections is to keep your account on a memory card only and pull it out when booting with modchip on. There are 3rd party memory cards which are a lot cheaper than the M$ version. Also, a USB memory stick with an Xbox->USB adapter will work like a memory card.

[feet14]

QUOTE(Gumba @ Jan 16 2005, 04:12 PM)

Well, anything which requires manual user intervention is liable to fail due to human error