Here's the final update on this project:
The NME 2.5 chip was never to be. Team Underdog apparently couldn't get it to work with the motherboard, so they scrapped the project and decided to update the 2.0 and release those over the next 2 weeks.
Because I already bought my chip from GoCyberShop, they said I could wait for the new 2.0 chip, or send my 'box to them for a flash. I decided enough time had been wasted and mailed my 360 a little over a week ago, and it's about 4 days from getting back.
Either way, I'm not too happy. Mailing to Canada for a flash costs about $25 - $30 (so it wasn't free), when you could spend about what the chip and shipping costs to buy a sata cable and sata card and flash the drive yourself. Soldering was something I wanted to do, but if I had a desktop, I definitely would have flashed now that I've seen the ups and downs to chipping/flashing.
Apologies to anyone now and in the future who was hoping this would aid them in accomplishing the same task.
This post has been edited by Diashi: Feb 23 2009, 09:45 AM