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[cena4ever]

yeah it may be good for certain drives but, its still no safer. i do believe the last chip was suppose to be ban proof also but guess what it was discovered and the consoles were banned just like the softmod

[telo{+}]

Agreed, they clearly have little knowledge of Live and bannings. Which is to be expected when copying someone else's work.

I emailed them the day the initial bannings started asking if they knew what was going on and if their chip was safe from bannings. No response, so I emailed them once a week for a month, no responses.

I've been around long enough to know that this 'team' is a couple tools who have no idea how a business works (develop YOUR OWN product, and then SUPPORT it), they are just trying to get money.

[nha]

QUOTE(telo{+} @ Oct 29 2007, 08:42 PM)

I emailed them the day the initial bannings started asking if they knew what was going on and if their chip was safe from bannings. No response, so I emailed them once a week for a month, no responses.

Exactly the same here - I ended up removing the chip and going 100% legal as these guys are worse than MS when it comes to support and charges. I rather support MS because of guys like this!

This post has been edited by nha: Oct 29 2007, 08:28 PM

[Tk_hom3r]

so which one is better the passkey or this one?... i have a 79FK drive

[Bubbalynch]

QUOTE(Tk_hom3r @ Oct 29 2007, 09:09 PM)

so which one is better the passkey or this one?... i have a 79FK drive

Anything is better than the PassKey from the comments I've read...

[ydgmms]

QUOTE(cena4ever @ Oct 29 2007, 01:02 PM)

yeah it may be good for certain drives but, its still no safer. i do believe the last chip was suppose to be ban proof also but guess what it was discovered and the consoles were banned just like the softmod (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I don't believe anyone has ever said anything about being 'ban' proof.

They offer Live protection in the form of, 1)Chip that turns off with originals (come on, you're going on Live with originals RIGHT?) and 2) An optional wire that will disable the network port(now disables the USB port too for WLAN) when a backup is inserted.

They don't say 'u'll never get banned - end of story'. They say, 'we offer these protective measures if you choose to install them.'

[cena4ever]

QUOTE(ydgmms @ Oct 29 2007, 07:03 PM)

I don't believe anyone has ever said anything about being 'ban' proof.

They offer Live protection in the form of, 1)Chip that turns off with originals (come on, you're going on Live with originals RIGHT?) and 2) An optional wire that will disable the network port(now disables the USB port too for WLAN) when a backup is inserted.

They don't say 'u'll never get banned - end of story'. They say, 'we offer these protective measures if you choose to install them.'

well maybe banproof is not the word i was looking for.they make it seem like your system will be undectable with this modchip because it disables the network port when backups are used. that has been proven that ms can still detect your system is playing backups by  the systems memory cache or? which means systems will be banned if the network port is disabled or not.you can argue all you want that this chip is great but all it is an alternative to modding drives that require the passkey it has no advantages over a softmod period.

This post has been edited by cena4ever: Yesterday, 12:36 AM

[Iriez]

QUOTE(ydgmms @ Oct 28 2007, 09:24 PM)

Had the NME2.0 come out less than 24hours before iXtreme BenQ, would you say the same? ...Nope.

Uh, seeing that we made it public that a release was soon, I would 100% still say the same. But, thanks for assuming...tool.

[Iriez]

QUOTE(bucko @ Oct 29 2007, 08:32 AM)

Nice, finally a DVD mod chip that is worth having, if I was to have a backup 360 then I would probably install this in case I ever wanted to go on Live with original games in a full retail environment (non hacked firmware).

I really dont understand why people think this is a safer alternative.

...Its really not.

I think people presume that since there is a physical device instead of rewriting the dvd-rom's bios, that it adds more protection.

It does not.

Its very surprising that people still think with this mentality when the xbox1 has already explained this all for us. Do you think that modchips offered more protection? Because they didnt. They were banned from xblive just like TSOP flashes were.

The entire point is that modchips are not needed for xbox360. Not in any way shape or form, as of right now. Everything that can be done with a modchip, is actually done *better* by a internal firmware change. If you guys think the security is better on the chip, then you should research more.

As for disabling of the lan, so what? What happens when there is a kernal update that attempts to read upon boot? Disabling the lan aint gonna help you a bit there. But the protection in ixtreme has many, many safeguards that NME does not.

This post has been edited by Iriez: Yesterday, 02:14 AM

[Hopeful]

So I guess this is the 'revolutionary' announcement that was 'so big' they had to make an announcement about the announcement?

...What a joke

[windex42]

So, I'm thinking this would be the perfect solution for me.  I'd like input on if i'm right or wrong.  
I've got this 360 that was modded just fine, ran great, i tried flashing a new upgraded firmware and bricked my hitachi drive.  right now i've got the chip de soldered, and the programmer i bought is defective.  thats a lot of money thrown at this problem so far.  to me, it sounds like this would be the solution i've been looking for, i could install the mod chip even with my blank bios and it would run, right?  the only problem i'd have is that it would act bricked if my nme-360 chip was disabled.  let me know your thoughts, or let me know if you have a programmer and would be willing to flash my chip.  Thanks.

[Sick0]

QUOTE(Iriez @ Oct 30 2007, 03:05 AM)

The entire point is that modchips are not needed for xbox360. Not in any way shape or form, as of right now. Everything that can be done with a modchip, is actually done *better* by a internal firmware change.

Ok if that is so, then tell me this, how am I going to flash my 79FL drive without a chip? I am very interested to do that without soldering a chip ...

[caster420]

QUOTE(Sick0 @ Oct 30 2007, 05:24 AM)

Ok if that is so, then tell me this, how am I going to flash my 79FL drive without a chip? I am very interested to do that without soldering a chip ...

 

You can't but thats not what Iriez was referring to.  You use a chip for a v79 (the one you're talking about anyways) to enable read/writing of the drive.  Then you flash it with hacked firmware.  It is not a patch on the fly solution, which is what Iriez is talking about.

 

Caster.

[knodi]

Every single person that went on LIVE with the original NME got banned. When the ban hammer rolls out again this will be no different with the new NME.

c4e's firmware is better and its free.

[psychy]

QUOTE(cena4ever @ Oct 29 2007, 08:02 PM)

I emailed them the day the initial bannings started asking if they knew what was going on and if their chip was safe from bannings. No response, so I emailed them once a week for a month, no responses.

I've been around long enough to know that this 'team' is a couple tools who have no idea how a business works (develop YOUR OWN product, and then SUPPORT it), they are just trying to get money.

same problem here. no support.
bought a nme chip. didn't work. burned a lot of different dvds with different writers, none worked. absolutely no support from these dogs (maybe they had no time because of... "1000s of hours of research and programming" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) ... then i removed the damn nme chip, flashed the drive, retried the dvds i had already burned: and this time every single copy was working.

so in my opinion team underdog sucks bad. just try to avoid them. then if you encounter an issue... it will be all yours.

This post has been edited by psychy: Yesterday, 04:45 PM