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[KazuyaWaruasobi]

I bought my Xbox at launch but it died recently, so I was hoping that i'd be able to get a V1.1 since it has a better DVD drive and is quiter. I ordered a Matrix (I wonder what will get here first: my chip of the x2 BIOS) since it will be compatible with V1.1, but had a few questions.

1) Is an updated BIOS all the Matrix needs to be V1.1 compatible?

2) I want to use colormod, ybox, and noani features. Will I just have to wait for the EvoX team to make a V1.1 BIOS and then wait some more for the community to put out some designer BIOSs?

3) Theoretically: if I put Xbox V1.0's Western Digital HD in V1.1, would it cause any problems?

Thanks.

[Cornholio]

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2. Yes, though such customisation using programs like fancbox may be more difficult because of the hash check.

Actually, AFAIK the only thing different about the 1.1 is the key. So all that should be needed is to encode the BIOS with the correct key.

Since fancbox requires you to place the key in it's ini file, that should work too, with the correct 1.1 key.

Of course until someone who knows this key releases the info, this is all speculation. But I do wonder why this hasn't been done already. It's been stated in several places that it was no harder to find than the 1.0 key - so why is there not a 1.1 BIOS already ?

[Havok]

QUOTE (KazuyaWaruasobi @ Nov 11 2002, 09:48 AM)

I bought my Xbox at launch but it died recently, so I was hoping that i'd be able to get a V1.1 since it has a better DVD drive and is quiter

                                    This is just outright WRONG!! You can still get a crappy drive in a v1.1 XBOX!!!!

[KazuyaWaruasobi]

Everything i've read states that the new Xbox's have a better DVD drive, and a quiter Seagate drive. Is M$ just throwing better DVD drives into random Xboxs?