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[HSDEMONZ]

Fortunately.. not everyone is as ill informed.

Like SmartXx and Xenium before it.. not all of their functions and uses were clearly evident at initial release.

Some functions will be revealed and released to the general public shortly. In the meantime.. for some people.. having 4MB to flash what is typically only a 256k image is overkill.. but then again.. if that is all people needed.. even the other current chips aren't needed.

Buying ANY current modchip is about choice of options.. gimmicks etc.

Also.. expect some interesting uses and features with the 2mb sram included on the chip.

I suspect.. that shortly a segment of the dev community might be flocking to this chip for some of it's advanced options.

that's not to say that the other current chips can't or won't/don't offer the functions.  Simply stating that some people are daming this chip without even had tried it.  Ignorance is bliss.

My sample failed.. however.. other staff have had no issues with the chip.. and it is working as advertised.

Also.. there is a special group of people.. that is working on some of these feature that will come later/shortly.  many/most of you have already used stuff produced by them.  This stuff.. will definitely appeal to at least a portion of the xs community.

What we don't need in this forum.. or the others is fanboys waving flags and yelling and screaming about long waits.. and how a product isn't worth someones time. People will make that decision on their own.

If you have decided to not use a chip by whatever company.. especially without having tried it.. that's your decision.  However.. entering a forum.. and simply blowing hot air because you like another product and dislike this company and this past issues/delays/policy.. is a waste of your time and ours.. and a waste of space in this forum.

[kingroach]

lol I want a chip that will somehow enable externel tv card support to xbox so then if xbmc make some improvemnts then I might be able to watch my tv through xbox then record it with xbmc ( windows port of xbmc can do it) and then i will see which company can comeout with something that play latest games, run softwares, play all consoles games( expect PS2 n GC), record tv broadcast and can out HDTV.

[HSDEMONZ]

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lol I want a chip that will somehow enable externel tv card support to xbox so

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do a search on the site for "dreamix"

You'll laugh and cry..

[twisted.penguin]

QUOTE (HSDEMONZ @ Jun 19 2004, 11:29 PM)

Some functions will be revealed and released to the general public shortly. In the meantime.. for some people.. having 4MB to flash what is typically only a 256k image is overkill.. but then again.. if that is all people needed.. even the other current chips aren't needed.

When I was first getting into modding, I (Like everyone else) Bought myself an Xecuter 2.3b Lite, thinking it would be the best chip. After realising that I'd never use all of the fetures, I sold it, and made myself a "Cheapmod" chip. Never have been happier. Unles your devoloping, or doing some other Strange things on the xbox, you dont have the need for a chip with a higher capacity of 256k, but you still will buy a bigger brand chip, because the fanboy death squad told you to.

[christineyoung]

hsdemonz: I like you reply, but find this strange, even though you received a sample and it failed and your other testers received and no issues, why did you not update the review to state this, i know you are awaiting new chip.   But find it discouraging since i have mine and had a  few issues like yours but resolved.  Notible the black connector is cheap, but needs a slight adjustment to the solderless adapter.

This is just a modchip war, the more power the better it is supposed to be, but in essence all majority of testesr need is just something to load a hacked bios on.  Everything in 4th generation is overkill.

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Also.. there is a special group of people.. that is working on some of these feature that will come later/shortly. many/most of you have already used stuff produced by them. This stuff.. will definitely appeal to at least a portion of the xs community.

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So who is behind features eventually coming out!!!!

I'm an original Xecuter FAN, but with recent delays and not much more in X3, I wanted something new and different and didn't care must for the LCD support by SmartXX, Xenium.......and saw something different SRAM, which is driving me crazy.

BTW, as you state in your review the PC software is very user freindly, actually i never even read manual till after i tried it and guess what i have learned all by my self all its features, very userfreindly.

Now to wait on eb2k or a group to release a OS for this chip.

[HSDEMONZ]

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hsdemonz: I like you reply, but find this strange, even though you received a sample and it failed and your other testers received and no issues

Because this was MY review.  I'm not going to push 3rd hand reviews in my own review. (they are also free to do a review)

I will however folllow-up my reivew when the replacements arrive.  I am fair.. and EB has even told me it was a fair review given the circumstances.  No one wants to write a bad review.. and I'm sure they didn't want to see one on the launch of their chip.

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This is just a modchip war, the more power the better it is supposed to be, but in essence all majority of testesr need is just something to load a hacked bios on. Everything in 4th generation is overkill.

Overkill.. yup.  Doesn't mean some of us still don't love 'em

Andy's Cheapmod still has a home in a retired (but functional) xbox. Same with a 29 Wire one. For me.. current chips are not about what they offer me.. as I can survive quite nicely with oldschool methods. I do have customers though.. and they clamour for the next big thing. (which changes from season to season as you well know.

Back to the topic of WAR.. As new chips/features go.. we have Xenium, Smartxx, and EB's X-Chip to an extent. Xecuter will launch retail shortly.. and "apparently" after that Team Ankorah wil "release" their chip. (reason for quotes. is that they said they would wait until x3 shipped)

So.. all of these big name chip manufacturers are not trying to get your attention. Nothing wrong with that.. as long as their hardware works.

I'd like to remind people however.. this is a technical and general help and discussion forum.. aimed at helping an X-Chip user with their chip.  Feel free to promote non-X-Chip ideas in the other reletive forums.

[randomidiot]

I think the main issue with "X-Chip" is that its from Easybuy2000. These people are notorius for delayed shipping, damaged peices, and so on. They are also liars. Last year when I bought my modchip there, after waiting 2 weeks for them to ship it, I started called. Every time I'd call they'd say, "It will be shipped tommorow", and tommorow would come, and it still wasn't shipped. They did that like 5 times to me.

[bucko]

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I think the main issue with "X-Chip" is that its from Easybuy2000. These people are notorius for delayed shipping, damaged peices, and so on. They are also liars. Last year when I bought my modchip there, after waiting 2 weeks for them to ship it, I started called. Every time I'd call they'd say, "It will be shipped tommorow", and tommorow would come, and it still wasn't shipped. They did that like 5 times to me.

That's why I never bought my X2.1Lite from there. However I'm sure there will be some more resellers of the X-CHIP. It's VERY limited if it's only selled on one site, your just not going to get any buisness considering all the bad remarks EB2K get (from what i've read).

I think they have done very well in this X-Chip though, and the review is good. Funny how everyone thought (including me for a while) how it was never going to be released, then EB2K shocked everyone and bang there it is. Fully working mod chip, all is I can say is good luck EB2K and get some more resellers.

[bucko]

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First of all we have NEVER scammed anyone. The only problems we have had in past was due to stock issues. It was a simple supply and demand issues. The manufacture was not able to keep up with demand and then there were delays with the product. However if we charged a customer for a product then we shipped that product when stock was ready. We are sorry for any past mistakes and will try our best for them not to happen again.

Maybe now they produce your own mod chip stock issues won't be a problem

[randomidiot]

QUOTE (Easybuy2000 @ Jun 22 2004, 02:49 PM)

First of all we have NEVER scammed anyone. The only problems we have had in past was due to stock issues. It was a simple supply and demand issues. The manufacture was not able to keep up with demand and then there were delays with the product. However if we charged a customer for a product then we shipped that product when stock was ready. We are sorry for any past mistakes and will try our best for them not to happen again.

Well, I am not really trying to say you are scammers, I did eventually get my order. The thing is, THE SITE SAID THE PRODUCT WAS IN STOCK, READY TO SHIP WHEN I PLACED MY ORDER. If someone is in stock, it doesn't take a month to ship.

[randomidiot]

QUOTE (Easybuy2000 @ Jun 23 2004, 01:35 PM)

Sometimes the website does not get updated as it should. This has happened in the past. However we are doing our best that it does not happen again. We are trying to keep the website updated with the latest information at all times. Everybody will get their product shipped but if there are stock issues then there will be delays. As on now we have plenty of X-Chips in stock and we are only shipping money orders until the CC system is back online. I will continue to post here in this forum to inform our customers if there are any issues with stock or shipping. However when members post and state we scam people and take their money and not ship anything in return well this is NOT true. We have never done this. I just want to set the record straight. We have departments that handle customer service issues and if the customer is still not satisfied well you can always post here with your order number and I promise I will do my best to fix the issue. Many times it's just a miss communication issue that is easily fixed.

Well, you guys aren't really scammers, and I never said you were. I did eventually get my item, and it worked fine. It wasn't the delay I minded, it was that I was told over and over and over that it would be shipped, and it never was. Atleast you guys are trying to get things to the way they should be. I need a GBA flashcart, maybe, just maybe I'll try you guys again(definetly if I got a discount, heh).

[Llamma]

QUOTE (christineyoung @ Jun 20 2004, 02:17 PM)

I'm an original Xecuter FAN, but with recent delays and not much more in X3, I wanted something new and different

You have got to be kidding right ?

[jjff8844]

bump

[twisted.penguin]

Well upon recieving my Xchip, I've nothing really bad to say about it, I really like it, and it has all the fetures I'll ever need. Thoguh I didnt buy it through EZB2k, so I dont know what to say about them, but the product is good.