OK, a few things. Awhile back, someone was asking about using the Platinum version of a game... let it be known, you can only use the original version of the MechAssault game - both the Game of the Year edition and the Greatest hits version are fixed to not allow these save games to do their thing (get a used version, check the laser serial number on the back... I don't remember the exact numbers of good vs. bad, but I know the "bad" has 08 near the end, while the "good" has 01... I'm sure if you search for it, you'll find the exact codes).
Next - to the guy asking about putting in the new HDD... you have to flash your BIOS first, otherwise when you put in your HDD, the Xbox will whine at you. If I'm wrong about this, my most sincere apologies, but I'm under the distinct impression that until you flash your BIOS, putting in a different HDD will cause problems (since the new HDD won't know what to do with the game).
Lastly... I decided to get an Xbox... and I'm a bit of a geek so I decided to see what there was that could be done to make it ... "better." Now, I've found all these posts, and read all this stuff, and there's some great tutorials, but here's my issue... I have a v1.6 Xbox and I don't want to use a modchip. What the hell do I do to flash my BIOS? I've heard you can't use the "old" versions of various BIOSes, they don't work with the new video encoder (?). If you've got links, etc to another site, please please please help me out and post them here. I've got minor issues reaching about 90% of the sites that have to do with Xbox (I don't have internet at home ATM and my work blocks all sites that have to do with Games, among other things), but if enough get posted, one of them is bound to work for me.
Anyway, this is a great tutorial, I have no doubt if I had an older box I'd be able to do all this in about 12 seconds... but of course I had to get a new one and I'm at an impasse... so any help is appreciated.
Ciao!
