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[chimpanzee]

"A" - nice to have feature but I can't see real pratical, simply personal preference
"B" - again is a nice to have feature as power on/off/eject is not that hard to press.
"C" - With XSelect, I can also have quite some control of what dash to start and their location
"D" - This is the advantage I see that really is lacking(limitation) of softmod, easily turn off modding.

I can do almost all the thing you mentioned(except D) in softmod, may be in different way but achieve the same result.

As for convenience, what is more convenient that carrying MechAssault and a memory unit with the softmod setup(ltools) in it ? I can mod any Xbox I see.

[ferrari_rulz_02]

i think it would be best if we leave this discussion at what ever we feel like doing/what were comfortable with. ig go a chip anytime, but other prefer softmod.

[bipolardragon]

QUOTE (ferrari_rulz_02 @ Nov 26 2004, 10:29 AM)

i think it would be best if we leave this discussion at what ever we feel like doing/what were comfortable with. ig go a chip anytime, but other prefer softmod.

That is very wise, especially when, this is the start of a flame war, saying which is better. All it comes down is preferrence. Go banana

[slappy_squirel]

QUOTE (memonopo @ Nov 25 2004, 01:31 PM)

I have a couple of suggestions as to why a modchip is better, but having done both for many people, I would say they each have their application. When I refer to a modchip, I am referring to the Xenium specifically which I have had GREAT success with. Ditto with ltools on the softmod. An advantage of a modchip over softmod the ability to easily edit and upload the bios. Practical Uses in my situation: A - I don't have to watch the XBOX startup animation (and annoying sound effects) every time I turn on the Box, I've edited it out. B - the DVD drive doesn't boot first by default, which means if a game or movie is left in the drive, it doesn't start when I cut the Box on. C - I can put my dashboard ANYWHERE I want to, and change it in the BIOS in a minute, instead of E:\Dashboard, C:\xboxdash.xbe, C:\evox etc etc. In other words, total control over the boot process. D - If I want the retail MS BIOS, I just select it in my modchip menu (by default or on the fly). The softmod requires you to own the exploitable game and load the save to go back to the mod if you disable it. Another advantage of a modchip is that you can put in any drive while it is unlocked and lock/unlock it. When you upgrade to a larger size drive or switch drives around - you are a click of the controller away. An advantage to the Xenium (and possibly other chips) is that I have uncorruptable FTP, SMB (windows network browsing), and HTTP access from it's OS which takes two seconds to load VS a minute or two from an exploit save if something goes wrong. You can setup an entire XBOX while still in the Xenium OS. In short, the modchip is great for the advanced user, the user who wants complete control, and the user who plans on doing mods for other people. Like anything else good in life, it takes a little more investment up front, but yields more rewards long term. Softmods are great for extra Boxes in the same house, friends, family, co-workers, and people who don't have any money to buy a modchip or larger HD. PS - With Ltools, you can back the EEPROM and HD password on to a memory stick by copying the game save off the HD that is created after your initial backup. As long as you have your EEPROM and/or HD password, you can get out of any jam using Ltools XBOXHDM. In other words, you can mod any Box, anywhere, without FTP access. Yeah baby! Any way you go, you win!

All the advantages that you just named still sound like personal preference to me

Point A Flubber never bothered me ( you can also edit a bios and make it BMF and use in ltools AFAIK)
Point B I hardly ever use disks pushing reset again never presented a problem to me
Point C As long as my dash works I'm happy
Point D I just select msdash in evox and I bought mech assult and 007 AUF for $20 total


As I said I have a chip in mines but I dont think that its better than a softmod
Nor do I think a softmod is superior

I think there is room in the world for both methods and what ever works the best for any particular person is cool

[ferrari_rulz_02]

well there must be something good goign for both techniques, as about half of teh peopel use one method,a nd teh rest use teh other.

[bipolardragon]

Dude, only about 10% of modders soft mod. Thats is not to say that the other methods are better, it is just that people looking to mod, type into google "xbox mod" see a site to buy a mod chip and buy it, not many people do their homework these days and that is sad.

[ferrari_rulz_02]

ok, so i waz a hell of  alot off on the stats. it just seems liek theres a sorta equal amount of people who softmod compared to chip.

so the majority cant be wrong, can they?

chipping is for me