Post by: * illusion * on August 19, 2003, 09:26:00 AM
Post by: shanafan on August 19, 2003, 09:32:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| There's something strange going on here. So the freakin rumors are true after all.... |
Well the rumors are true. Accessing Live with your modchip on will get you banned.
Post by: * illusion * on August 19, 2003, 04:49:00 PM
Post by: shanafan on August 19, 2003, 06:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (* illusion * @ Aug 19 2003, 08:49 PM) |
| No I went on Live with my chip off and got banned. I got banned from hacking PSO files though |
He said he plays Mechassault and Capcom vs SNK. I don't think there are hacked files out for those games.
Post by: * illusion * on August 19, 2003, 07:52:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Ok I guess I'm the first one to go down by accessing Xbox live with my chip turned off.... |
Post by: rzyzzy on August 19, 2003, 08:27:00 PM
Post by: FawnTheGuyver on August 20, 2003, 05:09:00 AM
Post by: travazz on August 20, 2003, 03:51:00 PM
Post by: miggidy on August 20, 2003, 09:41:00 PM
Post by: Mad_Gouki on August 21, 2003, 12:20:00 AM
i bet if you annoy them enough they will give in!
Post by: ahw on August 21, 2003, 03:13:00 AM
Today, with the chip off, PGR won't let me play the cheat profile with my chip off - it says TV Mode 60Hz. I run a PAL machine with the PAL video mode on, apparently in 50Hz (I forgot when I reset my eeprom I had to change the videomode back). Anyway, the point is PGR locked me out of the game because it thought I was using a foreign game save.
2 points for the conspiracy theorists:
1. Have the Classics been modified for this to happen?
2. Would Live check game saves for any game to check they've been hacked, even non-Live games...?
Hmmmmm..........
Post by: ahw on August 22, 2003, 03:28:00 AM
Post by: Videogamebuyer14 on August 22, 2003, 06:48:00 AM
Post by: ChrisF on August 22, 2003, 09:15:00 AM
Post by: CraiZEAH on August 22, 2003, 08:57:00 PM
Post by: Schlauge on August 23, 2003, 07:53:00 AM
| QUOTE (steveshit @ Aug 23 2003, 11:08 AM) |
| he is not the only one with this problem. I got the same prob. Last Thursday I was trying to get online with the modchip deffintely turned off and I was banned aswell. I am using a apple3x modchip and do not have any hacked files on my harddisk. I heared some rumors that MS scans your harddisk and then check it to see if there is anything different about it. Myh problem is solved my buying a new xbox so I do not have to worry again. But there must be more players who have this problem. Maybe MS is starting a big investigation!!!! |
This seems like the only explanation. All MS would have to do is set up a quick scan when you enter live to see if anything is out of the ordinary (like extra files in the c directory)
Post by: andrusk on August 23, 2003, 11:25:00 PM
Post by: assmonkey on August 23, 2003, 11:42:00 PM
then ya fu(ked
Post by: shanafan on August 24, 2003, 12:00:00 AM
| QUOTE (assmonkey @ Aug 24 2003, 03:42 AM) |
| what if they scan for a partion 6(F:) then ya fu(ked |
Which MS does not do right now, so no worries.
Post by: Cartman40 on August 25, 2003, 01:22:00 PM
The switch was still off, I just don't get it. Any ideas? Or more importantly, what the hell can I do about it?!!
Post by: bho76 on August 25, 2003, 01:28:00 PM
Post by: shanafan on August 25, 2003, 06:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (steveshit @ Aug 24 2003, 06:35 AM) |
| I read somewhere in this forum that MS only checks the c: and d: drive but i am not sure of that |
Xbox Live doesn't do a HD scan, yet.
Post by: bearauto on August 26, 2003, 11:19:00 PM
Post by: heinrich on August 27, 2003, 12:42:00 AM
If MS started HD scans, that would mean that a new dash on the xbox to do these scans with. Have anyone one of you claiming to me all of sudden banned, updated your dash? I think not. So its very clear that HD scans is not what is getting people banned.
Post by: * illusion * on August 27, 2003, 12:52:00 PM
Post by: Ces2k3 on August 27, 2003, 01:01:00 PM
Post by: shanafan on August 27, 2003, 01:45:00 PM
| QUOTE (Ces2k3 @ Aug 27 2003, 05:01 PM) |
| well i think every one should just make evox boot in f,by the way where i can find a tut on this i tried serching |
Use XBTool to edit your BIOS to boot the XBE off the F drive
Post by: Ces2k3 on August 27, 2003, 03:48:00 PM
Post by: shanafan on August 27, 2003, 04:39:00 PM
| QUOTE (Ces2k3 @ Aug 27 2003, 07:48 PM) |
| thanks shanafan but i knew that, but is there any thing else i need to do(ie: chage any ini files,and what files are the ones i need to send to f?)the bios part is easy i would just like a nice step by step way of doing it .so if u know exactly how to do it im sure more than enough people will like to know how to do it . thanks oh great shanafan |
Just open your BIOS in XBTool and change the default drive path, entitled "Boot Partitions" in XBTool, to your F drive. That is it
So, put evoxdash.xbe in your F drive and I THINK evox.ini can stay in C:, but that I am not positive about that.
Post by: ChrisF on August 27, 2003, 08:43:00 PM
Post by: Ces2k3 on August 28, 2003, 06:30:00 AM
Post by: loupham on August 28, 2003, 08:42:00 AM
Post by: Ces2k3 on August 28, 2003, 08:46:00 AM
i dont have no xbox live games back up in fear of the new dash,i only back up games that are not xbox live at all just tp prevent the drama
Post by: Ces2k3 on August 28, 2003, 09:29:00 AM
Post by: heinrich on August 29, 2003, 10:15:00 AM
| QUOTE (Ces2k3 @ Aug 28 2003, 01:29 PM) |
| im talking about when the new live 2.0 comes out |
Well, its not out, so its obvious that everyone did something to get banned, and MS is not scanning hard drives.
Post by: ChrisF on August 29, 2003, 12:41:00 PM
| QUOTE (bearauto @ Aug 28 2003, 04:35 PM) | ||
The point is that they all had evox installed on their hard drive...that's sufficient evidence of modding. Anyway, I'm wondering if a non-live game can detect that it's being played with a backup (i.e., the modchip is on) and then report in the next time you DO connect on live. Crazy idea, but why not? |
Well then let them call MS and ask for a reason. MS has to give it to them - you can't deny service owed to someone without a reason. We don't have any idea why they were banned and neither do they. All they have to do is ask.
I sincerely doubt MS is harddrive scanning but any answer MS provides will obviously save many more people from being banned. I don't even care - I don't use Live - I can't believe that not a single person has the sack to make a phone call and ask for a reason. A 5 minute call would shed infinitely more light on the situation and possibly prevent others here from being banned. Are they afraid that some $5 an hour phone rep at MS is going to bitch at them? That's a customer service job, they can't yell or scold (if this is what you and everyone else is afraid of because you "modded your xbox"). But, they can give you an actual reason and they are obligated to do so.
Post by: shanafan on August 29, 2003, 01:12:00 PM
Post by: miggidy on August 29, 2003, 09:58:00 PM
I've been very busy as of late....
I'll let you guys know what happens, hope the fuckers don't ask me to send my Xbox over.....
Just to let you guys know, I have Evox installed using Slayers Installer.
Not sure where the installer, installs it.
Depending on what I can work out with Billy,
I'll try installing a new Eeprom on my hdd.
Now if I get banned again, then you guys know there's definately something going on....
Post by: miggidy on August 29, 2003, 10:17:00 PM
| QUOTE (bearauto @ Aug 28 2003, 04:35 PM) |
| The point is that they all had evox installed on their hard drive...that's sufficient evidence of modding. Anyway, I'm wondering if a non-live game can detect that it's being played with a backup (i.e., the modchip is on) and then report in the next time you DO connect on live. Crazy idea, but why not? |
I'm wondering the same thing bro.
I play Meccassault quite often while I'm offline.
With the chip both enabled or disabled.
Fuck! I just remembered that my Xbox Live had been actin up in the days leading to me getting banned.
I had problems logging onto Live because Live's servers couldn't recognise my Xbox's IP address. The only way I could get connected was to go into the connection settings in the Live dash and change the IP connection detection settings to "automatic"....
It worked this way for 2 days until I was eventually banned.
I'm wonderin if anyone else who was banned experienced this same shit....
Post by: bearauto on August 30, 2003, 12:26:00 AM
Post by: shanafan on August 30, 2003, 12:29:00 AM
| QUOTE (bearauto @ Aug 30 2003, 04:26 AM) |
| I don't understand how people are getting banned when they never accessed LIVE with modchip ON... |
Too much of this:
I have been using my modded Xbox with this current EEPROM since December. Haven't been banned yet, and I am careful.
Post by: bearauto on August 30, 2003, 11:47:00 AM
| QUOTE (shanafan @ Aug 30 2003, 12:29 AM) | ||
Too much of this: I have been using my modded Xbox with this current EEPROM since December. Haven't been banned yet, and I am careful. |
LOL well, all I know is, my network cable is NOT plugged in...if I want to go LIVE, I'll plug it in and make sure my modchip is off.
Post by: fewl` on August 30, 2003, 11:52:00 AM
| QUOTE (bearauto @ Aug 30 2003, 08:47 PM) | ||||
LOL well, all I know is, my network cable is NOT plugged in...if I want to go LIVE, I'll plug it in and make sure my modchip is off. |
Yup I also do the same, unplug it after I finish playing xbl
Post by: xVanWildeRx on September 01, 2003, 12:54:00 PM
Post by: RMF on September 01, 2003, 02:54:00 PM
Good luck.
Post by: Sir Auros on September 01, 2003, 08:15:00 PM
Post by: assmonkey on September 01, 2003, 08:35:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Yes, MS is very helpful on the phone, even when I had a controller problem |