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Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: lwalker on April 18, 2005, 04:03:00 PM
has any one ???????????
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: lwalker on April 18, 2005, 05:17:00 PM
im thinking of just dling it..............then aggain that couldd be a costly mistake.....
50 for xbl
10 for ephrom
10 for new stock hdd
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: kevhonda on April 18, 2005, 05:19:00 PM
someone sign on and tell me if they are banning people lol im thinking of just signing on myself and seeing but like the post above it could be costly.  I have 5 or 6 eproms im not worried about that its the 1yr sub. to xbl and the HD that worries me!! someone who has tried please post smile.gif
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: FoxRacR17 on April 18, 2005, 05:37:00 PM
me and my friend both have modded xbox and we both got the update and neither one of us has been banned yet.  I'm running a x3 with a 200GB and hes got a x2.6 with 250Gb hdd.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: bruteostrich on April 18, 2005, 05:39:00 PM
Be careful.  When halo 2 came out, I played all day long.  The next day when I signed on it informed me that I was banned.  So, it may not be an instant ban, don't think that you're clear yet.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Lord Magnus on April 18, 2005, 05:48:00 PM
QUOTE(lwalker @ Apr 18 2005, 11:23 PM)
im thinking of just dling it..............then aggain that couldd be a costly mistake.....
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: smack_blitz on April 18, 2005, 05:56:00 PM
took the update here and still good to go!

zenium ice
1.6
80 gb seagate
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: kevhonda on April 19, 2005, 12:29:00 AM
same here i took the update around 7:30 east and its 2:30 now, i let it sit for a while and so far soo good that doesnt really mean anything yet but so far so good smile.gif
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Lord Magnus on April 19, 2005, 01:39:00 AM
more than 8 hs later, after logging off and logging back on, I realized what the sad reality was:

People panic when an update comes... they're afraid of something like H2 day might happen again.
Don't be, if it happens, it will be the very same way it happened before, without anybody knowing what was going on.

I'm still NOT BANNED, by the way... I just thought I'd give it some drama happy.gif
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: KingProzak on April 19, 2005, 08:34:00 AM
Well i got the update yesterday and was playing just fine.

I got up this morning and switched it on to find my machine has been banned.  Absoluely gutted, they fix Halo 2 and now i can't play the bloody thing.

I haven't had my modchip turned on in bloody weeks; i can't understand it.  I don't have an upgraded hard disk either..i wonder if they are scanning machines for things like evox.ini etc.  It wouldn't surprise me.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: KingProzak on April 19, 2005, 08:50:00 AM
No it's a brand new gamertag.  I'm absolutely sick.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Statecowboy on April 19, 2005, 08:52:00 AM
I updated early yesturday and played all day no prob.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: KingProzak on April 19, 2005, 08:53:00 AM
Yeh i updated myself and played till 5 this morning....i turned the machine on again an hour ago and i'm banned.

Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Statecowboy on April 19, 2005, 09:47:00 AM
Did you just reflash a new eeprom or something?  You said its a brand new gt.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: KingProzak on April 19, 2005, 10:16:00 AM
No i got a new gamer tag 'cos my old one was due to expire...never had any problems until today..
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Statecowboy on April 19, 2005, 11:11:00 AM
For the people who have gotten banned...do you ever use standby?  Could that possibly be it?
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: KingProzak on April 19, 2005, 12:18:00 PM
No it's not down to cheating; i actually stopped playing the game because it was nearly impossible to play without encountering some dickhead with a standby button.

Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Lord Magnus on April 19, 2005, 03:08:00 PM
Any of the banned guys, actually, there's only one so far.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: lwalker on April 19, 2005, 03:59:00 PM
well im just guessing its stupid folk that have been gettin banned........so i think that im gona take the plunge soon......i just bought chaos theory...................yahhhhhhh........any one played that on liine with moded xbox? i herd that newer games some times get you banned.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: TheODog on April 19, 2005, 05:54:00 PM
a week ago was my first time playing Halo2 and i'm still not banned. It made me go back to M$ dash and updated some stuff then reloaded the game.

If that helps
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: FoxRacR17 on April 19, 2005, 08:15:00 PM
me and my other friends with modded xbox and big hdd have had the update for over 24 hours now and none of us has been banned yet.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Lord Magnus on April 22, 2005, 01:39:00 PM
QUOTE(Cbass182 @ Apr 20 2005, 02:55 AM)
not sure if i'm suppose to say, but a torrent has been posted about an hour ago...i'm not saying where because if you can't find then that's to bad...i don't even have xbox live so this was the only way i could get it...(still runnin' a 56k modem...)
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Cool_Z on April 22, 2005, 09:59:00 PM
I dunno, but I have been hearing about people being banned even with the chip turned off...ever since the new Halo 2 patch.

I really have no idea how the patch is working to do that kind of thing...
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Lord Magnus on April 23, 2005, 10:41:00 AM
Well... I've been getting on every day for a period of 2 hrs since the update came out, and I'm still not banned.

I've got a 1.4 box with stock HD and a chameleon chip. And all sorts of saves and hombrew that aren't supposed to be there.
Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: billy_dimashq on April 23, 2005, 03:44:00 PM
good lord it's happening all over again. and the same game keeps rearing it's ugly head - Halo 2.

personally, i haven't touched halo 2 since i finished it. have had a few multiplayer matches but in all i've probably spent around 3-4 hours online in total since i bought it.

as for dodgy gamesaves, i've got a few, too, and that damn neogenesis likes to whack it's stuff on the E drive as well. it's not too big an issue anyway - i'd just move all the saves to the f drive and copy them as and when i need them (long-winded, yes, but still - until it's confirmed that i'm safe i'll be cautious)

shame, that - i just got outrun 2 for 9.99 from play.com and was hoping to have a go on live (mind you, i hate it on live when it gets laggy, it's awful).

maybe i'll just give it a few days eh. tbh i wouldn't be surprised if they did start scanning the hard drives, as it wouldn't be difficult to do, really (i bet even a simple search for evox.ini/avalaunch.xml on the roots of C, E and F would suffice initially)

btw, if you do get banned, is your sub refunded like everyone else's? or do they just swipe your money and be done with it?

Title: Any One Have Chip And Down Loaded
Post by: Snaku on April 24, 2005, 02:35:00 AM
The ban we're talking about is for the particular xbox, right?  Not your gamertag?  I ask, because I would like to take my modded box on live to get the new maps when they come out, and if the only risk is getting that box banned then I'll go for it (still got my stock box to play online), but if I can get my whole account banned, then screw it.  Not worth it.  I'll just wait for maptacular to come out for my modded box.