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Lots of postings over the weekend of M$ banning you from Live if you have changed your hard-drive (even if it's locked) and banning you if you have a chip fitted and it's switched off, new Live 3.0 in due anytime soon so these crack-downs may come into effect then (or they could just be scare tactics ?)
Will post original quote later, modded Xbox owners using Live beware....
Will post original quote later, modded Xbox owners using Live beware....
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Valentino Rossi wrote:
> DVD drive changes should be OK, it doesn't help anyone *pirate* games
> (without the mod-chip) so M$ have no reason to try and ban you.
It does though as a number of the drives used at various times were unable to read most coppied media. Granted, you'd still need the mod chip to run anything; but then without the drive the mod chip is just as useless as the drive without the chip.
> DVD drive changes should be OK, it doesn't help anyone *pirate* games
> (without the mod-chip) so M$ have no reason to try and ban you.
It does though as a number of the drives used at various times were unable to read most coppied media. Granted, you'd still need the mod chip to run anything; but then without the drive the mod chip is just as useless as the drive without the chip.
ßulle†† wrote:
> Yeah, you're probably right. This HDD-crack-down won't affect people
> who have had their DVD drives changed will it? I got mine replaced by
> a company who are not Microsoft. Everything still works fine and I've
> never had any hiccups with it.
>
DVD drive changes should be OK, it doesn't help anyone *pirate* games (without the mod-chip) so M$ have no reason to try and ban you.
> Yeah, you're probably right. This HDD-crack-down won't affect people
> who have had their DVD drives changed will it? I got mine replaced by
> a company who are not Microsoft. Everything still works fine and I've
> never had any hiccups with it.
>
DVD drive changes should be OK, it doesn't help anyone *pirate* games (without the mod-chip) so M$ have no reason to try and ban you.
Protest expected outside from pro-mod and anti-mod groups.
Slogans include:
"we are the mods, wea the mods, we are we are wea are the mods!"
"mod off you losers"
"In mod we trust"
Slogans include:
"we are the mods, wea the mods, we are we are wea are the mods!"
"mod off you losers"
"In mod we trust"
I'm having a flux capacitor installed into mine.
Yeah, you're probably right. This HDD-crack-down won't affect people who have had their DVD drives changed will it? I got mine replaced by a company who are not Microsoft. Everything still works fine and I've never had any hiccups with it.
Won't change my Hard drive though, got no need for it. Still got 50,000+ blocks of memory and there's loads of junk on there!
Won't change my Hard drive though, got no need for it. Still got 50,000+ blocks of memory and there's loads of junk on there!
I think it's the 14th that the Crystal Box comes out ? that's to celebrate it's birthday, Live update is not ready yet from what I've read.
Valentino Rossi wrote:
> where did you hear the 14th ?, didn't think a date had been confirmed
Just a guess, since the Xbox was launched on March 14th.
> where did you hear the 14th ?, didn't think a date had been confirmed
Just a guess, since the Xbox was launched on March 14th.
originally posted on xbox-scene.com
"Xbox Live is now checking each Xbox to see if the hard drive has been replaced. If your hard drive is any different than the one it came with, you will be banned, even if your new hard drive is locked.
This file is a disassembly of Xbox Live's security code as of today (March 6, 2004), and it shows that Microsoft is directing Xboxes to send their hard drives' identification back to Microsoft."
"Xbox Live is now checking each Xbox to see if the hard drive has been replaced. If your hard drive is any different than the one it came with, you will be banned, even if your new hard drive is locked.
This file is a disassembly of Xbox Live's security code as of today (March 6, 2004), and it shows that Microsoft is directing Xboxes to send their hard drives' identification back to Microsoft."
where did you hear the 14th ?, didn't think a date had been confirmed
Yes, when does Live 3.0 come out? Will it be the 14th?
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