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That Bill Gates has put a million pound offer out to anyone who can chip his ever so "lovely" Xbox????
He has deemed it unchippable
He has deemed it unchippable
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> Your Honour wrote:
> Seriously though, I swear I read somewhere that if you
> opened the case
> normally, ie take the screws out etc, the mainboard was
> designed to break to
> help stop chipping.
I think I have heard something along these lines but I think it is just a rumour to stop people opening them and damaging them. I know you can open them, I have been doing research for my project at uni about the x-box compared to another console and I know that people have overclocked the processors and changed the cooling system to a water cooling system (all in the US).
> Seriously though, I swear I read somewhere that if you
> opened the case
> normally, ie take the screws out etc, the mainboard was
> designed to break to
> help stop chipping.
I think I have heard something along these lines but I think it is just a rumour to stop people opening them and damaging them. I know you can open them, I have been doing research for my project at uni about the x-box compared to another console and I know that people have overclocked the processors and changed the cooling system to a water cooling system (all in the US).
Fish-e wrote:
> AfroJoe wrote:
Exactly what I said, so Bill Gates would be mad to give away
> 1
> million to someone that could chip it, which they could.
I wonder if
> this
> rumor is true.
Mad??
whats 1 million to a multibillionaire?
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> AfroJoe wrote:
Exactly what I said, so Bill Gates would be mad to give away
> 1
> million to someone that could chip it, which they could.
I wonder if
> this
> rumor is true.
Mad??
whats 1 million to a multibillionaire?
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Your Honour wrote:
> Seriously though, I swear I read somewhere that if you opened the case
> normally, ie take the screws out etc, the mainboard was designed to break to
> help stop chipping.
To be fair, I think I heard that too. But it would be very expensive for Microsoft. Suppose the fan packs up and it starts to over-heat... they couldn't repair it without causing more damage. It's a nice idea... but not very practical.
> Seriously though, I swear I read somewhere that if you opened the case
> normally, ie take the screws out etc, the mainboard was designed to break to
> help stop chipping.
To be fair, I think I heard that too. But it would be very expensive for Microsoft. Suppose the fan packs up and it starts to over-heat... they couldn't repair it without causing more damage. It's a nice idea... but not very practical.
Salvatore wrote:
> looks like some1 gonna make a million LOL :D
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Yeah, we're all agreed on that one now.
> looks like some1 gonna make a million LOL :D
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Yeah, we're all agreed on that one now.
Your Honour said:
"What's 1 million to a man who has 28 BILLION of his own money, not including assets etc. I think he can afford it."
I see you know a little business studies there.
if he gives 1 mil away he will still have over 28 billion
curses
"Apparently they are losing £500 for each XBox sold, but that figure may not be 100% correct."
good, the Xbox is not to my liking
"Fish-e, I think what I said about the mainboard breaking is true, but as I haven't tried it myself, I'm not 100% on that."
Well when your friend gets one try it :P i dare you
"What's 1 million to a man who has 28 BILLION of his own money, not including assets etc. I think he can afford it."
I see you know a little business studies there.
if he gives 1 mil away he will still have over 28 billion
curses
"Apparently they are losing £500 for each XBox sold, but that figure may not be 100% correct."
good, the Xbox is not to my liking
"Fish-e, I think what I said about the mainboard breaking is true, but as I haven't tried it myself, I'm not 100% on that."
Well when your friend gets one try it :P i dare you
Wookiee, there's photos of people on the moon, and you don't believe that. :-D
Seriously though, I swear I read somewhere that if you opened the case normally, ie take the screws out etc, the mainboard was designed to break to help stop chipping.
Perhaps that idea never got implemented, or maybe they broke the case to take those photo's, which most people wouldn't do just to get their console chipped.
Seriously though, I swear I read somewhere that if you opened the case normally, ie take the screws out etc, the mainboard was designed to break to help stop chipping.
Perhaps that idea never got implemented, or maybe they broke the case to take those photo's, which most people wouldn't do just to get their console chipped.
Your Honour wrote:
> It's deemed unchippable simply because it's designed so that when you try and
> open it, the mainboard breaks.
So explain these photos...
http://www.guru3d.com/tech/xbox
> It's deemed unchippable simply because it's designed so that when you try and
> open it, the mainboard breaks.
So explain these photos...
http://www.guru3d.com/tech/xbox
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