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>> "Simon Finnigan"
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>>>> "Simon Finnigan"
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>>>>>> "Simon Finnigan"
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>>>>>>> news:5749j9F2av83fU4@mid.individual.net...>>>>>>>> Ideally pre-modded, I`ve got a big HD to put in it. It`s going to
>>>>>>>> be used as a media player with media loaded over the network, so as
>>>>>>>> long as the DVD drive is capable of reading a CD to allow me to
>>>>>>>> install the software I want I`ll be happy. The ability to read
>>>>>>>> DVD-R or +R isn`t at all relevant, it`s never going to have a game
>>>>>>>> played on it :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone got anything suitible?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well god bless Chavs! I`ve just popped into my local cash
>>>>>>> convertors to see what they had, as the drive on my XBox that I use
>>>>>>> to play games has gone funny. £30 for an xbox, controller, cables
>>>>>>> and a DVD remote control, that`ll do me nicely as a spare! I`m also
>>>>>>> hoping to get the one offered to me by "trust no one", as a crystal
>>>>>>> box would look better where I want to put it, but at least i`ve got
>>>>>>> a spare for £30.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You've got mail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You must be the luckiest man on the Planet. The cash converters near
>>>>>> me are usually ridiculously overpriced (reminds me of Computer
>>>>>> Exchange) but every now and then (again like Computer Exchange) you
>>>>>> pick up a real gem of a bargain.
>>>>>
>>>>> They`ve still got at least 4 more in the window. Seemed stupidly
>>>>> cheap for everything I could see. Guess I was lucky to get the remote
>>>>> control too though, but when the modchip turns up in a few days (along
>>>>> with your xbox :-) ) it`s gonna look fantastic :-)
>>>>
>>>> This may be a daft question, but why bother faffing around with a
>>>> modchip when softmods are so easy?
>>>
>>> How easy is it to fit a 300 gig drive to a soft modded xbox?
>>
>> Very. I've got a 250GB in mine.
>>
>>> How much effort does it take to dig out the needed version of a game,
>>> and the associated save, and then get that save onto the console?
>>
>> A lot less than fitting a modchip I suspect, but that does depend on
>> having a way to get the gamesave across.
>>
>> Horses for courses I suppose, I just wondered why you'd want to go the
>> extra expense when it's not really necessary.
>
>
> £35 delivered, including the non-solder adaptor. TBH for me I`d rather
> pay that kind of money to avoid having to track down unpatched versions of
> games, then the save game, then find a way to get the data onto the xbox
> to hack it etc etc etc. I`ve already got one of those chips in one of the
> machines, and the other one I got carried away with and modded it as far
> as I could be bothered, including a nice LCD panel on the front and USB
> ports :-)
>
> --
> Items on ebay:
>
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZscousesifinQQhtZ-1
Couldn't you just do the hot swap? saves the hassle of farting around for
game saves etc, and unless those solderless chips have vastly improved
(which I doubt) I wouldn't bother, unless of course you never move your box?
