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> "Simon Finnigan"
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>>> "Simon Finnigan"
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>>>>> "Simon Finnigan"
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>>>>> news:577g8nF2c1sdgU1@mid.individual.net...>>>>>> "Trust No One®"
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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.
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>>
>> £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:
>>
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> 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?
Why would I bother moving an xbox when this one will give me one per TV in
the house? :-) As I said at the very start of the thread, this isn`t to
play games on, it`s a media server, plain and simple.
