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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.
>>>
>>>
>>> £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?
>
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Items on ebay:
>
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZscousesifinQQhtZ-1
>
What I mean by moving is banging, dropping, all accidental of course :) the
solderless chips dont exactly stay in place :p
