New Xbox out v.soon
20 September 2002, 06:26 PM
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Slight changes inside and it WILL affect use with any modchip.
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New Xbox Confirmed
>> The new Xbox announced earlier by Team X-ecuter have now been confirmed by someone on the xboxhacker.net forums :
"after modding many many x-boxes I want to confirm it's true there is a new version that came out during 8/2002
different things: re done mainboard, no fan on the nvidia video chip, small chip missing behind the onboard bios.
different connection for the control leads inside.small board is now missing that the control leads plugged into.NEW DVD ROM USED PHILLIPS BRAND, not as loud as the Thompson but still whats the point without a mod chip.
all mod chips I tried wont work. I will put some pics here tomorrow.with the new bios number as well ! !
If you fit the evox mod chip the machine wont power up, it's just keeps flashing, on/off no screen, no nothing.
Hope this is'nt a major setback in the mod chip world.
Seems all new AUSTRALIAN models are like this now.
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New Xbox Confirmed
>> The new Xbox announced earlier by Team X-ecuter have now been confirmed by someone on the xboxhacker.net forums :
"after modding many many x-boxes I want to confirm it's true there is a new version that came out during 8/2002
different things: re done mainboard, no fan on the nvidia video chip, small chip missing behind the onboard bios.
different connection for the control leads inside.small board is now missing that the control leads plugged into.NEW DVD ROM USED PHILLIPS BRAND, not as loud as the Thompson but still whats the point without a mod chip.
all mod chips I tried wont work. I will put some pics here tomorrow.with the new bios number as well ! !
If you fit the evox mod chip the machine wont power up, it's just keeps flashing, on/off no screen, no nothing.
Hope this is'nt a major setback in the mod chip world.
Seems all new AUSTRALIAN models are like this now.
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21 September 2002, 04:47 PM
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I take that this Xbox, call it the 1.1(?), is completely compatible with the present range of games. Kinda like the way that the PS1 went through 5 (possibly more) revisions.
What, invented time travel Si? That really is Super
Anyway I thought the Xbox was 12 - 18 months away.
What, invented time travel Si? That really is Super
Anyway I thought the Xbox was 12 - 18 months away.
24 September 2002, 10:59 PM
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More latest new from Xbox-scene.com
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>> It has already been in this news several days ago , but now it's also confirmed by MicroSoft themself.
The new Xbox (let's call it v2) is coming.
From gamespot :
From theregister :
New xbox are already in australia and coming very soon (now) to Europe & USA.
Most Xbox consoles produced in August 2002 or later are v2. (you can check productiondate on one of the stickers on your xbox).
If you wanna make sure you buy a v1 , there's a hole at the bottom of an 'xbox box' , there you should be able to see the manufacturing date. If it's August 2002 or later , buy at own risk. If it's prior August 2002 , it should be a v1. (the date is written in the year-month-day format)
It is unkown yet if they just changed the RC4 , changed the LPC , added more security checks , ...
More news 'bout this v2 xbox soon ...
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>> It has already been in this news several days ago , but now it's also confirmed by MicroSoft themself.
The new Xbox (let's call it v2) is coming.
From gamespot :
The newly configured units were first spotted in Australia, where Xbox hackers spotted slight changes to the main circuit board that likely will make it impossible to use current "mod chips"--add-ons that bypass security measures built into the hardware.
The new configuration reportedly also uses a different type of BIOS, the basic software that controls the console's operation, and eliminates the fan that had been used to cool the console's custom Nvidia graphics processor.
An Australian hobbyist posting on the Xbox Hacker site said he tried all currently available mod chips on the new Xbox configuration and none worked.
The new configuration reportedly also uses a different type of BIOS, the basic software that controls the console's operation, and eliminates the fan that had been used to cool the console's custom Nvidia graphics processor.
An Australian hobbyist posting on the Xbox Hacker site said he tried all currently available mod chips on the new Xbox configuration and none worked.
Although Microsoft habitually experiments on the Australians, we do not think this is an experiment. Microsoft sees keeping Xbox closed as a security/revenue issue, and will therefore keep trying to do so. You'll recall it recently advertised for someone in this patch and it's to expected that the company will react to successive mods with successive mod-blocks.
According to the Xboxhacker posting, there are various modifications which may be cost and reliability related (e.g. the video chip loses the fan, and the DVD Rom has been switched to a Philips. The key change that at least impedes the modders is however that a small chip that used to be behind the onboard bios has been removed. It would seem likely that the bios itself has undergone some modification along with this.
According to the Xboxhacker posting, there are various modifications which may be cost and reliability related (e.g. the video chip loses the fan, and the DVD Rom has been switched to a Philips. The key change that at least impedes the modders is however that a small chip that used to be behind the onboard bios has been removed. It would seem likely that the bios itself has undergone some modification along with this.
Most Xbox consoles produced in August 2002 or later are v2. (you can check productiondate on one of the stickers on your xbox).
If you wanna make sure you buy a v1 , there's a hole at the bottom of an 'xbox box' , there you should be able to see the manufacturing date. If it's August 2002 or later , buy at own risk. If it's prior August 2002 , it should be a v1. (the date is written in the year-month-day format)
It is unkown yet if they just changed the RC4 , changed the LPC , added more security checks , ...
More news 'bout this v2 xbox soon ...
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25 September 2002, 08:30 AM
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hey druddle - did you read the teccy explanation from the link off The Register site:
http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/down/The%20Middle%20Message-1a.pdf
fooken hell
people who understand this, must SEE everything in binary, ones & zeros, like in the matrix
glad I got my sons chipped with the first release.
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http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/down/The%20Middle%20Message-1a.pdf
fooken hell
people who understand this, must SEE everything in binary, ones & zeros, like in the matrixglad I got my sons chipped with the first release.
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25 September 2002, 09:42 AM
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I know mate, imagine a conversation with them.
You - How are you then ?
Them - 01000101011010101010111110101010110101.
Lol. Glad my mk1 has got the X-ecuter fitted aswell !!!
You - How are you then ?
Them - 01000101011010101010111110101010110101.
Lol. Glad my mk1 has got the X-ecuter fitted aswell !!!
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Well it didnt take long......
Info here...
P.S. Andy - good job i have a switch fitted to the modchip
Info here...
P.S. Andy - good job i have a switch fitted to the modchip
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