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lufcfan
08-01-2006, 08:09
http://www.icemodchip.com/index.php

What do you think? The link to the retail site popped up on X-S the other week, but this is the first time the link to the team site has popped up regarding the mod. Any thoughts?

P.S. Sorry if it's old news! :)
DP23
08-01-2006, 08:37
I saw some news about that and I think its just Bogus.
Too many facts against that group.
But hey... Impossible is nothing! ;)

PEACE
lufcfan
08-01-2006, 08:49
Here's to hoping ;) :) :D
Quall999
08-01-2006, 09:17
More than likely fake. They even decided to remove the "chip" images from their site. Which, btw, the chips were identical to this:
http://www.dot-aster.com/Main_MiniChip_L2.htm

The fact that they removed the images from their site so people can no longer compare...Oh, I mean because of "new features, pcb boards, and security issues", tells you something eh?
lufcfan
08-01-2006, 09:20
This is the pic ICE gave:
http://www.icemodchip.co.uk/images/ice.gif

looks pretty basic. However, I think Xecuter are also nearing a solution - taking a news post from the top of their homepage:

'however you can expect to see a hack of some sort soon - not only from Xecuter but from at least one other group of guys we have spoken to.'

I'd probably hold out for the Xecuter mod any day of the week :)
Quall999
08-01-2006, 09:32
oops, Here you go
http://www.ozgear.com.au/electronicparts/Kits3.htm <--OZK9510

This is the pic ICE gave:
http://www.icemodchip.co.uk/images/ice.gif
and this is the pic they stole:
http://www.ozgear.com.au/electronicparts/graphics/ozk9510.gif

*cough* fake *cough*
kosmiq
10-01-2006, 10:34
Almost confirmed fake by now, take a look at xecuters homepage (http://www.teamxecuter.com/) and you can read something interesting about it.

But if you also read on xecuters page you can see them saying things like "We can assure you there will be more than one type of mod available from different groups in the coming weeks/months - just be patient."... I guess they have something to give us all in a not-to-far-away future... :D
lufcfan
15-01-2006, 06:22
Hmm. A new, more convincing vid - but is that a label over a CoD original? Time will tell...

Mod touted for February release - personally - i'm doubting it... :(
Warlock
15-01-2006, 07:38
lol, Yeah its a fake. I remember this same crap happening shortly after the PS2 launched :) .
lufcfan
17-01-2006, 11:24
No updates for a few days....... Reckon they've given up trying to scam everyone?
gadgetHacks_er
18-01-2006, 10:29
What happens is these companies buy X ammount of systems to play with. They fiddle around and get a mod working. Then they post that they have done it!. Microsoft over the past few years has gotten a bit smarter and change a few things around. So what works in one, doesn't necessarily work in another. The same thing happened with the PS2. They know now how to make one work, now they need to find the factor that changes from version to version so they can make a mod that works for all.

Relax, one will soon be on the market.
DABhand
18-01-2006, 22:47
Ive heard MS have a bios that checks CRC's from various roms before booting up, thus placing a modchip on the board would stop it checking.

Which would mean a possible flash of the bios which will have to be reversed.

Which in turn would give MS legal precedence to sue whoever sells the modchip.
Quall999
19-01-2006, 08:17
What do you mean by possible flash of bios that have to be reversed? You mean reverse engineered, right? Reverse engineering in the US is not a crime. You are allowed to do so to "learn" about the protection. However, distributing your own modified copies is prohibited. It has always been illegal to distribute hacked bios though. They will probably have the users flash them like they had on the xbox.
DABhand
22-01-2006, 10:14
Yep, thats what I said.

You would have to give the modified bios to people so they can flash the BIOS to accept the modchip.

Which would suit MS very well, as they have been looking for excuses to take the chip makers to court.
Quall999
22-01-2006, 17:26
But the current xbox is set up like that, and MS isn't doing anything about it.
DABhand
22-01-2006, 17:37
Court Cases take time anyways, perhaps they are.

/me shrugs...

They did say they will make the xbox 360 difficult to chip. I guess we will wait and see what happens.