Muppet Piggy Back?
 

Does anyone know about this apparent non-solder attachment to "any" modchip?

Muppet Piggy Back - NoSolder Adapter
>> We received news from Divineo that Team Muppet will release a new product called 'Piggy Back'. It's a universal NoSolder adapter for Xbox v1.0-v1.6b. The main things is that it will wholesale at only 8USD (retail price unknown at this moment).
Note that the pictures we received are NOT the final product. The final version will have wires in place for additinional points (v1.6(b)). We'll get the pictures of the final build in a week or so.
Here's the Features list we got from them:
* Advanced "Piggy" design for 100% correct install first time!
* Highest quality custom built alignment tooling!
* Custom LPC connectors with advanced tooling design
* Works in all Xbox consoles v1-v1.6b
* Compatible with all modchips on the market!
* A unique low cost high quality adaptor another first from Team Muppet!
* Compatible with the following: MuppetX(info), Aladdin(info)(all versions), Xenium(info), Xecuter (all versions), All other cheap mod designs!


This is the bottom side of the adapter. Click image for Hi-Res version.
More Pictures:
* Top side of the adapter (Hi-Res version)
* Xenium chip on the adapter (Hi-Res version)

Official Site: http://www.muppetchip.com

It is pretty new so I have no idea about how good it is.
Guess it will be some reviews and similar pretty soon.

looks like total bs to me
but i guess we'll see
and also
anyone read about this new 5980 x2 bios?
does it actually work on 1.6's?

You mean the 5028 X2 BIOS? If so, I've been running it on my 1.6 since the day it came out and I like it. Faster and more stable ftp transfers are the biggest plus. And it solved one very strange problem that seemed to be plaguing only my Xbox. It would not cold boot. No matter what I did, it would load to the Microsoft logo and then hang. Hit the eject button and it would finish booting. Very wierd. You can configure a lot of the bling bling options (my description) by changing an ini file that the BIOS looks for when it loads.

That muppet adapter looks a little fishy to me. How does it make contact? It looks like a pinheader on a small PCB with a couple extra contacts. Plus they say it is compatible with all versions of Xbox's but it looks as if it has to pass through the LPC. I have yet to see a version 1.0 that didn't have the LPC contacts soldered in. I would never mess with a no solder adapter anyway as easy as it is to solder a modchip in to an xbox.

The new X2 bios is nothing for me as it won't fit on my aladdin advance (256kb BIOS only :mad: )

That adapter may be very good for some people, but it might be bad too.
Time will tell...