[dude]

interesting theory but it's complete boll***s.

i now have 3 chipped xbox's and have just fitted 2 of them with 120 gb hard drives. the third still has the 8 gb standard hd.

the two i put new hd's in to i have had for over 6 months (one of them from launch actually) and have matrix chips inside .The third i got about 4 weeks ago and has a x-ecuter v 1.0 chip.

i have them all connected to 2 different pc's. connected directley using crossover cables.
one running xp pro 1.2 gb athlon duron 512 mb ram and 2x 120 maxon hd/ the other running ME 900 mb athlon duron 128mb ram 2x 120 gb maxon hd. i am using REALTEK RTL8139/810X FAMILY PCI FAST ETHERNET NIC cards ( got a pack of 5 from pc world for £30.00 they were last of that stock line so sold for cheap) along with flashfxp v2.0 build 908.


xbox1 runs evox 1.8.458
xbox2 runs evox 1.8.3285
xbox3 runs evox 1.8.3752

i always get a transfere speed between 4.500 and 6.500 kbs and rarley if at all get connection drop outs.