Of Modchips and Harddrives

[Cyber Akuma]

Well, I have been reading the chip comparisin charts

I cannot decide between these two modchips:

Xecuter 2.2
Chameleon v1.3

I definately want a solderless mod, since I broke my psx applying a simple 7 wire mod

I am not sure which one to pick, the Chameleon seems to have more mod options but the Xecuter has an external interface

I dunno if I will get LIVE, currently there arent really any games I would care about that have it, but I definately want to keep that option open. So its important to me that I cannot mess up the original xbox's bios and be able to switch to it.

Are there any other limitations of these chips I should know about?

Also........ I heard that the Chameleon requires a no-solder addon, but that the Xecutor comes with one pre-installed, right?

My xbox's manufacture date is 2002-10-17, so its safe to assume that its a V1.0 or V1.1 right? Any other information I can find out about it without opening it? (DVD drive, HD, etc)

And finally......... I havent found a guide on installing a new harddrive and formatting it/duplicating the old HD. Is there one you can give me a link to?

And just to make sure........... once I replace the old Xbox HD can I can use it in a PC?