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[Quall999]

you can save yourself 30 bucks by putting in the no-solder chip yourself.

Im not saying most local installers would rip you off, but many do. Alot of them assume you know nothing about modchips or the xbox. So, they will usually install a chip, flash your tsop, and then take the chip out. They will tell you that you cannot go on xbox live. Some charge extra for a mod switch, which is a couple wires soldered on the xbox mobo. If you say you don't want it because you won't go online, they take your eeprom and flash another banned one onto your xbox, then sell yours. All without telling you.

Again, not all local installers do that, in fact, most don't. However, just be warned as it DOES happen often.