Xbox that cant be chipped ?

[kosmiq]

I am beginning to wonder where this chipper of yours are reading about xbox... He must be making up things on his own. The GPU of all xbox's are the same, they only differ in when produced and of course the revision of them. The basic are the same though. They are all equaly good and there are no "lower quality xbox". Why would MS even build xbox of lower quality? Thats nonsense all the way.

To get more info about the xbox it must be opened and then it is required to take a look at what chips are on the motherboard. Thats where the difference is. They have one new chip in the 1.6 and there are differences in wich memory used in the different version of the xbox's.

If you are getting into the xbox world I can strongly suggest that you start and continue your journey over at xbox-scene. They have guides for everything and the whole place is about xbox only. Once you get into the xbox for real you will discover the possibilites and what you can do by yourself real easy.
The real positive side of learning about xbox yourself is that you can config and put what you feel like on your xbox and get it running real smooth. After that it is no more only a gaming machine.

That chipper of yours doesn't sound to be so good at xbox, maybe he can do simple soldering on 1.0-1.5 xbox but more then that I doubt.

I hope I have been to some help atleast and maybe got you started.
If you decide to go take a look at xbox-scene you can reach me there too, same nick in the forums

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Again thanks for the in depth info. I guess it makes sence for me to do this on my own thinking about it. (i enjoy building up PC'S so i guess the next logical step is to sort out my sons X-box instead of getting "mr chipper" to sort it. Thanks for the link. Ive had a look on their and its was down to seeing the in depth tutorials that made me decide to do this myself. You have been a great help.Thanks from me and my son will undoubtly be over the moon once i sort it for him.

Why would MS even build xbox of lower quality? Thats nonsense all the way.

Having put it like that i felt kinda for even alowing it space in my thoughts lol.

[kosmiq]

I am as always only happy to be able to help. Feel free to PM me here or at xbox-scene whenever you have any questions or need general help to get started...
And have no worries, you'll get the hang of it pretty quick.

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Originally Posted by kosmiq

I am as always only happy to be able to help. Feel free to PM me here or at xbox-scene whenever you have any questions or need general help to get started...

Ok thanks. (i may just do that).

[Quall999]

My guess is that he may have just done a tsop flash? Do you have a radio shack switch or can the chip be turned off?

As most people know, 1.6's don't have tsop's. If he did that to your modded xbox, then I hope you hadn't payed too much. Takes about 5 minutes to install and a cost of 0 extra dollars, unless he had a switch put in. It could also explain why he said that "it coudn't be modded". He probably just did want to waste any expenses, even if it just costed you more.

[kosmiq]

Oh my, never thought of that he could be doing TSOP only...
But still, claiming that the xbox can't be modded is stupid, all of them can be in one way or another...

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Originally Posted by Quall999

My guess is that he may have just done a tsop flash? Do you have a radio shack switch or can the chip be turned off?

As most people know, 1.6's don't have tsop's. If he did that to your modded xbox, then I hope you hadn't payed too much. Takes about 5 minutes to install and a cost of 0 extra dollars, unless he had a switch put in. It could also explain why he said that "it coudn't be modded". He probably just did want to waste any expenses, even if it just costed you more.

Im unsure if i made myself clear in original post so here goes....1st Xbox he chipped no probs. There is no switch as such that im aware of though. I do remember him telling me that it could be "Flashed" in the future. 2nd XBOX and he just said out right "it cant be done" (This is a shop retail Xbox and because of that obviously no work of any kind has been done to it). I hope i have made it clear enough. So just to get it straight in my head.What he said about Xbox's that can not be chipped is poo poo right ?. Like i said in previous post i was under the impression that all X box's could be "chipped". Thanks for the help guys.

[kosmiq]

Yes all xbox's can be chipped. What Quall999 was refering to was the built in BIOS on the xbox. In version 1.0-1.5 they are stored in a bios chip called TSOP but that was changed to 1.6. That TSOP could be flashed with the bios of your choice and that way no need to buy any modchip. This would of course remove the original xbox bios completely. But Quall999s theory was that the guy had flashed the TSOP and not put in any chip.

To make things extra clear:
you can chip your 1.6 xbox without problems. Do some reading and you will find out how to get, what to get and where to get what you need.
And that chipper of yours is talking poo poo yes.

Cheers