I recently purchased a used xbox and want to mod it so i can play old school games with emulators. I dont need to be able to use xbox live ,and can do any soldering necessary. Which mod chip would be best for me?
Which mod chip should i buy?
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I honestly know little to nothing about xbox 1 modchips. Ive only used softmods, as its free, fast, and easy, and it allows you to do practically everything a modchip can do.
If you are set on getting a modchip, take a few things into consideration.
First, is the install - probably the biggest factor in your decision. Are you going to be soldering or go solderless. If you have the tools, skills, and guts to do it, I would recommend soldering in a modchip. I am not the biggest fan of solderless modchips. Sometimes you have to open up the box again to readjust them.
Second thing you want to think about is if you want an OS or not. Newer chips will have an integrated operating system with useful functions like the ability to load different BIOSes, lock your hard drive, format hard drives, change settings, connect via FTP, etc.. None of these OS features are exclusive though. You can do all of this with something like a SlaYer's bootdisc if you wanted to. You're just paying for the convenience basically.
I personally prefer the DuoX 2 chips because they are very cheap, can be installed in any version Xbox. They don't come with an OS, but that is not something I need.
For the most part, all chips will do the same thing in the end, get a hacked BIOS on your Xbox allowing you to play backups of Xbox games, run homebrew programs, emulators, etc.
First, is the install - probably the biggest factor in your decision. Are you going to be soldering or go solderless. If you have the tools, skills, and guts to do it, I would recommend soldering in a modchip. I am not the biggest fan of solderless modchips. Sometimes you have to open up the box again to readjust them.
Second thing you want to think about is if you want an OS or not. Newer chips will have an integrated operating system with useful functions like the ability to load different BIOSes, lock your hard drive, format hard drives, change settings, connect via FTP, etc.. None of these OS features are exclusive though. You can do all of this with something like a SlaYer's bootdisc if you wanted to. You're just paying for the convenience basically.
I personally prefer the DuoX 2 chips because they are very cheap, can be installed in any version Xbox. They don't come with an OS, but that is not something I need.
For the most part, all chips will do the same thing in the end, get a hacked BIOS on your Xbox allowing you to play backups of Xbox games, run homebrew programs, emulators, etc.
I'm with textbook on this one, get yourself a good entry level modchip like duox2 and solder it in or have someone solder for you(for the cost of a solderless adaptor, you could have someone put it in for you).
Download SlaYers 2.7 from SlaYers website, it has been out since Halloween, I know as I wrote it...lOL
If you need any help with Slayers or modding in general, I can assist as have a few thousand installs under my belt.
Cheers
Mick
Download SlaYers 2.7 from SlaYers website, it has been out since Halloween, I know as I wrote it...lOL
If you need any help with Slayers or modding in general, I can assist as have a few thousand installs under my belt.
Cheers
Mick
i will go with the softmod it proforms just like a mod chip and it is free and fast to install iam with Captain_America with the softmod .