Modding the original XBox

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Modding the original XBox; Suggestions?
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Bardabar	Feb 19 2014, 01:37 PM Post #1
Posts: 536 Group: Founding Members Member #112 Joined: Jan 27, 2009	So I just bought an original XBox and have decided it would be fun to "soft mod" it in order to get the most out of it. When I search on Google though I find tons of different ways to do this. Does anyone here have experience modding theirs and if so could you point me in the right direction? I'm really just overwhelmed at all the methods of doing it. Here are links to some of the guides I've found: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Easiest-Way-To-Soft-Mod-An-Original-XBOX/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Softmod-Your-Xbox-play-games-without-disk/?ALLSTEPS http://www.instructables.com/id/Softmod-Original-Xbox-Without-Action-Replay-Cover/ Any help would be appreciated.



MrTechnoSqueek	Feb 23 2014, 06:30 PM Post #2
Mr. Sega Posts: 2,314 Group: Members Member #1,296 Joined: Oct 3, 2009	I used the original Splinter Cell Linux hack to install SID 5.11



OMEGAlomania	Feb 23 2014, 06:54 PM Post #3
...and they shall know no fear. Posts: 813 Group: Members Member #4,869 Joined: Mar 15, 2012	I didn't know it was possible to do it without an Action Replay, or plugging the live HDD in to your PC. That first method you posted looks awful enticing... I might do it soon I always wanted to, but those two methods I knew seriously turned me off.
	You are slave. Want emancipation?


Bardabar	Feb 26 2014, 02:08 PM Post #4
Posts: 536 Group: Founding Members Member #112 Joined: Jan 27, 2009	MrTechnoSqueek Feb 23 2014, 06:30 PM I used the original Splinter Cell Linux hack to install SID 5.11 Did you do it like in any of the links in the first post? I bought Splinter Cell and am waiting on the USB to xbox cable now. I'm just not sure which method to try-- I don't want to brick my Xbox.



MrTechnoSqueek	Feb 26 2014, 08:59 PM Post #5
Mr. Sega Posts: 2,314 Group: Members Member #1,296 Joined: Oct 3, 2009	Bardabar Feb 26 2014, 02:08 PM MrTechnoSqueek Feb 23 2014, 06:30 PM I used the original Splinter Cell Linux hack to install SID 5.11 Did you do it like in any of the links in the first post? I bought Splinter Cell and am waiting on the USB to xbox cable now. I'm just not sure which method to try-- I don't want to brick my Xbox. I used the 3rd one



MrTechnoSqueek	Feb 26 2014, 09:02 PM Post #6
Mr. Sega Posts: 2,314 Group: Members Member #1,296 Joined: Oct 3, 2009	OMEGAlomania Feb 23 2014, 06:54 PM I didn't know it was possible to do it without an Action Replay, or plugging the live HDD in to your PC. That first method you posted looks awful enticing... I might do it soon I always wanted to, but those two methods I knew seriously turned me off. You only need to hook up the HDD to a pc if the HDD was never inside an xbox for example I bought a bigger harddrive from newegg and had to do the unlock/lock thing on a pc



Bardabar	Mar 3 2014, 05:02 PM Post #7
Posts: 536 Group: Founding Members Member #112 Joined: Jan 27, 2009	Thanks for the info. When it comes to swapping out the harddrive, I need to buy an IDE hard drive, correct?



mercuryshadow09	Mar 6 2014, 04:36 AM Post #8
New User Posts: 11 Group: Members Member #5,404 Joined: Aug 29, 2012	Yes. Edited by mercuryshadow09, Mar 11 2014, 01:01 AM.



Bardabar	Mar 12 2014, 09:01 AM Post #9
Posts: 536 Group: Founding Members Member #112 Joined: Jan 27, 2009	Soft mod was a success. Next task is hard drive swap out.



MrTechnoSqueek	Apr 24 2014, 11:15 AM Post #10
Mr. Sega Posts: 2,314 Group: Members Member #1,296 Joined: Oct 3, 2009	Just wondering if the hard drive swap was a success. Haven't seen Bardabar around



mercuryshadow09	Apr 27 2014, 10:54 PM Post #11
New User Posts: 11 Group: Members Member #5,404 Joined: Aug 29, 2012	MrTechnoSqueek Apr 24 2014, 11:15 AM Just wondering if the hard drive swap was a success. Haven't seen Bardabar around Me too so I'm bumping this thread again.



Bardabar	Jun 2 2014, 10:34 PM Post #12
Posts: 536 Group: Founding Members Member #112 Joined: Jan 27, 2009	Sorry, been busy lately and didn't have a chance to check on this thread. I haven't done the hard drive swap yet, it's still on my to-do list.



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