This is why I bought a US XBOX and refused to chip it, but I will get a 2nd XBOX for chipping purpose.
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Originally posted by HitcherAlso, wouldn't it be illegal for M$ to scan your HD?
Surely that's breaking some sort of privacy laws and if it was legal then they'd be doing it to your PC as well.
Also doesn't it automatically check for Splinter Cell updates?
I don't have Live so I'm probably talking out my arse as usual.
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Originally posted by HitcherI've had no problems with my chipped Xbox on Live and it's got a 120Gb HD.
Also, wouldn't it be illegal for M$ to scan your HD?
Surely that's breaking some sort of privacy laws and if it was legal then they'd be doing it to your PC as well.
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Originally posted by huxleyOriginally posted by HitcherI've had no problems with my chipped Xbox on Live and it's got a 120Gb HD.
Also, wouldn't it be illegal for M$ to scan your HD?
Surely that's breaking some sort of privacy laws and if it was legal then they'd be doing it to your PC as well.
Until this evening, not made any changes to the console and got the mod ban message.
F***! em lol
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sugar!
i just put all the stuff on my F drive last night - haven't been on Live yet. I'll try it now. If I get banned it's cool coz a) I'm on my 2-month trial and b) There's an XBox at work with an old homebrew that can't be flashed (so i set it up to boot into the phoenix X2 4977) so I can swap eeproms with that and no one will mind...
will let you lot know either way
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Originally posted by huxleyOriginally posted by huxleyOriginally posted by HitcherI've had no problems with my chipped Xbox on Live and it's got a 120Gb HD.
Also, wouldn't it be illegal for M$ to scan your HD?
Surely that's breaking some sort of privacy laws and if it was legal then they'd be doing it to your PC as well.
Until this evening, not made any changes to the console and got the mod ban message.
F***! em lol
Maybe it's due to the sort of files you have on your E drive. Maybe M$ found the Phoenix loader (you may not use this - I do for emergencies if the chip goes belly-up). You need everything on your F drive mate. The E drive can obviously still be seen with the modchip off...
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I`ve not made any changes to the console in the last 3/4 days.
the ban doesn`t realy bother me I knew I`d get banned at some point and to be honest I only realy use the console for my music collection and emulation.
I called the live helpline to get their view and got put through to the tech dept, in basic terms the guy let on that they have a good idea of which box`s are modded and don`t realy see it as that bad a problem as you can`t use pirate games on live anyway, he also added that M$ don`t have any plans to ban users accounts as long as they don`t become an on going problem. He also added that the new live update will (in his opinion) ban a lot more modded consoles.
Could be true or I could of been talking to the office gimp, time will tell.
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I've never understood Microsoft's approach to chipped consoles on Live...surely it's in their interests not to ban paying customers from using a pay service?
Giving users a warning? Fair enough. Restricted use of services? Harsh, but fair IMO. But a complete ban is stupid from Microsoft's point of view...
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