What hard drive should I get for an Xbox1 Mod?

Any new IDE hard drive on the market will work as long as you don't get a SATA (aka Serial) drive. I recommend any size between 120GB to 750GB. 7200RPM is fine and sufficient cooling is included with the modification. Any brand hard drive will do - The most popular ones among my customers are Maxtor, Western Digital, and Seagate. You can usually find crazy rebates from local stores like Fry's, Best Buy, or CompUSA.

If you would like to turn off your mod in order to get on Xbox live, you need to lock your hard drive. Some hard drives are not lockable.

For a list of lockable Xbox hard drives see the following link:
http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/

For a list of hard drives compatible with PS2 see this link:
http://ps2drives.x-pec.com/

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Will I get banned from Live after upgrading my 360?

There is a ban wave going on at the moment and everyone that has played a backup game is at risk. See xbox-scene.com forums for more info.

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My 360 has red lights, no video, or is locking up. What should I do?

If you have 3 red lights, 1 red light, E74, or no video, you can send it back to Microsoft for warranty repair, provided that your system is within 3 years of the date (on the back of your system by the barcode). Microsoft understands that from the time that you send the system to the time they receive it, errors may change or not show up at all. In addition, they don't care about the warranty sticker like before (they understand it may have been mistakenly removed when switching faceplates). They handle thousands of repairs per month and really don't have time to check each and every console. Also, their turn around time has improved to a week and a half. So if you fall within the warranty period, it can't hurt to give it a shot. Here's what you do:

  1. Go to http://support.xbox.com/ and "Register your console"
  2. Now click on the "Repair your console" link
  3. Pay no attention to the "Standard Warranty expired"
  4. Red ring systems are still covered!
  5. Select to have label shipped to you or print it out! Presto!

18004MYXBOX support line is now out of India and is available for dispute if you can't get all the way through the form or your console is registered to someone else (there can be situations where someone else registered it under their name). Persistence, creativity and a little steam under your collar can get you far.

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Can I play PS2 on my Xbox?

NO. Most of the time reliable emulation requires a system many times more powerful then the console you're trying to emulate. The Xbox just isn't fast enough to emulate PS2- on top of that PS2 is not easy to program for.

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Can I play DVD movies from my Xbox hard drive?

Yes and you'll have full menu support too. Just rip the DVD movie to your hard drive using DVD Decryptor, then ftp the ISO file to your f:\video or g:\video directory on your Xbox. Once copied over, just play it with XBMC. Or just use the dvd2xbox application on your Xbox and make sure you're ripping in ISO mode. "ISO mode" is for movies and "normal mode" is for games.

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What will a modded Xbox1 allow me to do?

  • Play backups of games you own from hard drive or DVD-R
  • Play SNES, NES, GBA, Neo-Geo, Genesis, MAME Arcade, PS1 and more
  • Use Linux and go on the internet with a USB keyboard and mouse
  • Use Linux to run as a webserver
  • Use Xbox Media Center to play VCD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, MPG, AVI, XVID, MP3, and virtually any media format all from CD-RW, DVD-R, Xbox Hard drive or streamed from your existing collection on your PC
  • You can even do all of the above wirelessly if you have a wireless router and wireless bridge
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What version Xbox1 do I have?

See the following link:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/versions.php

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I'd like information on modding my PS2

- Memory card mod. No more expensive modchips or installation charges!
- Bring in any PS2 memory card and any PS2 (fat or slim).
- Allows you to boot patched games on DVDR.
- Allows you to install and play games from an IDE hard drive.
- HDD Game Compatibility: Games that are able to run from HDD.
- PS2 HDD Compatibility: Hard drives that are compatible with the PS2.
- To get the most out of this setup you should have a Fat PS2 and a PS2 network card.
- Your IDE hard drive needs the network adapter because it has the necessary IDE connector.
 

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I got an Xbox premod off of Craigslist and now it doesn't work. Can you fix it?

Yes, you can bring it in and we'll see what we can do with it. The reason I'm posting this is because it is in fact a Frequently Asked Question. I get people coming in here all the time that decided they would go with a pre-modded Xbox from some random guy filled with games instead of taking their system to us. Eventually, something goes wrong with their system and they take it to us anyway for repair or re-mod. The fact is, it's much smarter to bring in an Xbox you know for a fact works and get it done right.

We also get people going to other places for repair and not getting an honest straight answer. I've had customers that were recommended to get a new Xbox and do an exchange for the bad Xbox, when all it is, was a dead Xbox hard drive. Eventually your "bad" Xbox magically ends up repaired, modded, and resold on Craigslist.

Don't end up like this guy, this guy, or even this guy!

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I'd like information on modding my 360

- Allows you to use Linux

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I had my Xbox 360 fixed by someone else and have had it re-fixed many times. Can you help me?

Yes, our track record is very good with only one or two returns per 100 repairs. We've done a lot of research and have learned from many people that have come through with failed repairs from other places.

 

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