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Xbox modded – without a mod chip

Ian Bell By

Crackers have discovered how to mod the system without a physical modchip

Following on from the news that it’s possible to run unsigned applications on the Xbox by using a loophole in EA’s Agent Under Fire, crackers have discovered how to mod the system without a physical modchip.

The new system breaks open the Xbox for running third-party applications (including the Linux operating system) or pirated games just as effectively as standard mod chips, but the only physical alteration needed to the box is a very minor soldering task to link up two jumper points on the system board.

This then allows the user to flash the original BIOS chip on the Xbox itself – rather than installing a replacement BIOS to bypass the original chip, as most Xbox mod chips do.

This latest development is likely to make the modification of Xboxen even cheaper and easier than it was previously – in fact, it’s such a simple procedure that we can easily envisage people modding your Xbox “while you wait” at various dodgy computer fairs or market stalls around the country, in much the same way that mobile phones can be unlocked in mere minutes for only a few pounds.

It remains to be seen how Microsoft plans to respond to this new form of cracking attempt on the Xbox; it’s one thing to shut down the sale of mod chips, but it’s effectively impossible to prevent the distribution across the Internet of the simple instructions and files required to mod the console in this way.

Source: xEmulation.com

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  1. spikey at 5:31pm 22nd September 2008 Hi please cane you send me instructions on how to mod my xbox please imspikey@hotmail.com
  2. Hudratsurf at 5:48pm 12th September 2008 Hi There please send me instructions on how to mod my xbox please
  3. Huhhelis at 9:39am 6th May 2008 Please send me instructions

    huhhelis@suomi24.fi
  4. vito at 12:06pm 2nd April 2008 Dude send me the instructions. Janembaevil@gmail.com


    NOW!!
  5. bryan at 4:02pm 1st April 2008 OMG YOU PEOPLE IT IS POSSIBLE TO MOD A XBOX WITHOUT A MOD CHIP USING ORGINAL XBOX GAMES BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO BUY A MOD CHIP YOU AR RETARDED CAUSE YOU CAN BREAK YOUR XBOX PERMANTLY!!!!!!!!! †††
  6. eric at 2:16pm 22nd January 2008 dear god, either evry1 here is mentally retarded, or they dont no how 2 read, Y DONT U FAGS READ WHAT ELSE THIS GUY ROTE U N00BS,

    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD . . .
  7. Savio at 12:27am 24th December 2007 I've accidently deleted my softmod and am receiving the multilanguage call CC message. I've got over 80 games, 1200 mp3's, at least a dozen DVD's, and hundreds of photos that are currently inaccessible. The situation is desperate. please advise...
  8. adam at 10:32pm 19th December 2007 please send me a diagram of this **** i need to mod this thing, maybe i got some tips for you
  9. night at 5:23pm 26th October 2007 can you send me the right info please to do this mod . as im in a wheelchair and i have nothing to do all day but play games and computer or can sombody please tell me how in a email thank you
    night808 srxxtreem@hotmail.com
  10. Jake McNight at 12:50pm 5th April 2007 hey ill take a game trailer of halo 3 as long as you help me

    stupid4evr@hotmail.com
  11. adam at 11:19pm 24th March 2007 can u please give me instuctions on how to mod ur xbox please i need help thanks or send me
  12. K at 2:59am 29th January 2007 Please send me instruction on how to modchip
    Thanks a lot
  13. Jake at 4:01pm 15th January 2007 hey can someone show me or tell me how to mod my xbox....just like tell me everything.
  14. ken at 1:07am 12th January 2007 send me instructions and software to softmod my x box at uplate2much@yahoo.com. any added instructions or tips would be greatly appreciated thank you.
  15. johnnyG at 4:18am 21st July 2006 lol what a dum **** he acshely left his e-mail
  16. jay at 9:30am 30th June 2006 millwall.jay@hotmail.co.uk
    please send me copy of halo 2 for pc and halo 3 trailer thank you. :)
  17. GregOrY at 7:41pm 23rd June 2006 Plz show me how to mod my xbox Email is ContenderChamp15@yahoo.com
  18. stevo at 9:18am 16th June 2006 oh yea it's stevomccraw@sbcglobal.net
  19. stevo at 9:12am 16th June 2006 please send me the stuff I need 2 do 2 mod my XBOX without the chip PLEASE
  20. nick at 2:52pm 10th May 2006 yo send me the instructions at nickmatt5692@yahoo.com
  21. eric at 1:25am 9th May 2006 hi yes , could u please send me full detailed instructions and pictures on how to mod my xbox without using a mod chip , most grateful for all your help with this , thanks que1zone@yahoo.com
  22. LEE at 6:00pm 26th April 2006 hi , could u please mail me the instructions on how to do it please ? I would be very very very grateful , thank you. My kind regards to you aswell,
    dj_mitzy@hotmail.com
  23. alan at 4:06am 20th April 2006 Could you please send me intructions and detailed pictures so i can mod my XBOX. alan.walsh4@mail.dcu.ie
  24. daniel czarnetzki at 12:45am 8th April 2006 i keep having proplems with online play with my old xbox can u tell me how to fix it ,or mod it or whatever,i would appreciate it ,thank you so much.god bless.
    stonerubixcube3006
  25. laura at 8:17am 5th April 2006 hi does anybody no how to unlock an xbox without a chip please could you tell me thankyou
  26. karl at 8:35am 30th March 2006 please send me the instructions
  27. Rick at 4:02am 29th March 2006 plz plz send me the info plz plz
  28. stevie vaughan at 3:11pm 24th March 2006 can u plz send me instructions on how to mod an xb w/o a mod chip thx and send it to my email plz
  29. stevie vaughan at 3:11pm 24th March 2006 can u plz send me the instructions for modding an xb w/o a mod chip thx a lot

    -stevie
  30. Matt at 11:04am 9th March 2006 That is really unbelievable
    - I cannot believe that you are right noob
    - I mean, are you peoples attention spans so small that you cant actually be bothered to read anymore?
  31. Mike at 5:57pm 6th March 2006 Could you please send me intructions and detailed pictures so i can mod my XBOX. dogsrulecatsdruel@yahoo.com
  32. Mike at 5:57pm 6th March 2006 Hey can u send me info and pics 2 dogsrulecatsdruel@yahoo.com thanx
  33. cody at 4:59pm 16th February 2006 Hey Can U send me instructions on how to mod my x-box plz Halo_Master799@hotmail.com
  34. Raoul Duke at 6:08am 14th February 2006 What's all the fuss about? Surely the Xbox can be 'unlocked' in the same way as a DVD player. Tap in a dvd code and you're away. Try these nerdy tech heads for an answer - they 'say' it can be done without ripping your Xbox to pieces http://www.dvdexploder.com
    Is it legal to unlock the Xbox?
  35. rob at 9:51am 28th January 2006 send me instructions how to mod kimberlyavc@shaw.ca
  36. O'Brien at 1:14pm 24th January 2006 I used the soft mod to chip my xbox, but i accidentally deleted a file and it doesn't work anymore.A green message come on the screen showing that "i must call customer care." Can u tell me what to do to fix it plz. Thank u & God Bless u.
  37. gafilta fish at 10:57am 23rd January 2006 hey man, i need to know how to mod my box w/o the chip so hit me up...spencer8849@bellsouth.net or hit my aim..if you got it The Realest0909...i would appreciate it.
  38. josh at 6:31pm 8th January 2006 will you send me the instructions
    JNagy129@aol.com
  39. gt1 at 7:57pm 7th January 2006 you lot are IDIOTS, when you are to alter your xbox without opening it up its called: SOFTMODDING

    now i have a link for all of those noobs that cant be fuacked to fin for themselfs: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=94429 Now next time look for it your bloody self as there would not be as many kind people around to give you a head start in the future.
  40. Mike at 1:23pm 7th January 2006 mikeg@mcgenterprisesonline.com
  41. Mike at 1:23pm 7th January 2006 Please send me the instructions
  42. Dan at 10:44pm 4th January 2006 That sounds awesome. Could you send me instructions on how to do it. My email is Dan0627@comcast.net
  43. Cal at 8:39am 3rd January 2006 hey it would be great for the instructions on how to do it, please send them to discoking113000@aol.com thanks
  44. Martin RAMOS at 3:16pm 2nd January 2006 can you send more info of how to mod my xbox without the modchip....

    thanks

  45. nay at 11:15am 29th December 2005 hey guys i payed £25 for my xbox 2 b modded WITHOUT a mod chip and it worked fine up until i went into the wrong menu and did the wrong thing lol d'oh now my xbox boots with chinese text and i cantplay anygames or i cant get any menus i was wounder if u guys know how i know reboot it back 2 how it was with slayers on it
  46. nixon at 6:43am 24th December 2005 tell me how plndm@hotmail.com
  47. tryme1234 at 3:00pm 19th December 2005 oh and any and all pix on how to get the soft mods would be helpful

    MXmanJC@hotmail.com
  48. tryme1234 at 3:00pm 19th December 2005 sweet, though i really have no clue how to get the mods from the computer to the xbox. could you help me with that, could you please send instructions to my email, much appreciated!

    MXmanJC@hotmail.com

    thanx
  49. Dukart at 4:01pm 8th December 2005 can you send you send me information and detailed pictures on how to mod my xbox without a mod chip dukarttyler92@hotmail.com thanks. greatly apriciated
  50. ApocalypseFlame at 12:56pm 30th November 2005 please semd me an instruction and info with pichers and stuff telling me how to mod my xbox without a mod chip
    me email addres is
    chrisdagerhorn@optonline.net
  51. me at 5:32pm 28th October 2005 kybo1@hotmail.com
  52. mckenzy at 10:06am 25th October 2005 Hello their please im really interested im in africa(far from reach af most original x box games there fore expensive to buy) .please if any one really knows how to mod without a chip please send the information to mckenzy2k@yahoo.com Thanks.
  53. tyler at 9:12pm 22nd October 2005 I need the info how 2 mod with out using a mod ship -----e- mail me at : tylerlejeune@yahoo.com p.s that would b nice ....txs so much ty man :)
  54. mendelk at 3:24pm 21st October 2005 awsome
  55. xr8s rock at 5:55am 8th October 2005 hey noob can you send me the instuctions on how to modd my xbox without a chip....thanx
    would be great if you can
    thebest3833@hotmail.com
  56. brian at 10:31am 23rd September 2005 hey noob could you send the info for me i would greatly appreiate it thanks
  57. cody at 8:00am 21st September 2005 thehatchetman3662@yahoo.com
  58. Frank at 12:28am 14th September 2005 to just to let you no most people who use mods are noobs
  59. Jack at 12:22am 14th September 2005 send it to me if you no how to do it but i bet you don't Halo Slayer200@aol.com
  60. shannon at 6:47pm 10th September 2005 NOOB,
    i guess you proved that people are really that stupid. well they deserve what they get. LOL
  61. Jack at 12:00pm 30th August 2005 Could you please send me intructions and detailed pictures so i can mod my XBOX.
    "badri_kuda@yahoo.com"
  62. Dan at 5:14pm 21st August 2005 Could you please send me intructions and detailed pictures so i can mod my XBOX. TitansGuy9@AOL.com THANX
  63. Noobs. at 4:19pm 4th August 2005 LOL YOU PHUCKING NOOBLETS.

    WHY ARE THEY SO MANY STUPID NOOBLETS LIKE YOU GUYS OUT THERE?

    I'LL BOMB YOUR E-MAILS, WITH THIS I PROVE YOUR STUPIDITY. WITH THIS I PROVE THAT PEOPLE ONLY READ THE TOP AND BOTTOM LINE OF COMMENTS, I WILL TELL THEM TO LEAVE THEIR EMAILS AND THE IDIOTS WILL, THIS WILL START UP THE HIVE ON THE COMMENTS SECTION.

    LEAVE YOUR EMAIL HERE SO I CAN SEND YOU THE INSTRUCTIONS. =) TRUST ME. ITS SO EASY, I WILL ALSO SEND YOU A COPY OF HALO 2 FOR THE PC AND A GAME TRAILER OF HALO 3.
  64. Ian Bell and Dan Gaul at 8:05am 28th July 2005 Guys its illegal, why would anyone send you instructions!?
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