[plug] X-Box status update

[Harry McNally]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:58:30 +0800 (WST) Matt Kemner <zombie at penguincare.com.au> wrote:

>   I thought it would be easiest to do the mod here, in LinuxIT's workshop,
> as we have the tools, a TV-Tuner card to plug the X-Box into, and plenty
> of space to work in.

Sorry to reply so late. I'm out for this weekend. Some things transcend even XBox hacking :)

>   Also, the PLUG meetings might not provide enough time to do the mod
> without doing a rush job, which is why I thought a Saturday or Sunday
> afternoon would be best.  It also means it can happen sooner, rather than
> waiting 4 weeks for the next workshop meeting.

I don't think it'd be a rush to do the hardware mod (sans chip insertion) in three or so hours. But I see what you mean about the lag till the next one.

What was the prognosis on flashing the BIOS directly following those links I sent ? Its a "solder two small blobs on the motherboard to get erase/write access to the flash chip" mod. Not very taxing.  Nick B. ventured: "you'd have to get it riight first time" then reflected: "if it didn't work then you could put on the 27-wire mod". This all sounded of robust Nick-like logic (as usual). What's your verdict ?

Harry