DIY: Hack the Xbox

By Steve Kovsky, Special to CNET.com on 20 September 2004

You may have an Xbox, but you probably don't know what all it can do. Locked away inside is the power of a PC. We'll show you how to let it out.

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  • bobs ur aunty commented on 30/09/2007 20:45

    In regards to
    hard_core_gamer
    comment on
    01/05/2007 01:18 AM

    Thats all well and good, and i understand what your saying, however, it is similar to the outlawing of guns in australia,

    all that illegalizing it did was mean that the good people that wouldnt use them for bad things couldnt have them, and the criminals did, because they have no respect for the law anyway.

    Mr law abider got screwed over.

    we all gave up our guns/modded systems and only the people that were screwing it up for us anyway had them.

  • xobx rocks commented on 28/09/2007 17:08

    I have an xbox with 500g HD and its awsome iv got like a million games and guess what they never get wrecked anyways live is ****
    peace out

  • xbox 360 modd king commented on 25/08/2007 12:50

    well my xbox 360 is modded to a windows vista with 1 terra bite of hdd memory and all yous do is say hey i think its retarded to modd a xbox well fuk u if i get banned off live ill just hack it again like i did last time

  • Dragon Paris commented on 07/08/2007 07:55

    i think it's pathetic! all this illegal stuff about xboxs, when i get mine chipped, i'm gonna copy games friggen 20 a day

  • Superbrain in a 12-year old body commented on 23/07/2007 05:02

    You know, Technically, all software really is is a series of 1s and 0s, which in turn, is a number, and guess what? It is illegal to copyright numbers( at least in the us), meaning that the game producers are breaking the law, not the game pirates. We humans live in a backwards world, don't we?

  • faceplant commented on 18/07/2007 11:08

    I originally purchased my XBOX because it is a PC inside, and i was going to mod it. but i never wanted void warranty. my machine is still running well although some friends have all had theirs die. now the XBOX 360 is out, MS don't seem to care about xbox users anyway, games are getting harder to find. xbox live was just chewing my money as i never used it. i think it's old enought to do what i want with it now with out legal issues. but i can always buy a second hand one real cheap. with luck that might have been modded for me.

  • hard_core_gamer commented on 01/05/2007 01:18

    You know people when you all say that illeagalizing mod chips and hacking your own bought and paid for XBoxs is "Retarded" as you say well yah it maybe but for those of you out there that do use your XBox for pirating games then you are the reason that they are outlawing it so dont say that it is stupid for them to outlaw it because it is your fault maybe not yours as one person but yours as a whole but for those of you that use the mod chip for more music or to unlock the full potential of your gaming system then that is fine but just remember if you wanna blame a person for them outlawing it then blame that friend or family member that says hey man can i borrow that game i can rip it to my xbox thats who you should be blaming no microsoft or the leagle system because it is one big chain your friend rips a game then microsoft is out the money that could have been made from that friend that ripped your game to his XBox and the leagle system does what microsoft wants them to because it is realy theft so you are a thief or if your freind does it with your game then your are an accomplis so you are breaking the law so maybe you all should take your head of your XBox long enough to notice what is really going on and as far as the man that wrote out the stuff on the top of this page he is one of those that are doing it for leagle reasons and as far as the guy that said that he sounds like a noob you must be the noob because if you were pirating games would you be putting it on a international page where just anyone could see so you are the "NOOB" thank you and enjoy


    your friend Hard_core_Gamer

  • hard_core_gamer commented on 01/05/2007 01:13

    You know people when you all say that illeagalizing mod chips and hacking your own bought and paid for XBoxs is "Retarded" as you say well yah it maybe but for those of you out there that do use your XBox for pirating games then you are the reason that they are outlawing it so dont say that it is stupid for them to outlaw it because it is your fault maybe not yours as one person but yours as a whole but for those of you that use the mod chip for more music or to unlock the full potential of your gaming system then that is fine but just remember if you wanna blame a person for them outlawing it then blame that friend or family member that says hey man can i borrow that game i can rip it to my xbox thats who you should be blaming no microsoft or the leagle system because it is one big chain your friend rips a game then microsoft is out the money that could have been made from that friend that ripped your game to his XBox and the leagle system does what microsoft wants them to because it is realy theft so you are a thief or if your freind does it with your game then your are an accomplis so you are breaking the law so maybe you all should take your head of your XBox long enough to notice what is really going on and as far as the man that wrote out the stuff on the top of this page he is one of those that are doing it for leagle reasons and as far as the guy that said that he sounds like a noob you must be the noob because if you were pirating games would you be putting it on a international page where just anyone could see so you are the "NOOB" thank you and enjoy


    your friend Hard_core_Gamer

  • Rain commented on 07/04/2007 21:40

    There are two ways to mod an xbox softmod and hardmod-(use of a mod chip) I have a soft modded xbox with an upgraded hdd to 500GB its nice I've backed up all the games I own on the drive itself. That way when I go off to a freinds house all i need is my xbox and a few controllers no need for like a hundred cases when you can just scroll through a list

  • Lolowe12 commented on 18/03/2007 18:55

    i have moded before but it wasnt my mods it was a person i knew on xbox live hiw did that happen it was very fun

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