Anyone using chipped xbox and halo2?

[Yaka]

just wondering if any have recived thier copy of Halo2 and if they have tried using live with thier chipped xbox

 

[Ono]

I suppose you are worried about the recent state of banning by M$ over the last day or so Yaka?

Well, the jury is still out on why they are getting banned and it is not specifically related to Halo 2 it seems. It could be the HDD being detected or the EEPROM not matching. It could be anything.

Just for the record I haven't been banned yet. I should have Halo 2 tomorrow to test.

If I get banned, fuck it. I'm not a big fan of LIVE anyway.

 

[ManDevil]

If you've got it chipped, you can use xbconnect or kai to play online for free anyway.

 

[nath]

I don't get it - surely you want to switch off your chip when you go on live - and if it's an official copy of Halo 2 you don't need the chip on, as such how would it get you?

 

[Ono]

I don't get it - surely you want to switch off your chip when you go on live - and if it's an official copy of Halo 2 you don't need the chip on, as such how would it get you?

No, no. In the past, M$ would ban your LIVE account if you accidently logged onto LIVE with the switch on. If you had the switch off they couldn't detect you had a modded Brick. Even then, if you were banned for being forgetful you could just change the EEPROM on your banned Brick and play again.

Now they seem to be able to detect that you have modified your Brick in some way - either chipping it or even just changing the HDD to a bigger one and banning people regardless of whether or not they are booting the Brick up with the chip off.

The big question is HOW are they doing this? The main theory seems to be that if you logged onto LIVE in the past, then changed your HDD you are fucked as they have logged your HDD serial against your EEPROM/LIVE account and any changes in that combination mean chippage.

My Brick was modded 2 years ago and I've only just got onto LIVE so they have no trace of me changing HDD so hopefully it'll stay OK.


We'll see.

 

[Yaka]

guess im fucked my brick has just been chipped with X3,

 

[WPKenny]

No, no. In the past, M$ would ban your LIVE account if you accidently logged onto LIVE with the switch on. If you had the switch off they couldn't detect you had a modded Brick. Even then, if you were banned for being forgetful you could just change the EEPROM on your banned Brick and play again.

Now they seem to be able to detect that you have modified your Brick in some way - either chipping it or even just changing the HDD to a bigger one and banning people regardless of whether or not they are booting the Brick up with the chip off.

The big question is HOW are they doing this? The main theory seems to be that if you logged onto LIVE in the past, then changed your HDD you are fucked as they have logged your HDD serial against your EEPROM/LIVE account and any changes in that combination mean chippage.

My Brick was modded 2 years ago and I've only just got onto LIVE so they have no trace of me changing HDD so hopefully it'll stay OK.


We'll see.

There's one flaw to that theory...what if you log into live on another x-box? Say you go round your mate's and want to log-in, surely they'll see a different HDD serial come up then?

 

[MYstIC G]

In theory you've gotta tell the new X-Box you're moving your account onto it. Maybe that initiates the base record of your X-Box?

 

[Yaka]

hmmm been reading bait about it, i may just try the mp modes on live, still have the standard hdd installed, just that pgr2, an BO3 are the games im luvving playing on live, dont wana get banned for it:/