This is a very general question:
I'm looking into modding an original Xbox. From the opinion of the experienced, am I better off soft modding, or installing a chip mod? I have experience with chip modding other consoles, so difficulty and technical experience is not a barrier for me.
Xbox Modding: Soft mod, or chip mod?
Re: Xbox Modding: Soft mod, or chip mod?
Soft modding is the cheaper route, but from what i understand upgrading the HD is easier with a hard modded xbox.
Re: Xbox Modding: Soft mod, or chip mod?
Go with a soft mod. There's little incentive to hard mod, especially now that Xbox live is no longer an issue on that console. The softmod tools are easy to use, fool-proof, and you can find suites to install a new dash & various emulators & software all in one shot.
If all you want to use the modded box for is emulators, there isn't really a need to upgrade the hard drive IMO.
Either way, you would likely have to hot-swap the hard drive if you want to replace it regardless of whether you had it soft or hard-modded.
If all you want to use the modded box for is emulators, there isn't really a need to upgrade the hard drive IMO.
Either way, you would likely have to hot-swap the hard drive if you want to replace it regardless of whether you had it soft or hard-modded.
Re: Xbox Modding: Soft mod, or chip mod?
Soft. Chipping can do lots of unnecessary stuff, and it can get involved. Soft modding can do everything necessary and isn't so involved. I got the deluxe Hard mod kit, and having done everything correctly I'd never want to do it again. Did the soft mod lots of times, and I'd be happy to do it again any time.
Re: Xbox Modding: Soft mod, or chip mod?
As a proud soft modder of the Oxbox, my vote is to soft mod it as well.
When you know what you're doing, you can soft mod in under 10 minutes. It's getting all the emulators and stuff organized and configured that takes a lot of time.
Also, there are new tools that will allow you to pull the bin from the factory hard drive (after it's soft modded of course) and then simply plug a new HDD into your computer and lock it with the bin. Then plug it into the oxbox (no need to even hot swap) and it will just work. I recently did a 250gb for a customer this way.
When you know what you're doing, you can soft mod in under 10 minutes. It's getting all the emulators and stuff organized and configured that takes a lot of time.
Also, there are new tools that will allow you to pull the bin from the factory hard drive (after it's soft modded of course) and then simply plug a new HDD into your computer and lock it with the bin. Then plug it into the oxbox (no need to even hot swap) and it will just work. I recently did a 250gb for a customer this way.