Welcome!

This page is dedicated to explaining what all is loaded in my xbox softmod.

First, a couple of words:

Dashboard: The interface that is shown when the xbox is started

XBMC: X Box Media Center - The dashboard that I load. I put on a build made in August 07. By far the most updated dash.

The following link describes the operating system:

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Xbox_Media_Center_Online_Manual

The 360 interface CAN NOT play emulators! (I load over 2000 games from most the older systems; ie. Atari, Nes, Snes, Genesis, N64, etc.)

Although the xbox 360 is the only device that can currently play xbox 360 games. If you want a solid media center that is flexible, compatible, and upgradeable, XBMC is for you.

With a harddrive upgrade (which I also do), it can play games and movies from the drive so you can sell that big clutter of discs you have, but don't want to get rid of.

For Example: A terabyte Harddrive can hold over 200 movies and games.

If you just want to play 360 games, you won't need this mod, because the xbox will NEVER play them...Sorry, it's a hardware thing, not software.

The 360 interface is not where XBMC is... The only thing it has better is the ability to play the newer games, and xbox live. Besides that, it is limited in every way media can be limited.

Don't get me wrong, I have a 360, but this thing is way more entertaining since you can play pretty much any game from any older system at any time. So that means when you're bored of super mario after 5 minutes, you just simply switched to altered beast, pick genesis or arcade version...

Now with that said, remember that I don't chip. I do everything through the dashboards and various interfaces. There is no need to put a master override "chip" in, when I can reprogram the xbox through software exploits. No chip, no resistance, and the same exact result... a modified xbox.

Why so cheap? You may be asking why this is cheaper than other mods out there. This is a software mod, and I am confident that there are enough people out there to justify lowering the price. It's stable, and I've spent many hours making everything work right. I'm not trying to make a fortune off each xbox, just some cash on the side for school.

• XBMC is by far the best after market dashboard for the xbox. The interface is pretty much identical to the 360 interface, but has A LOT more flexibility.

• I can also fix ALL software related problems and boot errors for the original (softmodded and chipped) XBOX; and some basic hardware problems. (But, NOT for the 360!!!)
• Price for just mod - 40$ (I can do this one at your house)
• Price for HDD install and mod - 60$ (I have to take the box home for this one)
• Price for Repair - 10$ to 40$; depending on problem

Why not chip?

• Then of course there is the question of why I'm not modding the 360. Microsoft did a lot better job with security on their new console and you have to understand that putting a aftermarket chip between sensitive devices causes X amount of resistance. The chip acts as a bottleneck for information and so energy/power on both sides of the chip are submitted to conditions they were never designed to handle. Chipping an old xbox is no big deal because if it goes you won't feel bad about it. But chipping a new 360 can mean 400 dollars worth of junk sitting around after a year or two of running with a chip. The chips out right now are new and not worth the damage. Wait a year or two and I'll be doing the 360. But for now, the original xbox is more than capable of handling whats out on the market. Get a 360 to play the games, but wait until the underground market has developed before experimenting with your new toy.