Original XBox..

[HotRod]

I picked up a few original XBox's cheap and wanted to do some tinkering with them..

I want one as a multimedia device - DVD, MP3, etc.. so was thinking of XBMC.

Want one to put XBox Linux on there - no idea why, something I've not done and want to achieve..

The other I want to remain as a game machine - for now anyway...

The only real questions I have are.... does anyone have experience of this sort of modding? should I softmod or hardware mod? which mod chip should I go for?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

[softscoop]

I bought an original xbox and softmodded it to run XBMC about 4 years ago.

If I remember rightly, I had to have the original version of splinter cell and an Action Replay memory card to run the exploit from. It wasn't difficult at all.

Ahh I've just found a handy walkthough guide here

You can also use USB devices like this one to transfer the files over.

[Phil-E]

My old original xbox running XBMC is still going strong at the mother in laws house.

I hardmodded mine though with a solderless chip. I reckon you'd get one of those pretty cheap now. I also upgraded the HDD to an old 80GB one I had lying around.

Phil

[Dogran]

I've softmodded 2 original xboxes, both of which are still running. A great resource is http://www.xbmc4xbox.org which gives you all the information you could ever need. I've still got my softmod kit somewhere if you want to borrow it...

[HotRod]

I've softmodded 2 original xboxes, both of which are still running. A great resource is http://www.xbmc4xbox.org which gives you all the information you could ever need. I've still got my softmod kit somewhere if you want to borrow it...

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