XBMC, Microsoft Original Dash and Xbox-Live!?

[conkerjoe]

can someone tell me if it is possible to play live enabled games while using xbmc and also is it possible to run up the original xbox dash as well as havin the option to go to xbmc??

thanks

[kraqh3d]

kinda sorta... its possible with some caveats.

you'd need to have a modchip that supports multiple banks. one on bank you run the normal ms bios, on the other bank you run the hacked bios of your choice -- probably x2 4983 with its apparent xblive protection.

make sure you're hard drive is locked.

make sure that c: is left virgin. you'll need a hacked bios that first loads the dash from the f: partition. also install XBMC to the f: partition.

and you'll only be able to load xbmc from the dash on the f: partition, not from your original ms dash on c:

[conkerjoe]

well my original modded xbox was an aladdin chip with standard evox bios on with no ftp support. this enabled live games if i didnt hold the on button for more than 1 second. i havnt toucvhed the bios to get xbmc on because i wasnt sure what i should/shouldnt put on the bios. is there a way i could do it without flashin my bios, somehow hav my xbox boot as normal if i just swithc it on and load xbmc if i hold it for 1 second??

[nimbles]

yes all covered in the manual- please read

instructions to install dash with or without bios flashing covered in the manual- under "xbmc as dash"

[kraqh3d]

yeah. the holding the power button is for modchip disable. that'll work too, but you'll need a way to get the software onto your hard drive.

[Gamester17]

just to clearify, all these requirements must be meet:
1. a modchip that you can disable, some require a on/off switch for this, others can be disabled by stating by holing power and/or eject.
* *(reason: you cannot have the modchip enabled at all while you are on xbox-live! or you will get permanetly banned on that xbox)
* *(tip: flash modchip with bios that disables xbox-live ports, it will prevent you from accidently connecting to live with modchip enabled)
2. make sure the c: partition is left as original. do not put any pirated or homebrew software/code/files/etc on c: as might get scanned).
3. you must have the original retail xbox game disk to play on live, (you can not use a pirated/backup copy as you then will be banned)!
4. romous say microsoft has a new trick to detect modded xboxes and that is to also scan e: so upgrade harddrive to only use f:/g:
* (by that i mean put all howbrew software and backuped games on f: or g: partition, plus make sure modchip bios boots to f: or g: too).

ps! software modding you xbox does not work on xbox-live and live will automaticly update the xbox software with a fixed one anyway.