Q&A: Im thinking about getting my xbox 360 chipped, how can it be done, “flashing the drive”, “mod chip” etc etc

Question by Leon S: Im thinking about getting my xbox 360 chipped, how can it be done, “flashing the drive”, “mod chip” etc etc
I have heard a number ways to do this.. updating the firmware via a disc similar to when playing a new game and updating console, etc etc, is this safe?? Also mod chips but i dont fancy having my xbox’s inside messed with. And how can I play games from my pc hardrive? If anybody has the link to where I would be able to make my own bootable disc with the firmware update that would be great, any other useful links or info would be great

cheers

Best answer:

Answer by veraperezp
Microsoft has been rumored to send out updates that will brick a modded Xbox. And you can’t really opt out of these updates. If you don’t update you won’t be allowed to connect to XBL.

As for playing from the PC hard drive, do you mean pulling the games from the PC to the Xbox 360? Or do you mean playing Xbox 360 games in your PC? You won’t be able to play a 360 game in a PC at all. Making the 360 treat your PC as an external HDD may be an interesting hack. You can already pull music and movies from a PC (hell, from a Mac, I am doing it from my iMac G5) to the Xbox 360, so I imagine treating the PC as an external device should not be that terrible.

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