Complete Starter From Scratch + Noob Options

[Simon19]

Hello all, I've decided to got an xbox 1 since they are dirt cheap now and make quite a good media centre / player, but how do I get started. I know this is a no brainer to some but I dont have the slighetst!

Im gonna buy my unit second hand so worst case it could be a 1.6 board, we'll se in the comming fututre.
Whats the best way to mod the xbox.

What I want from it:

A) XBMC to play movies from the hard disk
B) the ability to play games from the hardisk. (thinking xbox mini in mind)
C) the ability to upgrade the hard disk, non-restrictive of locking stuff. so any IDE / sata on converter.
D) the ability to remove the dvd drive perminatly or replace the stock one with a laptop form factor one.

So whats my options?

TSOP, ModChip, Game exploit every time?

Also where do I get an xbox modchip in the UK these days? Anywhere prefribly with PayPal.

Also whats the likelyhood of a brick doing a TSOP is there any backup bootlader to restore from a brick?

Regards, Steve

This post has been edited by Simon19: Oct 1 2011, 04:48 PM

[Heimdall]

1. Solder the TSOP points.
2. Softmod the Xbox (Krayzie 1.1.1 gamesave, or Kingroach NDURE 3.1 if you hotswap).
3. Use HeXEn (Google Heimdall's Xbox Engineering Disc) to flash the TSOP and set up your disk, and to install XBMC and set it as your dash. Use X2.5035 as your BIOS.
4. Use HeXEn to install and build your new, larger hard drive.


The edit limit is around 30 minutes, not 24 hours.

This post has been edited by Heimdall: Oct 3 2011, 09:45 PM

[shambles1980]

not 100% sure about the rarity of winbond chips on 1.1 boards.. But you will need to double check what Tsop chip you have as winbond needs a diferent option from the hexen tools.

This post has been edited by shambles1980: Oct 3 2011, 09:52 PM