HSD - Hours before the raids were news and broadcast across the net and the mass media, an XS member (FallsInc) tried to warn those of us in the inner circle that the noose was about to tighten around US Modchip shops. In all honesty many amongst us didn't give too much credence to the tip. Those of us running this site aren't running Modchip shops. To our Utter shock and dismay, hours later we watched as one shop after another in the US market either went down, stopped answering the phones and stopped taking orders. Shops, big and small across 16 states were raided, and had modding, piracy, and alot of unrelated goods and materials confiscated under the wide brush strokes of the DCMA.

The following is a firsthand account, written in his own words of the last 24 or so hours in the life of FallInc.

FallsInc - When ICE hit me, they had a warrant for my grandma's house where I had all my packages sent. They had a picture of the house, and a description of it, meaning they were ready to come find me. When they were there, they didn't find much, since I hadn't had my computer and most modding stuff there for a while, but I continued to have the orders sent there for security of the packages. They went in the house and woke everyone up and watched them get dressed and started going though everything that was in my old room, and the stuff I had in the garage. They took anything that was related to gaming. They opened all the mail I had waiting for me there (which included someone's Xbox and $150 for a mod and 400gb), and took all the consoles and all console parts that I had stored there they even took my original xbox1 games, that were in retail cases. They took my 360, power brick and video cable, while its modded with xtreme 5.1b, it has never had 1 single burned game booted on it. They also felt it necessary to take all my old Xbox parts, mostly dead, my controllers for the 360 and Wii (?) and packed it in a box, and left.

Click the read more link to view the entire story and the news source link.."

Microsoft, Nintendo, and the ESA are performing raids due to cracking down on selling of modchips that allow the breach of security in consoles that enable the system to boot counterfeit / unsigned code software. The raid is being named "Operation Tangled Web". Its main target is retailers selling modchips on the internet for Miscrosoft, Sony, and Nintendo game systems. The law has already executed 32 search warrants in 20 localities across the US in 24 hours.

Their reasoning behind the raid on modchip is "Modification chips or "mod-chips" are typically installed in video game console systems to circumvent the technological protection measures and enable the user to play pirated game software. These chips, as well as other circumvention devices, are illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).""

Replacing your failed DVD drive just got easier, with Talismoon?s 8164
solderless adapter. This device allows you to use an LG GDR-8164B DVD drive
with your original Xbox. Repairing your Xbox just got cheaper and easier! In
addition, the LG GDR-8164B drive reads CDs at 52x and DVDs at 16x, which
means that you will also experience faster read speeds (up to 8 times faster
than OEM). Fast read speeds means faster load speeds, which is less time
waiting when you could be playing.

Installation consists of using 2 PCBs to reroute the signals to pass through Xbox connectors. It takes less than 5 minutes to use the included ribbon
cables to accomplish this, and no special tools are required to install the
adapter.

The LG GDR-8164B has native support for reading the following disc types:

- CD-R
- CD-RW
- DVD-R
- DVD+R

The LG GDR-8164B (with adapter installed) will work with Xbox versions 1.0-1.6.

Your Xbox must already be modded to take advantage of the full features of this item.


Divineo.Com: http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/zz-xb-81new.html"

SICKmods have released information on their IR MOD which allows you to turn on and off your xbox with your remote plus some other cool features.

The latest update to the XERC family is now for sale - the XERC 2 XE. This version includes a diode onboard so you can directly connect the MS DVD Kit dongle to the XERC to share the same IR receiver.

If you are unfamiliar with the XERC, it is a small device which allows you to turn your Xbox on and off with your remote. It also allows you to eject and emulate long and short power presses, to enter different boot modes if you have a modchip installed. The MS DVD Kit dongle can be internally hardwired to share the same IR receiver as the XERC 2 XE.



The XERC can be configured to work with many different remotes, and you can change the button setup at any time without opening your Xbox. It also includes a bonus LED Fader feature on the status light. For more info on the XERC, and to view a video of it in action, visit http://xerc.sickmods.net/.

News-Source: http://www.sickmods.net/
Install Pics/Videos: http://sickmods.net/index.php?site=XERC2-Install"