crazy_joe_devola Xbox-HQ Member Xbox Version: V1.0a Modded: Softmod V3.1
Joined: Jul 26, 2005 Posts: 67 Location: Canada
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: Playing Xbox Live with different hard drive?
Hey all, I want to start playing XBL again, but I want to use the new hard drive that I installed in my xbox and not the stock one. But I know that I will get banned for using a different hdd.
Is there anything I can do so that I don't get banned while playing XBL or do I have no choice but to use the stock hdd?
Here is my current xbox setup:
SID 3.1
Xbox V1.0a
Maxtor 80gb hdd
Joined: Dec 08, 2006 Posts: 2337 Location: Repping the (216) yo
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:54 am Post subject:
The way you get banned for using a upgraded hdd is if your xbox has been on live with the stock hdd. So if you've never been on live with that xbox, you should be fine. _________________
crazy_joe_devola Xbox-HQ Member Xbox Version: V1.0a Modded: Softmod V3.1
Joined: Jul 26, 2005 Posts: 67 Location: Canada
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:29 am Post subject:
Yeah I have been on live before with the stock hdd.
JP45 Xbox-HQ Freak
Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 636 Location: Santa fe, Texas
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:46 am Post subject:
doesnt sound good for you lmao j/k _________________ xbox AID 4.10 80GB WD
sony vaio labtop with a modded crack going across the screen ha..ha..
Joined: Dec 08, 2006 Posts: 2337 Location: Repping the (216) yo
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:28 am Post subject:
When you connect to live, microsoft records the serial numbers of all your hardware so they know if you messed with anything. _________________
TheRealHypnotiX Moderator
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2508 Location: Pensacola, FL
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:46 am Post subject:
sounds like invasion of privacy to me!!!! lol
Thats gay tho, ur paying for the Live account, u bought the system, ur paying for the net. I mean come on, as long as ur not cheating they shouldnt worry about it, after all it was YOUR money you forked over to them wen Sony has FREE online play..... o well! _________________ Hotswap Tutorial|FTP Tutorial|HyperX Flashing Tutorial
Joined: Dec 08, 2006 Posts: 2337 Location: Repping the (216) yo
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:56 am Post subject:
You gotta understand that weather you do it or not, xbox modding does make it possible to pirate games, and microsoft has to protect their interests. _________________
dartht33bagger Moderator
Joined: Apr 17, 2007 Posts: 5408 Location: Oregon, USA
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject:
I play on live with my old xbox sometimes and it has a 300 gig HDD and im still not banned. _________________
xUnReAlx Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: 1.1 Softmod Modded: UnleashX Dash - 40g HDD
Joined: Dec 08, 2006 Posts: 2337 Location: Repping the (216) yo
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:44 am Post subject:
bongripz216 wrote:
When you connect to live, microsoft records the serial numbers of all your hardware so they know if you messed with anything.
from what i understand, your eeprom is associated with the serial number from the hard drive thats in your xbox the first time you log onto xblive. It has nothing to do with the drive size. If you were to log onto live, then switch to another stock hdd, you'll get banned. _________________
Flaw Xbox-HQ Member Xbox Version: v1.1 and v1.0 Modded: SmartXX 2
Joined: May 10, 2007 Posts: 83 Location: CA
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:45 am Post subject:
XBL will check the following:
EEPROM
Serial
Matching Lock/unlock pw's
Online ID
and a few other small serials.
HOWEVER, if you were to say... Freewrite the new softmoded HDD with EVERY signature on your stock HDD, I'm pretty sure they don't check size. Why? Because the Serial will dictate what your size is supposed to be, which if it's stock is either 8 or 10 gigs, mattering on the drive and it's age. So they may not check its size, not sure on the latest updates.
xUnReAlx Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: v1.1 and v1.0 Modded: SmartXX 2
Joined: Jun 09, 2007 Posts: 364
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:
i would think they would even care, i mean to them they are just "out of date" products anyway.
"For those of you who don't know what the Marriage Theory is; its basically when you connect to Xbox Live for the first time you send MS your Xbox's eeprom and your Hard Drive's serial number. Now say, you decide to upgrade your Hard Drive, MS will recognize the change and they will ban your Xbox from Xbox Live." _________________
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