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Microsoft Banning Modded Xboxen

Posted by Zonk on from the cry-me-a-river dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Since the release of Halo 2 (ed: and just before), Microsoft has been banning modified Xboxes from Xbox Live. Some have even been banned with their mod-chips turned off. Previously many users had been able to use Xbox Live provided they disabled their mod-chip. There are a few theories floating around as to how MS is doing this: from scanning the hard-drive for non-MS material to being able to check if the DVD-drive/Hard-disk serial number is from stock or not."

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  1. Re:xboxen? how about using correct words by f()rK()_Bomb · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    what kinda of a geek are you? that plural has been popular in computer circles since the 60's. never of VAXen or UNIX boxen?

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  2. What about keyboard/mouse? by crowdozer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What is everyone's opinion about aftermarket hardware that allows a user to use keyboard/mouse in their console FPS online? Is it fair? Does it unbalance gameplay? Should it be allowed by XBOX Live? (Assuming it could be detected.) A buddy and I were just debating this. I am against them. Opinions?