xbox360 modchip almost released

[hey69]

any theories how they managed to do this ?


taken from their webpage :




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Chip Name: I.C.E. Chip version 1.0

Features: Direct Boot XboX 360 ISO's, Rips, and Dumps

Wires: 20-30 (Depending On M$ Kernal Version)

Regions: NTSC & PAL

Cost: MSRP $70.00

Where To Buy: Click Retailers (In Menu of Website)

When: N/A

Pictures: Have been removed due to new features, pcb boards, and security issues

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01.07.2005.UPDATE - Regarding our chip as a 'fake', Firstly, if you believe this then leave, secondly

this chip will be released, and will hit the market shortly, to all the non believers. As for

pre-orders, we are only gathering lists at this time for initial stock release, we are NOT accepting

payment of any sort, please do not send us any money at this time, contact your retailers

listed above. Thanks !

 

[arjan de lumens]

The chip is apparently being tested/announced by InfinityMods.com, which supposedly has a good track record in the modchip area. It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few days.

 

[hey69]

i'm very curious HOW they managed it.

did they found a backdoor? did the demo kiosk disc had an intresting purpose to find something out?


meanwhile team executer (known from their executer chips )comments:

* Xbox 360
It is great to see such a huge community input into the openeing up of the 360. Two websites of note (one a returning old freind) are worth keeping bookmarked, they have some interesting discoveries and observations.
www.xboxhacker.net
www.free60.org
For a completely "hacked" 360 don't expect anything on the scale of the first Xbox - at least not for a long, long time, however you can expect to see a hack of some sort soon - not only from Xecuter(info) but from at least one other group of guys we have spoken to. Unsigned code is looking unlikely atm but booting of raw dumps maybe quite possible - but no where near as much fun or scope as Xbox1 mods. Kudos to M$ for their security on this one, however there is always a way.....

On a non-hacking note, we have licenced a number of Xbox 360 hardware add-on designs to a couple of companies ready to be announced soon.

 

[Ty]

i'm very curious HOW they managed it.

Weren't like 10 devkits stolen at one point? Or maybe I'm way off base....

 

[DopeyFish]

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=478121

they're calling it a fake

edit: Team Xecuter is saying it's almost guaranteed fake too.

I think the reasoning is because Xecuter is calling theirs a "hack of some sort" and not a modchip directly. What this means is probably the only solution discovered at the time is either disc swapping or implantation on the hard drive (which I think is very unlikely)

But we all have to just wait and see

 

[hey69]

Weren't like 10 devkits stolen at one point? Or maybe I'm way off base....

yup true