I've been trying to mod my original Xbox in so many ways to stop it from staining at me funny from across the room.
I've tried getting a mod chip but all that proved was I suck at soldering. I'm currently trying to use the ata method. That seems to just be trolling me big time. I want to keep it and make use out of it. The action replay method is out of the question. I keep getting the wrong games.

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Yep, the games are cheep on ebay but I continue to get the wrong versions of the game.
Im willing to try the eeprom dump method but I know that will end up being a waste in the end.