My Xbox plays my leaglly owned backups with no modchip installed.
I recently purchased a brand new Xbox and took it straight to a local shop. There were two points that needed soldered together and then the original BIOS chip was flashed with the Executer 2 BIOS and Evox was installed. This was all done via boot disc I believe. This is a very good way to go since there is no chip to ever come lose.
I also had them put in a 120 GB hard drive. The hard drive has a bunch of other BIOS's I could load if I need to, like the original MS BIOS. The guy that done the install has a 300 GB in his box.
I can insert a game into the Xbox DVD drive (luckily I got a Samsung) and copy it directly to the hard drive and then play from the hard drive. So far I put ten games on the hard drive. It also plays my Sega CDs and PS1 games, but PS1 has to be played from the hard drive. Sega CD runs perfectly from the DVD drive.
The Xbox acts as an FTP server on my home network and I can transfer disc images (such as a PS1 bin image) to and from my PC with ease.
Many other emulation programs run beautifully. So load up your leagal ROMs and have add it.
Needless to say I'm very happy with the Xbox. Unfortunately, my kids are giving it to me for Xmas so the wife has stashed it. I did get to take it for a test drive a couple nights between 12AM and 3AM.
So there are modchipless options, but a "modification" was necessary.
Total cost for the Xbox, hard drive, installation and flashing was $439 US.
I recently purchased a brand new Xbox and took it straight to a local shop. There were two points that needed soldered together and then the original BIOS chip was flashed with the Executer 2 BIOS and Evox was installed. This was all done via boot disc I believe. This is a very good way to go since there is no chip to ever come lose.
I also had them put in a 120 GB hard drive. The hard drive has a bunch of other BIOS's I could load if I need to, like the original MS BIOS. The guy that done the install has a 300 GB in his box.
I can insert a game into the Xbox DVD drive (luckily I got a Samsung) and copy it directly to the hard drive and then play from the hard drive. So far I put ten games on the hard drive. It also plays my Sega CDs and PS1 games, but PS1 has to be played from the hard drive. Sega CD runs perfectly from the DVD drive.
The Xbox acts as an FTP server on my home network and I can transfer disc images (such as a PS1 bin image) to and from my PC with ease.
Many other emulation programs run beautifully. So load up your leagal ROMs and have add it.
Needless to say I'm very happy with the Xbox. Unfortunately, my kids are giving it to me for Xmas so the wife has stashed it. I did get to take it for a test drive a couple nights between 12AM and 3AM.
So there are modchipless options, but a "modification" was necessary.
Total cost for the Xbox, hard drive, installation and flashing was $439 US.