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05 Jul 2005, 2:20 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4650225.stm

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A 22-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to be convicted for modifying a video games console.

The Cambridge graduate was sentenced at Caerphilly Magistrates Court to 140 hours of community service.

The man had been selling modified Xbox consoles which he fitted with a big hard drive containing 80 games.


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05 Jul 2005, 8:53 am

he was selling chipped x-boxes outfitted with 80 games on the hdd. They arrested him for selling pirated games. Modding your x-box isn't a crime.



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05 Jul 2005, 10:50 am

True - it just invalidates the warranty. Softmods don't even do that as you haven't physically opened the case. :)


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05 Jul 2005, 9:47 pm

*Smacks self in forehead* Why didn't I think of that? All you have to do is make a ghost image of the hard drive and copy it on to a bunch of hard drives.



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06 Jul 2005, 11:12 am

Sean wrote:
*Smacks self in forehead* Why didn't I think of that? All you have to do is make a ghost image of the hard drive and copy it on to a bunch of hard drives.


you still have to unlock the bios for it to boot the non- approved drive image