Microsoft Banning Modded Xboxen

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."

Re:I must be new here.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:I must be new here.

[Anonymous Coward]

You have not been infected with the right 'memes'

Re:It's Halo 2

[Anonymous Coward]

Halo 2 is what's doing the checking and reporting to MS. They aren't checking themselves. So if you have a modded box that's still playable on Live, stay away from Halo 2 and you should be fine. Unless they include this checking with every new game, that is...

If you have a X-box what else are you playing besides Halo?

Re:I must be new here.

[Profane MuthaFucka]

It's XBoxii.

Re:the meaning of the word XBOXEN

[Flunitrazepam]

Source: Common Sense

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