Inside the controller1: Where would a memory card even fit on the xbox?
The copy of splinter cell that i have is a platinum hits version and it works just fine for softmodding. I used SID 5.12 Final and a female usb to xbox adapter/converter.Softmodding can be done via hotswapping (not recommended as it can kill yer HDD quickly)
What I recommend is getting either 007 Agent under fire or Mechassault 1 or Splintercell (originals not platinum hits) and a original Memory card.
I could install the exploit on the Memcard if you want to, or you can do it yourself, splicing a USB cable into yer controller, hooking it up to yer PC with Action Replay for xbox.
You don't even need to take the drive out of the Xbox to put games on there - you just connect it to your network and copy them over FTP. All you need is an Ethernet cable and those cost pennies.Otherwise i have to get a laptop sata hdd, and buy a ata to sata adapter for 12 bucks and use it to put the games on the hdd.
You just keep your Xbox connected to your network via Ethernet, be it to the router or to the PC, access it via the FTP protocol and copy-paste the games over - it's very easy and does not require you to take the system apart each time you want to put new stuff on the drive. In fact, removing the drive and connecting it to a PC is not recommended as as far as I know it unlocks the drive and borks the softmod. Besides, the filesystem used is FATX which will not be recognized by your PC. Using the DVD drive is not the go-to method but the last resort - DVD's are slower than HDD loading and putting unnecessary stress on the drive is pointless when there are better loading methods out there. Keep it simple - softmod it and launch games from the HDD.Huh? O.O So i basicly transfer them over via XBMC or something?
Regardless of whether you want to use burned DVD's or load from the HDD you'll need a softmod or a hardmod. That said, I don't know what the big dealio is - softmodding the system really isn't that big of a hassle if you have the right tools - I'd definitely pick that over flashing the DVD drive. A full softmod opens the doors to a plethora of useful homebrew - emulators, multimedia apps, custom game content, homebrew games, translations and whatnot, it's well-worth it.I think i will just leave it original (would have been much easier to just soft hack the dvd rom to read burned games which i guess aint possible (and i don't mind slow loading)
And i will guess that the cable cutting and memory card and the hack is needed to play games from the hdd if i manage to transfer the games?