I prefer not to do it neither but hey, it's as insane as glitching the RAM bus in Gamecube mode on the Wii with a pair of tweezers ;p
Laser isn't picking up the disc - any retail/burned game would be showing Play DVD assuming it's a key mismatch.So, the disk spins up, then stops and it goes from reading, to open tray on the xbox. It doesn't even attempt to keep it spinning and read it so idk.
Yeah, I know what you mean i have seen Xkeys for 20 bucks in a lot of places. Personally and just because i like homebrew i rather spend the 5 bucks on glitch chip and call it a day. Thats neither here nor there in this case though .