Original Xbox (Pre-owned) for £19.99

saver2000

pepsi_max2k wrote: »

they still have the sale going? dunno if i can face another trip in, finding someone willing to check, then willing to check for black ones, then for dates, then for any including remotes...
dunno if i mentioned earlier but the guy in york said they get between 1 and 2 used xboxes in each week and it's an averageish sized store in an average size city so hopefully most stores will be much the same, so if anyone's been out of luck before then try again after a couple weeks

I assumed they were just selling them at £20 so they could get rid of all their xbox stock, but if they are taking them in still I wonder how much they are paying for them?

I would like to get a pre 1.6 one (hopefully a 1.3) but like you I don't think I could be bothered with all the hassle really.

Larumbelle

saver2000 wrote: »

I assumed they were just selling them at £20 so they could get rid of all their xbox stock, but if they are taking them in still I wonder how much they are paying for them?

I was going to buy one of my Xboxes off a local ebayer 2 weeks ago as a collect-in-person for £15. He mentioned he had only been offered £5 for trade-in but I don't know which shop. I didn't buy it in the end, he asked why I wanted it, when I told him about the media center I agreed to mod it for him of a fiver instead

papalazarou

Game are still doing this offer by the way. I just picked one up this afternoon and when i opened the box at home it was in good condition with all the leads, 3 games and the dvd bit and remote!

Guess it's too much to ask that it has already been modded!

Will_Tingle

Bridlington's game has loads left.

re: using it as a 20 quid media player - not quite - you'll need to buy some other stuff to install XBMC - the totaly will be closer to £40 once you've got an Action Replay, and a seccond hand copy of Splinter Cell...

Still WELL worth it though - I even fitted a disused 80 gig hard drive in mine, so I can install the games and not have to root for discs!

custardy

Will_Tingle wrote: »

Bridlington's game has loads left.

re: using it as a 20 quid media player - not quite - you'll need to buy some other stuff to install XBMC - the totaly will be closer to £40 once you've got an Action Replay, and a seccond hand copy of Splinter Cell...

Still WELL worth it though - I even fitted a disused 80 gig hard drive in mine, so I can install the games and not have to root for discs!

all depends if you have friends with xbox's
best if you know someone with a ready modded xbox (chip or softmod)
as they can ftp the save to the xbox.

then all you need is a plain memory card plus game

nitinpatil

Hi Guys

can any one please guide me or pass some information on how to get xbox dvd remote control working for xbmc?

thanks

Pats

devild_2

nitinpatil wrote: »

Hi Guys

can any one please guide me or pass some information on how to get xbox dvd remote control working for xbmc?

thanks

Pats

It should work automatically. I assume you've plugged in the IR receiver

fergual2

Another question...

I have XMBC and UNLEASHX dash working fine.
I now want to load linux's WINE to run windows application.

Do I need to load/install another distro version of linux - or can I run a distro version live from DVD?

Thanks for any pointers

Al

almillar

What's all this about extra kit? Yes there are the memory card or special game tricks, but all I used was the 'hot swap' method, where you boot your PC and XBox at the same time, then connect the XBox's hard drive to the PC. Not for the faint hearted or novice by any means, and it took a few tries, but much cheaper and much less hassle than chasign round shops for golddust games or memory cards. The links for the method are somewhere in this thread, and if you can't be bothered looking, you definately won't be bothered with the method!
HTH!
Alan

custardy

almillar wrote: »

What's all this about extra kit? Yes there are the memory card or special game tricks, but all I used was the 'hot swap' method, where you boot your PC and XBox at the same time, then connect the XBox's hard drive to the PC. Not for the faint hearted or novice by any means, and it took a few tries, but much cheaper and much less hassle than chasign round shops for golddust games or memory cards. The links for the method are somewhere in this thread, and if you can't be bothered looking, you definately won't be bothered with the method!
HTH!
Alan

hotswap works but can bring all kind of probs for noobs.
i did a similar thing on one of my 360's which caused me no end of troubles(and ive modded a ton of consoles!)
which in the end was a PC mobo issue