Xbox

Trying to softmod an Xbox and install XMBC or Linux onto it…

Xbox with 1.2 firmware (and even a Samsung DVD drive) – Check

Xbox to USB convertor – Check

USB device that works with Xbox (turns out all my card readers failed but my 128mb iRiver flash player made the mark) – Check

XBMC binary downloaded from eDonkey – Check

Linux installation discs (three distros just in case) – Check

Saved game exploit needed to run unsigned code – Check

Original copy of Splinter Cell needed by the exploit – Check…at least that was what I thought.

Turns out my copy of Splinter Cell won’t work because it’s NTSC US/Canada whereas my Xbox is NTSC Japan. Shit. And I can’t find a NTSC/J copy of the original Splinter Cell anywhere since it’s a few hundred years old! Damn. Looks like I have to give up softmodding and shell out some money for the cheapest solderless modchip I can find… Sigh…