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Originally Posted by bob32
Well, they check and see if your modchip is on. But if it's installed and off, you should be fine. I just leave the screws off my xbox and swap in the old hd when I want to play on Live. Some people are on with a bigger hd, but I don't feel like taking a chance at getting banned as it's still not certain why people are getting banned. And this new Live security is for all Live games.
And installing a modchip is fairly simple. If you've ever soldered wires before, it's not too hard. Or if you don't install the chip yourself, at least learn how to put the programs and stuff onto the xbox. That way if you ever want to put a movie or new version of software onto your xbox, you'll know how to do it and won't have to rely on someone else to do it for you.
EDIT: If you get a modchip installed, continue buying games. It's wrong to just buy one of those game passes from Blockbuster, where you rent as many games as you want for one month, and copy them to your harddrive. A modchip lets you do much more than pirate games.
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Actually they check your eeprom and then your hard drive to see if they match the first time you sign onto xbox live and link them. once one appear without the other, you're banned. Also, it's not just Halo 2, it's every XBOX live yourself. Also it seems they are checking to see if your xboxdash.xbe is modified, i'm not exactly sure when this gets modded, but it may happen when you load evox (most popular xbox dash).
Also, I don't think you should rely on any method of avoiding ban on XBOX live. Sooner or later, they'll get to you and unless you have unliimited time and money to reload new eeprom and everything you'll be banned for good.
Only REAL solution is two boxes, which is what I have. Well worth it in my opinion.
www.xbox-scene.com is 100% the best xbox modding site. for all the XBOX live info go to the forums. I haven't checked in a bit, so not sure what the situation is.