First generation to include "kill-switch" so online play could occur without a ban.Allow installation of mod chip on top of board, thus requiring only 1 wire to solder.First generation to allow upgrading the hard drive size.Gained the ability to prevent the console restarting when the game tray was ejected.Not much of an enhancement from 1st gen, but cut in half the amount of solder points.Only worked on the initial Xbox hardware (v1.0).Complicated to install, requiring about 29 solder points.These worked off snooping on the HyperTansport bus, which could be used to remove region restrictions from games and DVDs.Turns out that helped for additional details, but the Wikipedia article helped with some quick breakdown of the generations. Xbox Scene has since shut down, so it was off to the Wayback Machine to dig up some old web pages. So I was curious what the other generations meant and represented.
So I did some research and learned that the Xecuter 3CE was a fourth generation mod chip. Pictured above is a poorly staged collection of random Xecuter parts I have. So I wanted to dig up some old memories and research to put together a post about the mod chips of the era. This mod chip was quite advanced and I'd argue personally the best in the market ever for the original Xbox. I was going through some old boxes I grabbed from the parent's house and I stumbled upon one of my Xecuter 3CE mod chips for the original Xbox.
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