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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lWghoehhQm94WcMF_iEztYKCeuStgV7s?usp=sharing BIOSes https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a45VMZaPqzAIs36c_xYbRdzPrfgs3lX5?usp=sharing Skins (Warning: some skins may contain a few spicy titties from the early 00's, no offence intended just sharing as I received the console) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1omeUoJnHJLhOMhmjWaCRwYc8eQnw38AA?usp=sharing Same as above, not sure why this was labelled Xskins rather than lumped in with the others. Possibly from another dashboard as there was a lot of stuff in there. Will check for DLC / Mimesis shortly.

More than welcome! Now that you mention it though, a Google Drive repository of all the OG Xbox skins people come across in random eBay pickups or whatever would actually be pretty cool. There was a handful of skin in there that were pretty cool that i'd never seen before, the GreenBox one for example, and others that I've randomly seen before and liked e.g. the Enterprise D / Stargate SG-1 background but it would be really nice to have a central repository for all the skins and custom backgrounds etc people made back in the day. P.S Probably can leave out the Pam Anderson and Paris Hilton / Animé bondage stuff though ^^

Thanks for this. Even before seeing them I'd bet that those "X Girl" ones would be 'spicy'. I don't know what it was about the EvoX skinning, perhaps that it is just as easy as replacing a picture or two of an existing skin, but it did inspire the 'creativity' of porn loving dudes. There are some really hard-core images in at least one EvoX skin pack I've seen and eye-watering anime pics involving things like ****girls and serious S&M. Why anyone would want to turn on (hah!) their Xbox and see that sort of stuff as a dashboard background I do not want to speculate. But UnleashX skinning was not immune from some of that type of material and there are two skins I've come across (innuendo not intended) which feature the notorious Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson sex videos as backgrounds. EDIT Thankfully the X Girls ones I've just had a quick look through are just "spicy" - nothing to frighten the horses. Plenty of skins I've not seen too in both packs, in fact most of the UnleashX ones I don't recognise. Thanks again to hastings298 for providing them.

Softmod - Xbox is stock until the softmod loads when the dashboard files on the hard drive are accessed, so nothing can be changed until then. If your hard drive fails, you are back to unmodded. Upgrading or changing hard drive requires extra effort and understanding of the process. Hardmod - TSOP or modchip - Xbox is modded on power on, so you can alter or disable the 'flubber' animation, disable the DVD drive requirement, and utilize an unlocked hard drive. Changing your hard drive can be as simple as installing a new one and booting an installer DVD to help set it up. Hardmod - TSOP - main downside vs modchip - If you make a mistake flashing it with a bad or incompatible bios, or it fails for some reason, it can be difficult to recover from. You'll probably need to install a modchip. Hardmod - modchip - Not all, but some have multiple banks to allow selection of different bioses that you can boot from. Helpful if you make a mistake flashing a bios, or you want to boot a different one for some reason. Some modchips can connect to additional hardware like an LCD display. Personally I like TSOP - simple and free, unless you have a v1.6, then I would prefer a modchip over a softmod. Softmods are fine though, if you are okay with the limitations - they work.

Can you post some pictures of the mod for the MSI DVD drive? Verify with a multimeter that the eject signal connected from the Xbox to the LG 8163B drive is actually changing state when the front panel button is pressed.

Can you share the working link? I'm looking for it as well. Edit: Found a couple working links at the bottom of this thread (the first ones are dead): Here's both in case one goes down: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AGw6zI-GlgZRjKc&cid=7A4982D46EC869A1&id=7A4982D46EC869A1!33011&parId=7A4982D46EC869A1!33012&action=locate https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e3C-cfXhNNbLFlujRK-UKag35ST5CcKU