Hey there. Picked up this strange xbox

[RunningRiot]

Hello people of OGxbox.com It is my pleasure to make your acquaintance. 
I recently picked up this crystal XCM with display, Executer bios chip modded xbox from an electronics receclying center. When I saw it, it caught my eye and it was in being sold as "As-is for parts or repair" because they couldnt figure out how to boot it up. I thought it would be a fun project to get it working again. When i picked it up I had no idea it had a mod chip and I was perplexed by the buttons on the case (and still kind of am). But anyway I figured out how to flash the bios and now have it running XBMC.

 I found this forum by googling Xbox XCM case to try and find out more about it. I came across this thread. 

https://www.ogxbox.com/forums/index.php?/topic/876-xcm-third-party-shells-xbox-custom-mods/

I was intrigued by this line "Finding an XCM shell in worthy condition (Not cracked or Yellowed) is hard to find nowadays and can fetch for a high price."

So i did a little more research and found another post on this forum which I am unable to find again of people talking about price tags for these being around 500$ and one user was willing to pay "top dollar" for a red or a crystal one. I thought that was pretty cool that I had something that seems to be rare. 

But even more interesting is I could only find one picture on the internet of an XCM shell with these buttons and the LCD display. which makes me curious of the value since people are talking about ~500$ for one without the display.

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-PAL-Xbox-with-XCM-Red-Crystal-Top-Case-Xblast-230V/402526075343?hash=item5db86c79cf:g:RrgAAOSw6rZfnmmR

https://amp.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/b389fb/xcm_aftermarket_shell_value/

So I am curious what is the value and rarity of this style in this condition? Also what exactly are the buttons for on the left? From what i gather they have something to do witht the bios memory banks? 

Thank you very much.

[FlashX]

Hi there, thats a Nice thing to find at The receclying center it's a team executer xbox, they made these back in The Day, i dont know exactly how rare they are, but I see them on Ebay sometimes for like 250-350 bucks. About The buttons, as far as I understand are for switching between different bios. So you can store different bios on The chip and then choose wich one you want to boot into using The Buttons, The leds Will i dicate which bios is running. 

[RetroEmulationNation]

Very nice!

And congrats on the find!