“…The new X-ecuter chip for the Xbox includes several new design components, including a layout that requires soldering of only nine connection points, compared with 20 in the first Xbox mod chips. The X-ecuter also has a provision for an on/off switch that would disable the mod chip. That feature has attracted significant interest from would-be hackers concerned that Xbox Live, Microsoft‘s upcoming online service for the console, will include diagnostics intended to detect the presence of modified game machines…”
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