Projects update
I have had a chance to work on a few of my projects in the past few days so I thought I would post a quick update before the weekend.
Mythtv my pvr installed flawlessly thanks to the new knoppmyth update. My only problem is selecting the right card to have it tune channels. I have tried multiple cards and scanning with multiple options but non of them return any results. I have had a little help from some people but I am still to new to linux to be able to do a lot of trouble shooting on my own (that and I don’t have the time to troubleshoot). So for now I am waiting for an easy way to select the right card or possibly a new update from the forums I posted to.
MR2 my mr2 is still not running but I was able to try a few more things last night. I found out that all my connections look good and clean (but that still doesn’t mean there isn’t something bad in the wire itself). When I try a fresh battery all my electronics work but the engine still does not turn over. Just one click and the electronics go off. This still makes me think that the problem lies in the starter. Tomorrow is the day I will be doing a bunch of work on the car to get it in better shape. I will be waking up super early and hope that the car will push start. If the car does not start then it will be a long day of working on the car in my parking space.
XBOX I ordered the replacement lid for my xbox so it will be whole again. I am also going to be modding another xbox in a couple of weeks (I ordered the chip today). The real exciting thing is the fact that XBMC 2.0 will be released shortly and the xbox 360 skin will also come out soon so that is cool too.
I will have more to post early next week after my car is hopefully running.
Ever try to softmod an xbox? It’s easier in some aspects– if you don’t upgrade the harddrive there is no need to even open the box. You can still load multiple bioses from the harddrive without the need to flash your chip. Chips are still the better solution, as the softmod has very rare occasions where the software will crash the xbox. I’m not sure if that ever happens with a chip.
I have softmodded many xbox’s but I still prefer doing chips. The main thing I mod for is to be able to play emulators and watch movies so without a bigger hard drive there is no point to me in modding.
Softmod’s do cause random errors sometimes which makes things difficult for the user. The main thing I like about chips is that there are 2-3 different ways to get access to the xbox if something goes wrong. If something goes wrong with a softmod you usually have to put in a chip to fix it or put in the game/exploit you softmodded it with (which doesn’t always work for some reason).