Meanwhile, don’t try to put it off that we’re MS advocates simply because we state truth and don’t blindly advocate piracy (like some sites) or deny the existance hacking (like many other sites).

Technical and non-technical facts: hacked firmwares are detectable, MS can ban your machine, MS is not doing it on any grand scale (yet), it is not known whether MS has any intention to do so, hacked boxes may increase their sales better than the costs involved.

All of the points above are simply that: facts.

“It isn’t a firmware hack, so you don’t have to worry about Micrososft banning your machine the next time you log in to Live”

Like some weeks ago when there were some forum stories of people at the fall update having bricked 360’s. Xboxic was all over it saying it was doom-day. It’s almost like you get paid by MS to put it in the world almost like a religion. And we all know that one about the fall-update. No line of cases with FW flashes, just a fault of MS.

I bet in the end, they even can’t do anything about one having a flashed FW, unless you play backups on Live with it. If they can ever manage to detect that already.

And I know, I know like some things have been claimed in the past. But why haven’t they done anything right yet already then for at least 8 months a FW flash being out in the open?

So well. The Xtreme 4.2 B FW flash seems the best way to get the db’s down still. Although I would never try that, I just put my 5.1 sound system a bit up

hmmmmm. i guess i am glad we have an expert like you around.

Wouldn’t matter though if the free replacement for 2005 consoles is for the whole world.

My 360 was made on Christmas day

Also i’d say taake that nyko off it’s already been determined they do more bad then they do good… the 360 doesnt overheat (atleast not any of the 2006-2007 units) if its in decent conditions.

I’d say a reduction by 12 or 18db is what one should aim for. That’s A LOT less noise and you’d still hear it and still consider the 360 noisy.