Every Xbox Live user has a Gamerscore which corresponds to the number of Achievement points they've accumulated. Achievement points are awarded on completion of the different challenges in an Xbox game, such as finishing a level or winning matches against other Xbox Live players.     When the Gamerscore system began, Microsoft informed all Xbox game developers that each game should potentially award its player a total of 1000 points. Xbox Live Arcade titles were to contain 12 achievements amounting to 200 points. These possible totals for each game have since been raised up to 1250 points per game - with Halo 3 awarding 1750G and the Arcade games now up to 250 points. Downloadable content has slightly different levels - with games developers having the option of adding up to 250 points through downloadable content, for a total of 1250 points, and Xbox Live Arcade titles able to add up to 50 points via downloadable content, for a total of 250 points.   In March this year, Microsoft had a crack down on Gamerscore cheaters had begun using external tools to increase their Gamerscore. What Microsoft did was to reduce these gamers' scores to zero and branded the player a ...

The Xecuter 3, designed by Team Xecuter, is a fourth generation mod chip for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. There are two versions of the chip, the original Xecuter 3, and the Xecuter 3 CE - but they have identical functions, the only difference being in the PCB design.The Xecuter3 Xbox 360 mod chip is very rich in features, containing 2 megabytes of flash memory - and when it's used with the X3 BIOS it allows the user to set up a modded Xbox extremely easily, and install a larger hard drive.   Official Xecuter Mod Chip Online Stores UK & Europe: US & Canada: Worldwide: MrModChips.com ConsoleSource.com Divineo Extreme-Mods.com EasyBuy2000.com ModChipMan.com Installing the Xecuter Modchip Flashing the chip with a BIOS usually requires the use of an external programmer connected to a PC, but this has been simplified by the presence of a network flash feature built into the included Linux-based FlashBIOS. When your Xbox is connected to a LAN and the feature is activated, it runs an HTTP server which allows you to simply point a web browser to the Xbox's IP address and provide a BIOS image file.   Some chips need an auto-install CD to format the hard drive to FATX and partition it, as well as install a dashboard. ...

There are always two kinds of accessories for any gaming console: which are the accessories you really need to get so you can any real happiness out of your Xbox 3609 system - and these are extras that are just for fun. Microsoft , With their usual marketing savvy (not), launched the Xbox 360 with everything you may need to use the system - then over the last year or so they have drip-fed pure toys onto the market.     This year's Christmas present for the Xbox fanatic is the Xbox Live Vision Camera accessory. And it's available in two different packages. First of all, there's the Standard Kit acessory, priced at around S$40, which comes with a month's Gold subscription to Xbox Live - which is a wired headset, and Uno and Totemball from the Xbox Live Arcade. Secondly, there's the US$80 Gold Kit accessory, which comes with all of the Standard Kit stuff, plus a year's Gold subscription,` 200 Microsoft points, and Robotron: 2084. A fully-functioning webcam,   Xbox Live Vision lets you have video chat and personalised avatars, good stuff it has to be said. Games like World Series Poker which use 'digimask' technology, and which use the camera to map ...

If you've read my reviews of the four different (but very similar) Xbox 360 Repair Guide packages, then you will know that my decision on which was best comes down to price as much as anything else.   For those of you who know where to look there are plenty of videos and forums online which will give you the bones of what to do to fix your Xbox 360 yourself. But for those of you who don't knwo where to look - or have looked and still want something a bit clearer, then these guides are for you.     What each of these guides offers is a tried and tested process for fising yrou Xbox 360. Each step is described and is accompanied by a photo and video so that even the complete novice can follow along and fix their own Xbox. I think this is fabulous. Power to the people! Anyway, back to the coupon. My decision about which was the best of these guides was based, finally, upon price - and the '3 Red Light Fix Repair Guide' site4 offers a coupon to reduce their cost of $29.95 down to $25.95. And that's a saving of $5 for one of the best ...

Here is a chart showing just how similar these packages are. I have gone over them all carefully and they all offer almost the exact same thing. The only differences are small. One is in the time period they claim you can repair in - although this really depends on the individual, so I don't see this as a great differentiator. Another difference lies in bonuses - only one package, The Xbox Repair Kit, offers a bonus Firmware Hacking Guide which will show you how to play backups and third party software on your Xbox 360 with needing a mod-chip and without affecting Xbox Live statuis. But I figure we're only interested in a specific repair, here, so unrelated bonuses aren't relevant.     So it's a matter of choice and preference, when it comes down to it. All 4 guides offer almost the same exact thing, but at slightly different prices. Two of them come in at $24.95, and two at the $29 mark. Compared to $100+ for Microsoft's service, all of these are reaosnable - but when they seem to be offering the same thing, why pay more?   As you can see, I've picked the most expensive - but with a very ...

Are you looking for a guide to help you fix your XBox 360? Be Careful - Many of the sites out there are selling XBOX 360 Repair Guides that are of very low quality. Often thrown together from pre-existing online guides - which doesn't help you when step 2 doesn't seem to follow step 1 and you've already got yoru box open and voided the warranty. And some of them actually sell information that could damage your XBox 360.     Why are people buying repair guides? Xbox 360 owners buy repair guides because their Xbox has completely stopped working due to the 3 red lights error code. Sending the product to Microsoft isn't a serious option because of the long wait to get your Xbox 360 back. And that's if you're happy to pay up $150 to fix Microsofts mess up (this error is a fault in the system - it's not YOUR fault!).   And even those who decided to play it safe and send their expensive Xbox to be repaired (in an industrial zone in Texas somewhere near the Mexican border), for $140, some of those gamers who forget to remove controllers, hard drive, and memory cards reported that these items were lost. ...

What is an Xbox 360 "mod chip?" A modchip is a tiny silicon accessory which can be installed into your gaming console. You can pay a service to do it for you, or else you can install it yourself following one of the guides on this site. A mod chip "modifies" your console, hence the name 'mod'. And a console with a mod chip is called a "modded console" or a "chipped system." A mod chip can do many things, from allowing you to run a wider variety of games to simply 'pimping' your box.     Mod Chip Online Stores UK & Europe: US & Canada: Worldwide: MrModChips.com ConsoleSource.com Divineo Extreme-Mods.com EasyBuy2000.com ModChipMan.com   What Does An Xbox 360 Modchip Do? The mod chip takes control of your system and removes limitations which were put on by the manufacturer, Microsoft. So the chip is able to access all the functions of your xBox 360 that have been blocked or restricted. You can import, back-up, hack, homebrew and bypass all kinds of security features or other limitiation. 9 times out of 10, mod chips are used to play pirated games which the system itself has been engineered to reject. Therefore modchips are expecially popular among those active on peer-to-peer networks, where illegal copies of ...