# XBox/PS2 Mod Chip Legal question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-ps2-mod-chip-legal-question/139555>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-ps2-mod-chip-legal-question/139555 "2002-11-29T22:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-ps2-mod-chip-legal-question/139555/21 "2002-12-08T06:36:16Z")

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Well I hope the people with Xboxes you are installing mod chips in know that there won’t be any Xbox Live for them…

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**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-ps2-mod-chip-legal-question/139555/22 "2002-12-08T10:21:40Z")

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Somewhere in this thread BioHazard mentioned the latest innovation in X-Box mod chips… they come with a switch that disables the mod chip when you want to play X-Box Live.

Which will work until M$ comes up with some new way to detect them.

I still think a release form would be a good idea. It’d save some customer relations headaches down the road.

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**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-ps2-mod-chip-legal-question/139555/23 "2002-12-08T14:00:40Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by SC\_Wolf \*  
> \*\*Somewhere in this thread BioHazard mentioned the latest innovation in X-Box mod chips… they come with a switch that disables the mod chip when you want to play X-Box Live.
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> Which will work until M$ comes up with some new way to detect them.  
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Actually, if the chip is turned off the only way for M$ to detect it would be to open up the box and look.

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