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Old Nov 18, 2009, 12:19 PM   #1
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Microsoft XBOX Easy Fix to Prevent Microsoft From Bricking Xbox 360s HDDs Arrives

Some simple soldering will remove one of the crippling effects of Microsoft's update.

Microsoft came down with fire and fury upon the unsuspecting modding community. Where past rounds of bans has typically been limited to a couple thousand users, this time it kicked off over 1 million Xbox Live users. Microsoft detected modified drive firmware and installed an update on the banned consoles, bricking them.




Source: DailyTech
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