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Hardware / Re: To Modchip or not to Modchip

14. Nov 2008, 17:17

It's a mixture of weighing up my options, and understanding what the mod does.

As a BT customer I may want to use the spare box later if they end up supporting two boxes on one line in future. They also planned to release a firmware update to allow it to be used as a standalone PVR, although officially this has been postponed due to other demands by customers. If they pickup this project later it's a comfort to know that a modded box could still take advantage of it.

Also, my programming skills are very poor. I plan to learn more but until I get better I am relying on more seasoned programmers in this community to write good software for it and, as far as I know, this software is currently in beta stages at best. I wanted to make sure if I go through the effort of the hard mod then I'm not stuck with no software.

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Hardware / To Modchip or not to Modchip

05. Nov 2008, 06:45

I've been read a lot of the English postings on this site, and on the wiki, and think I may be close to taking the plunge and modding my box, but before I do I was wondering:

What is the likely outcome if you just add the modchip but don't change any of the files on the hard disk? Can you still use it as BT intended? 

I've got a feeling that only adding the modchip will still allow it to function as it was manufactured, as you are not changing any part of the OS, but I'm a newbie to all this so it would nice to get this confirmed, or indeed refuted, by someone more knowledgable.

I love what this project is trying to achieve turning boxes due for landfil into something far more useful so if anyone needs any pictures, or other info about my particular board, I would be glad to help.

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BT customer: 1 working box under contract which I refuse to touch with a screwdriver.
                   1 spare DIT9719/05 box ready for modification.