M’n mond viel open van verbazing toen ik las dat Microsoft alle harde schijven via Xbox Live zou checken op hun ‘echtheid’. Niet-originele harde schijven zouden geblokkeerd worden op Xbox live. Naar mijn ogen is dit één van de vele roddels die op het net rondzwerven, maar mocht je geblokkeerd zijn op Xbox Live.. ga dan toch maar even bij jezelf na of je toevallig een on-officiele hard disk in je Xbox-je hebt
“Xbox Live is now checking each Xbox to see if the hard drive has been replaced. If your hard drive is any different than the one it came with, you will be banned, even if your new hard drive is locked.
This file is a disassembly of Xbox Live’s security code as of today (March 6, 2004), and it shows that Microsoft is directing Xboxes to send their hard drives’ identification back to Microsoft.
Note: At this moment I don’t know if Microsoft is already really banning users. They might just collect this HDD-information for ‘internal use’. Several people on the forums report they have been on live the last few days with a bigger HD and haven’t been banned, but Microsoft sometimes takes a few days before enforcing a ban.”