what you are talking of is TSOP which flashes the onboard xbox bios, if you are a newby, I dont really recommend it, although it is the cheapest option, as well as a soft mod.
With the new breed of modchips, (xecuter 3, xenium ice etc) you have more possibilites with a modchip than previous.
I mod hard drives all the time, so to me its beneficial to use a modchip, it really depends what you want to do.
If you want to play your backups, emulators, use dashboard etc, then either of the mod types will work if setup right.
If yo uhave someone do it for you, a modchip is probably the best option, as a softmod, if "messed up" is harder to rectify for a newby (softmods are modded via the hard drive itself, as opposed to hardware) the GOOD thing about modchips, you have the options to switch them off easy, load different bios easy, and reflash easy.
Although some would say , you do with TSOP too, Its just I wouldnt recommend tsop for someone new to the xbox mod scene, if you want to do it, make sure its right as remember, its the actual xbox motherboard bios youre flashing. (If you screw up a modchip flash, its easily undone)
Best priced modchip, its an xecuter 2.6 (for what you get)
I love the hdd LED and LAN led, really helps, especially if youre loading your backups to a large xbox hdd, you can watch tv and just look for the LED to go off, you know its done without constantly flicking the channels.
As a lot of modchips, there is also a bios flash lock/unlock, a disable/enable, and bank selector (good for keeping another bios on a seperate bank)
Another good thing about a modchip, you still have a "line of defence" to fall back on (ie the xbox own mobo bios) if you mess up the flash (also its easy to sort out a bad flash by "hotswapping" with another chip and flashing from evox)
Either flash way you do, I recommend HIGHLY that you get a hold of an auto installer (xboxhq, slayers, or one that I use which is a version of the xavier installer that I updated)
XB360 hitachi xtreme f/ware, chameleon case, whisper & airflow blue led. XBOX w/ 2.6 2x custom "djboogie" bios. PSP 1.50 w/ devhook .52 % 303 f/ware.
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