A little epoxy thrown at Xbox 360 modchippers?

by on May 25, 2006

I watch Digg cause it brings some of the most interesting blogs and sites out there. Here's one that details how the Xbox 360 team uses a little epoxy to make it hard to modify chips on its motherboard.

If you're not into that, On10 has a set of videos on Modern Medical Technology which are interesting!

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  • Andy Freeman
    I'll bite. Why is it a good idea to make it harder for your customers to do something with your product that they want to do?
  • Tim
    The epoxy trick has also been used for years to obscure your product design from competitors (i.e. with opaque epoxy). e.g. the monitor circuitry of many displays would be encased in a solid block of epoxy to prevent other companies stealing designs.

    I know this because I once worked with a guy who used to be employed to chip the epoxy off the circuitry/chips, and try to work out how the electronics worked :-)
  • That is definetly a low tech method of keeping people from modding their boxes. I'm sure there will be a bunch of people who frag their box on this one.
  • john doe
    You just use different contact points further up the board. Or alternatively use a tiny drill piece up to the contacts. This 'solution' that microsoft have come up with is most definately flawed
  • love old mom
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