Whats the cheapest solderless xbox mod chip?

So,
I took a little time to think about my options before i got thread happy lol,
And i just want to get my xbox fixed, i dont really care about all the other stuff as im not a heavy gamer and will mostly be using it for dvds, so really once i install the chip and fix the box i wont really need the chip.
So, that being said,
I just want a dirt cheap chip that will just work,
But im a butterfinger and id probably screw the whole thing up trying to solder it.
So whats the cheapest 100% solderless chip available for my 1.0 xbox that will allow me to swap my hard drive and maybe even back up a game or to to the hard drive also.

Thanks,

Tanner.


P.S. Does anyone out here live in Fort Wayne? I heard that McVans will supposedly fix any system for only $25, but i really dont believe that.

Have you heard of softmodding?

Well,

1) I didnt know you could softmod if your hard drive is bad.
2) All of that is so confusing........

Your hard drive does not have to be bad for you to be able to soft-mod an XboX.

Soft-modding is easy .. if you think it's too confusing then read it again...

I third the soft mod.

I used the mechassault exploit on my xbox. Very easy to do. Check out Xbox-scene. They have a lot of tutorials that are easy to follow.

But be aware that the softmod doesn't work on newer xbox versions (1.6) If you have the newest revision you definatly need a modchip

no it works on all...