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You Can Now Quadruple The Original Xbox's RAM, But We Wouldn't Advise It Just Yet | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
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The original Xbox shipped with 64MB of RAM, which was quite a lot for its time in 2001 but seems small by modern standards. A modder called Prehis2oricman has quadrupled the amount of available RAM to 256MB using a custom RAM module that consists of two parts: a RAM chip and an interposer allowing use of all eight memory slots including those typically empty on the console's motherboard.

This modification was achieved through months of reverse engineering, hardware engineering, software hacking, and perseverance. However, there's little reason to install this mod currently as existing applications don't utilize it. The potential for new BIOS updates that unlock additional features could change the situation in the future.

Do you think modifying console hardware like the Xbox to quadruple its original RAM is worth pursuing, considering the current state of software support?

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[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, why? It's an outdated system and the games won't even use the extra memory. I get that people have hobbies and all but this just seems extremely pointless and a waste of time.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The old modded Xbox runs XMBC.

It also allows you to install various emulators. I guess N64 and above would benefit from it.

[–] krazzyk@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean why do that when you have raspberries and Kodi...

Still cool though.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

kodi runs on XMBC

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kodi evolved from XBMC

[–] krazzyk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Correct.