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[rms2001]

if you want one that is flashable you'll probably want the pro

I believe the X2 lite is flashable from EvoX. But if you screw up, you have to build a little programmer and fix it.

And as for patching. Forget all about it. When you get your new chip see what bios is on it. If it doesn’t have any thing above X2 4975, find X2 4975 and flash the bios to it. With this bios you won’t have to patch games, this bios will “auto-patch” the games. It wont really modify any part of the game, it just allows the game with the media check to plat like normal.