xbox live on modd,possible?

when I try to it gets the service chinese green letters,and yes the infamous red flashing button,is there an app or memory card or should I put this to rest?

 

what kind of mod do you have softmod or hardmod?

 

Not sure of the difference,can u explain.
just the hard drive replaced,if that helps

 

do you have a chip inside of the xbox=hardmod
what number does it say on the top left of the error message?