My experience with TSOP flashing
virgin xbox - 1.2 or 1.3 - ST TSOP - k:5101 d:4920
modded xbox - 1.0 - xecuter 2.0 lite with switch - k:3944 d:4817
Day 1:
Purchased Action Replay 8MB card and USB adapter
Day 2:
Rented 007 Bond Game
Day 3:
Downloaded 007AUF hack with evox
Attempted to transfer to memory card
Loaded onto virgin xbox hard drive.
Attempted 007 hack, did not work. ERROR 21.
Day 4:
Attempted to access hard drive from virgin xbox with a hotswap to my modded xbox.
Was able to log into ftp, but kept showing modded xbox's contents even after restarting flashfxp, clearing caches.
Tried to write anyways a new directory to virgin xbox through flashfxp.
Rebooted modded xbox and looked at contents. No new directory.
Rebooted virgin xbox, ERROR 21.
Tried to continue hotswapping between two xboxes with no luck showing contents of virgin xbox's harddrive in flashfxp.
Got the "BRIGHT" idea of running slayers auto installer v2.5 on modded xbox, then hotswapping IDE cables, then doing a retail
format on the virgin xbox's harddrive. Got error 06 now.
Day 5:
Downloaded xlinux and booted PC.
Hotswapped between virgin xbox and PC, mounted drives.
Contents were now viewable but there was corrupted information on the drive partition that would not delete.
Went back to a xbox-to-xbox hotswap with the modded xbox and virgin xbox as above. This time sent raw ftp commands through flashfxp
to format hard drive partitions as per
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/hdd-ftp.php tutorial.
Reconnected to xlinux to do hotswap. Partitions empty of corrupted information!
Using xlinux, copied over modded xbox's original hard drive backup to C and E partitions of virgin xbox that I had stored on backup CD.
Reconnected to virgin xbox and started... NO ERROR! 4034 dash!
Day 6:
Reconnected virgin xbox's harddrive to PC and hotswapped using xlinux.
Copied over bert and ernie xtf files, renamed original xtfs to xfts, and copied in free-x evox.
Reconnected harddrive to virgin xbox, restarted. LoADED EVOX!
Disassembled virgin xbox down to motherboard.
Investigated TSOP and found it was a 256k.
Placed x2.4979.06_256k.bin bios on harddrive using xlinux swap.
Connected tsop write bridges using soldering tool from radioshack and .15 dm solder. Rechecked connections with multimeter.
(
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/no-modc...-full-guide.php )
Reassembled virgin xbox. UNABLE TO WRITE! Getting error message "Manufacturers ID 09 Device ID 00. !!Flash Not Writeable!!"
Disassembled virgin xbox down to motherboard again and redid all solder points.
Reassembled virgin xbox. UNABLE TO WRITE! Getting error message "Manufacturers ID 09 Device ID 00. !!Flash Not Writeable!!" AGAIN!
Checked xbox-scene message boards and found the crc code to place in Evox for both the bios file and my tsop. Placed those in my evox.
Reattempted flash. Success!
Day 7:
Removed stock hard drive from virgin xbox.
Replaced it with 80 gig unformatted drive.
Used Slayer Auto Installer 2.5 to format drive and copy over Evox and apps. Success!
Closed virgin xbox!
FINISHED! Hope this helps someone because I was helped tons by the kind people of xbins-help and by reading and reading and reading some more. And sometimes, by stopping my hesitation and just going for it, I got somewhere new. PS. I was always working on my xbox being grounded by a anti-static wrist wrap. When soldering, I made sure not to lose any particles onto the motherboard. Good luck and don't hesitate to post for followups if you have a problem doing the same.
Oh yeah, after upgrading my modded xbox to dash 4920 via the splinter cell game, I attempted the 007 hack and it worked fine. I think the 007 hack does not work with kernel versions 5101.
