Topic: Xbl Not Working (mod Disabled) ... 4980 To Blame? (Read 83 times)

HL_101 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2004, 04:26:00 AM »

If it works again then you replace the hd it sems to me
that something is writen to the harddrive, by the bios/dash/game
that causes this.

Annyway I think that we realy should look in to this problem.
How many of the users of 4980/1 have tried to connect to
live after use of this bios (I guess that trying to access live
while booting 4980 is required for this error to happen)?

Heykrop · « **Reply #16 on:** January 26, 2004, 04:02:00 AM »

Seeing that it seems to be fixed when you reverted back to the original drive and just replacing the M$ Dash did not seem to take care of it ( as per a previous post ) Then it is quite possibly that the save file for your LIVE! account is being effected and is what is causing the NO Connect issue.

Just for a test. Anyone that is currently having this problem. Try going into the Memory area under the M$ Dash and delete your LIVE! Account. ( MAKE SURE you have all your needed info before doing this ) Now ReBoot the box and then try doing an account recovery from the LIVE! area of the dash.

If you are then able to connect to LIVE! then we will know this is the problem.

HL_101 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2004, 10:44:00 AM »

Have you tried the above solution yet SoloTSi97?

TheHig · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2004, 04:34:00 AM »

I've been having the same problem, but when I reflashed my EEPROM it worked.

But reflashing your EEPROM also deletes your LIVE accounts, so it could be that.

firefli · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2004, 01:10:00 PM »

I've been having the same problem as you all. I noticed however when I go through the trouble shooting and I when I'm at the connection status menu, my serial number is blank. Anyone else experience this too? Also, by the way, my box was soft modded. And I restored everything to stock before I tried connecting. Also, my box has never been opened.

SoloTSi97 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2004, 06:53:00 PM »

Wow, for some reason I have not gotten any email notification that there were replies to this thread!

I have not tried any of these suggestions. But, I swapped my original Xbox HDD back in and was still unable to connect to Live.

I may try wiping my hard drive and going with a clean Slayer's install and see what happens after I recover my account info. I will post if anything changes.

SoloTSi97 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2004, 07:02:00 PM »

Okay, so as soon as I typed that I realized that I just put a new 20GB hard drive in my Xbox (I bought a new one, which works ... and am preparing this one for sale to a friend who doesn't care about XBL). So, I did the Slayer's install quick, and booted the MS Dash.

XBL still will not connect. Now, this is with a brand new HDD, and my EEPROM flashed back to the original EEPROM for this Xbox (banned from XBL, but still, it doesn't even connect far enough to tell me it's banned). I didn't even get into account recovery, selected the Xbox Live tab from the MS Dash, and was prompted with "Unable to establish Network Connection". Then, into the Network Troubleshooter and same old error.

My XYZ codes, since I don't know what they mean:
X:0000-F001
Y:00C2-03E0
Z:0000-0000

No AFFF or FFFF as was suggested above. I'm betting that somewhere along the line, while I was plugging/unplugging the network cable with all the rest of my equipment on (router, cable modem, etc.) ... something got zapped. Who knows. I didn't realize this many people were having trouble with it, though ... makes me wary about putting 4980/1 on my new Xbox.

bloodshot_17 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 08, 2004, 09:13:00 AM »

Well I too am having problems with Live...i was using 4981 and had no problems. Nor did I try to connect to live with my chip enabled...I was only running the new bios as a failsafe, so i never even tried it to see if it connected or not with the chip on.
I was able to connect to live with the chip off, however after about a week or 2 of use i began getting the same error mentioned..."Unable to Connect to Xbox Live" instantly.

I have seen the normal banned eeprom message and this is not it..it never gets that far.
I have since flashed down to 4978 and also copied all my original M$ HDD stuff back to the box( C and E Dir) still same error.
Even changed eeprom and still same prob.

Does any one know exactly how the 4980/1 patch works...what in memory it patches and where...more detail would be useful.

TIA!!

SoloTSi97 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 08, 2004, 10:18:00 AM »

Wow, a lot of people reporting this problem. I'm in the middle of a Matrix install in my new Xbox (somehow I managed to buy a brand new v1.1 with Samsung drive at Target over the weekend). I think I'll flash it with 4979 to be safe and passcode protect my XBL account. :-)

newbreed · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2004, 01:48:00 PM »

Dont take this the wrong way guys, but I think everyone is barking up the wrong tree.

I have the same problem with 3 of my xbox's in my network.
I have 2 modified and one unmodded that are having the same symptoms. One of them thats modded hase a bad eeprom on it still, but everything has a IP from the router and detects a dns but says "Xbox Live Not Found"

Ive been through the "tech Support" if they want to call themselves that.... the 2 people i spoke to both came back to a router problem. Even though my wireless setup is LIVE compatible, and I was on live last week for over 3 months with the wireless setup. My network DID reset, so it has to be a router setting. I havent tried connecting it to my modem cuz it wont reach, but the unmodded bow is wired to the router itself and it cannot connect either. So i think that may lead to a ISP problem with the MTU's or a router settings.

The dashboard setting are normal andhave not been changed. The unmodified xbox is completely stock form the store. (Havent had a chance to mod that 1.6 yet. Hardly had the patience for a 1.0) That xbox has no updates whatsoever from live except what it needs for rainbow six. It has been playin fine. My ISP is comcast, and my equipment is ALL recommended for xbox live.

I plan on calling comcast in about a hour to find out what they think cuz M$ had me talking to 2 different people that kept me on the phone and running around my house reseting networks and unplugging cables with no resolve.

a quick thing to add here, I had this problem when I bought a new router setup and was configuring the settings. When i tried to access live a couple of days later, I got the same error and ended up on the phone with these guys for about a hour and they DID get it working! So I assume u may have to keep calling back till your reach someone competent

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