Topic: Softmod Or Chip (Read 350 times)

ikecomp · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2006, 05:03:00 PM »

DazJWood · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2006, 05:55:00 PM »

Does nobody know of a definitive guide then?

[Captain_America] · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2006, 09:06:00 PM »

For the softmod, HerE
And for the hdd upgrade, HerE

The softmod guide wont be exact to your softmod, cuz you ARE going to use Krazies NDURE v1.1. But its very simple, just follow the on screen steps and BACKUP your EEPROM to your PC!

There are are some helpful links in my sig for you if you want to use a usb device to transfer the gamesaves.
I would just take a look at most of those links. GooD luck, and don't worry if it doesnt all work out on the first try

kurt_powers69 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2006, 11:36:00 PM »

Softmod is great! I messed around with my friends chipped xbox the other night and personally... I prefer my softmodded box. Just got to get the debug bios onto it now

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DazJWood · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2006, 05:27:00 AM »

Well I have now softmodded my XBox.

Well I thought I had.

I followed the two guides Captain America put in his post.

I installed Krayzie's NDure 1.1 and everything went exactly as planned. I changed my dash to XBMC (Is there any advantage to having Evox over XBMC? Should I have kept my dash as Evox and installed XBMC as an app??).

Everything was working fine.

So I thought I'd install a bigger hard drive. I used a Maxtor 200gb. Followed the second guide to install a bigger hard drive. This went exactly as described. I got a little stuck when my PC would not lock the hard drive using XBoxHDM but I used an older PC and it worked fine.

I installed the hard drive into my Xbox. Booted it up and low and behold the softmod has disappeared and my original MS Dash is there. I started the Splinter Cell exploit again to see that the softmod appears to be still there as it gives me the option to remove it. I FTP'd into the box and all the files seem to be there. I am guessing this has something to do with this shadow C or virtual C image.

Can anyone give me any ideas (in simple talk

) where to go from here?

Is there no dummy guide to install a bigger hard drive when using this exploit package?

Excuse my ignorance over this. I thought I had read up enough on softmodding but it seems I still am in the dark on a number of things.

Thanks in advance,

Daz

cerealkillajme · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2006, 09:03:00 AM »

There is no advantage of using EvoX over XBMC. If anything XBMC is way better. EvoX hasn't been updated in over 2 years I think, Avalaunch hasn't been updated in over a year, so UnleashX and XBMC are the only one's being currently updated still. I use Avalaunch, but it's all user prefrence.

The best way I think would be to boot the exploit and select to remove the softmod and restore from HD backup. Then you won't be modded and can boot the exploit again to install it. I think that would fix things and when you re-install the softmod it should all work.

ikecomp · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2006, 11:44:00 AM »

DazJWOOD, you are exactly right it is the shadow c that has been copied onto your new drive. Do not, I repeat! Do not try to reinstall the softmod without removing it first. You will end up having to use xboxhdm all over again. Just remove the softmod like the poster below you suggested and do a fresh install.

ikecomp · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2006, 02:40:00 PM »

When you were installing the softmod did you choose nkpatcher .6 or .67? If you chose .67 you will have to enable the g drive in evox by going to the system settings. After it is enabled you will then have to format it.

[Captain_America] · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2006, 07:31:00 PM »

Hey, DazJWood. Your story about the hdd is EXACTLY the same as mine. I upgraded the hdd, and it booted to msdash. I removed softmod, installed it again, and it didnt let me select the nkpatcher this time! Now i have the 137GB limit even though i have a 250GB seagate (

). So how did you get the other GB back?

[Captain_America] · « **Reply #24 on:** April 26, 2006, 05:41:00 AM »

Ha, this is true. Well, i must say, i dont see why that guide would be of any trouble. I dont think its anything to do with that guide. i dunno, but it seems like a coincidence (<---however you spell that). when i get mine fugured out, ill let you know. pm me if you have aim,icq,msn,yahoo, or anything else for that matter.

tzedek · « **Reply #25 on:** April 26, 2006, 02:36:00 PM »

add a new hard drive with a softmod is easy with xboxhdm, ive done 3 of them including my own. Very simple, and mostly automated. Softmod is the way to go.

danielmid · « **Reply #26 on:** April 26, 2006, 04:50:00 PM »

I disagree. I have an x3ce and Ive used it to fix 3 xboxes so far that had hard drive failure with no eeprom backup.

MasterGouken · « **Reply #27 on:** April 26, 2006, 04:55:00 PM »

If you are using FlashFXP to ftp to your xbox, try right clicking the right hand side pane (the side showing your xbox partitions) and refreshing it.
I have noticed if i use XBMC whilst ftp'ing it only shows C,D,E and F drives. If i change to Avalaunch it shows C,D,E,F,X,Y and Z partitions. I have to refresh the right pane in FlashFXP if i change dash. This might be your problem.

[Captain_America] · « **Reply #28 on:** April 26, 2006, 05:44:00 PM »

and just so you other guys know, were done discussing whether to do a softmod or a chip

ikecomp · « **Reply #29 on:** April 26, 2006, 07:39:00 PM »

Like the others have stated, if you are using flash fxp right click on the parent directory that shows a list of the drive folders and hit refresh. Your g drive should show up now.

And to captain america, if you have the .6 nkpatcher installed and want to switch to .67 without redoing the softmod just load up krayzies extras using the game save exploit or by just taking the extras folder and placing it in the applications folder on your hard drive. Once you load up the extras you should be presented with the option to switch to nkpatcher.67

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