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QUOTE (angone54321 @ Nov 16 2002, 09:21 AM)

ok first off i dont have a backup command in my evox menu. what i did was boot the harddrive and copy the password file to my desktop. is my drive fucked now?

No!

You must GENERATE the password for the NEW drive via EVOLUTION-X's BACKUP command.

If the command does not appear, you are using an older evox.ini file (probably you copied it from an older version).

Then you FTP the password file down and use it as per the tutorial.

Unlock the drive again using the password you gave it before (hint, copy the text file OFF the floppy disk and print it first!)

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QUOTE (ZeAuReLiEn @ Nov 16 2002, 09:25 AM)

Hi, I've got a Xbox with a modified internal bios. I can't disable this bios for the moment (waiting for an X-Ecuter 2 Pro to do that). I try to setup my Live account, the connexion test is successfull but when I enter my subscription code it is rejected ? Is that a modchip issue ? That's normal or should I be able to setup my account with the modchip enabled ? Thanks

                                    That's right, you MUST disable the mod chip to perform ANY account configuration now.

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QUOTE (ChocoboLee @ Nov 16 2002, 09:24 AM)

QUOTE (opjose @ Nov 16 2002, 09:14 AM) Notice that you now you get a different error message than what others are reporting here when their machines fail to connect (RED X). This is a kerberos REJECTION of your machine. What's does this different error message say?

                                    "Xbox Live service is busy or not available now"

Or something close to that.

It is NOT the same error as the connectivity test message.

If you flip off the mod chip and reboot, the problem goes away!

[ChocoboLee]

QUOTE (opjose @ Nov 16 2002, 09:30 AM)

"Xbox Live service is busy or not available now" Or something close to that. It is NOT the same error as the connectivity test message. If you flip off the mod chip and reboot, the problem goes away!

                                    Thanks. Let's just hope MS gets their act together and fix this "Xbox Live not found" error soon.

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Wow the connection problems are ALL over their own forums now!

They have a BIG problem on their hands.

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The unlock utility which comes with the hddlock program DOES NOT WORK!

You need to use the unnlock 2.0 program instead.

[slappynutz]

Wow the connection problems are ALL over their own forums now!

[angone54321]

hey dude where do i get unlock 2.0.   i download a few and it dont say what versions

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QUOTE (angone54321 @ Nov 16 2002, 10:03 AM)

hey dude where do i get unlock 2.0.   i download a few and it dont say what versions

                                    UnLockX.exe Ver 2.0

An all in one program for your hard drive.
This Program is based on source code from Martin Gerdes, an editor of the german "c't" magazine.
The article was published in c't 11/91 "Platten-Auslese - Konfiguration von AT-Bus-Platten lesen"
And more reasentley programs written by imh0 (Miguel).
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1) Now will Lock your hard drive or unlock and disable passwords all in one program !!
2) Will backup your password to a file and will not over-write it
3) Password backup file is time stamped.
4) No need to use atapwd.exe to view drive status.You can see at a glance if your drive is locked or unlocked.
5) Now you only have to enter your password one time.

Requirements

1) UnLockX.exe must be run in pure DOS Mode,No windows dos box.
2) Drive must be on the primary IDE channel ( Master Or Slave).

Note
Please use this program at your own risk.

[angone54321]

ok i have tried unlockX 2.0 a bunch of times and it keeps telling me harddrive will not unlock.  is my hard drive fucked now or something? this makes no sense.

[Andola]

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QUOTE (angone54321 @ Nov 16 2002, 10:33 AM)

ok dude i did the unlockX 2.0   i enter the password [triple checked pass] and i select to unlock i hit enter. it tells me drive will not unlock.

                                    It's either already unlocked or you are using the wrong password.

Please move these posts to another thread. They don't belong here!

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QUOTE (Killah2km @ Nov 16 2002, 12:51 PM)

Hey, now that we know that it is the modchip causing xbl games not to work online, can someone please post a tuitoral on how to make a switch (I use enigma final)

                                    Tutorials are on the tutorial page.

[Killah2km]

,  I am about to go to radioshack now get the goods and install this baby, XBL here I come

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QUOTE (Zander @ Nov 16 2002, 01:13 PM)

It also might not be a bad idea to come up with terminology for the 2 current live issues. The Live Mod-detection issue and the Live Connectivity issue (I dunno), trouble is, for ALOT of ppl with 0 troubleshooting skills they are not able to properly determine which boat there are in. Which leads to mis-information and hysteria. Might want to clean the faq up a bit (some ppl think turning the mod off AFTER the post that they can get on live, "I switched of off" O_o) and come up with hard terms so there is no splitting of hairs here, other forums and IRC. :/ Willing to help, Z

                                    You hit the nail on the head.

As frequently happens, eliminating or solving problems like this entails first being able to describe the problem (hmmm isn't that an old programming axiom?).

Newbies and the "sky is falling" crowd tend to further cloud the issues with speculation and conjecture which is often stated as fact even though it's groundless.



WHAT -IS- needed is for someone to save off the EEPROM contents from a working and a non-working machine of EXACTLY the same revision level.
With XBLive installed on both.

Then re-program the two EEPROM's so that the machines "exchange" identities. (they could restore the original contents back afterwards...)

This would help to settle the serialization questions and also point to a possible solution/workaround to the problem.

I'll bet that the connectivity problem will travel with the identity, not the hardware.

I have tried modifying the serial number of a machine, but in so doing I found that the MAC address is also closely tied to the serial number.

This may invalidate the tests reported on xboxhacker.net where they tried this as a potential fix, which did not work.

I'll bet that the eeprom contents must be "consistent" to something at MS... this is why I suspect that swapping may indeed work.

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It may also be that the M-icrosoft techies are aware of the problem(s) but need some management input as to how to go about implementing the fixes. They STUPIDLY elected to start XBLive on a weekend! (big mistake... duh...)