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[sidewinder33]

Essentially what we have here is a classic case of marriage theory the only difference is your old hd died. When you first go on live your eeproom and hdd are married and stored with MS. If your eeprom comes on with another hdd then they ban you.

Your right though I dont believe you can install a softmod without a working hdd. I do believe though that the slayer's autoinstaller disc can take a new blank hdd and format it to stock. Then you can install a softmod and change your eeprom, then uninstall your softmod. Modchips are somewhat cumbersome to just install then take back out, but now it is very easy to leave the modchip in and still get on live, so that is always an option, but its up to you.

But I believe that the Slayers Cd will do what you need as it does not need the old hdd in to format, I think. I might be wrong but I think that the cd is what gets booted not a hdd.

Keep in mind that I have not used the autoinstaller but I'm sure if you went to their site here that they could answer that question.

Ok I keep rambling, the only thing Im not sure of is if it will boot to the cd if your hdd is not formatted. Asking around in the evolutionx forum might help you with that also, here is that forum, hope that gets you on you way, and that I haven't just taken up you time.

This post has been edited by sidewinder33: Dec 7 2006, 07:24 AM

[Chancer]

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I do believe though that the slayer's autoinstaller disc can take a new blank hdd and format it to stock. Then you can install a softmod and change your eeprom, then uninstall your softmod. Modchips are somewhat cumbersome to just install then take back out, but now it is very easy to leave the modchip in and still get on live, so that is always an option, but its up to you.

If you run Slayers you will have a chip fitted so why on earth do you need to softmod the box after.
pointless softmodding the box if it is already modded. You don't need a softmod to flash a new eeprom. Simply install the new HDD format and install with an autoinstaller in the chipped box. Run config magic to load a new eeprom. Don't softmod it as well.

[sidewinder33]

right now he has a completely stock xbox, installing a chip was one of his options, so he wouldnt have to install a softmod if he did chip it. I was just trying to give him some options so he didnt go through the time of installing a chip just to format the hdd, then take it back out.

Probably should have clarified more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This post has been edited by sidewinder33: Dec 7 2006, 02:12 PM

[macktruck722]

allright....let me check if i am understanding this right.....if i get an OEM xbox hard drive with matching eeprom file....

I need to first lock the hard drive from my computer with my existing eeprom?  install in xbox so it will boot....can't go on live yet...and then use mechassault savegame hack to boot up evox...flash eeprom with new file...and then lock hard drive with new eeprom file....reboot...and i should be set??

Is that a valid option?  is there a way to flash the eeprom from the evox savegame hack...ie can i transfer whatever is needed via FTP and then run it...?  

i think this should be a valid method....don't know all the specifics...but am I looking in the right direction now?

[Rexcellent]

New EEPROM, New HD, Clean GT, Coldboot and I Still Got Banned.

I'm just posting to keep other interested people informed.  I thought I performed a successful softmod using Krayzies 1.1.1 almost exactly one month ago.  Two weeks after the softmod I was still able to play on Live.  I didn't play at all last week, but last night I tried to sign on and could not.  It asked me if I wanted to start the network troubleshooter.  When I did, all the network troubleshooting items worked until it got to the Signing onto Live.  Almost instantly, it gave me a message saying that it could not sign on because the Xbox software or hardware appears to have been modified.  I don't think I broke any of the rules of "Marriage", but who can be sure in this day and age.  

Anyone know if they changed their scanning methods?  Does anyone care?  My next step will be to flash the old EEPROM and put my old hard drive back into the XBox.  I'm quite curious to see what happens next.

If anyone has any comments, I'd be interested to hear them.