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[killab443]

I finally flashed a bios (evo m8) to my chip I ran into some problems. I was able to use slayers 2.6 to install the new dashboard as well as format my drive. I backed everything up beforehand but as everyone knows the XBL subscription did not copy. I booted up with the chip disabled and made an attempt to recover my account. After trying to connect in the connection status it is haulted on the last step it says Xbox Live Not Found. It passes Cables connected, Then IP setting Configured, Then DNS detected and then stops at the last step saying XBOX live Not found. I used the slayer disc to format my Hard disk again, but brought it back to retail, I also overwrote all the files on the drive with the original backups. I tryed to connect again and I am still haulted at 'XBOX live NOT FOUND'. I called Xbox to see if there was any bans on my account and they said my account it in good standing with no flags or bans. What could be wrong? I've used live with no problems for over 6 months. Did evoX mess up my xbox settings?

[sidewinder33]

after it gives you the error, push Y and you should get a set of codes. post the codes you get so we can see if its something easily fixed. THe top pinned topic has a better description as to how to get the codes in a bit more detail, along with some simple solutions for common problems, but post your codes here just for good measure. But from what you have described its possible that your hdd was formatted incorrectly, but we'll wait for the codes to see.

[killab443]

Pulled the following codes from the connection status-

W: 0000 - 0015
X: 0000 - F001
Y: 00C2 - 03C0
Z: 0000 - 0000


MT: 1 (0015 - 00F0)
IC: 1 (0015 - 00F0)
NT: 0


I also reformated the drive again and still no go. Do I need to install files for Xbox Live to the drive? If so were do I get them?

[sidewinder33]

as of recently the only fix I've seen, at least the easiest, is just to get a new virgin eeprom. We still don't know what this code mean, or similar ones to it, but a new eeprom is all I can suggest. They run about 5-10 bucks and you can get them from the BST forum below the live forum. zodiiak is a trusted seller and I recommend him to everyone who needs an eeprom, he has great customer relations. Sorry I'm not able to give you any better advice, but since the 360 came on line there hasn't been too much in the way of live decoding like there used to be.

[pricemeista33]

I have the same problem as you do killab443. Ok I've read many tuts and PM in the forum. All of them seem to send you into a loop of controversy of which theory is believed to be true and which is untrue. I've lost an 80G Western digital because of all the bickering about what method is best for unbanning. Now I have followed the tuts and forums to unban both of my systems. What is confusing is rather the "Marriage Theory" is in fact stone or not. If someone could inform me of what information on the EEPROM is like that of on the HDD. Is the "ONLINE KEY" the same as the key or password located in the EEPROM information? I had changed the "32 character" code on the HDD and saved it then locked the drive and then it stopped registering the partitions of the HDD. Now the drive has bad sectors at the beginning, so you know what that means:(

All I'd like to know is what I need to do step by step in order to get both my Systems unbanned. If all you need to do is change the EEPROM. Wouldn't the info about the HDD remain the samE?

W:0000-000B
X:0000-F001
Y:00C2-03E0
Z:0000-0000

Model: WD800

S/N:WCAM94607152

I belive this is how Bill Gates and M$ are scanning the drives that are upgraded. He's retrieving information from the EEPROM which taddle tell on the box.

Hell we all spend way too much money with M$ to have them ban us from utilizing the "Live servers". You wouldn't believe the total of all the products I have spent money on to include Xbox Live subscription. I've even complied with M$ to shut down my Mod chip prior to going on live and they still want to ban me! :\
Ok first they force you to comply with the invasion of your privacy like some terrorists. That is not American at all for them to do such a thing. I'm going on the "Consumerist.com" web site and fight for all of us just as the one guy did concerning "AOL" not cancelling his membership. You all will be seeing me on Dateline NBC.

This post has been edited by pricemeista33: Jul 17 2006, 09:13 PM

[gipperCJ]

actually, banning for modded bios and files is good.  It keeps live fair which is why is wildly successful.

What sucks is that they're banning you for fixing your xbox when the hdd fails and you have to replace it.  THAT'S the BS part.

[sidewinder33]

QUOTE(pricemeista33 @ Jul 17 2006, 01:42 PM)

I have the same problem as you do killab443. Ok I've read many tuts and PM in the forum. All of them seem to send you into a loop of controversy of which theory is believed to be true and which is untrue. I've lost an 80G Western digital because of all the bickering about what method is best for unbanning. Now I have followed the tuts and forums to unban both of my systems. What is confusing is rather the "Marriage Theory" is in fact stone or not. If someone could inform me of what information on the EEPROM is like that of on the HDD. Is the "ONLINE KEY" the same as the key or password located in the EEPROM information? I had changed the "32 character" code on the HDD and saved it then locked the drive and then it stopped registering the partitions of the HDD. Now the drive has bad sectors at the beginning, so you know what that means:(

All I'd like to know is what I need to do step by step in order to get both my Systems unbanned. If all you need to do is change the EEPROM. Wouldn't the info about the HDD remain the samE?

W:0000-000B
X:0000-F001
Y:00C2-03E0
Z:0000-0000

Model: WD800

S/N:WCAM94607152

I belive this is how Bill Gates and M$ are scanning the drives that are upgraded. He's retrieving information from the EEPROM which taddle tell on the box.

Hell we all spend way too much money with M$ to have them ban us from utilizing the "Live servers". You wouldn't believe the total of all the products I have spent money on to include Xbox Live subscription. I've even complied with M$ to shut down my Mod chip prior to going on live and they still want to ban me! :\
Ok first they force you to comply with the invasion of your privacy like some terrorists. That is not American at all for them to do such a thing. I'm going on the "Consumerist.com" web site and fight for all of us just as the one guy did concerning "AOL" not cancelling his membership. You all will be seeing me on Dateline NBC.

Marriage theory is True. It has been proven true by numerous people who get banned for swapping out hdd's and not eeproms. In its simplest form Marriage theory is, once you go on live with one setup, eeprom and Hdd are collected by MS and stored together. If the eeprom comes back on and has a different Hdd, then you have obviously changed it and you are banned. Now there is some gray areas around if hdd's that are not banned can be used again, with multiple eeproms. Thats really the gist of it. My suggestions are the safest and have worked for countless others.

If you have a problem with your TOS from MS then don't use live. As soon as you log in your xbox must be exactly as they made it. And gripper is right, if they didn't ban people for having modded stuff on live then every game would be like the H2 fiasco.

If you want to get back on, with an xbox that has been banned I give these suggestions.

New Virgin eeprom + New stock Hdd + old Gt(flagged) =Live
or
New Virgin eeprom + New Large size Hdd+ New GT = Live

For the errors you guys are reporting a new eeprom will be needed.

[iwantlive;(]

can someone pleeeaaasse tell me how to sort this problem out if been after connecting to xbox live for years now, i was wandering if someone could tell me how to solve the problem: i go to connect to xbox live it says 'cables connected' ipadresses resolved' it goes on to atroubleshooting page and says 'DNS error' belive me i have literally tried everything , has anyone got any explanations please?

[pricemeista33]

You should definitley visit or call your ISP and they should give you the proper DNS servers.  If you are using a router then you must go into the router's properties and ensure that the correct configurations are set for your network.