Topic: Question About Xbox Power Supply And Followup (Read 83 times)

AZImmortal · « **on:** March 13, 2012, 07:36:00 PM »

As far as moving your hard drive goes, the hard drive will need to be unlocked (I hope you have an eeprom backup) and either locked to the eeprom of your new Xbox or it can be run unlocked if the new Xbox is hardmodded. The softmod files reside on the hard drive and wouldn't need to be reinstalled if you moved the hard drive.

Spudman89 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2012, 08:28:00 PM »

Don't think I have an eeprom backup

AZImmortal · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:25:00 PM »

If your two consoles have compatible power supplies, then you can temporarily (or even permanently) move the working power supply into the dead Xbox and get the eeprom backup. Without a working power supply, you'll need an eeprom reader to get your eeprom.

Spudman89 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:40:00 PM »

I see, I suppose I'll just softmod the new one then. it was just my collected roms and whatnot with the save data, not like it's any irreplaceable data or anything.

Thanks for your help I appreciate it.

Spudman89 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2012, 06:49:00 PM »

So I actually got power working again on the original Xbox, but I don't want to chance it failing again. How do I get the EEPROM backup from it?

Also the Xbox I want to transfer this hard drive to's DVD drive won't read anything, can I just swap out MY DVD drive and my hard drive so long as I get the EEPROM backup without other problems?

Spudman89 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2012, 08:56:00 PM »

Also to note the working DVD drive is a Philips and the one that's not working is a Thomson. Does it matter if the drive is by the same manufacturer?

AZImmortal · « **Reply #6 on:** March 20, 2012, 09:50:00 PM »

You can use Config Magic to get your eeprom backup. As far as swapping components go, the DVD drives are completely interchangeable while the hard drive will need to be locked with the destination Xbox's eeprom if it's a softmodded console or it can be run unlocked if it's hardmodded.

Spudman89 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2012, 05:34:00 PM »

So how exactly do I go about swapping my soft modded hard drive into the other Xbox sytem using Config Magic? I just want to make sure I get this down step by step so I don't screw something up and make it worse

AZImmortal · « **Reply #8 on:** March 21, 2012, 07:09:00 PM »

Is the target Xbox hard or softmodded?

Spudman89 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2012, 07:38:00 PM »

neither, though I could softmod it if I need to if I swap in my working DVD drive. I have the MechAssault disc and the linux save to do so

AZImmortal · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2012, 09:30:00 PM »

Assuming you don't plan on hardmodding eventually, you'll need to softmod the target Xbox, get its eeprom, and then unlock the old hard drive with the old eeprom and relock it with the new eeprom (both using XboxHDM).

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