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[xxtonymanxx]

if i were to get a new xbox is there a way i can still use my locked hdd on it with just softmodding...the hdd is for a v 1.6 xbox if i were to get the same version would the hdd work with softmodding???

[eminvil_12]

Ok dude,

Follow what i say

im guessing you have a soldering iron, 30AWG wire, solder, stanley knife, sharp blade etc

Simply scratch away at the trace until you reveal the copper of it.
Then hold the solder on the revealed copper of the trace and then apply the soldering iron.
You should now see the trace has turned silver (colour of solder)
Do this to each side of the damaged trace.

Then tin the 30AWG wire on both ends.

simply place the tinned wire onto the silver part of the trace where you placed the solder before. Now apply the soldering iron and you should see it adhere to the trace.
Do this for both ends so now the trace is connected again.

its very very easy to fix a trace.
To recap

Reveal the copper trace by scraping away at it, then apply solder to it, tin the wire and solder the trace and wire together.

hope that helps, get back on here with the results

[slingshot2170]

No, you'd have to desolder your EEPROM, then resolder it back onto the new board. So either way, you'll have to solder. And since the EEPROM has more points, it'd be easier to just solder the trace back on.

[Rustmonkey]

Or pick up a rear-window defogger repair kit.  These things come with some seriously conductive paint... paint that on to repair the trace.

[slingshot2170]

I've seen some trace repairing pens around. They're basically gold pens, but they're specially formulated to redraw traces. I know Cyberguys used to sell them, but I just searched the site and couldn't find anything. Maybe Froogle would have it.

[eminvil_12]

what error are you getting?

[slingshot2170]

sorry about not fixing the trace man =/

to answer your second question though, you'd need to get the hdd key for the first drive, you can do it with XboxHDM or ATAPWD, there's a few more tuts on here that tell you how to unlock a hard drive.

as to the secondq question, yes you can "undo" a softmod. just delete any applications, and restore the original ms dash on there and delete the gamesave if you want. There are a few places that you can get the original ms dash, or check the last link in my sig for any cd's that'll boot on a softmodded box and restore the xboxdash.xbe for you

[slingshot2170]

I've never personally had to unlock a hard drive.. I've had a chip in my xbox, so i can unlock it through that. I wish I could help you out, but I don't have any personal experience in unlocking hard drives. There are a few guides on here that identify methods of unlocking, try doing a forum search for unlocking hard drive.

[TrigunXBox]

First off, I am assuming that your current dead xbox is a softmod and that your HDD is locked.

You can unlock your current HDD....

1) If you have a backup of the EPROM, use xboxhdm and your computer to unlock it.

2) You can also try using the default HDD lock passwords. TEAMASSEMBLY or XBOXSCENE, this has a good chance of working if you had the HDD upgraded. Again, use xboxhdm

3) If it's the stock Seagate drive and you can't do #1, then look around for the Seagate HDD BIOS flash topic in this forum.

You can't really use a softmoded xbox to fix your current drive. Once you remove the HDD out of the softmodded xbox, the softmod goes with it.

[xxtonymanxx]

no my burned box was a hard mod it was a xenum ice i dont have the eeprom somone upgraded my hdd and i dont have his number and my epfrom number .....i have a friends xbox which i softmodded i just didnt want to wait and order the chip so i just did it the easy way and soft moded it. i was planning on using my friends softmodded xbox to revive my hdd so i can just save the data and instal it on a new xbox which im getting soon

[slingshot2170]

Just take the Xenium out of your broken box and put it in the softmod, get your EEPROM, then take the chip out. No good in wasting a perfectly good chip.

[ImDaWiseGuy]

let this be a lesson always back up your eeprom onto your hd then a cd/dvd

cand tere is one way to save the info off your hardrive but i dont know about using it in another xbox sinces you dont have the eeprom to unlock it...if you could unlock it you can use it on anotehr xbox ....is t his the orginal hd or one you upgraded?? if its one you wanna keep i can tell you a way to use it in your new xbox after you unlock it.......but it has to be unlocked

[xxtonymanxx]

no its a diff hdd its an upgraded ....i dont know how to unlock it i mean i do but when i bring it to the xbox it gets locked how do i change that bc somthng is wrong with the xboxhddm software

[xxtonymanxx]

i giv up ...theres gotta be a way i can atleast take my files from that hdd i dont have the eprom ...there has to be a way i can do it through my comp