Topic: M$ Dash Official Rescue Discs (Read 182 times)

FallsInc · « **Reply #15 on:** December 19, 2005, 03:28:00 PM »

any live enabled game will fix a fuxed C drive, just update over live, and it downloads a new version

Code-Runner · « **Reply #16 on:** December 19, 2005, 03:35:00 PM »

Was that the Director's cut DVD?

NP, I checked and seen that it was, I also found demos on thses;

Van Helsing
Star Wars Trilogy DVD Set
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Clone Wars: Volume 2 (Star Wars: Animated)
Robots (Widescreen Edition)
The Hulk

FallsInc · « **Reply #17 on:** December 19, 2005, 03:47:00 PM »

haha... well, if you feel like sending it my way, i can drop in a solderless chip and restore the HD. for 15 shipped back to you

i can flash the tsop for 25 bucks shipped back. (provided its not a 1.6)

then there is always the good ol' 50 dollar chipping, thats shipped back too.

if you cant boot a game or get on live.. then a chip is the only way to fix it.

slingshot2170 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 21, 2005, 10:45:00 AM »

If Live! detects any changes to your Xbox (i.e. BIOS change, content change on the hard drive (different xboxdash.xbe) then it won't run and will ban your EEPROM. I've gotten a few reports lately of people having this fix their dash for them. Since for some people, it only yields an Error 21, perhaps the Error 21 delves deeper than the dashboard?

crystalgeek · « **Reply #19 on:** December 21, 2005, 12:31:00 PM »

any xbox live cd if connected up to a live network or another mahine will update the dashboard files and "repair" or replace them if you cnacel and do return to dashboard or similar

clutchc · « **Reply #20 on:** December 21, 2005, 03:04:00 PM »

can i re-install the softmod with AR, without saving the profile to my hard drive?(since i have no access to the hard drive, i cant save it to it)

crystalgeek · « **Reply #21 on:** December 21, 2005, 03:42:00 PM »

if u want to reinstall a softmod u can use XBOXHDM and ur EEPROM backup to return your xbox to stock and then use something like Krazie's to softmod your machine again, and yes any LIVE Enabled game, ie a game tht works on live will update your dashboard if you hook it to a network, or another machine viwq xover cable. as long as the box see's a connection you can get it to return to the dashboard if it tries to go live and teh n it auto updates your dashboard to the latest version.

ex: loadup Halo 2 - slect your acoount, when it says sign into xbox live choose register new accountteh nytou get the option to exit halo 2 select exit halo 2. will update if old or currupt files found

ChInEsE ChIcKeN · « **Reply #22 on:** December 21, 2005, 07:42:00 PM »

aahhh very nice find might come in handy

crystalgeek · « **Reply #23 on:** December 22, 2005, 03:56:00 AM »

i know this wroks for error 16, error 21 is something different, do you have say a copy of your dashboard files and DVD2xbox on an xbox disk, if you can boot this, just copy the dashboard files back to the original location or use a slayers disk to repair original dashboard files

slingshot2170 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 23, 2005, 09:17:00 AM »

QUOTE(clutchc @ Dec 22 2005, 12:24 PM)

I have a copy of my dash files, but i dont have dvd2xbox on a disc. Actually, my friend said that I could use his old computer to try and fix my xbox. Is there a way I can fix the hard drive using a computer without hotswapping?

You can burn a disc with dvd2xbox. It's not that difficult to create ISOs. Unless you have the required information (hard drive key, eeprom, etc.) You're going to have to hotswap to get any access to the drive.

lordvader129 · « **Reply #25 on:** December 29, 2005, 08:45:00 PM »

QUOTE(NewbSoft @ Dec 29 2005, 06:34 PM)

So if I accidentally deleted my xbox dash -Which I did

- I just have to put in King Arthur the movie, and it will work again?

!!?!?!?!?!?!?

yep, or any of these other movies:

Van Helsing
Star Wars Trilogy DVD Set
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Clone Wars: Volume 2 (Star Wars: Animated)
Robots (Widescreen Edition)
The Hulk Disc 2

slingshot2170 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 02, 2006, 03:42:00 AM »

QUOTE(wolfman005 @ Jan 2 2006, 08:52 AM)

hey all I softmoded my box and now it freezes at the x-box screen I tryed the king arthor dvd and no luck with it putting my MS dash back on it is doing the same thing.. any ideas on what I can do to fix this problem??

Can you boot any other games? Because if it's freezing at the X logo it's most likely a BIOS problem.. not a dash problem.

Jennekee · « **Reply #27 on:** January 02, 2006, 02:35:00 PM »

Ok man, THIS IS THE CONDITION THAT IT WORKS!
NOTE: IT WILL NOT WORK IF YOU USED A SOFTMOD METHOD LIKE THE 007 EXPLOIT!
I have checked into this... and have looked it over, and tried it myself. It wont work if you used any other method than FTP to softmod your Xbox.
Reason... when you softmod it wit han exploit, it re-writes a text file in the C/ partition that makes it check the E/dashboard file for either 'default.xbe' 'xboxdash.xbe' or 'msdash.xbe'. Updating with a CD just updates the MS dash in the C/ partition. But since it loads the dash from the e/ partition, it isnt gonna load it if you deleted/fucked it up.

How to softmod via ftp you ask... easy. Get the 007 Agent Under Fire game. NON PLATY HITS. Get the Linux Installer that works for VERSIONS 1.0-1.5! NOT THE ONE THAT CAN USE 1.6-1.7 AS THESE WONT SUPPORT FTP. Xbox Versions 1.0-1.7 will ass work, the file just has to be for versions 1.0-1.5. Load the exploit via the Mem Unit and STOP! Now get a modded Xbox and a X/O cable and link them. Have the modded Xbox FTP your Xbox and replace 'Xboxdash.xbe' and 'msdash.xbe' with the dashboard of your choice, but rename it 'xboxdash.xbe' and 'msdash.xbe'. Voila... Modded Xbox w/o using the exploit to install it. So incase it does fuck up, just run a game like Halo2 or that DVD, and it'll fix it. Of course you will have to re-do the FTP install, but if it fucks up, you can easily fix it.

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I am the Russian Wolf

pez2k · « **Reply #28 on:** January 02, 2006, 02:53:00 PM »

QUOTE(Jennekee @ Jan 2 2006, 09:42 PM)

Reason... when you softmod it wit han exploit, it re-writes a text file in the C/ partition that makes it check the E/dashboard file for either 'default.xbe' 'xboxdash.xbe' or 'msdash.xbe'. Updating with a CD just updates the MS dash in the C/ partition. But since it loads the dash from the e/ partition, it isnt gonna load it if you deleted/fucked it up.

With softmods, the original MS dash is always loaded from C:\xboxdash.xbe, which then triggers the exploit. If there's no MS dash, the softmod never even comes into play. If the MS dash is replaced, then it should still trigger the exploit and work fine (for some softmods anyway). If it also replaces the fonts, it basically disables any font exploit, and your Xbox is once again unmodded. Also, the dash can be loaded from anywhere so long as you configure it correctly, if you so wanted to you could load a dash from even the Z partition, although the probability of it still being there very long would be slim.

QUOTE(Jennekee @ Jan 2 2006, 09:42 PM)

How to softmod via ftp you ask... easy. Get the 007 Agent Under Fire game. NON PLATY HITS. Get the Linux Installer that works for VERSIONS 1.0-1.5! NOT THE ONE THAT CAN USE 1.6-1.7 AS THESE WONT SUPPORT FTP. Xbox Versions 1.0-1.7 will ass work, the file just has to be for versions 1.0-1.5. Load the exploit via the Mem Unit and STOP! Now get a modded Xbox and a X/O cable and link them. Have the modded Xbox FTP your Xbox and replace 'Xboxdash.xbe' and 'msdash.xbe' with the dashboard of your choice, but rename it 'xboxdash.xbe' and 'msdash.xbe'. Voila... Modded Xbox w/o using the exploit to install it.

Error 21. It goes a little like this: Xbox boots from TSOP using retail BIOS, which looks for C:\xboxdash.xbe. The file is not signed with MS' private key, so the kernel refuses to execute it. There's nothing else to fall back to, so the Xbox errors.

There's two main exploits used in most softmods, the initial gamesave exploit to gain FTP access or run an autoinstaller, then a second exploit to patch or overwrite the kernel in memory, which is triggered from a stock MS dash. The altered kernel (no longer restricted by the MS key) then boots whatever it is configured to, eg. E:\dashboard\default.xbe.

slingshot2170 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 05, 2006, 11:28:00 PM »

QUOTE(wolfman005 @ Jan 4 2006, 05:02 AM)

ok so if my box is softmodded by using MA throuhg Action Replay then when I boot my system now it goes to the modded dash is that what it should do???

if that's what you want it to do, then it's supposed to be doing that.

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