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[MysticalMagnet]

sorry but to load the slayer discs you will need a way to softmod ur system so that the dvd drive could read a dvd that you made...since u dont have a conjunction in the same box and the parts arent interchangeable i would get a modchip to put in the working xbox or maybe do a tsop flash(not sure how this works) and then put in a new hard drive and ur ready to go

[MysticalMagnet]

unless it has a good hard drive i would say no because the other methods would be tsop and modchip which require soldering

[CaptinGonads]

Xbox 1 - Bad mother board
Xbox 2 - Bad HD
Xbox 3 - Bad HD

You've got quite a delema.  I've heard of the Western Digitals in the xbox having a "master key" to unlock them.  Assuming that you could could get that hard drive unlocked you still need a way to unlock the harddrive.  Some mod chips have the capability to boot from an unlocked hard drive (since you don't particarly want to solder anything there is a solderless adapter).  If you're willing to buy the chip and install it getting the EEprom shouldn't be a problem.  After i would suggest Slayer's Evox which can be burned onto a DVD and installed through a simple step by step GUI.  I"ll look into doing all that without buying anything, soldering anything, and without too much sweat and blood.

[Bomb Bloke]

http://forums.afterd...view.cfm/357863

[obcd]

Hi,

there are 3 different type of eeprom configurations. You can't interchange the 3 from 1 xbox to another.

You have the 1.0 type, the 1.1 to 1.5 and the 1.6 to 1.6b

The eeprom has 8 pin's that are really close to each other. The eeprom reader that Bomb Bloke is referring to only has 3 connections to the xbox. They can be made fairly easy on the LPC holes. Desoldering a SMD chip is not as easy as it looks if you have little or no soldering experience. If the chip is not desoldered enough and you try to lift it, you will lift the pcb tracks as well. If you heat to long, they come loose as well.

You don't need much resources for the eeprom reader. All you need are a couple of cheap components. You can find the software free on the internet. The reader also makes it easy to perform a softmod on the xbox. You don't need to hotswap anymore. You will at least rescue 1 eeprom which might still be usefull to go on xbox live. (if it hasn't been banned)

But, you are copletely free about how you want to do your repair.

regards.

[Bomb Bloke]

If you use a mod (or exploit) to rip the contents of your EEPROMs to a file, a PC can also access a locked drive (with the right software) then re-lock it to be used with another X-Box. Note that the only way to obtain EEPROM data from consoles that won't boot is to use a reader (a process that doesn't involve any soldering inside the actual X-Boxes at all).

Installing a modchip in a console will NOT allow it to use a drive that was locked with another system. However, if you're happy to fork out for one (and a new HDD) you might find this the "easy" way to go.

If you really want to go with physically switching the EEPROMs at least practise IC removal on other (less valuable) boards first. As obcd says it's easier said then done. If you break a leg off a chip or something you will NOT be able to easily recover it.

Those are pretty much your options. Assuming of course the "bad" drives/motherboard can't be repaired.

[Alphanatrix]

Hey there this is the owner of the Xboxes in discussion here. Thanks, Blood for handling the request in my absence.

Last note on this and then I gotta make the decision to cut and run or dig in for a real run on these. does the fact that the HDD from the system with the bad board is already modded? I used the splinter / Linux method for what it's worth.

Thanks for all the good leads, guys and thanks for whatever you can offer for this.

Alphy

[AliasCT]

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does the fact that the HDD from the system with the bad board is already modded? I used the splinter / Linux method for what it's worth.

Did you back up the eeprom? This is great because you can unlock the HDD, provided you backed up the eeprom (to your computer), using XboxHDM.
The problem is still there, though. You need the eeprom from the working motherboards to lock the good HDD (that you modded and *hopefully* backed up the eeprom for) to it. I didn't see if you found out whether the eeprom chips for the various motherboards were compatible, but I would probably just build an eeprom reader, extract the eeprom to your pc, and then unlock the modded HDD with the eeprom you had backed up, to relock it with the eeprom you've now extracted from the good motherboard.
Here's a link to a tut on how to build one, I built one and I don't have a ton of experience in soldering. It's really easy and all of the parts are at your local radioshack.

[litspliff]

my only recommendation is that you learn to solder.

it's a skill worthy of the time it takes to learn.

a lot of people are too lazy to learn, but the truth is that it gets easier to do every time.

it doesn't take a lot of practice to learn.

 

you would have infinite options at this juncture had you learned how to solder already.

if you are too lazy to learn, i'll be happy to buy the pile of parts from you.