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But, with a chip, can't I at least boot off an EvoX CD regardless of what the MS Bios looks for? That way, I could at least get on FTP to fix things.
I know nothing about softmods, so I can't help you there, but all modchip BIOSes should be programmed to look for default.xbe on the DVDROM as boot priority #1, before they boot anything from the HDD. So yeah, if you install a chip and work out some way of fixing that clock error (I think you have to leave it looping until it comes out of it, but I'm not sure, never had the misfortune of dealing with one before) then installing a chip should allow you to boot your Slayer 2.6 disc and ftp into your box to fix everything, because the xbox will look for the XBE on the DVD before it even tries the HDD.
RustAngel