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[Zogger]

[s0uthp4rk]

btw, would u happen to know why it loads these noises when the game save hack is on HDD caus if i remove it it goes back to norm..... Yea lol it was a typo   next i think i will be linking evox to MS dash

[Zogger]

 j/k

If you're going to link your EvoX to your MS Dash, you'll need to do some hex-editting for that. As it stands, if you try linking it now, it'll boot into MS Dash... which will load the fonts... err, which will restart the whole cycle if I'm not mistaken... there's a guide to doing this floating on X-S as well as on other forums, so you could look into that. If you can't find it, just let me know. I can run you through it, as it's not too difficult.

- ZoGger

EDIT: I'm not really sure why that happens...    gamesave isn't that big so I can't see from a technical aspect how it could cause your HD to work harder (if let's say your HD became more fragmented). I never ran into a situation like that, but if you say taking the gamesave off works... I guess you could do that; but it sorta closes that extra window (before hotswapping) if things go wrong.

EDIT: EDIT: Hmm... interesting... well, I guess you'll be fine removing the gamesave (copy it to a mem card or make a backup of it first), then restoring it before you decide to do anything adventurous with your HD

[s0uthp4rk]

it's more like the xbox vibrates, dunno why.

EDIT: i dunno it only does it when i boot up a game

EDIT EDIT : btw, i forgot to mention i was using th audio exploit and it didn't do it when i got into mxm, but mxm seemed to work good for ftp so i used it, and yea i would deff put it back on if i tried n e thing like what i just did. but i can still boot mxm from evox and delete the save. Might link MS thing to xbox later right now i'm going to explore the wonderful world of xbox apps

[Zogger]

Ah neato. If you ever need help on the msdash linking, either PM or bump this thread, and I can help you with that. Like I said though, there's a bunch of guides on how to do this floating around. I'll edit this post and add links if I happen to come across em again.

- ZoGger

EDIT: Here's a few tutorials on how to relink the MSDash in EvoX (when using the font exploit)

http://forums.xbox-s...ST&f=45&t=74036
http://forums.xbox-s...ST&f=45&t=84734

Make sure when you decided to try and hexedit the MSDash, you hexedit a COPY of the xboxdash.xbe. Then when you transfer it over to your HD, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT overwrite your original xboxdash.xbe. If you do, you'll get an error upon bootup. If you're unable to load a gamesave and boot into EvoX, you might have to resort to hotswapping to getting it back up and running.

Rename the hex-editted one to something you'll remember (xftdash.xbe or newdash.xbe, example), then copy it over to your C partition. In the EvoX.ini link the MSDashboard line to your newly hacked dash xbe. (Since you're using PBL, ignore the font signing part)

[s0uthp4rk]

EDIT:EDIT: I forgot to say THANK YOU for the whole walkthrough i probably would still be stuck....  

[strife16]

Wow, this is an awesome thread.  Took all my problems and fixed them perfectly... Zogger, thanks for all the help.

[Zogger]

Out of all the posts though, I have to commend s0uthp4rk on his creative solution to the blinking LED    

- ZoGger

[anggarda]

Does this mean that I can't play burned backup copies of my games when using the soft mod method as described by Mad_Gouki's Xbox Tutorials

How am I supposed to sign the xbes off my backup disc with his method.

I am limited to this softmod technique as my xbox has the 5330 kernel, which is incompatible with pbl1.3.5

Thanking all in advance. Regards.

[Zogger]

anggarda,

Unfortunately, you're going to have to sign all the XBE's you want to run. The only other program that comes to mind for loading unsigned code (that I can think off), is Complex Loader, BUT that only works with the 4034 kernel (or so the nfo says).

There are several ways to get around this... if you've already made your backup and burned it onto a DVD, you're kinda stuck; you'll have to first rip the files to your HD then copy the XBEs over and use xbedump to resign them. But then you can only play the games off your HD.

If let's say you wanted to make a Slayer's CD that works though, after you get the ISO you can unpack the files with a tool such as xdfsextract, sign the XBE's, then repack it with Craxtion, XISO, or some comparable XBOX ISO maker.

- ZoGger

[anggarda]

Update:

I've since resigned to the fate that I will be unable to do a soft-mod as I am running on a 5330 kernel.

I am however, going to run evox without PBL. This however would require me to sign my xbes.

My query is, is there any tools that would allow me to extract my games off disc, and onto the xbox hdd? (I'll then sign the game on the hdd and use evox to load it.)

Salut.

[Zogger]

There are various programs out there that can do the job. A couple that come to mind are DVD2xbox and Complex Tools 1.6. They can pull the files off your original DVD, backing up the files onto your hard drive. During this process, they can patch the XBE's to remove any media checks allowing you to run them off the HD. While they can patch XBE's to remove the media check, you will still need to sign them with xbedump.

- ZoGger

[Viper16]

Ok some questions from me, I read this thread over but my questions are now that I have everything working but does the bfm bios have to be renamed to xboxrom.bin? (I'm using pbl 1.3.5 as an app not during startup but i also have pbl 1.3 as my startup along with the font and evox) and if i were to sign the xbe that comes out of a game will i be able to burn it with say nero and have pbl go with x2 bios will i be able to play that game? (not from the hdd but from a dvd r/rw or whatever)

And if not then what does the bios even do? (the bfm bios)

Thanks,
Degalle

[s0uthp4rk]

i'm pretty sure that the BFM bios replaces the M$ bios at start up but not permently, as u can just remove everything and it will go back to norm. basically the bios make it so u can run unsigned code on the Xbox with out signing the Xbe's i'm starting to understand the Xbox a bit more now... maybe upgrade from a newbie to a n00b lol, any way sorry i haven't been staying up to date with this thread as it didn't seem like any 1 else was posting  lol not sure if zogger explained this to you or not.... i didn't quite try to understand whatt he said, and yea no one ever would think of putting a peice of paper over the blinking lite lol