Topic: Softmod Installer Deluxe 2.0 (Read 74 times)

dimebagstu · « **on:** April 17, 2005, 03:18:00 PM »

I used Softmod Installer Deluxe 2.0 to mod my xbox and it worked great.

Now I want to keep it working and I'm worried about 2 things

1. If I leave my xbox unplugged for a long time will the Xbox suffer from the clock loop problem?

2. Can new games try to update my dash and mess up the softmod?

avatar1 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:22:00 PM »

QUOTE(dimebagstu @ Apr 17 2005, 08:48 PM)

I used Softmod Installer Deluxe 2.0 to mod my xbox and it worked great.

Now I want to keep it working and I'm worried about 2 things

1. If I leave my xbox unplugged for a long time will the Xbox suffer from the clock loop problem?

2. Can new games try to update my dash and mess up the softmod?

ad 1)

no clock loops on UXE exploits. i unplug mine every night.

ad 2)

yes. but the update will probably fail because the xbox will crash upon the attempt. to protect yourself and your system entirely from mod-killing updates you better use a UXE package that has a virtual C drive. SMD 2 does not.

This post has been edited by avatar1: Apr 17 2005, 10:24 PM

dimebagstu · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:31:00 PM »

Is it the games that can try to update the dash or is it only if they can connect to xbox live? what i mean is, am I safe as long as my Xbox is not connected to the internet?

avatar1 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:37:00 PM »

QUOTE(dimebagstu @ Apr 17 2005, 09:01 PM)

Is it the games that can try to update the dash or is it only if they can connect to xbox live? what i mean is, am I safe as long as my Xbox is not connected to the internet?

some games do updates unasked. also offline.

dimebagstu · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:41:00 PM »

damn, so what happens if I use one of those games? will it leave me with a useless Xbox?

dimebagstu · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:42:00 PM »

and any idea which games to avoid?

avatar1 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:42:00 PM »

QUOTE(dimebagstu @ Apr 17 2005, 09:11 PM)

damn, so what happens if I use one of those games? will it leave me with a useless Xbox?

possibly. but more likely the update will cause an error 21, which will be gone when you reboot. but the game won't run. it might run when you launch the appropriate XBE through a file manager, e.g. default.xbe updates, game.xbe doesn't

This post has been edited by avatar1: Apr 17 2005, 10:48 PM

Ns0mNiA · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2005, 07:33:00 PM »

Always have backups just incase.

dimebagstu · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2005, 07:50:00 PM »

I have MS Dash backup and Mod backup on my Xbox, is that enough or should I FTP the backups to my PC for safe keeping? If something goes wrong and my Xbox will not boot my Unleashx dash, will I be able to FTP the backups back to the Xbox to fix it?

avatar1 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2005, 12:47:00 AM »

QUOTE(dimebagstu @ Apr 18 2005, 01:20 AM)

I have MS Dash backup and Mod backup on my Xbox, is that enough or should I FTP the backups to my PC for safe keeping?

a backup on the box only is pretty useless...

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If something goes wrong and my Xbox will not boot my Unleashx dash, will I be able to FTP the backups back to the Xbox to fix it?

exactly.

dimebagstu · « **Reply #10 on:** April 18, 2005, 09:28:00 AM »

thanks very much, you have been a great help

leeb1977 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 18, 2005, 09:44:00 AM »

QUOTE(avatar1 @ Apr 17 2005, 08:52 PM)

to protect yourself and your system entirely from mod-killing updates you better use a UXE package that has a virtual C drive. SMD 2 does not.

does this mean i can happily use blackwars installation and then not have to worry about such issues?

avatar1 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 18, 2005, 11:26:00 AM »

QUOTE(leeb1977 @ Apr 18 2005, 03:14 PM)

does this mean i can happily use blackwars installation and then not have to worry about such issues?

that's the idea.

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