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[crazer1]

I have a 1.6 Halo xbox that I wanted to soft-mod. I already have a chipped xbox and had an idea I wanted to try out. I wanted to see if anyone here had tried it before or knows for a fact that it wont work. Here is what I was thinking of doing...

I wanted to put a 120GB HDD in my chipped xbox and install everything from the Slayer's 2.5 FINAL cd. Then apply all the required files/hacks/softmods to the drive to get it to work on a 1.6 xbox. Then do a 2 xbox hotswap to lock the new drive.


Does any one see flaw in this or is this method a viable option??

Any thoughts on this would be most welcome.

[Trevante]

QUOTE (shiroalan @ Aug 29 2004, 12:42 AM)

I have a 1.6 box with a kernel 5838.  I have it running evox fine but i have yet to be able to put a locked hd in it.  is their a tutorial out their or is this possible yet? any help very much appreciated.

Use XboxHDM.

[Trevante]

QUOTE (crazer1 @ Aug 29 2004, 12:55 AM)

I have a 1.6 Halo xbox that I wanted to soft-mod. I already have a chipped xbox and had an idea I wanted to try out. I wanted to see if anyone here had tried it before or knows for a fact that it wont work. Here is what I was thinking of doing... I wanted to put a 120GB HDD in my chipped xbox and install everything from the Slayer's 2.5 FINAL cd. Then apply all the required files/hacks/softmods to the drive to get it to work on a 1.6 xbox. Then do a 2 xbox hotswap to lock the new drive. Does any one see flaw in this or is this method a viable option?? Any thoughts on this would be most welcome.

Ugh..... slayers.

Use the chipped Xbox to format and install whatever apps you want (although installing them manually is a better option IMO, so you can just get the latest versions and configure anything you need to configure. It's not that hard either). You can hotswap, but I'd take the safer route and use Xbox HDM.

If you do decide to use XboxHDM instead of hotswapping, you'll have to load up a hacked gamesave on the 1.6, then run the backup function in evox. Ftp into your Xbox and retrieve the backup folder, which should have your eeprom.bin and 4 or 5 other files.

Now on the chipped Xbox, install the UDE2 according to this guide.

After that's done, create and XboxHDM boot CD (be sure to put your eeprom.bin file in the eeprom folder) and boot your PC up with the XboxHDM CD in and the Xbox HDD in the primary master IDE connection.

When XboxHDM loads up on your comp, select option 3, and type "lockhd -a" (without the quotes) and it should lock the 120GB HDD with the password from your eeprom.

Put the HDD in your 1.6 Xbox and if it boots evox, or whatever you installed as your default dash, then everything went perfectly.

If it doesn't boot up, you probably messed up somewhere along the way. Your best bet would be to try and install the UDE2 exploit on the stock HDD and make sure it works. Ftp the exploited files to your comp and create another XboxHDM CD, but this time, put the contents of the C drive in the C folder, and the default.xbe from your E drive, in the E folder. Then make your ISO. Note: If you want your gamesaves and custom soundtracks, or whatever other important data may be on your E drive, then you can just put the entire contents of the E drive (or just the files you want) in the E folder instead of just the default.xbe

[crazer1]

I ended up using my chipped box to put the MA exploit on a memcard and do a backup of my 1.6 green box. Then I got the latest XboxHDM with the UDE package.
I made a full back up of my stock HDD, loaded all the contents of C to the "C" folder for XboxHDM and placed the eeprom.bin in the proper folder and made the linux.iso.

The I rebuilt xbox drive from scratch on my 120gb, generated the key, then installed UDE2 from the XboxHDM CD. Everything went without a problem so I locked the drive and tossed it in my 1.6 green box. I powered up the box and it went right into evox. It looked ok so I shut it off from the Evox utils and went to eat lunch. When I came back and turned it on again, I got green error screen with error code 06.

Anyone have any idea what I did wrong? I can provide more details if need be.


Thanks

[Trevante]

Hmm.. that seems a bit strange. Try rebooting it a few more times and make sure the cables are plugged in properly.

If that doesen't work, try unlocking then relocking it with XboxHDM.

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[Trevante]

Hmm... I don't think they were talking about the halo edition, although I may be wrong. I don't thing the Halo LE was out in 2003, nor was it out in weeks 8 and 9 of 2003.

[MolsenIce]

UDE2 did not work for my 5838 xbox

i tried using the 70 and 60 fonts, kernel specific and generic, plus i tried s2.xtf and s3.xtf too, still freezes at ms screen

also tried changing language from english to espanol, still nothing

is there a known problem with kernel 5838?

the manufacture date on my box is 6-15-04

please respond as soon as possible

[Ave]

I just did 2 xboxes manufactured in august, no problems.  Perhaps you missed a step?  Hopefully someone will respond and know exactly what causes that error.  Is it possible for you to boot to evox dash and verify everything is done properly?

[xxwillisxx]

K:5101 i used the tut and i uesed 70fonts (bert-5101-01.xtf and ernie.xtf) and it did not work then i used 60fonts (bert_ate_ernie-5101-01.xtf) and it working

im working on an memcard installer all in one for all xboxs so i put all the fonts in the fonts folder and it worked (bert-5101-01.xtf, ernie.xtf, bert_ate_ernie-5101-01.xtf)

now is this ok can i put all the fants (6 add 7 with the right kernel's) in the fonts folder for all xboxs and have it work?

[scimitar116]

btw other than that sweeet tut!!


edit: also, can UDE2 be used on a kernel prior to 5713? i dont care if its better to use UDE1 with older kernels or anything, i just want to know :will UDE2 work flawlessly (or at least as well as on a newer kernel) on my 5101 kernel xbox. the reason? i just spent 2 hours puttin the UDE 2 files together, and i dont feel like starting over with UDE1. if it matters, my xbox is softmodded now with mechassault,  but i have to select run linux from the menu everytime i want to load it up. i do use live and i heard u could use it with UDE2. if i am wrong, pls tell me, cuz i wold rather stay with my crappy MA hack then lose xblive.

[ONI5]

Buy a second XBOX like most of us.  They'll drop in price come this xmas.

[scimitar116]

hey could someone pls answer my first question? and also,oni15, does that mean i cannot use live with UDE2?cuz it says in the tut u can

[xxwillisxx]

QUOTE (xxwillisxx @ Sep 7 2004, 01:26 AM)

K:5101 i used the tut and i uesed 70fonts (bert-5101-01.xtf and ernie.xtf) and it did not work then i used 60fonts (bert_ate_ernie-5101-01.xtf) and it working im working on an memcard installer all in one for all xboxs so i put all the fonts in the fonts folder and it worked (bert-5101-01.xtf, ernie.xtf, bert_ate_ernie-5101-01.xtf) now is this ok can i put all the fants (6 add 7 with the right kernel's) in the fonts folder for all xboxs and have it work?

can no one help me