Topic: The Art Of Hotswapping (Read 1206 times)

barrage_man · « **Reply #270 on:** March 13, 2006, 09:29:00 PM »

They should really let you edit your posts =/

Anyways, yeah this time I have my vid cable plugged in (solved that dumb problem...

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Now, when I turn it on, it automatically has a RED led, and then after starts to flash green/red. I don't know whats wrong here.

Still unsuccessful with hotswap. Please help!

rajien2 · « **Reply #271 on:** March 20, 2006, 07:14:00 PM »

Also download your Exploit you will be using, this Tut uses UXE
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ok so i downloaded the 2 files the patchis and the fronts ok so what do i do with them do i put them with the xboxhdm some on plz help

losman · « **Reply #272 on:** March 22, 2006, 05:34:00 AM »

Thank You Thank You Thank You XBOX-SCENE Community!

I had not dash or game play and was able to use the steps to successfully get my sys back up and running.
Here are a couple of things I learned:

1) Your PC (& bios) should be fairly current. I tried using an old spare pc and it would not allow the IsoLinux CD to boot. (yes everything was set up correctly)

2) The issue about when to connect the drive to the PC: which to choose: a) Pause/Break b) Wait till XboxHDMaker Menu. I tried using the 'B' method about 10 times with no luck, then I tried the Pause/Break method and it worked on the first try. Instead of being a personal preference of which one to use, it may rely more on the PC/System that you have. In other words, be prepared to try both methods if one does not work initially...

Awesome Awesome TUT! Thank You

deinon · « **Reply #273 on:** August 07, 2006, 05:46:00 PM »

1st i gotta say gret tut. Simple and well explained. After much user error I finally installed everything correctly but for some reason im getting an error 21. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

kpetti11 · « **Reply #274 on:** August 09, 2006, 07:56:00 PM »

Hi, I'm new to modding, but i followed your tut perfectly and everything ran just fine. After poweroff, i replugged my xbox's IDE cable correctly, shut the xbox off, and then started it back up again. When i started it back up, though, the xbox froze on the opening screen after the MS logo showed up. I can still run games, how ever, and that makes me wonder if i didn't load a dashboard, so the Xbox is searching for a dash to replace the MS one and tahts why it froze... Just wondering if you guys could help

Thanks

wpack · « **Reply #275 on:** August 14, 2006, 12:14:00 PM »

need help!!

I didn't following the instruction closely, need help!!
after I format the HD, in Install Exploit 1 step, I didn't do "fire up xbrowser, on the left side point to CDROM\E\ROOT in the right side point to PriMas\E, then F5 to copy the ROOT folder. F10 to exit." I just power off, so now my xbox hang after the logo comes out, when I try to do the hotswap again, I got hd seek error. and xbrowser can't find the HD. Please help!!

Thanks for the help.

deinon · « **Reply #276 on:** August 15, 2006, 06:51:00 PM »

Amazing!! Is exactly what this tut is. I for one daddy thank you for taking time from your life to write this noob friendly tutorial. So far i have modded 3 boxes using this method and will soon be working on my 4th. Once again THX

deinon · « **Reply #277 on:** August 17, 2006, 04:39:00 AM »

QUOTE(kpetti11 @ Aug 10 2006, 02:56 AM)

Hi, I'm new to modding, but i followed your tut perfectly and everything ran just fine. After poweroff, i replugged my xbox's IDE cable correctly, shut the xbox off, and then started it back up again. When i started it back up, though, the xbox froze on the opening screen after the MS logo showed up. I can still run games, how ever, and that makes me wonder if i didn't load a dashboard, so the Xbox is searching for a dash to replace the MS one and tahts why it froze... Just wondering if you guys could help

Thanks

Hmm did you copy of contents of the c: and e: folder from the cd you the c: and e: folders on your xbox harddrive.

jonels · « **Reply #278 on:** August 17, 2006, 05:41:00 AM »

QUOTE(wpack @ Aug 14 2006, 07:21 PM)

need help!!

I didn't following the instruction closely, need help!!
after I format the HD, in Install Exploit 1 step, I didn't do "fire up xbrowser, on the left side point to CDROM\E\ROOT in the right side point to PriMas\E, then F5 to copy the ROOT folder. F10 to exit." I just power off, so now my xbox hang after the logo comes out, when I try to do the hotswap again, I got hd seek error. and xbrowser can't find the HD. Please help!!

Thanks for the help.

all the e:\root has in is the dash, that's why it stays blank (unless you did something else wrong setting up the exploit, which exploit did you use ? if it was uxe-complete did you run the 2 .bat files needed before making the cd ?)

If the expoit is good you should still be able to boot discs from cold-boot.

So create an unleashx boot disc...

Get unleashx, and unpack the files into a folder, making sure when you open the folder you can see the deafult.xbe for unleashx

Now get 'Qwix' , and use this to create an xbox compatable ISO from that folder

burn that iso to disc you know will work on you're xbox (as an image, if you look at the disc in windows and see "filename.iso" you have done wrong. if correct windows shouldn't be able to read it)

cold boot it on you're xbox and un-leashx should run, now use the file broswer in unleashx and create a folder called 'root' on the e: drive, then copy the files and folders on you're disc d:\ to that folder.

Now you're box will boot to un-leashx instead of a blank screen.

wpack · « **Reply #279 on:** August 20, 2006, 02:31:00 PM »

QUOTE(jonels @ Aug 17 2006, 12:48 PM)

all the e:\root has in is the dash, that's why it stays blank (unless you did something else wrong setting up the exploit, which exploit did you use ? if it was uxe-complete did you run the 2 .bat files needed before making the cd ?)

If the expoit is good you should still be able to boot discs from cold-boot.

So create an unleashx boot disc...

Get unleashx, and unpack the files into a folder, making sure when you open the folder you can see the deafult.xbe for unleashx

Now get 'Qwix' , and use this to create an xbox compatable ISO from that folder

burn that iso to disc you know will work on you're xbox (as an image, if you look at the disc in windows and see "filename.iso" you have done wrong. if correct windows shouldn't be able to read it)

cold boot it on you're xbox and un-leashx should run, now use the file broswer in unleashx and create a folder called 'root' on the e: drive, then copy the files and folders on you're disc d:\ to that folder.

Now you're box will boot to un-leashx instead of a blank screen.

Thanks for you help, I did the hotswap again and copy all the file to the C and E, UXEE. now when I boot the xbox, the UXE complete menu is up but there is respond for any of the selection I selected. I.e. I select the "System Util" but doesn't matter which button I push, nothing happen.

once angain, thanks for your help

tsioc · « **Reply #280 on:** August 20, 2006, 05:25:00 PM »

I've been trying to howswap with no luck so far. (trying to fix a bad softmod)

When I just let the xbox boot with no disc in the drive it show the MS logo, but then it goes to a blank screen, the led turns red(like I has set in the softmod), and is seems to sit there. After a couple minutes or so the led starts to cycle (all 3 colors) and a minute or two after that the background of the MS dash comes up, but is moving incredibly slowly, after a little while longer it asks me to set the clock. I've tried pressing A at this point but nothing seems to happen. I've tried booting with a retail game in the drive, but after the MS logo it goes to a blank screen and stops there with the LED still green.

I tried hotswapping with a modded xbox, and it would either error out, or boot to the modchip bios, but that bios was sooooo slow that I couldn't use it. (I'm using an X3). Any ideas?

I used SID 4.5, with the single boot option.

This post has been edited by tsioc: Aug 21 2006, 12:31 AM

tsioc · « **Reply #281 on:** August 20, 2006, 07:54:00 PM »

nevermind, I finally got it working.

ghostserver · « **Reply #282 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:59:00 PM »

Help Needed
I am a toatla newbiee to Xbox softmodding. iam trying to mod my first xbox, iam stuxk at hot swapping.

the first time when i removed the DVD IDE cable i got an error 12 but there was not success at that time. After that i started getting error 6 and 7 continiously.

So i thought of using the audio cd way of unlockingthe Xbox. But still it comes up error no 6.

Iam stuck at this stage can any body please help me..

when i connect the harddiskback and try to boot up the xbox in the normal way. It gives me error no 6.

This post has been edited by ghostserver: Sep 3 2006, 05:18 AM

Mr_Tall · « **Reply #283 on:** September 25, 2006, 11:36:00 AM »

A big thanks!

I broke my Xbox by changing a file I shouldn't have after I soft modded it - luckily the first thing I did after modding it was copy the whole drive to my PC.

The xbox wouldn't boot, but using this hotswapping trick has enabled me to fix it.

Spurred on by that success, I've now crammed a 160GB HDD in there, and it all works perfectly, with no mod-chips or anything.

Again, thanks!

Deuce312 · « **Reply #284 on:** September 26, 2006, 01:10:00 PM »

Anyone know if I would be able to do a hotswap to my dell using a converter?

my Dell's HDD is SATA while the xbox's HDD is IDE. meaning my mother board doesnt have the right cables for me to connect the xbox's hard drive to it. Is there anyway i can use a IDE to USB? maybe an IDE to SATA conector?

thanks for the help.

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