Modding Made Easy Tutorials:
A FULL detailed guide on using XboxhdmDisclaimer: First off, this is a series of tutorials, Modding Made Easy Tutorials. And, I am in no way, responsible for anything that could or may happen to your xbox while softmodding. This is not to scare you, but I dont want to be liable.
Welcome. This tutorial offers a simple 10 step guide and may be useful if your xbox has error screens such as 21, 06, 05, etc.
BUT, before we proceed, open up your xbox and find out if your xbox harddrive is lockable or not, by clicking this link:
here it might take 30 seconds to load. If your hdd is lockable, proceed.
Step number uno!
Obtain these tools:
Xbox HDM 1.9And if you want to restore your C:, you need these three things:
Slayers Auto Installer 2.6LiveInfo Beta 2
xISO
These tools can be found in the usual places or x-scene.com
Moving on to step 2
Once these programs are obtained, you need to extract Xbox hdm.
These icons will be inside:
1. linux ( folder )
2. cygwin1.dll
3. make-DOS-floppy.bat
4. make-iso-lin.sh
5. make-iso-win.bat
6. mkisofs.exe
7. rawrite.exe
and some other readme's, but keep them.
Step 3
Do a quick windows hotswap to get your eeprom using LiveInfo Beta 2.
So right click my computer, properties, system management, device manager, disk drives. Now unplug your CD ROM drive IDE cable to your xbox drive. Then hit scan for hardware changes on your computer. Once it finds it, DONT RIGHT CLICK ON ANYTHING. Windows has a tendency to crash. Then open LiveInfo Beta 2.exe and make sure to switch the hdd drive at the bottom. Then hit save as .BIN. That will save your eeprom. Save it in the Linux>eeprom folder.
Step 4
Extract the AutoInstaller using the code from the home page of Slayers. After its done, extract it again using xISO, or a program that will allow you to open xboxiso files. Once you use xISO, take the slayers files and put them in the Linux>C folder
and make sure you get your eeprom and put that in your eeprom folder.
A simple rescue disk will have these files in the Linux>C folder:
AUDIO
FONTS
XBOXDASHDATA.185EAD00
XODASH
XBOX.XTF
XBOX_BOOK.XTF
XBOXDASH.XBE
After that's done, and everything is in the correct folder, click "make-win-iso.bat" and when its finished, burn that directly to a cd-r using nero or alcohol 120.
NOTE: I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE CORRECT EEPROM IN THE EEPROM FOLDER TO UNLOCK AND LOCK YOUR HDD. THIS IS SERIOUS BUISINESS!
Step 5
The hotswap. Ok, boot up your pc, then right before it boots to the IDE detection thingy hit the pause-break key about 3 times. Then when it stops, put in the a blank floppy and the xboxhdm disc you made. (NOTE: If your computer doesnt read the disc or you dont reach the xbox hdm screen, you either made the disc wrong or you have to change your computers bios settings to boot from the D:\ first then the A:\ then the C:\. You can do this by booting up, and hitting the delete key or F1 or whatever key it is, it will say at the bottom of the screen, and it will take you to a menu. From there, go to bios, then its self explanatory. Dont forget to save it on the way out! Reboot then.) Ok, boot up your pc, then right before it boots to the IDE detection thingy hit the pause-break key about 3 times. Then when it stops, put in the a blank floppy and the xboxhdm disc you made Take your computers hdd ide cable, unplug it. Boot up the xbox at this point and right before it hits the error screen, unplug its hdd ide cable and plug your computers ide into the xboxs. Then hit the space bar on the computer to resume detecting the IDE drives. If it takes longer than a minute something has gone wrong and just hit the reboot button on your pc and leave all the cables connected. Once you hit the xbox hdm screen, BINGO!
Step 6
Xbox HDM. Now it says XBOX HD MAKER Boot to option 3 (Boot Linux with Locking/Unlocking utilities) Punch that sucker in, (type in 3).
Step 7
Now your at the screen, type unlockhd. Then since your eeprom is on the cd, then type unlockhd a then it should say something like Command Completed Successfully At this juncture, write down all of those numbers on a piece of paper and keep it handy. Next, reboot the computer.
Step 8
Boot into option 1. Then wait for it to load. Once at the screen, type xboxhd to start the program. After doing so, make sure your xbox drive is on the Primary Master IDE and it will say the drive and model number in HDM. Hit yes if its the right drive. Then go to option 6. Copy down all of that on paper just to be safe. Then go to option 7 and create a dos floppy. After thats done, go to rebuild C partition and it will guide you through the process. If you want to wipe the whole partition, then hit the wipe fatx partition. BUT, make sure you rebuild from scratch after that. When your all finished, continue to step 9.
Step 9
Locking your hdd is serious business. To lock your hdd, go back to option 3 (boot Linux with locking and unlocking utilities) and type lockhd. Then type lockhd a and it should say Command Completed Successfully Then you can turn off your computer. Then turn off the xbox and reconnect all cables.
Step 10
Turn on your xbox and watch it work!
If you have problems or comments with this tutorial or you need help troubleshooting, please post below this. I will always look at this thread and respond.
Troubleshooting: Post below!
Cheers, cTT bLaKeMAn
This post has been edited by cTTbLaKeMAn: Sep 16 2005, 02:13 AM
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