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[greendamo]

help im a noob i think ive killed my xbox! i was about 2 do the hot swap i had the molex power supply from my pc connected 2 the xbox hd and when i booted up the pc and the xbox the xbox freezes just before it gets to the main menu. any help pls

[eeyoree]

I have a question on the Hard drive upgrade.

I've made an iso which includes all the softmodded files from C and E.
According to the direction, I should first partition/format C/E and copy the files over. No problem with that.

After that step, would I need to run softmod again, or can I just proceed to locking the HD since all the softmodded files have been transferred already?  I'd appreciate any feedback.

Thank you guys for this efficient tutorial!

[DaJackal]

eeyoree,
Make sure you're not forgetting your eeprom in its folder. Run iso in pc with new hdd. When formatting partitions is done, then you reboot to lock drive.

[eeyoree]

Thanks DaJackal!

  I will keep that in mind when I do the update.
  Thanks again for the quick reply.  Gotta love this community.

[teqvexed]

QUOTE(wasson05 @ Feb 5 2006, 12:08 AM)

yeah.. well i'm new to this and it seemed like everything was working as i got past the 5 step thing.. then when i hooked my xbox back up it came up saying xbox live is updating and then it would say its not responding and i could not get out of this screen... does anyone have any idea whats going wrong?

Edit:  well i just read somewhere else on this forum that i was supposed to unhook the pc ide cable and rehook the xbox ide before i turned off the pc and xbox.. i don't know if that is the problem but i turned them off before i rehooked the xbox ide up

i am experiencing the same problem after following the tut. hotswap is fine, the part 1 through 5 are fine, when its done i type "poweroff" and it powers off, then i unplug the cables and connect them back to the xbox and turn it on. then i get the xbox live update thing! ive never used xbox live!

xbox ver 1.0? manuf. 2002 in mexico
games will still work when coldbooted

it shouldnt ftp if the evox dash isnt coming up right? since the msdash appears to be active with the xbox live connection update crap, i wont even think about connecting it to the net.

This post has been edited by teqvexed: Feb 21 2006, 09:53 AM

[teqvexed]

oh i forgot to point out that while doing the transfer thing where it goes 1 of 5, 2 of 5 etc it reports that some ernie and bert w/e files are missing? other than that everything goes fine, but it still boots to this attempt to connect to xbox live to update. ive done it 5x now with 4 different discs im confident that ive done everything correctly... oh and im blind hotswapping if that helps? shouldnt make a diff because it still connects successfully.... WTF

[teqvexed]

update! i got it! read through a few (liek pages in and installed the custom fonts and now it boots to evox! now i would like to get XBMC on there, almost done!

[ps3]

this tutorial is awesome, i cannot stress it enough. ** but i now have a problem **

what i did so far:

- i softmodded using this tutorial and it worked
- upgraded my HDD to 200GB
- formatted my G drive to use everythig after 137GB
- loaded a butt load of stuff

now, i stupidly deleted my evox dash and tried to replace it with unleashx but i accidently copied the entire unleashx folder into the dash folder.... now i have an error 21

so my question is, if i load up xboxhdm again, can i load up JUST the neccessary files for a new dash? basically i don't want anything to happen to my F and G drives. also, i have 2 boot disks: 1) the first was to softmod my stock drive. 2) the second was to upgrade my HDD. it's pretty much the same as the first but it has the eeprom file in it (at least that's what i can recall) and some other things... i guess i need qwix to make sure.

anyway, does anyone know exactly what to do? remember i want to keep all data intact. thanks

[Textbook]

Your softmod is still working just fine, it just can't see a dash file.  You don't have to do the XboxHDM all over again.  Just boot with a boot disc and FTP into your Xbox.  Then, make sure the following UnleashX files are in the E:/Dashboard/ folder.

-default.xbe
-config.xml
-english.xml

and any other files you want, but those are the important ones you should have.

[ps3]

QUOTE

Your softmod is still working just fine, it just can't see a dash file. You don't have to do the XboxHDM all over again. Just boot with a boot disc and FTP into your Xbox. Then, make sure the following UnleashX files are in the E:/Dashboard/ folder.

-default.xbe
-config.xml
-english.xml

and any other files you want, but those are the important ones you should have.

thanks textbook. how can i boot up with a disc when the xbox is not in the modded state? a burnt boot disc will not work with my xbox. i get the xbox title menu and then it goes into the error 21. i think i'd have to remove the HDD and work with the PC

[harry_grundel]

This guide is awesome and helped me out tremendously, but, like many others before me i seemed to have become too greedy.


I used this method on my xbox which hadnt been opened before this. And it worked perfect for a week, then i downloaded slayer's and installed all of the programs from that disc. and it still worked good then i got greedy and thought i knew what i was doing and unlocked my RETAIL hard drive. now i dunno if this is fixable or what. i get error code 05. some help would be GREATLY appreciated!

[ps3]

QUOTE

Your softmod is still working just fine, it just can't see a dash file. You don't have to do the XboxHDM all over again. Just boot with a boot disc and FTP into your Xbox.

sorry, maybe i wasn't too clear in my previous post.

ok, my understanding is that the nk patcher writes the bios into the RAM upon the boot upon each bootup. therefore, when the xbox is loading the title screen, it's not modded and when the error 21 screen comes up, it's still not modded. what you're saying is that it's already modded and the lack of proper dash files is causing the error 21. so i JUST need a boot disc (slayers?). is this true?

also, just to add, shouldn't i be able to boot dvds (regular or copied) without the dongle if my xbox was in the softmodded state? this is not the case for me and it still goes into error 21. only retail games can run which again, leads me to believe that my xbox is not softmodded.

ok so provided that my system is still modded when i see the error 21, i just have to download slayer's disc and do what from there? i've never used slayers...

can someone shoot me a link IF it's actually my solution? thanks!

This post has been edited by ps3: Feb 27 2006, 01:50 AM

[pawel2000]

Just softmoded two XBox`es with this tutorial. First manufactured 2003 and second 2004. It works great ! THX !

[Textbook]

QUOTE(ps3 @ Feb 26 2006, 07:15 PM)

sorry, maybe i wasn't too clear in my previous post.

ok, my understanding is that the nk patcher writes the bios into the RAM upon the boot upon each bootup. therefore, when the xbox is loading the title screen, it's not modded and when the error 21 screen comes up, it's still not modded. what you're saying is that it's already modded and the lack of proper dash files is causing the error 21. so i JUST need a boot disc (slayers?). is this true?

also, just to add, shouldn't i be able to boot dvds (regular or copied) without the dongle if my xbox was in the softmodded state? this is not the case for me and it still goes into error 21. only retail games can run which again, leads me to believe that my xbox is not softmodded.

ok so provided that my system is still modded when i see the error 21, i just have to download slayer's disc and do what from there? i've never used slayers...

can someone shoot me a link IF it's actually my solution? thanks!

Believe me, your xbox is still softmodded if everything you said before is true.  The only thing that you deleted was in E:/Dashboard, the default "modded" dashboard.  Think of it like this:

Xbox boots up and the retail BIOS looks for a MS-signed original retail game disc.

It doesn't find it, so it goes to the Xbox dashboard.

In the case of a softmod, the user never even sees that step, because we patched it.  Instead of loading C:/xboxdash.xbe, it loads this:

ANY default.xbe in the dvd drive, signed or not (Movie DVDs don't have a default.xbe, hence the reason why they don't load)

If it can't find that, then it loads E:/Dashboard/default.xbe.

In simpler terms:

-Retail Signed Default.xbe from DVD drive
(softmod loads)
-Any default.xbe from the DVD drive
-E:/Dashboard/default.xbe

That's the order.

So, you can use either a SlaYer's disc downloaded from the usual place, or make your own boot disc.  Personally, I would recommend making your own boot disc.  Why?  A couple reasons.  SlaYer's is a large download (+100MB) and will take a long time to download.  And nobody should ever use SlaYer's with a softmod, it's dangerous if the user doesn't know what they are doing.

By all means, if you don't want to learn something new, go ahead and download the SlaYer's disc, but only use it for this, and don't choose any options when the disc loads on your Xbox or you could delete your softmod.

But if you don't have the fastest internet or don't feel like waiting for the large download over bittorrent, here's how to make your own bootdisc.

Begin Mini-Tutorial

Get on the usual places and go to /XBOX/Applications/Dashboards/  and enter the folder of any popular dashboard (EvoX, UnleashX, Avalaunch).  Download the .rar file and then extract it on your computer.  I'll give you instructions for Evox, but it's basically the same for the other two dashes.  Avalaunch uses an avalaunch.xml and UnleashX uses a config.xml.

Evox
First, please make sure the .XBE is named default.xbe or it will not boot.  I can't remember if it comes already named default.xbe or if it comes named evoxdash.xbe, so check this and rename it to default.xbe.  Then, you need to edit the evox.ini file in notepad.  Use Chefelf's Networking Guide to edit your evox.ini accordingly.

If you're using a crossover cable and need help setting up your computer's network settings, here is how to do that. (Skip if you're using a router or hub/switch to network your xbox to your computer)

Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections (if in category view) > Network Connections

Right-Click on Local Area Connection and select properties.  Highlight the last item in the list titled Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and hit properties again.

Basically, make sure the .xbe is named default.xbe and the configuration file (evox.ini / avalaunch.xml / config.xml) are set up so that you can connect to it.  Put these two files and any skins or whatever it came with inside a new folder.

Then, after that's all good, download Qwix and use it to create an ISO from local folder.  Then, use Nero or a similar burning program to burn the ISO image to a DVD-R or CD-RW.

End Mini-Tutorial

So... either way, you've got a boot disc and you've burned it onto compatible media.  Simply put the disc in your drive, turn off your xbox and boot it back up with your burned bootdisc already in it (this process is called coldbooting, just in case if you have heard the term before)  Your dash should boot.  Just FTP in to the IP displayed on screen.

Server/URL:  whatever your xbox ip is
Port:  21
User name:  xbox
Password:  xbox

Then, upload your dash to the E:/Dashboard/ folder.  Remember, there has to be a default.xbe and a configuration file.  Anything else can also be put in there, but it's not the "Absolutely necessary" ones needed for it to work.

[ps3]

textbook, THANKS!

if you're right, and i have every reason to assume that you are, you just saved my ass and i owe you one. you wrote a long post just to answer my question IN FULL and for that i am grateful. i really hate leeching all of this info from you (even though i'd help anyone on a dime).  

this is AWESOME. now if i ever screw up the dash, i can simply load a boot disc... sweeeet

i guess i could have just tried an xbox backup game if i really wanted to make sure if my xbox was modded but i don't have one and dn't know of anyone with one.

i'll definately use your tutorial to make an evox boot disc. i'll let you know what happened once i get it done. now i have to get ahold of a burner...

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This post has been edited by ps3: Feb 28 2006, 05:56 AM