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[rubberduck123]

Hi all,

OK, I'm a little bit of a newb when it comes to modding, So I need to know this...

I'M SORRY IF I BREAK ANY RULES, I'M NEW HERE!

Is it possible to run the XDK dashboard on a softmodded xbox? I'm running UnleashX as my main dashboard and I have EvoX and Avalaunch as secondary dashboards. Do I need to flash my bios on my xbox to run the XDK dashboard or do you need a modchip to run the XDK Dashboard? or is it like EvoX and I can just FTP it to my box?

Thanks

Joe

XBOX Spec:

Version: 1.4
Mod: Softmod
Main Dashboard: UnleashX
Secondary Dashboards: EvoX, Avalaunch, XBMC
Bios: The same one the XBOX came shipped with

[rubberduck123]

OK, I have waited ages, there have been plenty of views and not one person has been polite enough to reply, Please can you help me with this??

[bassquake]

Theres a tutorial here Retail Xbox to Debug Xbox.

Its not the clearest of tuts so if you have some trouble with it let us know.

By the way, use the older Phoenix Bios Loader v1.3.5i, the newer 1.4.1 doesnt seem to work well. But get the v1.4.1 boot.cfg and copy the codes to the 1.3.5i one.

Good luck.

[bassquake]

Hi.

I realise the tutorial is a bit old, but I couldnt find any newer ones. I use a chip-modded xbox and that tut worked fine. Is what youre describing about the shadow c primarily for softmodded xboxs? As I dont recall any mention about it before.

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That debug bios will default launch the XDK dash instead of the normal M$dash.
They have different names, so they can coexist together on the C partition.

What is the name for the debug dash? The only other xbe I can see is xshell.xbe. Is that it?

Im also quite new to all this so apologies if theyre dumb questions!  

[rubberduck123]

Hey everyone, thanks for replying!

I have managed to locate the XDK files, and obviously they are not .xbe files, they are .xbx files. I would flash the BIOS but I have looked all over this forum about flashing the BIOS on a softmodded XBOX and everyone is saying not to do it as it will screw the XBOX. My box is already softmodded, and I have to say its AWESOME! (Thanks to all the people who made this possible!)

So, going back on topic, so as obcd said, a modded XBOX can run the PBL no problems, (Bear with me, I'm a little bit of A newb, I know we can be annoying sometimes!!) So to load the PBL on my XBOX i just FTP it into my apps folder and it will run without any installations or flashing required? or is it an auto installer that needs burning onto a disk? and once PBL is running, Do I just select the default.xbx file from the XDK folder?

[bassquake]

Thought Id post an update.

The old tutorial that I originally followed was unneccessary really and leaves files all over the place. A more elegant solution is to follow this tutorial Newer Tutorial. This tut also works for the latest 5933 XDK.

Just replace what it says about putting the bios on the chip, instead just use Phoenix Bios Loader as before, but the program can be placed anywhere, I have it in F/Apps and just run it from XBMC. Ensure you have the Debug BFM Bios, any should do. It will auto find the xshell.xbe residing on C drive. Also check you have the "debug" line in the boot.cfg set to "true".

Its a much cleaner solution. And the xdk has a few more options too.  

[rubberduck123]

Hi guys,

Thanks for all your help, but I'm having a problem (surprise surprise eh? lol) when PBL is FTP'ed to my XBOX, when launched it shows a a dos screen with a credit saying Pheniox Bios Loader made by some random dude (Sorry to whoever PBL belongs to I dont mean to be nasty!) and then I cant do anything except reboot my xbox and be re-united with UnleashX. Any ideas?

Joe

Thanks for all the help, you guys have been great!

[bassquake]

PBL should briefly say "Press A to choose a bios" if you dont have a bios named xboxrom.bin in the Bioses folder then you press A on your controller but if you have a remote for the xbox attached, press the OK button on the remote as Ive found it seems to lock out the controller if its plugged in. You have to be quite quick to press it on time.

If all youre getting is the credits and nothing else then it may already be trying to load a bios called xboxrom.bin which doesnt work for your box. I would just name it something else and place some other bioses in the Bioses folder and then manually choose it as described above.

Either that or you havent put the correct eeprom or rc4 key for your box in the boot.cfg. :-/

[obcd]

Hi,

enable the debugging. It will create a debug file.
Ftp that file over to your pc and open it in a text editor.
It's information might be helpfull.

Not all PBL versions have that Splashscreen and the option to select a bios.
There is a version which I believe they call PBL lite that simply reboots another bios without hassle.

If you have the ndure softmod, and you installed the toolkit, you shoud have a ndts folder on your e partition. That one contains that specific PBL lite version.
It is used to launch the unleashx toolkit dashboard with the shadowc drive and virtual eeprom turned off.
The bios loaded at that moment is not aware of those features, so they aren't activated.

regards.