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OG Xbox Forums => No-Modchip Hacks (exploits) => XBE Exploits => Topic started by: ldotsfan on April 04, 2008, 01:57:00 AM

Title: What Just Happened?
Post by: ldotsfan on April 04, 2008, 01:57:00 AM
You already hotswapped so the hard drive is unlocked. The eeprom file is only needed for people whose hard drive is dead or are upgrading to another new hard drive. The eeprom file is just a means for xboxhdm to calculate the hard drive password to lock/unlock with. A new hard drive will need a new password to be calculated but since your 2nd xbox is being soft modded with the stock hard drive, the hard drive password stays the same EVEN when the contents of the hard drive has been wiped out.
Title: What Just Happened?
Post by: Israelr on April 04, 2008, 04:07:00 AM
QUOTE(obcd @ Apr 4 2008, 02:40 AM) View Post

Hi,

the eeprom is not a file on the harddisk. It is a small memory chip on the motherboard of the xbox.
the eeprom.bin file you need to unlock your xbox harddisk is just a copy of the contents of that chip.

if a harddisk security is enabled, the harddisk locks automatically when you disconnect the power from it.
Even if you totally reformat and repartition the disk, the security settings including the unlocking password will remain the same.

So, nothing changed to your xbox eeprom.
And nothing changed to the harddisk locking password.

They remain married to each other.

regards.


That makes sense.  Thanks for the help!