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  1. Forlorn Penguin
    Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. You can actually get an image, rename it default.tbn and place it in the same folder as the game's default.xbe file too.
  2. Forlorn Penguin
    You want to use JCRocky5's Xbox Softmodding Tool. Most stable, up to date softmod. If you softmodded with any other softmod, use Rocky's Quick Upgrade tool to upgrade to his softmod. Once you are running Rocky's softmod, null your HDD key with the included NKPatcher Settings application. After that's all done, you are ready to upgrade to a bigger HDD and play installed backups. The modern dashboards to consider are XBMC-Emustation and XBMC4Gamers. These are both also made by Rocky and are by far the best dashboards available for the Xbox to date. You can get Rocky's softmod and Quick Upgrade tool here.
  3. Forlorn Penguin
    TitleImage.xbx is the image file it uses for the game. You would need to use a tool to convert an image to .xbx.
  4. Forlorn Penguin
    You can just use XBlast OS to flash a new BIOS. No reason to burn more DVDs and have numerous versions of HeXEn. Copy the XBlast OS application to the HDD (latest version is v0.56) and put your desired BIOS file in C:\BIOS. XBlast OS is the best tool for flashing and is a lot cleaner than HeXEn.
  5. Forlorn Penguin
    Yes. XBMC-Emustation and XBMC4Gamers are easily the best dashboards for the original Xbox.
  6. Forlorn Penguin
    I leave the DVD drive in, but disconnect the yellow power cable so that the drive doesn't power on when the Xbox does. That way the laser never has to start and suffer additional strain for no reason. I use a piece of electrical tape to stick the yellow cable up against the shielding of the case behind the drive to stop it from moving around inside. I just leave the IDE cable connected though. In the unlikely event that I'll ever need to use the drive again, I'll simply just plug the power cable back in temporarily.
  7. Forlorn Penguin
    You can't really brick an Xbox with a softmod. You probably just fucked up the file setup on the HDD so now the softmod or the dashboard can't boot. In this case the Xbox itself is fine and easily salvageable. It's just the HDD that's messed up.
  8. Forlorn Penguin
    If it's not a 1.6, remove the clock capacitor before it's too late.
  9. Forlorn Penguin
    Nice. Make sure you remove the clock capacitor, unless it's a 1.6 (and change off of the Avalaunch dashboard lol).
  10. Forlorn Penguin
    The version of Chimp that's in HeXEn is Rocky's version though, is what I'm saying. I grabbed the latest version of it from Rocky's GitHub. The Extras Disc is older than HeXEn 2018, so it's possible that it has an older version of Rocky's Chimp on it, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't because both of these discs came out in 2018 and his last update to Chimp was in 2017, I believe. I mean, unless he forgot to include the latest version when he updated the Extras Disc.
  11. Forlorn Penguin
    They are. Unless the version on Rocky's disc is outdated. The version I put in HeXEn 2018 is the latest one from his GitHub page. Chimp and other Linux based apps on Xbox just seems to be very finicky with component. Seems like it's a very inconsistent problem that varies from person to person, Xbox to Xbox. Personally, I use component cables 100% of the time with all my Xboxes no matter what I'm doing with them and have never had issues these apps.
  12. Forlorn Penguin
    Yeah, some people have used conductive paint to bridge connections for a TSOP flash. I haven't, so I've no experience with it. It's neat, I guess, but I don't see the point of doing that over some simple soldering that would be more reliable.
  13. Forlorn Penguin
    Definitely upgrade to Rocky's softmod yes and null the HDD key afterwards. But you don't need to use his disc to upgrade. Just grab the Quick Upgrade tool from his GitHub/Google Drive and use that instead. Spare the DVD drive.
  14. Forlorn Penguin
    The vast majority of them are, yes, but a small number of the PAL ones are 1.4. His could be either, but my mind just went to 1.4 because 1.4/1.5 are the same. He very well could have a 1.6 though and be claiming it's a 1.5. It's not like we all haven't seen that before.
  15. Forlorn Penguin
    I don't recall it asking for console region when formatting a HDD. I don't see why that would change anything regardless. Doesn't matter if you upgrade the HDD before or after. Just launch Enigmah-X at some point to switch video modes.
  16. Forlorn Penguin
    Composite cables are shit. They won't allow HD resolutions. You need a component cable for that. Preferably the official Microsoft ones, but those are expensive. All you have to do to change to NTSC is launch the Enigmah-X app and switch it. Once you have switched to NTSC and have plugged in a component cable, you will be able to enable HD resolutions in the video settings. Enable widescreen, 480p and 720p. Do not enable 1080i though.
  17. Forlorn Penguin
    It's insane how many newbies keep claiming they have a 1.5 lately. It's a 1.4. No one has a 1.5. TSOP flashing is definitely the way to go though. It's incredibly easy to do and there are numerous tutorials for it online. Make sure you are removing your clock capacitors from any non-1.6 Xboxes too. Leaving them in means death for the Xbox.
  18. Forlorn Penguin
    Yeah, hardmodding is definitely the way to go. You can use the disc to get XBMC4Gamers, but it'd be better to download it and XBMC-Emustation from Rocky's GitHub (XBMC-Emustation can also be downloaded from its own website). The version on the disc is extremely outdated and using the DVD drive is just a bad idea in general because they're all dying nowadays.
  19. Forlorn Penguin
    Yeah, the upgrade tool does not delete your games. To null the HDD key you launch the NKPatcher Settings application, then select EEPROM > Advanced Features > Hard Drive > Null Key. The reason you do this is to provide yourself a back door to easily recover from HDD failure in the future because with a nulled key, you always know what your key is (32 0s) and no longer need an eeprom.bin backup. Whenever you softmod an Xbox, always use Rocky's softmod and always null the HDD key.
  20. Forlorn Penguin
    If the Xbox is FRAGing then it shouldn't be a HDD issue (though maybe the HDD is toast too if it's making weird noises). A FRAG is caused by something motherboard related. Trace rot, dead components, dead or corrupted TSOP, and a bunch of other potential problems.
  21. Forlorn Penguin
    Check out XBMC-Emustation instead. Much better and still gets updated.
  22. Forlorn Penguin
    I don't know what this has to do with HeXEn, but your Xbox should be a 1.4. Make sure to remove the clock capacitor ASAP before it destroys the motherboard. More than likely it's already started leaking. HDMI adapters work, but naturally you'll have some display lag.
  23. Forlorn Penguin
    I was referring to upgrading the softmod to Rocky5's and then nulling the HDD key. You can grab the Quick Upgrade Tool from here, FTP it to E:\, then run the default.xbe file to perform the upgrade. After that, you'll be using Rocky's softmod and will now have the NKPatcher Settings app installed. You can boot that and null the HDD key in the advanced menu. For emulation, you should look into XBMC-Emustation.
  24. Forlorn Penguin
    Time for an upgrade and a nulled key.
  25. Forlorn Penguin
    Softmods are not active the instant the Xbox powers on. It essentially still boots as a stock console, then the softmod activates. The LED turning orange is done on purpose to indicate that the softmod is active. FYI, if you used the SID or Ndure softmod installers instead of Rocky5's, you should upgrade to Rocky5's and then also null your HDD key.

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