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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.
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TitleImage.xbx is the image file it uses for the game.
You would need to use a tool to convert an image to .xbx.
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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.
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Yes. XBMC-Emustation and XBMC4Gamers are easily the best dashboards for the original Xbox.
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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.
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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.
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If it's not a 1.6, remove the clock capacitor before it's too late.
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Nice. Make sure you remove the clock capacitor, unless it's a 1.6 (and change off of the Avalaunch dashboard lol).
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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.
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1 hour ago, KaosEngineer said:
I always thought the Extras Disc's and Hexen 2018's copies of Chimp 261812 were the same.
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.
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7 hours ago, Viggen66 said:
Regarding the soldering, I read some users use conductive ink instead of actually soldering is it a real alternative?
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.
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9 hours ago, ludvig82 said:
For the softmodded ones, I would suggest downloading rocky5s softmodding disc. It can update olds softmods, and it's the best imo.
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.
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5 hours ago, ludvig82 said:
Aren't all crystals 1.6? Do I remember wrong?
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.
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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.
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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.
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5 hours ago, Damo-NZ said:
Crystal Xbox version 1.5
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Check out XBMC-Emustation instead. Much better and still gets updated.
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7 hours ago, Viggen66 said:
Received today my Xbox it come on prestige condition, still haven't connected to my TV but on the button manufacturer date is 2003-09-28, 3031752 34005 serial number I guess it's a very high change being a 1.2 model, alright do those hdmi adapters work well on this console, because newer TVs are harder to connect to these old connectors like composite and scart.
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.
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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.
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21 hours ago, lockar said:
I used the Code Breaker soft mode that I think it's SID because I remember seeing that a lot SID files in the install setup.
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Time for an upgrade and a nulled key.
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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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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.