Aero_105

Well I managed to get the eeprom bin file from the original xbox. At first I got a "busy bus error -11". I had a 3.0V coin battery it was not enough to power the chip. I then ended up plugging in the original xbox to power the chip. Ran PonyProg2000 with no issues. After disconnecting the pin header the leds lit up. So the power must of diverted for the leds to light up. In device manager I disabled the com port before disconnecting the cable to work on the circuit with the original xbox unplugged just to be safe.

BC Robotics is an option. Would 1/4W rating resistor be ok? The zener diode is rated at 1W. What is the voltage from the serial port is it like 12V and possibly 500mA? Ian_T off of forum Afterdawn used two led in series and it worked for him. I wonder if his circuit would have an over voltage? Search "led" in these two pages ctrl + f in google chrome. https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-read-your-xboxs-eeprom-and-get-the-hdd-key-without-removing-the-chip-or-modding-the-xbox.463026/page-6 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/how-to-read-your-xboxs-eeprom-and-get-the-hdd-key-without-removing-the-chip-or-modding-the-xbox.463026/page-16

Need a checkup on building a EEPROM reader from a person with a background on electronics. Can I use two leds in series instead of a 5.1V zener diode rated at 1W for a EEPROM xbox original reader? Can a 3.0V coin battery or 4X1.2V AA batteries @ 4.8V be used as a external powersupply directly? Would 4.8V have too high of mAh or current for the EEPROM chip? I plan to use a serial to RJ45 with a connector to ethernet as a cable. I am using a bread board to create the circuit. I plan to use the materials I already have.

Note: When transferring backup TDATA files, etc to xbox original hdd partition in Xplorer360 you may have to run a program called Explorer++ as Administrator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV8B6eZVkBM 7:00 - 7:34 min mark.

Update: Got the TDATA files transferred tested on xbox and they work. Ended up having main pc powered on and swapped ide cable from xbox to pc ide within 5 seconds at the error 12 screen, refreshed device manager, ran Xplorer360, deleted existing TDATA files replaced the TDATA files and then powered xbox down reconnected the cables back.

I did a backup on the E:\TDATA. Ran the Xbox Softmodding Tool on the xbox's hdd to restore to factory and it worked no problems. Saw data being put on the Y:drive then UDATA being saved. Now I am trying to copy back the E:\TDATA. Connecting xbox hdd to pc. 1. I unplugged the dvd drive ide. 2. Powered the xbox on. to unlock the hdd 3. When error 12 shows up disconnected hdd ide on xbox 4. Connect pc master ide to xbox hdd. 5. Wake computer from sleep mode. 6. Run Xplorer360 > drive > open > hard drive I get a error with Xplorer360 saying "Could not find FatX drive to open" Note: I am only using an IDE connection off the motherboard. I am able to see the drive on Windows device manager. I'll try again later. This video has some troubleshooting techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlrCXdxmZUY

Is Halo 2 multiplayer map pack considered a DLC? Is there a way to preserve the content on the E partition as I don't have the disc but the content was installed before I got the xbox. Could I ftp the E partition, restore the xbox to factory, unlock the hdd with chimp 261812 on the softmodded xbox, load the hdd on pc, using Xplorer360 put the backup files on the E partition then lock the drive with chimp 261812 on the softmodded xbox.

I have two xbox's; one I wish to keep original and another as a softmodded one for test purposes. I ended up softmodding both just to get the EEPROM.bin and then to restore the one back. The burned CD-R with the Xbox Softmodding Tool Extras Disc does not read in the Samsung SDG-605F drive. Before I try to burn a another disc to dvd-r I was wondering if running the iso off the hdd would work.

In the Build v1.1.8\Extras Disc\Documents folder their is a txt file that says: You can run the "Xbox Softmodding Tool Extras Disc.iso" from the Xbox HDD. What happens if I run the virtual image and wish to restore xbox to factory using that image. Will it corrupt the drive as the image is being read off the same drive? Or being a virtual image it is stored in a temporary location and once the xbox is restored it is deleted and won't interfere when restoring.