Baron

I guess I deleted my copy of it, who knows. Does anyone in the forum have it and able to update the download links?

Where ya at? I'd gladly just pay shipping for one of these. Of course I'd tip.

I'm sure my way is not the most efficient but it works. I downloaded an ISO, used extract-iso, then used Qwix101 to recreate the ISO and FTP it to my Xbox. It goes to F games and just plays perfectly and shows up under "Games" in UnleashX. So I guess, yes. It sounds like UnleashX populates executables based on the folder they are in because it involves zero adjustment on my part to play the game once the FTP is done. I don't really understand what the difference is between the ISO I download versus the one Qwix101 creates, but obviously something. The size of Halo was almost cut in half. Either way just glad that I can finally have a working, modded Xbox again. What a journey

Hey just an update, I swapped from XBMC back over to UnleashX. It's just easier for me since that's the dashboard I used to use. I was finally able to load some ISOs on it and play them. Thanks for all the help, you and everyone else.

Well I think I'm on the right track. I formatted as new larger HDD, set XBMC as my default dashboard and now when I start my Xbox without the installation disk it actually works. XBMC comes up. So now, where do I put my games? ISOs work? How do I put them there?

Spoke too soon I guess. Now for whatever reason I can't get the installation disk to boot. Just gives me error 16 every time. I can however get the Xenium menu to boot by starting my Xbox with the eject button. Hmm.. I'm not doing anything different from last night when it worked. The disk is in the tray, and I power on the Xbox with the power button. That's all I had to do before. *Oh, alright, had to launch "UnNamed-A" in the Xenium menu (OS)... now the installation disk loaded lol.

Alright so the OG installation disc 2021 actually boots woo! Never been this far with it so that's exciting. When you guys say set up the drive or reformat C, are there instructions? The readme says to use XBPartitioner 1.3 first, then I can set up as larger HDD. I guess some kind of bug gets avoided by doing it this way. Is that necessary or can I just setup as larger HDD? After the HDD is set up, how do I put games back on it? FTP? FATXplorer? Will an ISO work or does it need to be a different format? What location do the games get put in? What location do emulators get put in? After the HDD is setup, I still need to install a dashboard, right? Sorry for all the noob questions

Is cold booting any different than just turning on the xbox with the installer disk in it?

I don't think this HDD has a softmod no, and the OpenXenium modchip is installed.

Well lol... I think I repaired the trace good enough. So now, I have the Xbox put back together, but now I have the 1TB HDD that I was initially trying to use along with the modchip installed. When I start the Xbox, it shows EVOX in the upper left corner then goes to this error 16 screen. Is this just because the HDD isn't formatted? No dashboard? Idk. Am I out of the woods as far as microsoldering goes? That was a total pain in the ass. I didn't use a microscope and am surprised it even boots. Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AoPBEProojYnbWZkJtaYcIQwwoUsU4Oz/view?usp=drive_link

Ah, good ol' Kapton, yes I have a roll. Good idea. What do you think about soldering a wire from circle pad to circle pad on the xbox motherboard? Looks easier than scraping off a bit, and wiring something to the thin part of the trace.

Yea, perhaps I should. But I'm hardheaded and may learn a lesson from all this. I believe I can fix this.

Thanks for all the help so far man I appreciate it. I am going to try and do this trace repair soon. My nostalgia is greater than my despair. Which is high right now lol. I just wanna play my damn games again. May take a few days but I'm going to update this thread. Its SO small of a soldering point, I need to redo my setup so my microscope is usable. However, I do see on each end of that trace, a circle. Couldn't I just jump a wire from one end to the other? Might make it easier. Also what are your thoughts on hot glue? After this is fixed, I was thinking of just encasing it in hot glue so it won't move at all.

I was afraid of that, nice to know its possible but that's more than I can get into today lol. Damn, what a shame. Is there a specific technique I should use when I try this? Scrape off a bit of the trace on either side so the thin copper wire can adhere? Anything to keep in mind so I don't break it further? Particular wire gauge? Looks like I did identify the proper point though.

My board is not quite the same as that picture. You mean picture A, the D0 point right? Since mine looks a little different, would the point I highlighted in red be the correct point?