I recently dug out my xbox from storage of a couple of years, at first it would only boot to date input then stock dashboard (yellow led) even after reboot
I soft modded it years ago using the swap method to unlock the drive and install the mod with the clock bug present
I left it plugged in for 20 minutes same issue. I then tried to reactivate the softmod using <<EggsBox>> method same issue.
After Multiple boots and date inputs (2003) it booted I have left it plugged in since and boots fine now to soft mod. I am not sure what will happen now if unplugged and the clock cap runs out
I have now upgraded using rocky5 upgrade disc via ftp so its now upto date and no longer has date bug.
It's also connected to a router for ftp access and is getting time and date automatically now.
I have also enabled persistent softmod using rocky5 soft modding tool if that makes a difference