Krebs830

Hi, just checking in to report that I've successfully flashed a V1.2 XBox using @sweetdarkdestiny's toolkit. I bridged the solder points using a silver trace pen, and it worked perfectly. A note on prepping the USB stick: You need to use the provided file manager to format the stick and mount it so that your OS can read/write to it. Also, when you're ready to copy the game save data don't copy the top folder; click through to the UDATA folder and copy the numbered folder inside to the stick. Otherwise, the XBox will call it a corrupted save file and refuse to copy it to the HDD. Took some trial-and-error to figure that out. Another note: When the flasher tells you to confirm by holding RT, LT, Start and White, it means to press them simultaneously, not in sequence.

Gotcha. I definitely want to do the TSOP flash, not a softmod. I guess I misunderstood the OP, thinking it didn't require a game. BTW, their YouTube videos are still up, and they're very helpful. There's a neat little retro-gaming shop near me that should have one of the games in stock, and one of the donor sellers claimed that the DVD drive works.

It appears that I still need to obtain the components for a rocky5-style softmod (game, USB memory stick and adapter cable), as well as a working Xbox DVD drive. If I use a PC to softmod the HDD, will I be able to copy over the required files and run it from there? Or is that defeating the purpose of this utility?

Hm, I just now checked, and all three links are good. Dark's post is #3 on page 1, BTW. I unzipped the package and looked at the readme, and it'll take a bit to understand the procedure. I also bought a couple of donors from eBay; I'm hoping to cobble together at least one working unit. One of my hobbies is computers and electronics tinkering, and in the 00's I did some experimenting with rooting, reprogramming and unbricking Android cell phones. The Xbox mods I've been seeing look similar to that.

For everyone's information, the mirror links posted by dark on page 1 are still active, albeit for the older version. I've just started doing research on modding my V1.0 Xbox and found my way to this thread. I was excited about the possibility of accomplishing the TSOP flash without softmodding (as my DVD drive is no good), only to find that the developer has removed all of their uploads for personal reasons. I understand why (and do not judge them for their decision) but I hope they will reconsider, if only for the sake of us newbies. Once I am confident in the procedure, I hope to flash the TSOP using the files from the older (NTSC) link, with the latest Cerbios version. These forums are very informative, and I respect all of the developers for their work in keeping these old consoles alive. Thank you!