Darren Coull

I managed to get exact same dashboard as before (from the AID 4.5 disc) - however, I have just recently switched to the EvolutionX Dash. Everything else is exactly the same (Kernel is same as before) but it is at least working. Now to find a suitable BIOS to upgrade to, as you say, that's another matter :-) Thanks again to all for the excellent support!

Success! Managed to find a utils disc through a Google drive link on this site's download page, found an AID 4.5 ISO, ran the dashboard installer on the C drive, and now it boots!: Thanks so much to everyone that helped troubleshoot and point me in the right direction. I did try the flash TSOP option, but couldn't get it to work (something about 5 seconds to go to advanced menu but D-pad didn't move anything and it errored trying to load from bootable dvd disc) Oh well, guess I'll be stuck with this version for now - the Microsoft logo still shows on the bottom of the Green X screen, but it does load the dashboard, and games and apps seem to be working just fine.

I found one more:

By some fluke, I had taken a couple of screen shots before any fiddling :-) Just found them by accident. Does this help?

I'm currently FTP'ing the contents of the drive over to my PC so will be able to check Kernel version in about 20,000 files or so :-) FYI, the original bootup would come up with AID 3.0 at bottom of screen instead of Microsoft. Then loaded a Dead or Alive style/themed menu.

Phew! Finally found somewhere to grab BIOS Checker v.5 - here's the result of that: No idea if this is good or not - wouldn't the program detect it rather than "Unknown" ? I have no issue re-doing a flash or whatever - I have the Hexen 2018 disc as well, but would appreciate a step-by-step guide on best way to go about this. If I am safer to copy over the games etc. with FTP to my PC, then start from scratch, then I can do that (with instruction :-) ) Thanks! Darren

I can take a look, what is the application I am looking for? Is it the EEPROM backuperer? Sorry softmodding is totally unknown territory to me...

Yes, I can boot the Rocky5 Util disc and retail games quite happily. The hard part is knowing where to get this stuff from - most original Xbox web searches end up at domain sitters, or sites with no content any more. I am able to burn something, but will need a little direction on where to get the appropriate .ISO from. Then I can come back with the BIOS detail. All I know is that it was originally running this AID 3.0 dashboard. Any guidance much appreciated!

Okay, so this means I cannot get it back working again, or can you point me to an alternate guide/boot disc that I can use? I must thank you again for your help though, I am truly grateful.

Found this log file from evoxdash in case it is useful. evoXdash.log

Okay, this time, after doing the file copy and dashboard install, it ran through a grey screen say it was installing something, then rebooted again to the XBOX logo screen, then grey screen again, and said ERROR!! - after trying another reboot, it now just cycles through Xbox logo, reboot, Xbox logo, reboot, etc. I tried a different dash in case, but no difference. (Still boots fine to your util disc)

Hi John, thanks for the quick reply! Yes, plenty of space - please find attached screen shots of the C, D, E & F drives from the file manager on your disc. Perhaps you can spot something glaringly obvious? :-) Is there a way to repair this, or should I look to preparing a new HDD on my PC then FTP over the data to keep before swapping the drive out? Thanks again!

G'day John, not sure if this is the right place (most other areas are closed!) but recently discovered your Rocky5 Softmod boot disc so after fixing my old 1.4 PAL Xbox (the usual Caps, and thermal paste :-) ) I decided to try the update softmod option from the disc. Everything went well until the "two reboots" section. Removed disc as instructed, the reboot started, got the green animation then fade to black. Nothing. Orange LED, no activity, no dashboard, nothing. This Xbox was originally softmodded by previous owner using Tom Clancy save game and AID 3.0 I have tried several re-installs, switched to NTSC, tried several different dashboards, installed to C: and to E: etc. and all have same result. Boots games & the utils disc just fine. I even tried the pre-build disc on your Google drive in case the version I had was incomplete. Only thing that seems to work is to re-install the original MS dashboard. The HDD has lots of emulation and games still on it so don't want to wipe anything, and unfortunately, I don't have Tom Clancy game if I need to start fresh. savegame is still there though. Any ideas on how to get the Xbox to boot to any alternative dashboard? If you need info, directories etc. happy to oblige, as I can still manually run file manager (and presumably FTP as well) If there is a better place to ask this, please let me know. Sorry if any of this is a Noob FAQ, but my previous experience with Xbox mods was the Xecutor3, which was a little more straightforward to do, from what I recall. Best Regards, Darren.