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SInce the eject ring turns Orange (usual indicator that a softmod is running), it needs to be removed for some configurations of a hardmod BIOS to work properly. You get a blank screen after the flubber animation plays and the eject ring changes to orange. Download, extract and burn HeXEn 2018 to DVD-R media and boot it. Use the softmod cleanup option after TSOP flashing should fix things. Select menu option 3 then 5 then 2 - 3.5.2. Clean C partition after TSOP flash.

Yes. Windows natively does not understand the XISO format. You can use Qwix, C-Xbox Tool or other XISO creation/extraction application to see the content of HeXEn 2018's dot iso file. The disc image once burned to DVD-R is not readable by Windows. As long as your Xbox's DVD drive is working well, it will read it. It takes about a minute after booting it (eject ring should turn RED) before the menu appears.

Look on the bottom side of the motherboard. There are 4 very thin traces that may be damaged that are preventing the power and eject buttons from reaching the System Management controller to power on/off or eject/load the DVD tray. Many remove the clock cap and clean the top of the motherboard but don't remove it from the case and clean and repair traces as needed on the bottom side of the motherboard below the clock cap's location. Some time later, a once operational console stops working.

That IDE cable may be shorting out the power supply. Hard to tell without further testing of the cable. Since it boots an Evox BIOS, seems like and from the pics looks like it was TSOP modded. However, the flash enable solder bridges were removed as most TSOP modding instructions advise to do. (But, not necessary as long as you know what you are doing and don't let a person go wild on your console that may reflash a bad BIOS making the console dysfunctional.)

You can use an Ethernet-to-wifi bridge adapter. There are several available and they support WPA2 and higher speed wireless networks than it. One I saw but not the cheapest is the IOGear GWU637. When searching for an adapter, look for something similar that connects to a wired Ethernet port and bridges the connection to a wireless network.

Which Arduino board are you using? There are many different models.

Reinstall the hard drive that was giving you the black screen after booting. Boot the Hexen 2018 installer disc (load it into the DVD tray and power cycle the console). Wait for the menu to appear (takes about a minute - the Eject ring should be red during the wait time) and use the menu option, 3.5.2. Clean C partition after TSOP flash.

In the US - https://www.chimericsystems.com/product/ogx360-board However, they are currently sold out. Fill out their contact form to see when more will be available.

A PC drive will never (without firmware modification) read Xbox originals. How are you making the Xbox copies? Burning the HDD ready file set to a data disc or creating an XISO disc image with Qwix or C-Xbox Tool or other XISO creation tool then burning the image to DVD-R media. What size is the dot iso disc image you are burning? What's the dot iso format? XISO or ReDump certified archival iso.

That's as far as you get on the Xbox side of things. Now, you have to connect to that IP address with your computer's web browser. In the address bar type in 192.168.1.114, the FlashBIOS web page should appear: Click on Choose File and browse to the x3 3294.bin file on your computer. Double-click on it. The No file chosen text will change to x3 3294.bin. Next, click on Upload and Flash. Unimportant ramblings below here Note: The top paragraph of instructions is a bit wrong as the X3 modchip. It's BIOS is 1MB not 512KB. Most X2 modchips have 512KB banks some like the X2pro had 256KB or 512KB available in it's 1MB flash. The X3 has 2MB's of flash that can be used for 8 - 256KB, 4 - 512KB, 2 - 1MB or 1 - 2MB bank(s). You can't reuse an already occupied 256KB bank for a different sized BIOS. Update: From the (For X2 mods... paren'd text, FlashBIOS flashes from the start of the selected 1MB bank of their modchips. I'm not sure what would happen on an X2 modchip if you had the switches set to bank 2. I think it should flash from the start of the second bank - 512KB into the 1MB flash chip but it may not. Not that any of that matters. You have an X3 modchip.

If the DVD drive is recognized, it should be able to load backup discs burned using the proper format disc images (XISO-format dot iso disc images, probably not ReDump-style archival dot iso disc images) Leave the Xbox DVD drive's all Yellow or Brown/White stripped wires cable connected to the original DVD drive. Connect the new DVD drive/adapter to the Xbox DVD drive's IDE connector. Does your IDE-to-SATA adapter have a MASTER/SLAVE jumper? If so, it needs to be set to SLAVE. If not, the adapter only operates as the MASTER device on the IDE bus and you'll need to purchase a different adapter that does allow for SLAVE operation on the IDE bus.

so the first two 512KB banks have X2 5035 and the last two 512KB banks have FlashBIOS 3.0.0. Setting the switches to boot from 256KB banks 5-8 in the switch table should work too. FlashBIOS is a 256KB BIOS. And, booting a 512KB bank just has it stored 2 times in a row. Selecting the 1MB Bank 5678 should also boot to FlashBIOS.

I'd suggest flashing the X3 3294 version of the BIOS with the switches set to On On Off Off Off from top to bottom. Boot into the FlashBIOS 3.0.0 by powering on the console with both the Power and Eject buttons. The logo should look purplish (as the red and blue LEDs two above and two beside the logo are turned on. Enable network flashing and use the web address listed to connect to the Xbox with your web browser. Follow the onscreen instructions to select and flash the extracted X3 BIOS's dot bin file (x3 3294.bin).

On Off Off Off for me booted bank 8 even though that's listed as switch settings off off off on. Strange, I need to flash different BIOSes to all the banks and try every switch setting to double check the bank selection info I'd posted. Update: However, it may be booting bank 8 with two different switch settings. You have the FlashBIOS in your bank 8. Sure would be nice if one could download the BIOS stored in a bank. I'd like to compare the FlashBIOS 3.0.0 binary file to the other two releases.

That's the only bank selection configuration not listed in the bank selection settings. It must force loading the backup BIOS.

Yeah, 1-4 on will try to boot from the first 256KB bank. However, the X2 5035 BIOS is a 512KB BIOS. It needs all 512KB, not just the first 256KB of it, to run. I was wondering if any other 512KB bank boots. The previous owner may have flashed a 1MB (2x512KB) file to the first 1MB bank of the modchip. So bank12 and bank34 may both work. Or, maybe they only flashed a single 512KB BIOS to the chip. Please, try all of the 512KB bank selections and report your findings.

Try all 4 of the 512KB bank selection settings I posted earlier. Which of these 4 settings does the console boot and on which does it FRAG? Update: Added a copy of those 4 512KB bank selection settings: 512k BankBank 12: on on on offBank 34: off on on offBank 56: on off on offBank 78: off off on off

It should also boot with the switches set for Bank 12: on on on off [top to bottom bank select switches] The position of the Bottom switch - flash protection doesn't matter, on or off, unless you are trying to flash a BIOS to the modchip.

I was going to ask if it is 3.0.0. As I've only seen versions 3.0.1 and 3.0.3. I was hoping there would be an easy way to make a backup of the backup BIOS before updating/flashing over it. There doesn't seem to be. At least, as far as I've checked so far. Nothing in the X3CL and FlashBIOS menus or on the FlashBIOS Network flashing web page (which on my FlashBIOS 3.0.1 still says I've connected to the web page of FlashBIOS 3.0.0).

Can't get to the X3 Config Live with X2 5035 BIOS booting/flashed to the modchip. I'd use FlashBIOS 3.0.x to reflash the X3 3294 version of the BIOS to the modchip's first 1MB bank (Top to bottom of switch panel On On Off Off Off) How are the X3 panel switches set when the console boots the X2 5035 BIOS?

A few now old discontinued PC drives could be modified to work when installed inside the Xbox after some Xbox case modding for it to fit. Flashing firmware to the PC drive. Modifications to cabling were made to still use the Xbox's DVD power and signalling cable to power and control the PC drive. And, finally attaching the Xbox's DVD bezel to the drive tray. I believe using the Samsung SD-616T was the most popular drive.

I no longer believe this long accepted statement to be true. There was another statement floating around that the disc also spins in the opposite direction - also untrue. Hackers were able rip original game discs by modifying specific PC drives to change the starting physical sector offset to read the content of the original game disc DVD. See MVG's YouTube video:

What version of MS dashboard is installed on the problematic console? Not that it should matter with Rocky5's softmod installation. Did you power cycle the console after copying the exploited game save and softmod installer save to the Xbox's hard drive before trying to boot the original game disc?

Check the version of the BIOS/Kernel in the dashboard? The X3 may not have the X3 BIOS flashed to it. I know the used console I purchased with an X3 modchip did not. It only had the backup BIOS, FlashBIOS 3.0.1, accessible on the modchip. With the evoxdash, it's listed on the System Utils -> Settings page (an option you cannot modify). Scroll down to the BIOS section of the page. With UnleashX, press the (Y) button to display the System Info page. It's listed there.

How the X3 modchip functions depends on which BIOSes are flashed to it. Upon power on, hold the White button on the controller until; hopefully, the X3 Config Live menu appears. Select Bios Tools -> Bios Bank Naming to see the names of the BIOSes flashed across the 8 256KB banks of the X3 modchip. A 512KB BIOS will span 2 banks starting at an even 512KB address (starting at bank 1, 3, 5 or 7) and the X3 1024KB (1MB) BIOS will span 4 banks at an even multiple of 1MB (starting at bank 1 or 5). A 256KB sized BIOS can stored to any bank 1-8. X3 BIOS Bank Selection Switches The switches select which BIOS bank to boot when the console is powered on. 256k Bank Bank 1: on on on on Bank 2: off on on on Bank 3: on off on on Bank 4: off off on on Bank 5: on on off on Bank 6: off on off on Bank 7: on off off on Bank 8: off off off on 512k Bank Bank 12: on on on off Bank 34: off on on off Bank 56: on off on off Bank 78: off off on off 1MB Bank Bank 1234: on on off off (Set to this when flashing the X3 BIOS for the first time.*) Bank 5678: off on off off 2MB Bank Bank 12345678: off off off off *Use the backup FlashBIOS to do so. It is accessed by powering on the console by pressig both the Power and Eject buttons. The X3 logo's backlighting will be Purple - a mix and the Red and Blue LEDs.