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No need to download the source and build your own. Rocky5's has a google drive repository with everything prebuilt. Xbox Softmod Kit Updates / Build v1.1.7 /Utilities / Installer Variants / Extras Disc / Documents / Xbox Softmoddding Tool.zip thumb.jpg Read Me.url Changes.txt Note: Not all subfolders' content are listed only Build v1.1.7's.

Information on two Xbox startup errors: 5 and 6 5 - kernel - HDD not locked (The retail xbox bioses require the hd to be locked) When you upgrade your hard disk drive for one that is larger, you most of the times use a new hard drive that you bought in the shop. Now, when you put this hdd in your xbox and you try to boot up with your chip off. It gives you error 5. Why you ask? Well i will try to explain it simple. The original (also called "Retail") hard drive is locked by MS. Why did they lock the harddrive? Well if it wasn't it wouldve been more than easy (in the start of xbox hacking) for hackers to change content on it. Thats why MS locks it. It is just a security measure. This locking proces uses information thats on the motherboard. The "Lock" on a xbox hard drive contains information that is based on the harddrive itself and the motherboard it came with. One thing that makes this clear: You can not change a retail harddrive with another one from an other not modded xbox. With every xbox there is only ONE i repeat ONE compatible harddisk drive. That is, if they are locked. If you don't mod your xbox (tsop or modchips) you can not change harddrives. Not even from another xbox. However when your xbox IS modified you can change your harddisk for almost every other harddisk (thats UNLOCKED). This means that even when your xbox is modified, you can not just put another (retail) XBOX harddisk in your xbox. However some smart people made programs that can lock or unlock your xbox harddisk on the fly. So when does the error occur? The only time this error should occur is when you boot up your xbox in original mode AND you have a harddisk in your xbox that is not yet locked. So now you ask what do i have to do to make your xbox work again? Well the answer is pretty easy. Boot up your xbox with the chip on. Preferably with a slayer evo-x cd. Now you choose "Eeprom management." Than you choose: "Lock hdd." It takes one second. After its ready it should say something like "Done" When it is "Done" just turn off your xbox. Disable your chip and try to boot in original mode. Now there should be no more error 5. 6 - kernel - Cannot unlock HDD If you understand the above, you should be able to understand what this means. It means you are trying to boot up the xbox with an harddisk that is locked in combination with ANOTHER motherboard than you are using it with right now. What can i do about it, you ask? Well place the harddisk back in the xbox where it came from. After that, UNLOCK the harddisk with the same procedure i explained above (see error 5). Now when the harddisk is UNLOCKED, put it in the xbox which gave you the error. Now when you boot up with the chip ON it should not give you an error anymore. However when you put the xbox on with the chip OFF your xbox will give you an error. (error 5) So to make sure you can boot original and boot with the chip ON. Next do the same as above: "Boot up your xbox with the chip on. Preferrably with a slayer evo-x cd. Now you choose "Eeprom management." Than you choose: "Lock hdd." It takes one second. After its ready it should say something like "Done" When it is ready just turn off your xbox. Disable your chip and try to boot original. Now there should be no more error. Source: https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/xbox-error-codes-explained-go-here-first.373255/

Was the original softmod done using an older version of Rocky5's Xbox Softmodding Tool? Did you use Rocky5's Quick Upgrade or Quick Update? How'd you format the 150GB drive? Was it already in the console and working correctly with an older softmod? F was ~140GB's or was it only 123GBs? Was there a G drive before the softmod upgrade? Run XBPartitioner v1.3. Take a screenshot of the main page. Post it here.

I know of only one Windows application that can view the content of XISO format disc images (dot iso files) used for the Xbox - PowerISO.

The number of required posts (had been 5) before allowing access to downloads has changed. It had went to 15 then something new about being an active member for some time before being allowed to see the links. google is your friend but not a really good one. It does take a bit of looking to find the google drive link in the pages (assembler-games.com) - TruHeXEn 2019 URL: https : // drive . google . com / file / d / 1uBSUnwnInQbXt7tCMmKqNXmMo5u_WMY2 / view remove all the extra spaces added. Don't use any Windows app to try and open the ISO file for either TruHeXEn 2019 or HeXEn 2018. Don't double click on it to open it, Windows doesn't understand the format to show you the content inside. Simply burn the dot iso disc image extracted from either's archive to DVD-R. Once burned, the PC can't access the burned disc's content either. Load it into your Xbox's DVD drive then power cycle the console to start the booting process.

To check the Power and Eject buttons, measure the voltage level of the two pins, one for power and another for eject, at the PIC processor when you press the associated button for the pin. It should go from 3.3 Vdc to 0 Vdc when depressed and return to 3.3 Vdc when released. If not changing, start back tracking the connection of each button from the PIC towards the front panel til you reach the button itself. (Requires removing the Xbox case's front panel. A bit tricky to do to get to the PCB with the switches and LEDs.) With AC power connected, first measure the voltage level of the violet (conditioned power signal) and cyan (conditioned eject signal) colored pins of the PIC processor when pressing and releasing the power and eject buttons. If the voltage level does not change, move back to the same colored vias on the bottom of the picture above. If the voltage level changes there, the traces are broken somewhere between the via to the PIC processor - broken or damaged trace. Next, disconnect AC power. Change the multimeter to measure continuity, lowest resistance range. Connect the probes, black to ground and red to either the red or blue colored side of either surface mount resistor does the reading change when the associate button is pressed and released. Next, with AC power still disconnected, measure for a change in resistance level at the pin of the front panel connector to the motherboard associated with each switch. Do they change? If not, move to the single row of pins on the back of the front panel and measure the resistance for changes when the buttons are pressed. Do they change? If not, remove the console's front panel and disconnect the cable connecting to the motherboard. Now, measure for changes in the resistance across the traces connecting to each switch on the printed circuit board. With each step, you can determine where the problem lies - switch, front panel pcb, front panel cable, surface mount resistor on the motherboard next to the front panel connector, broken/rotted trace from electrolyte leak or production contamination.

True. Depends what part he touched. AC power was connected so there are a few hot parts before the fuse but most likely after it. The heatsinks and other parts have live power present with AC power connected, not intended to be user serviced. The open-frame design used inside a closed case to protect them. No need for it to be enclosed in a protective casing inside the console. Unlike a PC's power supply where the user can get in and out of the case somewhat regularly.

His console is a 1.1 with a Delta Power Supply Unit (PSU). It doesn't have the cracked solder joint problems like the Foxlink PSU. The AC power plug solder joints look good in the picture he posted. There is a fuse on the PSU; however, it is hidden underneath the transformer mounted on top of other components including the AC power plug on this model's printed circuit board (PCB). Xbox v1.0-1.1 Power Supply Connector Pinout

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