KaosEngineer

You will not see the extra space in the MS dashboard. Only after you mod the console, soft or hard mod, and have a replacement dashboard installed will the F drive show up (if enabled in the dashboard's settings). Rocky5's Xbox Softmodding Tool will install the replacement dashboard UnleashX. After initial installation, you can change to a different replacement dashboard if you find another one you'd prefer to use.

How’d you lose them?

Okay, that's the same as connecting it to pin 2 on the back of the front panel 1x9 header.

A game is more than an xbe file. default.xbe alone is not the complete game just the executable to start it.

Any HeXEn disk will work. Some have older versions of software. It boots into UnleashX. The BIOS doesn’t format the hard drive that’s done by the dashboard or other software like XboxHDM on a PC. Thus, the need to use an installer disk. P.S. Where does the wire soldered to the BT pad on the modchip go?

Is the BT wire still connect to the front panel power button signal. Without it, the long press of the power button won't do anything. There's no signal to the modchip to tell it to enable. (Pin2 on the back side of the front panel PCB through the slot in the RF shield behind the 1x9 connector.) Source: http://modzone.dk/forums/showthread.php?threadid=252

HeXEn 2018 disk - folder StockFiles\c - extract the contents of the XISO image with Qwix or Clean_C_and_E_Files_for_Xbox.7z or many other locations that have a copy of the 5960 MS dashboard available online.

Many forget to clean the bottom side of the motherboard when they remove the clock cap. The leaked electrolyte didn't just stay on the top but continued on till its travel was inhibited. The shielding below the motherboard or I've seen Xboxes with leaked electrolyte on the bottom plastic shell of the case. It didn't just keep itself to the top of the motherboard.

Yes. You don't have to use the bios.bin backup. There are locations to download the various dev teams' modified BIOS files from the Internet. Xbins FTP server and a few web sites that have backups of the Xbins FTP server available - the-eye.eu, download.diodematrix.net

Clock cap leaked electrolyte has probably damaged traces on the bottom side of the motherboard. IIRC, the outer trace (bottom of picture) is the power button signal. Next, is the eject button, then red and green LED on/off control.

Yes No, you have to add the content you want to be copied to the Xbox HDD. For example, the 5960 MS dashboard files into the hdm\C folder. With E left empty, XboxHDM will create empty E:\UDATA and E:\TDATA folders on the hard drive. But, it you have game saves and/or apps you want to be preloaded add them into hdm\E. The amount of content that can be added in total to the C and E folders of XboxHDM is limited to 528MBs.

Okay, looks like everything is good to go ahead and flash a new BIOS.

I believed the X2 4979.06 supports hard drives up to 137GB's in size. It may allow for drives larger than that but best to update the BIOS to one of the later releases with the newest patches installed. You need to use one of the latest releases of the X2 BIOSes either 4981.67 or 4983.67 or iND-BiOSes 5003 or Beta 5004.

The stock MS dashboard 5960 files are on the HeXEn 2018 disc under the StockFiles/c folder.

Need to know what version of BIOS is installed and booting the console. Which dashboard are you running? Evoxdash and UnleashX both that a Settings page that shows you the kernel version installed if it's not displayed on the skin you are using.

You don't need to install a softmod after the TSOP is flashed with a modified BIOS. One or the other modding techniques should be installed not both at the same time. TSOP flash acts as a hardmod install. No softmod necessary. More often than not, you'd see a blank black screen when you expect to see the replacement dashboard's menu displayed.

The backup created by Evox dash is 1MB as the original Xbox's flash device is 1MB. The same BIOS.bin file is repeated 4x in a row. You can only flash a 256KB bios to your Aladdin modchip. Yes a new BIOS does nothing to the configuration of the replacement dashboard or... Hmm, what size is your Xbox's hard drive? What size were the extended partitions? Did it even have extended partitions? (F and/or G drives) Does the hard drive have a partition table written to it?

Yes. The Aladdin modchip has a 256KB flash memory chip. The BIOS size will be 256KB. The higher you set the fan speed the louder it will be. You could use the iND-BiOS Feb-11-05 Beta (aka 5004) .67 version. Changing the fan speed is a matter of editing a text file on the hard drive and rebooting. Modify this line in the ind-bios.cfg file on the Xbox's hard drive: FANSPEED=10 ;Fan Speed 10-50 = 20-100% Default=10 When flashing the ind-bios to the modchip, first upload the ind-bios.cfg file to the root of the C drive before flashing the modchip.

Actually 2.5" SATA drives have the same connection as a 3.5" SATA drive. It's a 2.5" IDE drive that uses a 44-pin connector for interface and power instead of a 40-pin IDE connector and 4-pin Molex of a 3.5" hard drive. So, any compatible IDE-to-SATA adapter will work with a 2.5" SATA drive. I suggest using a StarTech IDE2SAT2 or DeLock 61702. However, the cheaper, HDE IDE-to-SATA adapters from Amazon can work too. When buying the HDE adapter, purchase at least 2 and hope that at least one works. Many people have had DOA (dead on arrival) adapters. If either adapter is broken, contact the seller and insist on getting a replacement. Also purchase an 80-wire 40-pin high-speed IDE cable. Recommended length 24 inches.

What version of Chimp are you using? You need to make sure your BIOS includes the latest LBA48 patch. Some older versions of the X2 BIOS do not. The latest X2 BIOS is 4983.67. But, many prefer to use the previous version 4981.67 since the latest version cannot have its settings modified in XBTool v1.0.23a. Team Xecuter encrypted it a different way than the 4981 version. Other BIOSes could be used on this chip as well. Evolution-X M8plus, iND-BiOS 5003 or iND-BiOS Beta Feb-11-05 (aka 5004).

Not had too much problem of any Xbox overheating unless the fan isn't running. If you want the fan to stay running at a higher speed, you will have to modify the BIOS's internal setting with EVTool v1.0.9 and reflash it to the modchip or TSOP whichever you have used to mod the console.

It is one of the many variations of the Aladdin modchip, not exactly sure which. The BIOS flashed to it is an Xecuter2 BIOS since Microsoft under the big X logo at the end of the flubber animation has been changed to Xecuter2. It holds 1 256KB BIOS. Check the BIOS version by locating the kernel version in either the MS dashboard's System Info scroller - K:1.00.NNNN.DD value. Or, the replacement dashboard's system info or skin. Not all skins show the value but many do.

Yes, you can install a 2.5" hard drive in the Xbox with the proper adapter and power cable.

Don't have a tutorial for either. They both seem very self-explanatory to me. Update: As supplied, you need to be running a 64-bit version of Windows. And, the hard drive has to be connected to the PC using a compatible/supported USB-to-HDD interface adapter. Copy your Xbox's eeprom.bin file into the folder where you extract either version of XboxHDM23USB. Run the startup batch file, xboxhd.bat. Menu Options 1. List drives connected 2. Launch xboxhdm 3. Lock hard drive 4. Unlock hard drive 5. Check Lock Status (only available in Beta 3) Use option 1 to make sure the software recognizes that the drive you plan to use for the Xbox HDD is connected. Next, Launch xboxhdm. Once, QEMU finishes booting Linux, type in xboxhd to start the preparation process of the Xbox HDD. Follow the onscreen menu to prepare a new HDD. The software will format the hard drive for the Xbox and copy the files stored in the C and/or E drives on the PC. Beta 2 requires adding the MS Dashboard files into the hdm/c folder while Beta 3 comes preconfigured to install a no-original-game-disc-required softmod installer, add no files to it's HDD_files/c folder. After formatting and copying files to C and/or E if its a larger HDD than 8GBs, you will be prompted to format the extended partitions. After formatting, exit back to the main menu and lock the hard drive. Check the lock status then exit XboxHDM23USB. Install the hard drive into your Xbox.

Edit the BIOS settings with EVTool v1.0.9, save the updated BIOS dot bin file and reflash. What dashboard are you using? Some like XBMC change the setting such that it will remain in use after starting a different app (game). While with UnleashX once UnleashX exits and the new app (game) starts, the BIOS's setting will be used. Or, vice versa.