KaosEngineer

Yes, data will be overwritten once you hit the 1TB point corrupting files already on the drive. Actually, the corruption point will be determined by the cluster size used on the partition - 64KB max partition size is 1TB, 32KB max partition size is 512GB, 16KB cluster 256GB. Even though the HDD access patch is called LBA48, the cluster counter remained 32-bits thus cluster size * 0x100000000 is the max size accessible. The cluster counter range is from 0x000000000 to 0xFFFFFFFF. When you go past the max value, the counter wraps back to the beginning writing data over already present data.

If the other BIOS's have a different LBA48 configuration than what the drive is formatted with you will not see the partitions correctly. It will look like the data has been lost. Change back to the working BIOS and they will reappear. You need to make sure that the other BIOSes support using a parititon table written to the drive using XBPartition v1.3 or XBPartitionTableWriter(or whatever it's actual name is). Not all old BIOS's support it.

You can't have a 1.9TB partition. LBA48 only supports a maximum of 1TB when using 64KB clusters. I'm not sure the X3 BIOS will properly format a 2TB HDD. You'll need to use XBPartitioner v1.3. Run XBPartition v1.3 and check the configuration of the 2 extended partitions (6/F and 7/G). Make sure there is not an ER printed to the left of the size. If so, they need to be reformatted to 927.78GB each using 64KB clusters.

Red flashing LED is a corrupt configuration EEPROM. Orange flashing LED and fans speeding up then system shuts off if not cooling down is overheating.

Enter the X3 Config Live menu. To enter the X3 Config LIve screen if you've not seen it already, press and hold the White button when powering on the Xbox until it appears. There is a menu item to flash the Recovery BIOS (backup ROM) under Bios Tools, Upload the FlashBIOS 3.0.3.s dot bin file to the HDD (C, E, F,etc) to update/flash this BIOS (256KB in size). Select the drive and subdirectory/file as the onscreen instructions show. There's also an Xecuter X3 XBOX Modchip BIOS User's Manual online at http://x3.bustedchain.com. (Some menus may be different as it is based on the 3029 build) IIRC, DO NOT use Settings -> Password Protection feature it's broken. Doing so will lock you out without any way to get back in. A bug that was NEVER fixed before the Xbox 360 came out and Team Xecuter stopped updating the X3 BIOS. (There is an x3_erase.xbe Xbox app you can use to fix it but .???) P.S. There is mention of reflashing the BIOS may get rid of the password. Haven't tried. The bug might have just been in older releases too.

Generally, the problem is going from a 1.0-1.5 console to a 1.6. Make sure that the backup BIOS is FlashBIOS v3.0.3 for v1.0-1.6/1.6b console compatibility. From what I understand, FlashBIOS v3.0.1 runs only on v1.0-1.5 consoles.

Yes, you can flash other 1.0-1.5 compatible BIOSes to other banks. You can boot the backup BIOS (press power and eject to boot console) and reflash with the v1.0-1.5 console version of X3 Build 3294 after moving the chip or before moving the modchip, flash banks 5-8 with it and set the switch panel to boot from banks 5-8 on power up instead of banks 1-4.

I was wrong smartmontools 7.0's smartctl.exe won't help it doesn't have the locking/unlocking routines for the Xbox.

Yeah, that's an old X2 BIOS. The latest X2 BIOS (512KB) is 5035 or 256KB 4981.67 actually 4983.67 but you can't use XBTool to make any changes to the BIOS setup as Team Xecuter encrypted it differently than 4981. Other BIOS's to use would be Evox M8plus or iND-BiOS 5003 or the Beta Feb-11-05 release (aka 5004). iND-BiOS has a config file on the HDD (C:\ind-bios.cfg) to make configuration/customization changes as does X2 5035 (E:\x2config.ini).

Nice, now Chrome likes the HTTPS connection. :)

Isn't the OXM #1 disc's contents videos only, there were no Xbox executables? Load the disc into the Xbox and check the file manager listing for it. It may be a standard video DVD if it only lists VIDEO_TS folder with many dot VOB, BUP, and IFO files inside. There may also be a root folder named AUDIO_TS.

Uou can go into Avalaunch's Settings menu and find the kernel version number under Main options -> Hardware Info. With my X3 Build 3294 BIOS, the display reads Kernel version : 1.00.5034.01. There is a later version of Avalaunch 0.49.3 .

Certificate from letsencrypt for ogxbox.com, not www.ogxbox.com. Chrome doesn't like the difference in common name of the certificate and the web site host name. I see a Subject Alternative Name entry in the certificate that is set to DNS=ogxbox.com (might need to be www.ogxbox.com instead) or have a wildcard certificate issued to the domain for *.ogxbox.com. That way any hostname dot ogxbox dot com will be valid (e.g., www.ogxbox.com). See: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/acme-v2-production-environment-wildcards/55578 about wildcard certificates.

Use the multimeter to check continuity for the Power button signal endpoints. They are both colored violet on the P/E Continuity Trace for V1.0-1.1 picture.

@RMM , the VID you gave, 0x1F75, is not Sabrent but Innostor Technologies. The bridge chip inside the Sabrent must be Innostor's IS611. Which doesn't show up on the compatible or incompatible list for smartmontools. Did you add the "-d sat" option into all the batch file lines that execute smartctl.exe? Update: I don't know if smartctl.exe v6.2 included is specific to XboxHDM23USB or not. All the commands required for it are all standard as per the ATA bus spec. Update: You are correct though for locking and unlocking the HDD. These operations need to read the Xbox's eeprom.bin file and decrypt it to get the HDDKey and then generate the correct locking/unlocking password. So, smartctl.exe 6.2 that comes with XboxHDM23USB Beta 2 or 3 will be required not the new 7.0 release.

It's most likely the clock cap. Leaked electrolyte on the motherboard that has made its way to the bottom side of the motherboard and corroded the very thin Power and/or Eject control traces along the front edge of the printed circuit board. The traces if broken need to be repaired or bypassed to reconnect the signal from just after the front panel connector to the System Management Controller a PIC processor on v1.0-1.5 consoles or Xyclops custom chip on v1.6/1.6b.

There are Free SSL certs available: https://letsencrypt.org/

Oh yeah the default is blue not green. How about True MsDash 2 Green by Peter PL vs Athloni Green MSDash Both of these are in my Top 10 UnleashX Skins pack available here in the ogXbox downloads section

You need to check the version of the kernel flashed to the DuoX2. It may need to be updated. And, what replacement dashboard version is running? UnleashX, XBMC4Xbox, Evoxdash, and Avalaunch are some of the popular ones but there are others.

Where'd you find the screenshot? Maybe it'll give me a clue to try and track it down.

Was hoping you knew so I didn't want to have to go looking through them all to find it. These sites mention the game: https://www.lostmediawiki.com/Lamborghini_(cancelled_Xbox/PS2_racing_game;_2003) https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/15/lamborghini-xboxps2-cancelled http://www.sixthgengaming.com/forum/general/games/xbox-original/offline-games/l-aa/771-lamborghini-demo-game-was-never-released (this page is no longer accessible) They state that the assets of the game were sold and reused in the racing game Juiced by Juiced Games started by some of the defunct Rage, original developers, software employees. Update: The Wikipedia.org entry for the game says the demo was on the March 2003 German OXM disc. Other sites also state its on the UK disc too. Not sure about US though, I'll have to check.

Update: This won't work. The smartctl.exe program in later versions of smartmontools has not been patched with the security routines to lock and unlock the Xbox HDD. You might try downloading and installing the latest version of smartmontools (7.0). Then, replace the smartctl (6.2) executable of XboxHDM23USB with the newer version. If you use the default install path, you'll find the executable at: C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartctl.exe

Welcome to OGXbox.com. Mod it or lose it, KaosEngineer

Which disc is it on? I have many of them they start at disc #5 though missed the first 4 and have most up to the ogXbox/360 dual system coverage. I do have some more gaps of several missing discs not sure why as I subscribed to the magazine at that time too.

Nice, don't go adding a password to the X3 3294 BIOS. It will not let you in again even if you enter the correct password and you'll have to do this all over again.