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Title is weird I know. Let me explain. Got an Xbox with faulty HDD. Installed OpenXenium chip (D0 on MB to D0 on chip) with PrometheOS 1.5.0. Installed 120GB SSD drive with a SATA/PATA adapter. Formatted HDD in PrometheOS. Copied evox dashboard and XBlast onto the console. Can boot into dashboard This is where I wanted to use XBlast to see if TSOP is writeable - but without writing to it. I know it doesn't matter with the stock BIOS. This is more a thing about trying random stuff for the fun of it. I get the "No valid Flash device Detected!!!" and I immediately thinks its because the modchip is active and hides it. Am I correct in that assumption? So my strategy now is to copy stock files over FTP from the TruHeXEn 2021 StockFiles/FactoryC and E, and pull off the modchip. This way the system should function EXACTLY like an unmodified XBox (only difference is the SATA SSD) Booting works just fine. I can even play games. So it IS in fact a stock XBox right now running a stock BIOS and the stock Dashboard (I assume. I didn't put it on the HeXen image) from a locked hard drive. Ok, so to read the TSOP info I need to be able to run XBlast. This requires a modded system. So I run the Endgame exploit from a USB drive. It goes all the way without problems. But when rebooting the final time, it just reboots to black. The flubber animation is there, but it's black afterwards. If I reconnect the modchip and check the contents of the hard drive it looks like the exploit has placed all the files it should. Am I trying something that is not supposed to work? The only things different from a completely stock system is: 1. The SATA SSD with adapter and 80 pin cable 2. The two solder bridges to enable TSOP writing 3. A wire soldered to D0 going to a disconnected modchip

Hi, I recently bought an Xbox, and I noticed that had EvolutionX installed. Being a very old softmod, I wanted to try to update it via the Disk Tools of Rocky5, but does not allow me to update, comes out a message that says ""Hacked Bios/Hardmodded mode" or similar, and nothing, do not make me update. I tried to ask for information on other forums, but more than answers have made me come further doubts and perplexity about the matter... I do not know anything with the scene modding xbox, I have always modified Nintendo consoles! Therefore, I apologize in advance if I improperly name terms or whatever. What do you advise me to do? With my ignorance I thought, through for example TrueHexen 2021, reset the system and then install the mod of Rocky5, but I do not know if this could brick the system. I just want to play my game backups and use Insignia’s online services! Thank you in advance for the support, and I apologize again for errors or inaccuracies, in doubt, I attach photos that could be useful.

Posting here because this subforum seems more active, feel free to move if needed. Anyway, I have the Rocky5 softmod and ran into a few issues. My Xbox is 1.4 with the 5713 BIOS. I was trying to install the MS dashboard via the extras disc for transferring savegames, this would mess up the previous dashboard (add green buttons, sound etc.) and when actually selecting the MS dash from applications would just boot the game in the drive instead. I then updated the softmod to 1.2.2 because it was on 1.1.8 prior, this said during the install that it won't touch the dashboard. Well, it now defaults to a different skin that I don't want, I can go to the options and selecting default will give me the previous blue one but upon every restart it will go back to this new skin. How to remedy this? The disc has options to restore C or E but I've no idea which is supposed to be which. And installing the MS dash has the same issues under 1.2.2. The other thing is, I've read that with persistent softmod selected in NKPatcher the console is supposed to always boot to the dashboard, but this is not how it works for me with either 1.1.8 or 1.2.2. It always boots to the game if there is a disc in the drive. BTW, what's the difference between between the "Video Mode (EEPROM Safe)" in the regular settings and the various video mode options in NKPatcher?

Hello everyone it has been a long time since I have been on this forum for me. I recently wanted to play again on my softmodded xbox but the hdd that I swaped it with makes clicking noises and when I boot it the boot menu lags, when I am in the xbmc4games dashboard it says that the network is busy and I do not get an ip address. When I put in a disk it does not load. I still have my old hdd could I make a new drive using chimp? (If I am correctly the tool I upgraded my hdd with was called chimp) Thanks in advance advice would be appreciated!

Came across this on another Xbox forum: guy tried to softmod with Rocky5's XBSMT using AUF. Installer worked to a point but at the stage where you're meant to reboot, eject the game disc and the softmod install completes he forgot to eject the AUF disc, it booted and the softmod did not complete. Result blank screen and from the sound of it the Xbox is still effectively in retail state but now without the retail MS dashboard. It cold boots original game discs including AUF but running the exploit again just reboots the console and the game reloads. It apparently won't cold boot burned discs, getting that confirmed just to be sure, but it means he can't use Rocky5's Xtras disc or any other recovery disc. The poster also said he tried to run a dash-updater afterwards to restore the original MS dash but 'it did not work'. I'm skeptical about that and am concerned it might have added another level of complexity to the problem. Likely no eeprom backup available but, again, that has to be confirmed. What to do? My thought in the absence of other better advice is to delete the AUF game saves and try with SC or MechAssault or TH4 but I know from my own experience that re-softmodding like that does not always work, the games have a tendency to reboot rather that launch the installer.

I've been having this same issue with several SSDs on this v1.6 but not with any HDD I've tried. When I boot the Xbox, the Microsoft logo appears and then it black screens until I press the eject button, then it will load the dashboard. I can tell the dashboard isn't loading at all until eject is pressed since the front LEDs don't change color (they're set to orange). I've tested with 2 SSDs of different models (both from TeamGroup), 2 Startech adapters, and 2 UATA cables with the same results. The console boots fine with video when I start it up with just a stock dashboard on the C partition. Things I've tried to resolve this: - Starting with a stock dashboard on C, copying Rocky5's XBHDM installer on there, and softmodding that way (black screens on first boot without even installing the softmod) - Directly copying the C and E partitions from a working softmodded HDD - Using the Phoenix BIOS Loader and Cerbios - Switching video mode between normal, widescreen, letterbox - Disabling 480p/720p/1080i - Switching video region between PAL and NTSC - Using both component and composite cables - Using several different disc drives I'm running out of ideas, this issue seems pretty weird to me since the same files work on an HDD and the SSD loads a dashboard just fine after the eject/soft-reboot. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears.

Hi Sorry, google translation. I have a specific xbox, it is a v1.3 to do tests and tricks. It has a modchip and it is possible to turn it on off with a switch. Testing with a cheap aliexpress ssd, a situation that I had never seen before appeared. In PAL, no exploit starts, whether NDURE is from whoever the installation is from, whether it is from the official NDURE 3.1 installer, like Rocky5, like Hexen, Crayzie, etc. As the old UXE doesn't work either. Always black screen. But instead I plug in the chip and switch to NTSC and all the softmods work perfectly. If you install a mechanical HDD it works perfect in both PAL and NTSC Is this problem from this specific SDD? Or does it happen to all SDD's? It's what has me intrigued. Right now I don't have any other SDD to test. Lo siento, traducción de google. Tengo una xbox en concreto, es una v1.3 para hacer pruebas y perrerías. lleva modchip y es posible hacer on off con un interruptor. Haciendo pruebas con un ssd barato de aliexpress, me ha aparecido una situación que jamás había visto antes. En PAL no arranca ningún exploit, tanto NDURE sea de quien sea la instalación, tanta sea del instalador oficial NDURE 3.1, como Rocky5, como Hexen, Crayzie, etc. Como tampoco funciona el antiguo UXE. Siempre pantalla negra. Pero en cambio, conecto el chip y cambio a NTSC y todos los softmod funcionan perfectamente. Si instala un HDD mecánico funciona perfecto tanto en PAL como en NTSC Este problema es de este SDD en concreto? o le pasa a todos los SDD's? Es l oque me tiene intrigado. Ahora mismo no dispongo de ningun otro SDD para hacer pruebas.

Okay, firstly this is not a problem with Rocky's code per se, it's a problem with the XBMC code going back 18 years when the issue first appeared. I did flag it at the time and a few other softmod users on the forums (XBMC and Xbox-scene) did too. Full debug logs were provided but Gemini's dev Xbox was messed up after a RAM replacement so he couldn't test it. I ended up fixing it myself and did so into 2010 until I switched fully over to Xbox 360 and PS3. I've only recently started using my Xbox again to discover the bug still exists in new XBMC iterations. This bug only affects softmods patching kernels from the Conexant and Focus video encoder machines. So if you have a 1.6 (Xcalibur encoder) this won't affect you as Rocky has added some code which makes v1.6's work perfect with Cherry's eeprom-safe video-mode patch code on a softmodded 1.6 (it never used to). The code for the pre v1.6 kernels seems to screw up after a soft reboot. Also the bug doesn't affect using BFM bioses on a softmod, or if you compiled NKPatcher to do a 'full reboot' rather than a 'reboot to dash'. Here's how to reproduce the bug: Make sure sure you have enabled 'Enable video mode switching' in the XBMC4Gamers menu as we're going to boot at 50hz only game on an NTSC machine (or PAL machine set to NTSC) and vice versa ( a PAL machine booting an NTSC game), then repeat the boot process. Leave the 'For 60hz games' setting to 'Use NTSC-M & NTSC-J'. On an NTSC machine navigate to a 50hz only game (like Sensible Soccer 2006, SCAR or one of those Club Football games) and press 'white'. Make sure it it says 'Launch PAL' (if not select 'Launch in..', then select PAL). The game will launch fine in 576i. Now do an IGR back to dash. Now try to launch the game again (or any other 50hz only game). It will display a black screen and a rapidly expanding log file in XBMC that reads something like this (debug): 22:01:19 M: 44838912 NOTICE: Unmapped drive D 22:01:19 M: 44838912 NOTICE: Mapping drive D to Harddisk0\Partition6\Games\Scar - Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo (Pal) 22:01:19 M: 44838912 INFO: Mounting Harddisk0\Partition6\Games\Scar - Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo (Pal) as D: 22:01:19 M: 44838912 INFO: Launching xbe:d:\default.xbe 22:01:19 M: 44838912 DEBUG: Forcing video mode: 3 22:01:19 M: 44847104 ERROR: exception in CApplication::FrameMove() 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 NOTICE: unload sections 22:01:19 M: 44847104 NOTICE: application stopped... 22:01:19 M: 44847104 NOTICE: Running the application... 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist 22:01:19 M: 44847104 NOTICE: unload sections 22:01:19 M: 44847104 NOTICE: application stopped... 22:01:19 M: 44847104 NOTICE: Running the application... etc.. etc... (constantly looping) You have to power off and run the game from a fresh boot. To test the bug on a PAL machine (not a PAL machine set to NTSC) booting an NTSC game, again make sure you have enabled 'Enable video mode switching' in the menu. Select an NTSC only version of a game. We'll use the US version of Halo.. Navigate to the game and press 'white'. Make sure it it says 'Launch NTSC' (if not select 'Launch in..', then select NTSC). The game will launch fine. Now do an IGR back to dash. Now try to launch Halo again (or any other NTSC game). It will display a black screen and again a rapidly expanding log file: 20:41:33 M: 48623616 NOTICE: Unmapped drive D 20:41:33 M: 48623616 NOTICE: Mapping drive D to Harddisk0\Partition6\Games\Halo Combat Evolved (Usa) 20:41:33 M: 48623616 INFO: Mounting Harddisk0\Partition6\Games\Halo Combat Evolved (Usa) as D: 20:41:33 M: 48623616 INFO: Launching xbe:d:\default.xbe 20:41:33 M: 48623616 DEBUG: Forcing video mode: 1 20:41:33 M: 48652288 ERROR: exception in CApplication::FrameMove() 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 NOTICE: unload sections 20:41:33 M: 48652288 NOTICE: application stopped... 20:41:33 M: 48652288 NOTICE: Running the application... 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:41:33 M: 48652288 NOTICE: unload sections 20:41:33 M: 48652288 NOTICE: application stopped... 20:41:33 M: 48652288 NOTICE: Running the application... etc.. etc... (constantly looping) Same process using US/NTSC version of Broken Sword on a PAL machine, but testing PAL-60 instead. Works first boot, then after soft reset and loading the game again, black screen: 20:47:25 M: 47874048 NOTICE: Unmapped drive D 20:47:25 M: 47874048 NOTICE: Mapping drive D to Harddisk0\Partition6\Games\Broken Sword - The Sleeping Dragon (Usa) 20:47:25 M: 47874048 INFO: Mounting Harddisk0\Partition6\Games\Broken Sword - The Sleeping Dragon (Usa) as D: 20:47:25 M: 47874048 INFO: Launching xbe:d:\default.xbe 20:47:25 M: 47874048 DEBUG: Forcing video mode: 4 20:47:25 M: 47882240 ERROR: exception in CApplication::FrameMove() 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 NOTICE: unload sections 20:47:25 M: 47882240 NOTICE: application stopped... 20:47:25 M: 47882240 NOTICE: Running the application... 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist 20:47:25 M: 47882240 NOTICE: unload sections 20:47:25 M: 47882240 NOTICE: application stopped... 20:47:25 M: 47882240 NOTICE: Running the application... etc.. etc... (constantly looping) The current ways to negate this are: After you've run one PAL 50hz game (or pure NTSC game for PAL users) and rebooted back to dash, do a 'Reboot' from the XBMC4Gamers options menu (black button). Now the game will work fine. Another way is to recompile your NKPatcher like so: %define IGR ; %define IGR_TO_DASHBOARD %define IGR_FULL_REBOOT ; %define IGR_MASTER_PORT 0 Bear in mind this will auto detach any ISO you may have mounted when you do an In-Game-reset, so you won't be able to browse any mounted virtual discs. Also, this method means each IGR does a full reboot, so it will take longer to get back into XBMC4Gamers. Or you can use the linked xbe which fixes these issues on pre v1.6 kernels. I modified and compiled from Rocky's latest sources for his v2.0.004 release. Just overwrite the 'default.xbe' in the XBMC4Gamers folder and power cycle your Xbox (you need to power cycle as XBMC caches itself to a virtual drive). XBMC4Gamers 2.0.004 default.xbe fix

Ok, so usually I avoid softmod as like the plague. However, my mate has a 1.6 that he just refuses to let me add a chip too. He has a working rocky5 setup but keeps asking about using Cerbios. I keep telling him the easiest way is with a chip but back to point one lol. Is there a way to make Rocky’s softmod load into the BFM Cerbios? I think it’s possible but with th shadow c etc I’m not 100% about how it would be done. As I said softmods ain’t my usual thing Any ideas from any of you softmod gurus??

Hi everyone, new to the scene and the OG Xbox in general (had a 360 and One for many years). Bought an OG Xbox a few years ago for cheap to play some og Xbox exclusive games that are either not backwards compatible or are buggy on the 360's software emulation. I got as far as softmodding it to Rocky's v1.1.6 (this was in end of 2019 when I did this). Then I burnt the extras disc and my Xbox wouldn't read it. Then left the Xbox as is and did some other hobbies and life happened and put the Xbox in a closet for four years. Recently pulled it out and want to continue where I left off. My main goal is to upgrade the HDD to copy my games to the hard drive and play off it. To do this I need the extras disc to get Chimp onto my xbox. My Samsung drive, while sometimes is reluctant to eject the disc unless there is a disc inside, reads the games just fine. However when I burn the extras disc using Img burn (4x speed is the lowest I can go), using either the iso from Rocky's GitHub or the "Build XISO"bat file, nothing seems to work. So discs I tried where Staples CD-RW and Staples DVD-RW. Both of these where pretty scratches. So then I tried three times with Verbatim CD-Rs, flawless discs brand new no scratches, the Xbox still will not read the disc. Again, it's the Samsung Drive so it should be able to read CD-R. My next step is to buy a Verbatim DVD-R, Staples has a pack of 5 for $5.99. If that doesn't work the only way to do it would be I guess to FTP. Was wondering if a USB would work as well. Lost the generic 4gb 2.0.usb I used four years ago to softmod but ordered another one from eBay should arrive within a couple of weeks. But why is the extras disc giving me so much trouble? Can anyone chime in what I could be doing wrong? I also forgot to mention, I have a 1.6 Xbox produced in May 2005, TSOP is not an option, and I am not confident in my soldering abilities to install a mod chip hence the softmod.

Hey guys. So I'm working on a softmod and I wanted to try the dual boot with different dashes, and controlling the boots with eject and power. Any help would be much appreciated.

I have a console that a softmod was attempted on and for some reason failed. I happened to use the softmod installer included in the @sweetdarkdestiny TSOP tool. However, I have no reason to actually believe that there is any problem with it, since @Mittyoz had the same problem here: And used a different source for the softmod files. I feel that we may have used some odd, unlikely combination of files with the softmod installer or that there may be something up with our consoles in particular. Admittedly, Mitty did attempt to do a softmod and TSOP on top of each other, but his failure happened before he even TSOPd so I don't think it has anything to do with that. I am scratching my head and trying to figure out what this could be. Basically, The console boots and shows the animation. Once the dash is supposed to load, the console boots to a black screen. The Status LED is orange, there is no sound, no discs will boot and I am not entirely sure how to tell if an FTP server is running and to check if any dash is running that way. I have attempted to research the problem, but no threads or reddit posts end up with a solid solution. I think I saw a couple where people just gave up and hardmodded. lol. @Rocky5 If you would be willing to lend your experience and knowledge here, I would very, very much appreciate it. It will help me and others resolve this issue in the future!

Howdy! Long time follower of the forums and this is my first post ever on the site. Finally got me a modded original NTSC Xbox from eBay after years of not owning one. Loving it! Mostly playing Halo2 on XLinkKai. My only issue with it is that who ever modded it and sold it to me on eBay removed the iconic classic flubber intro boot, all it has is just this blame and dull blue Xbox logo during boot and nothing else. Looking to see if there is anyway I can get the flubber screen back? I know it's something to do with the BIOS, just haven't found any leads in what to do and all the information i used to frequent back in the day on isozone is gone and anything I find is obscure with no clear information or instructions and I'm afraid to mess anything up with out some kind guidance on the procedure. I'd really appreciate the help or any kind lead. Thanks in advance!

Everytime i try to get insignia on my xbox it says it can't connect to the server than i go the troubleshooting and it says that the DNS can't be resolved i am running the connection from a bridged connection on my pc could that be causing it?

My set up; PAL OGxbox, softmodded and updated with Rocky5's Tools Disk (PAL Splinter Cell), 2TB HDD cloned using chimp from original drive, UnleashX, clock cap removed (but not replaced), component cables, OSSC on default settings. My issue is very frustrating, the xbox boots correctly I can see and use the UnleashX dash and FTP without problems. Upon loading almost all games, the game will run and load but I lose video signal, my component cable also has AUX red and white cables for sound that go into my sound system. The games load and DO play sound but still don't get a video signal. I've tried various video settings in UnleashX video settings, a clean install of unleashX from Rocky5's Tools Disk, installing the original IDE HDD, changing the language on the original MSdash from English to something else and back again, all with the same results. Even more frustrating is that even with PAL retail disks the results are the same either in the UnleashX dash and MSdash. I've tried changing my xbox to NTSC region, using both NXpatcher and Enigmah but then I just lose video signal all together and have to remember button presses to navigate the menu's in order to switch it back to PAL. Occasionally the xbox fails to boot or reload UnleashX dash and shows flashing RED and GREEN LED, turning the xbox on and off again resolves this but this isn't often. Games that I've tried that do work are HALO: Combat Evolved (both disk and HDD), 007 Nightfire from HDD, F1 2001 from HDD. Games definitely not working Burnout 3 Takedown, Black both form HDD and retail PAL disks. I also have a RGB SCART available used with the OSSC, this also loses video signal when game loads except theres no sound as there aren't AUX sound cables with this. Previous to all this happening it was working fine, I've been at this for two weeks, any help would totally be appreciated it.

Hello all, I need some assistance. I was trying to softmod a few xbox's I got laying around here. One has a ton of update and DLC data on it I want to contribute back. That all being said, I used one of the consoles that didn't have much data on it. I then used the Splinter Cell NTSC game. It worked and loaded up the softmod tool, I pressed A. It gave a generic error and asked me to choose NTSC or PAL, I chose NTSC. The script continued, appeared to backup the EEPROM, modify C Partition, etc. at the end, it says "See that was painless go ahead and reboot" annnnnnnnnnd.....pain. Only boots to an error 13 or 14 So, could I take this drive, hook it up to FATxplorer, unlock the drive with null or 1111's, grab the legit hdd key from the E: partition, then lock the drive using the correct key. Then can I use FATxplorer to rebuild the dashboard/C partition somehow? From what I can tell from YT vids, when it rebooted, it looks like a script should have ran and that never happened, just errors 13 or 14 and nothing boots (real discs or burnt ones). I do have access to one softmodded xbox if that helps me to solve this... Regards, PHX-Sisko

Hello everyone, I am beginner for Xbox system, because my XBOX can no longer use DVD, so only can use hot-swapping method to do softmod. So, I will buy some transfer parts, like IDE to USB connector. By the way. Could you please teach me the procedure for this method? (hot swapping) Thanks a lot!

I'm trying to softmod an old OG Xbox by doing a hotswap (since the DVD drive can't read games) on the original 8GB WD harddrive. I'm using "Amazon's Choice" usb adapter for whatever that's worth. Inateck USB 3.0 to IDE/SATA External Hard Drive Reader Applicable to 2.5"/3.5" HDD/SSD, with 12V/2A Power Supply, SA03001 https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-External-Reader-Applicable-SA03001/dp/B08BNPXSJ9 I can't tell if a) this adapter isn't supported or b) I'm not getting lucky (timing wise) with the hotswap keeping the drive unlocked. Any help is appreciated! If I use USB View it shows the device as: Loc[124] DeviceConnected: USB Mass Storage Device Device Descriptor: bcdUSB: 0x0300 bDeviceClass: 0x00 bDeviceSubClass: 0x00 bDeviceProtocol: 0x00 bMaxPacketSize0: 0x09 (9) idVendor: 0x1F75 idProduct: 0x0611 bcdDevice: 0x0006 iManufacturer: 0x04 0x0409: " When I try to see the device in FATXPlorer I get the following log: =====FATXplorer v3.0.0.24789 64-bit (x64) Log File START===== Runtime: .NET 7.0.3 OS Fingerprint: 3047bb3539608b94e41b5d78e5d1bc137edd101800e5ae889a3164cec688de07 [3/11/2023 4:19:13 PM] [Startup] FATXplorer is starting... [3/11/2023 4:19:13 PM] [Startup] MainForm initializing... [3/11/2023 4:19:13 PM] [Driver] Driver v22.0.8464.0 is installed and available. [3/11/2023 4:19:13 PM] [Startup] MainForm initialized. [3/11/2023 4:19:14 PM] [Startup] Startup complete, searching for devices... [3/11/2023 4:19:14 PM] [Device Detection] Search for devices starting [3/11/2023 4:19:14 PM] [Startup] FATXplorer is up to date. [3/11/2023 4:19:19 PM] [Device Detection] Found SCSI device "NVMe KXG70ZNV1T02 NVMe KIOXIA 1024GB" @ "\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0" [3/11/2023 4:20:27 PM] [Device Detection] -OS disk, skipping [3/11/2023 4:20:27 PM] [Device Detection] Found USB device "WDC WD80 EB-28CGH1 USB Device" @ "\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1" [3/11/2023 4:21:21 PM] [Device Detection] --Device doesn't support SMART [3/11/2023 4:21:21 PM] [Device Detection] -Checking security status... [3/11/2023 4:21:29 PM] [Device Detection] --Failed to check this device's security status, details: pd1: Unable to read USB device ID [3/11/2023 4:21:29 PM] [Device Detection] -Checking this device for HDD and MU storage... [3/11/2023 4:21:44 PM] [Device Detection] Device detection read failed at position 0x0000000000000000: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. : '\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1' [3/11/2023 4:21:48 PM] [Device Detection] Device detection read failed at position 0x00000000007FF000: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. : '\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1' [3/11/2023 4:21:52 PM] [Device Detection] Device detection read failed at position 0x0000000020E30000: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. : '\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1' [3/11/2023 4:21:56 PM] [Device Detection] Device detection read failed at position 0x0000000130EB0000: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. : '\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1' [3/11/2023 4:22:00 PM] [Device Detection] Device detection read failed at position 0x00000000ABE80000: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. : '\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1' [3/11/2023 4:22:00 PM] [Device Detection] --Sector Format: N/A [3/11/2023 4:22:00 PM] [Device Detection] --Health: Healthy [3/11/2023 4:22:00 PM] [Device Detection] --Couldn't find any HDD or MU storage on this device [3/11/2023 4:22:00 PM] [Device Detection] -Finished checking this device for HDD and MU storage [3/11/2023 4:22:00 PM] [Device Detection] -Checking this device for Xbox 360 USB storage... [3/11/2023 4:22:41 PM] [Device Detection] --This device doesn't have any partitions [3/11/2023 4:22:41 PM] [Device Detection] -Finished checking this device for Xbox 360 USB storage [3/11/2023 4:22:41 PM] [Device Detection] -Finished with this device [3/11/2023 4:22:41 PM] [Device Detection] Search finished in 206.7 seconds

Hello!I am trying to softmod my original xbox.I tried to do it using this clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbSb7BFRQNo I did everything in the video correctly.So the problem is:I dont have ide ports on my motherboard so i tried using ide to sata adapter and when i plug it in my pc and turn it on,it shows in disk management as not initalized,but when i tried to use xplorer 360 it says could not find fatx drive.I tried with 2 hot swap techincs,setting compatibility to win xp sp3,running it as administrator,tried different programs.But nothing works.I dont have xbox friendly usb drive and i also dont have any game that has save game exploits.Sorry for bad english.

I've got 4 Xboxes I've softmodded for my family using Rocky's softmod tool, and I nulled the keys as well during that process (all zeros, but will soon upgrade to all ones to be compatible with Insignia - hopefully its an easy process to upgrade the softmod dashboard/tool). I currently have a larger drive in one of them that has the dashboard, emulators, and games set up just the way I want it. I want to put larger hard drives in the other three and have all four be the exact same setup. Rather than cloning the stock hard drive to a larger drive during the upgrade process and then spending the lengthy time FTPing over the hundreds of MB's of data with the data rate transmission limitations and drop outs inherent with FTP, since all the XBOX's have nulled keys I was planning on just taking the larger drive I've already set up and cloning it 3 times - and then putting those cloned drives into the other 3 xboxes. Much simpler and quicker. However, with Insignia needing the Serial Number, HDD Key, and Online Key for each Xbox would cloning a hard drive from one xbox and putting that newly created hard drive into another xbox change the way the serial number or online key is read in the "newly upgraded" Xbox and make it incompatible with Insignia? Or does it not matter as it will just pull the serial number and online key from the mobo and doing what I described above will still be compatible with Insignia? Thanks all!

https://youtu.be/5V48rYfqE6E This guide is a start to finish how to softmod a xbox (upgrade a softmodeded hdd too) and also how to TSOP flash any xbox (excluding mb v1.6) including flashing winbond & sharp tsop chips. All the files needed are included in the video description. I DIDNT MAKE ANY OF THE TOOLS FULL CREDITS GO TO THE DEVS, I just collected them all in one place.

Hello! Guys! Glad to be here. First, i Need to apologize in advance for my broken english. Now to business. Guys! i really to know if we have a guide to noobs, how to buy a good xbox, to change or upgrade hard drives and how to install it and what to install in to the system. My intention here is to compile and create a definitive guide (Step by Step) to mod the proper way with the greatests dashboards, tools, emulators and games. If someone knows where to find some of this tutoriais, please help me out, me and brazilians gamers will be greatful.

Hi all, I tried searching but didn't see this exact question. I have an old softmodded (10 years ago?) v1.6 XBOX that I tried to install an Aladdin XT+2 on so I could double the RAM. Long story short, I think I borked that motherboard and it won't boot now. I've gotten a replacement v1.4 XBOX and correctly installed the Aladdin and gotten it to boot properly to EvoX. Is there a way I can transfer my modded HDD from the 1.6 to my 1.4 with the Aladdin? I had XBMC and a lot of apps installed so would prefer not to start from scratch. Thanks!

Hello there! I bought myself a soft modded original Xbox and also found out you could make it look like the 360 blades with XBMC and MC360, now I also know I want to use XLink Kai and when Insignia launches for the console, I wanted to do that as well but I also know MC360 probably won’t work for that since it’s not been updated in years from what I’ve read on forums. I guess to shorten all of this up, am I overwriting my Rocky5 softmod with XBMC or MC360? Or would I be able to just switch back and forth between all the dashboards I want? Any help is greatly appreciated! (: