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Hi there, I've bought a crystal OG Xbox (which is in amazing condition), but unfortunately it won't launch any games or apps that stored on its hdd. It has got what looks like an Xecuter 2.6 or 2.6CE modchip. The console launches into UnleashX on either bank, with Xecuter 2.6 However, it won't launch any of the games which have been copied to the HDD. A splash screens appears (Xbox logo + game title), goes fuzzy momentarily, the same splash screen appears off-centre, and it returns to the Unleash menu The box won't run discs (official games, or Ogxbox installer discs) when in unleashx Won't launch official discs from msdash when chip is disabled Won't run most applications from Unleashx and also returns to the main Unleashx menu after (though it will run some bios apps, XCAT etc.) All the above turn the power LED on the Xbox red So, what to do, please? Do I need to reflash the modchip (after backing up the EEPROM)? Would flashing Cerbios, using Xblast, via FTP be best? Or could something else be the cause? And/or do I need to replace the DVD drive? I have been running XCAT on it today, maybe there will be something interesting on it. Many thanks!

So there are some things I'm trying to figure out and having a hard time with, due to old, contradictory, or lack of info out there, and I'd greatly appreciate any thoughts. For reference, I have one each of v1.0 and v1.1, both with Xecuter 2.6 Lite chips. If caps require replacement (not the clock cap), are there any known to have special requirements for ripple or ESR? I'm thinking regular polymer electrolytic caps from Rubycon or Nichicon would be fine? Is there any reason to use FlashBIOS instead of XBlast? Assuming they're both stable, it looks like XBlast outright has more features. Are the FlashBIOS/XBlast web flashing interfaces reasonably safe to use? Without exploitable games or an Xbox/USB adapter, would the best way to TSOP flash a modchipped Xbox involve FTP backup of C&E, mod the backup with ndure, FTP it back to the Xbox, and turn off the modchip, then flash TSOP from the softmod dash? Can Xblast be flashed to TSOP safely? I've seen posts arguing both ways. If it can, could Xblast on TSOP be used to flash a modchip, if the chip is turned on after booting?