Harcroft Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 On 12/9/2023 at 3:10 PM, Bowlsnapper said: Ive done a recovery before on my X3 Box, because it was the same mobo and just a new HDD, but I couldn't do it on the new mobo with a new HDD and I assumed this is why... At the very least I learned that this is why the profile was no longer showing up on the old HDD. I wanted to ask them for more account information because I felt like I was missing something and then I decided it was this that was preventing the recovery and what was responsible for the recovery error I was seeing. You can't do it if the HDD Key and serial are not the originals. It will prevent recovery. Edit: I also had to copy over the Online Key in order for Insignia to communicate with the box. I wrote it into the EEPROM bin and then flashed again with the picoprom. It now connects to Insignia. So for anybody trying to transfer over a HDD with an XBL profile in it to a new machine: HDD Key, Serial Number and Online Key. The you, Cat. Yup that was my bad, sorry. My brain has been mush for the last couple weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, Harcroft said: Yup that was my bad, sorry. My brain has been mush for the last couple weeks. I know how it is! It's all good. Insignia is still new. You're working on it and I appreciate it. XBL wasn't meant for all this anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harcroft Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said: I know how it is! It's all good. Insignia is still new. You're working on it and I appreciate it. XBL wasn't meant for all this anyway No, I knew better. I've helped well over a dozen people un-F$*# their eeproms so they'll work with Insignia. On another note I have 2 of these eeprom programmers and I can't recommend them enough. These are a must have for people with a lot of consoles. Edited December 12, 2023 by Harcroft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, Harcroft said: No, I knew better. I've helped well over a dozen people un-F$*# their eeproms so they'll work with Insignia. On another note I have 2 of these eeprom programmers and I can't recommend them enough. These are a must have for people with a lot of consoles. It saved my ass for a customer and made an almost impossible process possible with relatively little effort. I LOVE my pico. thanks, tomcat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyMaGee Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, Harcroft said: On another note I have 2 of these eeprom programmers and I can't recommend them enough. These are a must have for people with a lot of consoles. Agreed! Mine has been invaluable and the ease of use is so nice. Extremely glad I got one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted December 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 Thank you guys! It was meant to be easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted December 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 For those interested in the HDD password feature (still newly beta feature). The hardest one is WD drives. Those can be seen in this video ( ) Seagates are easier. WARNING: There aren’t any checks to see if input data is valid and will provide a password with data entered. If data isn’t in correct format, the password will be WRONG. I will eventually write a windows program to make making a valid driveinfo.txt. As for now… do not rely on password feature as there is a lot a room for error and it has only been tested on my hardware and limited testing at that. This is off of memory since I’m out of town and do not have my notes. If wrong, I’ll change after I get home. SEAGATE 1. Make a text file named driveinfo.txt 2. add model number from label 3. Add drive serial number (no spaces between model and serial number.) 4. Save file to epbackup folder on microSD card. 5. Do an EEPROM backup as normal and in the txt file generated… you’ll see HDD Password entry. WESTERN DIGITAL 1. Make a text file named driveinfo.txt 2. add model number from label a. Add “WDC “ (note the space after C) before the model number. 3. Add drive serial number (no spaces between model and serial number.) a. Add “WD-“ before serial number. b. Add null characters to end of serial number to make it 20 characters long. In my video… my serial number (including the WD-) was 15 characters, so I added 5 NULL characters. 4. Save file to epbackup folder on microSD card. 5. Do an EEPROM backup as normal and in the txt file generated… you’ll see HDD Password entry. Enjoy and give feedback if it worked or not @gehx@Bowlsnapper@FrostyMaGee@Harcroft 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 https://vxtwitter.com/dtomcat/status/1740533048163336644?s=46&t=9Ks-lWRGXCwsmOy16I0-HQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted December 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 Sneak peek at firmware 2.0. @Bowlsnapper will be helpful to you if you get those HDDs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 now working on all Seagates (slim and rubber) now to clean up the code 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 On 12/31/2023 at 10:57 AM, Dtomcat18 said: Sneak peek at firmware 2.0. @Bowlsnapper will be helpful to you if you get those HDDs If you could put me in contact with the guy, I will pick them up. I can't find his post. 2 hours ago, Dtomcat18 said: now working on all Seagates (slim and rubber) now to clean up the code Nice work, my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyMaGee Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 4 minutes ago, Thairanny said: Am I still able to buy a picoPromSD? It sounds cool I want one It’s definitely a valuable tool to have! I’ve used mine multiple times. Worth it and very quick and easy to use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 Send me a message on here. I'll message you back when I have more made (soon) they are 50% completed... but I stopped building them as I'm making really nice changes to the firmware 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehx Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 I'm having a really hard time dumping the EEPROM info on a 1.0 box. I have no idea why it won't dump the data? It's not writing any info to the microsd card...and the red led is the last to light up and stays lit. The console boots but there's an issue w/ the HDD so it won't boot w/ the original HDD attached. Might I not be aligning the pins on the pogo adapter up correctly? I'm making sure the pins are aligned from the front to the back (the way you did it in the youtube vid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 no info to SD card.... sounds like an SD card problem. Is it Fat32 formatted? If so... try another card (different manufacturer)... I've had a report of one card type not working... don't remember which brand 2 minutes ago, gehx said: I'm having a really hard time dumping the EEPROM info on a 1.0 box. I have no idea why it won't dump the data? It's not writing any info to the microsd card...and the red led is the last to light up and stays lit. The console boots but there's an issue w/ the HDD so it won't boot w/ the original HDD attached. Might I not be aligning the pins on the pogo adapter up correctly? I'm making sure the pins are aligned from the front to the back (the way you did it in the youtube vid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 New Firmware is almost ready Preview: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 13 minutes ago, gehx said: I'm having a really hard time dumping the EEPROM info on a 1.0 box. I have no idea why it won't dump the data? It's not writing any info to the microsd card...and the red led is the last to light up and stays lit. The console boots but there's an issue w/ the HDD so it won't boot w/ the original HDD attached. Might I not be aligning the pins on the pogo adapter up correctly? I'm making sure the pins are aligned from the front to the back (the way you did it in the youtube vid). Maybe try the firmware with the 5 second delay? I had problems until I switched to that. It was trying to pull too soon before the EEPROM was ready. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xRSt3tDyy2iW5KY_07mgxoYGst4uto8o/view?usp=drive_link If you are using the "ND" firmware, try this one instead. Have the reader hooked up to the LPC and then power on the console. The firmware will have the unit wait 5 seconds before attepmting to do anything. Like Tomcat said, make sure the back pins are making contact. @Dtomcat18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Uses these pins 9 minutes ago, gehx said: I'm having a really hard time dumping the EEPROM info on a 1.0 box. I have no idea why it won't dump the data? It's not writing any info to the microsd card...and the red led is the last to light up and stays lit. The console boots but there's an issue w/ the HDD so it won't boot w/ the original HDD attached. Might I not be aligning the pins on the pogo adapter up correctly? I'm making sure the pins are aligned from the front to the back (the way you did it in the youtube vid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehx Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 I tried with a -nd firmware, the card is formatted as fat32 and am getting this output: PicoPromSD ==================== == Version: 1.3b == ==================== Trying to communicate with Xbox EEPROM... ********************************************* Error - EEPROM not detected. Please check wires and ensure Xbox is on ********************************************* Picoprom isn't detecting the xbox...i was able to extract the info from a 1.6 a couple weeks ago w/o any issues...idk what I'm doing wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, gehx said: I tried with a -nd firmware, the card is formatted as fat32 and am getting this output: PicoPromSD ==================== == Version: 1.3b == ==================== Trying to communicate with Xbox EEPROM... ********************************************* Error - EEPROM not detected. Please check wires and ensure Xbox is on ********************************************* Picoprom isn't detecting the xbox...i was able to extract the info from a 1.6 a couple weeks ago w/o any issues...idk what I'm doing wrong... Do not use the ND firmware. I can almost guarantee that is why. I had the same problem. Use the regular firmware with the 5 second delay. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xRSt3tDyy2iW5KY_07mgxoYGst4uto8o/view?usp=drive_link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 That is weird. The board is working. Not sure why nothing is being written to SD card though. It’s passing that check. Try this: turn Xbox leave it sit for 30 secs to min. Put power switch on picoPromSD (PPSD) to USB (no usb attached). Put good pressure on PPSD on LPC. Once you have a good connection, slide power switch in PPSD to LPC and try not to move it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehx Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 I loaded the firmware linked by bowlsnapper and I tried this as you suggested: Quote turn Xbox leave it sit for 30 secs to min. Put power switch on picoPromSD (PPSD) to USB (no usb attached). Put good pressure on PPSD on LPC. Once you have a good connection, slide power switch in PPSD to LPC and try not to move it there must be something I'm doing wrong...all I get is this: PicoPromSD ==================== == Version: 1.3b == ==================== Trying to communicate with Xbox EEPROM... ********************************************* Error - EEPROM not detected. Please check wires and ensure Xbox is on ********************************************* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Is that from SD or terminal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Just now, gehx said: I loaded the firmware linked by bowlsnapper and I tried this as you suggested: there must be something I'm doing wrong...all I get is this: PicoPromSD ==================== == Version: 1.3b == ==================== Trying to communicate with Xbox EEPROM... ********************************************* Error - EEPROM not detected. Please check wires and ensure Xbox is on ********************************************* Okay, Thank you for trying... Are you using the pogo adapter, or a pin header? The only other thing I can think of is that there is a problem with the pogo and it is not connected anymore... but @Dtomcat18has more suggestions than I do. That was really my only one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Since you are having issues booting with HDD… maybe there is an issue with eeprom. Only thing I can suggest is install a pin header so you get a better connection 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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