What mod is this?

[sweetdarkdestiny]

Just now, Bowlsnapper said:

Because it's the newest version of Cerbios AND I use UDMA-6. So I put that on there manually. But that's just me.

Fair enough. How ever, there is a reason not to flash a higher UDMA as UDMA2 mode to a TSOP (EVEN Cerb has the save mode). 

[Bowlsnapper]

Just now, sweetdarkdestiny said:

Fair enough. How ever, there is a reason not to flash a higher UDMA as UDMA2 mode to a TSOP (EVEN Cerb has the save mode). 

Yes. I figure if I ever have a problem with the 6, I can just use the Safe Mode and flash the UDMA 5 bios with XBlast.

[amxcs]

18 hours ago, KaosEngineer said:

The Flash BIOS menu option is in the Advanced menu to the right.

I put in a hard drive, but again there are no options other than to boot a linux disk.
Anyway, I hot swapped the chip onto another modchip console and flashed it.
Thanks everyone for your help.

16 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:

So please do not add a softmod file structure to your HDD. I don't even know how that would be done since you have no HDD and can't run the softmod installer anyway. A new HDD would be blank.

With dumped EEPROM and PC.

 

 

Now to ask, I found an old hard drive that was in the xbox and it was locked (forgot to unlock it). I keep the EEPROM or HDD key. Is there a way to unlock it without a computer - in the modchip console?

[KaosEngineer]

5 hours ago, amxcs said:

Now to ask, I found an old hard drive that was in the xbox and it was locked (forgot to unlock it). I keep the EEPROM or HDD key. Is there a way to unlock it without a computer - in the modchip console?

Yes, Chimp 261812.  Upload the eeprom.bin file for the Xbox this hard drive is from to the Y drive then start Chimp. Connect the DVD drive's IDE connector to the locked hard drive when prompted to swap drives. Use the Slave drive options > Unlock drive menu option 3 for Where is the key source:

1. From Motherboard
2. From /tmp/eeprom.bin
3. From Xbox HD Y:\eeprom.bin
4. From Master password:XBOXSCENE
5. From Master password:TEAMASSEMBLY
6. From /tmp/hddkey.txt
7. Go back

If the hard drive is from this Xbox, locked using this motherboard's configuration EEPROM's HDKey, you can also use option 1 - From Motherboard.

[amxcs]

Thanks!

[amxcs]

What is the difference?
What is the other chip on the aladdin board - LC4032V?

[KaosEngineer]

3 hours ago, amxcs said:

What is the difference?
What is the other chip on the aladdin board - LC4032V?

There's a difference in the LPC-connected flash memory chips: SST49LF020 vs SST49LF020A.

The 020A fixes an addressing bug present in the 020 that allowed it to load the BIOS from the 4 different 256KB banks which the Xbox uses  

IIRC, the CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device) - the LC4032V - is used for additional features; modchip enable/disable, HDD activity; and allows access to the SST49LF020A - data addressing bug fixed - from the Xbox to load the BIOS and stored data from the 256KB flash memory chip.

[amxcs]

I made a PCB. Single-layer homemade.
I am attaching the file (Sprint Layout) if anyone wants to make it.

 

XBOX.lay6

[kowalczyk.marcin]

On 11/2/2023 at 2:32 PM, ChriZz said:

Small addition, I have exactly the same mod chip here. I think it's better than Aladdin. In the picture on the left is the chip from a console from Evilbay and on the right is the one I built myself.

What kind of pcb did you use?