Error 16!!! Fixed for me and possibly(?) explained

[flip_flop]

Bit of a necro post but having had error 16 and figuring it out the hard way...I came to the same result and,I  think, at least in my case, I have found something that appears to be an explanation and fits my issues.

Googling further to find more on various Xbox error codes I found myself at this post. Being inexperienced in more than softmodding my own box and upgrading it's drive, I've never tried to just repair a random box, but I intend to do more  this place seems perfect!

Bit of a tale to this one... I bought a faulty xbox. Turned out it was chipped (super aladdin live) and the box was throwing all sorts of errors. 

Removing the chip completely got to a new error. The drive (upgraded) was not locked. Being once hardmodded that made sense.

 

I needed to lock it.. but how? Found I could get the eeprom from the Xbox by soldering a few wires to the Xbox and dumping it using my raspberry pi. Great success.

Finally got fat Xplorer to detect my drive, formatted it as standard Xbox drive and locked it.

Booted up, all looked good. Then, error 16!

This was a very new code! I found with some googling that this is is due to the system clock being unset. (could be wrong but leads to correct results and seems dashboard related)

The box tried to boot the Microsoft dash to set this Even trying to boot a game failed. (On my other softmod box I could always boot discs regardless of the HDD state as long as it was there and partitions correct. That's how I would use a burned dvd to rebuild it..)

 

Retracing my steps I realised my error. My drive was blank!! I placed all the stock files on the drive and tried again. 

 

All sorted  Xbox booted and asked me to set the date and time. I'm waiting on a programmer for the aladdin flash chip. My hunch is Someone tried to update their chip and broke it? Unlocked HDD leading to soft brick as no way of using default bios? 

 

 

 

Edited 8 minutes ago by flip_flop
Further info and typos. OCD, ADHD edit. Last one. Sorry if this is all common knowledge now but I was pleased to bring this box back from the dead. Getting the eeprom dump.. whoever found that i2c connection. Genius

Edited May 1 by flip_flop
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[MadMartigan]

This is a wonderful post. Thank you for moving it here for others to find more easily. 
 

Edit: I didn’t get down to where you said you solved it on the other thread. This fits even better here now as a single thread. Nobody has to sift through comments. Again, great post 

Edited May 1 by MadMartigan

[Bowlsnapper]

4 minutes ago, flip_flop said:

Bit of a necro post but having had error 16 and figuring it out the hard way...I came to the same result and,I  think, at least in my case, I have found something that appears to be an explanation and fits my issues. On my other softmod box I could always boot discs regardless of the HDD state as long as it was there and partitions correct. That's how I would use a burned dvd to rebuild it..

Googling further to find more on various Xbox error codes I found myself at this post. Being inexperienced in more than softmodding my own box and upgrading it's drive, I've never tried to just repair a random box, but I intend to do more  this place seems perfect!

Bit of a tale to this one... I bought a faulty xbox. Turned out it was chipped (super aladdin live) and the box was throwing all sorts of errors. 

Removing the chip completely got to a new error. The drive (upgraded) was not locked. Being once hardmodded that made sense.

 

I needed to lock it.. but how? Found I could get the eeprom from the Xbox by soldering a few wires to the Xbox and dumping it using my raspberry pi. Great success.

Finally got fat Xplorer to detect my drive, formatted it as standard Xbox drive and locked it.

Booted up, all looked good. Then, error 16!

This was a very new code! I found with some googling that this is is due to the system clock being unset. (could be wrong but leads to correct results and seems dashboard related)

The box tried to boot the Microsoft dash to set this Even trying to boot a game failed.

 

Retracing my steps I realised my error. My drive was blank!! I placed all the stock files on the drive and tried again. 

 

All sorted  Xbox booted and asked me to set the date and time. I'm waiting on a programmer for the aladdin flash chip. My hunch is Someone tried to update their chip and broke it? Unlocked HDD leading to soft brick as no way of using default bios? 

 

 

 

Edited 8 minutes ago by flip_flop
Further info and typos. OCD, ADHD edit. Last one. Sorry if this is all common knowledge now but I was pleased to bring this box back from the dead. Getting the eeprom dump.. whoever found that i2c connection. Genius

Reading how you went through all the steps to get everything taken care of, step-by-step, I was impressed. You know ho to diagnose and treat issues. I honestly would not have an Aladdin that had to be programmed externally. If you're getting a programmer, you may as well get the rest of the programming gear necessary to change it into an XBlast. SST and flashcatUSB to JTAG the CPLD. Or just get an XBlast Aladdin, really. The cheapest chip there is that's worth a damn.

[flip_flop]

Wow, thank you for the kind words and advice.

I'm glad it was appreciated!

As soon as I started reading the thread I knew I wanted to join! Here's to more fixed xboxs!

Edited May 1 by flip_flop

[MadMartigan]

Welcome to the forums and we hope you stick around.