twoballscrewball Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 Hi all, First post here. Have my soft modded OG xbox that I have had for probably 18 years. Has a 120GB HDD in it, and I use it mostly for Mame at this point. Just last evening, it started doing something very strange. It boots up OK, I get the factory boot animation, "Matrix Inside", etc, but then when it transitions to the EVO-X menu, the screen only updates what looks like a frame every 2 seconds. It will slloooooowly fade in the EVO-X menu, then I can hold "down" on the controller and it will slooooowly move from one menu entry to the next. It's almost unusable. Once I start an app, everything is OK. For example, Mame works fine. It just literally takes 5-10 minutes to get through the menu to start it up. It has been probably 15 years since I have messed with this thing, as far as modifying anything. Anyone have any suggestion as to what might be going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steo1024 Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 I think I recall something like this happening to me in the past. I guess you could try clearing your cache on the E drive and if all else fails, use something like a Hexen DVD to reinstall Evo-X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoballscrewball Posted September 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 So I actually found my old Slayer EVO-X auto installer dvd. I was going to see if I could run it in. I connected a network cable to the thing, and it booted up fine!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been messing with it for 2 days so that is a crazy coincidence, if it is a coincidence at all. Rebooted it a few times and it's good. Pulled the network cable, still good. No idea now, but I guess I'll just be happy its working again I do notice now if I go into the factory system settings from EVO-X, I get a red flashing light and code 21. Maybe the thing is finally on it's way out Will be a sad day if that happens.... Thanks for the reply Steo1024, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steo1024 Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 Error 21 in my experience is from trying to boot into the MS dashboard from the E partition. I know I had the same issue as you before with the really slow dashboard and it was something simple that fixed it too. I think they're a bit temperamental at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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