Shadow07 Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) So I TSOPed my Xbox and spent days building my setup, ripping games etc. I got a little too confident and tried to do a ram upgrade and trashed my motherboard. I’m planning to TSOP another Xbox and want to just stick this HDD in it so I can pick up where I left off before the fatal ram upgrade attempt. I’d like to think I had the foresight to keep the drive unlocked but I’m not sure if I did or not. Is there any guidance on how to best accomplish this? Edited November 24, 2019 by Shadow07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 If you left the drive unlocked, install the old Xbox's upgraded hard drive into the new Xbox after TSOP modding it. Easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 If you didn't lock the drive you can swap it to the new Flashed/Chipped Xbox. If the drive is locked you need the drive key from the old Xbox's EEprom. If you can't get that or don't have that you have a paper weight. The 1st thing I do after Flashing /Chipping is unlock the drive for just in case of Motherboard failure as it saves stuffing around reading and writing the EEprom SS Dave Those that can Hard-Mod,Those that can't Soft-Mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, SS_Dave said: If you can't get that or don't have that you have a paper weight. Not completely a paper weight. If locked with ConfigMagic, the MASTER password is TEAMASSEMBLY and it can be unlocked with a wide variety of Xbox or PC tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said: Not completely a paper weight. If locked with ConfigMagic, the MASTER password is TEAMASSEMBLY and it can be unlocked with a wide variety of Xbox or PC tools. Yes it all boils down to who and how the mod was done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow07 Posted November 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 7 hours ago, KaosEngineer said: Not completely a paper weight. If locked with ConfigMagic, the MASTER password is TEAMASSEMBLY and it can be unlocked with a wide variety of Xbox or PC tools. I know the drive was originally formatted using Hexen. Does Hexen have its own master password as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 No, it uses the same tools to lock and unlock the hard drive. If your console is modded with a modchip and you installed a new hard drive, it should be unlocked. Locking it would require you to do so. Back in the heyday of Xbox hacking, tools made by Xbox scene development teams used two different master passwords either TEAMASSEMBLY or XBOXSCENE or left the hard drive manufacturer's default master password. For Western Digital hard drives, it is WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD (32 characters long) For Seagate hard drives, it is usually: Seagate followed by 25 space characters For a list of manufacturer hard drive master passwords see: https://ipv5.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/list-of-hard-disk-ata-master-passwords/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 Have you tried it in a different Xbox? Just try swapping it to a new Xbox with a mod chip if it work your all good to go. SS Dave Those that can Hard-Mod. Those that can't Soft-Mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow07 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 On 11/24/2019 at 12:44 PM, KaosEngineer said: No, it uses the same tools to lock and unlock the hard drive. If your console is modded with a modchip and you installed a new hard drive, it should be unlocked. Locking it would require you to do so. Back in the heyday of Xbox hacking, tools made by Xbox scene development teams used two different master passwords either TEAMASSEMBLY or XBOXSCENE or left the hard drive manufacturer's default master password. For Western Digital hard drives, it is WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD (32 characters long) For Seagate hard drives, it is usually: Seagate followed by 25 space characters For a list of manufacturer hard drive master passwords see: https://ipv5.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/list-of-hard-disk-ata-master-passwords/ Thank you I’ll try the WD pass and see if it works. On 11/24/2019 at 4:38 PM, SS_Dave said: Have you tried it in a different Xbox? Just try swapping it to a new Xbox with a mod chip if it work your all good to go. SS Dave Those that can Hard-Mod. Those that can't Soft-Mod. I’ve got a few stock Xboxes. I’ll get one modded ASAP and hopefully the HDD is unlocked and ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow07 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Sorry to double post: if it is not unlocked, can I use a raspberry Pi and Piiprom to recover the eeprom from the dead mobo and then unlock it using xboxhdm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Shadow07 said: Sorry to double post: if it is not unlocked, can I use a raspberry Pi and Piiprom to recover the eeprom from the dead mobo and then unlock it using xboxhdm? Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow07 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Drive was unlocked! Back in business. Thanks guys. Edited December 2, 2019 by Shadow07 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkIsNotZelda Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 im guessing ram upgrade isn't as easy as it looks as thats something i want to do at some point in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDShadow Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Does it really look that easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, HDShadow said: Does it really look that easy? Yes and no Soldering 400 pins 100 per chip can be a slow job and even when you think there all good the chip can still fail a test due to 1 pin not soldered or a less than hair thickness short. If your going to have a go get some old computers to practice on 1st and in Homer Simpson's words work the internet on the google machine and watch heaps of clips on soldering. My 1st 80 pin micro I changed took over an hour to do 1 chip now 90 minutes for the 4 chips and that's taking my time and testing each chip with Xblast. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It get's the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDShadow Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 I had problems just bridging the two sets of connections needed for the first TSOP I did a few weeks ago. Really messy; the chances of me stuffing up a RAM upgrade are high and I'd guess the same applies to many others whose soldering skills are basic. Ergo for, most people, it not only does not look it easy it is almost guaranteed not going to easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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