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It's a good place for this topic. I'm new to XBox modding, but found a page that explains the LED errors: https://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-163.html#xboxerrorcodes5

Also, I know it's unlikely since the cable works and you get the flubber, but the orange light can point to a fault in the AV cable.

This is one of the EEPROMs I made, and it has slight differences in the last 64 bytes. I recovered those from a corrupt EEPROM backup I made (I wrote my own Arduino EEPROM backup software, which left out a nibble when it copied any zero bytes)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17W6QdWoxXxd6Ghtwt7zlzWIIGoZ7W_fK/view?usp=sharing

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On 3/29/2020 at 5:49 PM, van0014 said:

It's a good place for this topic. I'm new to XBox modding, but found a page that explains the LED errors: https://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-163.html#xboxerrorcodes5

Also, I know it's unlikely since the cable works and you get the flubber, but the orange light can point to a fault in the AV cable.

This is one of the EEPROMs I made, and it has slight differences in the last 64 bytes. I recovered those from a corrupt EEPROM backup I made (I wrote my own Arduino EEPROM backup software, which left out a nibble when it copied any zero bytes)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17W6QdWoxXxd6Ghtwt7zlzWIIGoZ7W_fK/view?usp=sharing

It's definitely not an A/V issue. I have the OEM composite and component cables and all was fine until I accidentally had the mishap in X3 Config Live and rebooted.

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On 3/29/2020 at 5:49 PM, van0014 said:

It's a good place for this topic. I'm new to XBox modding, but found a page that explains the LED errors: https://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-163.html#xboxerrorcodes5

Also, I know it's unlikely since the cable works and you get the flubber, but the orange light can point to a fault in the AV cable.

This is one of the EEPROMs I made, and it has slight differences in the last 64 bytes. I recovered those from a corrupt EEPROM backup I made (I wrote my own Arduino EEPROM backup software, which left out a nibble when it copied any zero bytes)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17W6QdWoxXxd6Ghtwt7zlzWIIGoZ7W_fK/view?usp=sharing

Strange.....LiveInfo won't even open it.

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Sorry about that, that version was an attempt to recover my original EEPROM. It was corrupt in the RC encrypted area. This one works: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SIe6tm1KkU-O4OSD4M2WEJSl57-DwzeS/view?usp=sharing

It has a different set of those last 64 bytes, different to SS_Dave's. I slightly modified all numbers except the confounder, so it's safe to use without being identical to my xbox

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On 3/31/2020 at 9:44 AM, van0014 said:

Sorry about that, that version was an attempt to recover my original EEPROM. It was corrupt in the RC encrypted area. This one works: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SIe6tm1KkU-O4OSD4M2WEJSl57-DwzeS/view?usp=sharing

It has a different set of those last 64 bytes, different to SS_Dave's. I slightly modified all numbers except the confounder, so it's safe to use without being identical to my xbox

Well that did it. I flashed with PiPROM without even looking at it and got the flubber animation but black and white and distorted. After changing from PAL to NTSC in LiveInfo it booted completely. I was about to toss this motherboard in the trash. Thank you for your help!

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No worries. That EEPROM was tailored for Australia. I'm glad you had a way to get back to NTSC. It's surprising that SS_Dave's EEPROM didn't fix it. I'm guessing the difference might have been in the last 64 bytes? I know they are different in the version I posted

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1 hour ago, van0014 said:

No worries. That EEPROM was tailored for Australia. I'm glad you had a way to get back to NTSC. It's surprising that SS_Dave's EEPROM didn't fix it. I'm guessing the difference might have been in the last 64 bytes? I know they are different in the version I posted

I have no clue why either. I'm now searching for a way I can access two drives I have that were previously locked on that system to possibly get the eeprom backup. It's not looking hopeful. 

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It's possible to get around the hard drive password, but you'd need access to vendor specific hard drive programs. Or a way of sending commands to the drive. I believe the data is not encrypted, but there's disc specific info on the board attached to the drive. Replacing the PCB alone won't work. I thought about reading it's EEPROM. That's possibly encrypted

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I started looking in to unlocking Xbox drives and this is as far as I got 

http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=874

I also read that it maybe possible to remove all the security and totally wipe the drive with a command in Linux,

If you don't care about the contents, you could just zero the drive with a Linux live boot, using your PC.  You don't even need to wait for dd to finish.  Just let it run for a bit.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/(your hard drive)
 

I tried but nothing happened for me 

 

Cheers

SS Dave


Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

 

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On 4/4/2020 at 8:46 AM, van0014 said:

It's possible to get around the hard drive password, but you'd need access to vendor specific hard drive programs. Or a way of sending commands to the drive. I believe the data is not encrypted, but there's disc specific info on the board attached to the drive. Replacing the PCB alone won't work. I thought about reading it's EEPROM. That's possibly encrypted

Going to take a look around and see what I can find. I tried the factory master passwords on both drives in hopes maybe the replacement 320gb WD may unlock but no dice. Do you happen to know what any of that software is called? So far coming up empty in google.

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On 4/4/2020 at 10:00 AM, SS_Dave said:

I started looking in to unlocking Xbox drives and this is as far as I got 

http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=874

I also read that it maybe possible to remove all the security and totally wipe the drive with a command in Linux,

If you don't care about the contents, you could just zero the drive with a Linux live boot, using your PC.  You don't even need to wait for dd to finish.  Just let it run for a bit.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/(your hard drive)
 

I tried but nothing happened for me 

 

Cheers

SS Dave


Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

 

Interesting. I have two drives from that xbox, the original which is a Seagate ST310014ACE and a WD WD3200JB which was the replacement but for some reason after the Slayer install, the drive was locked. I have no idea why since the drive is in a 1.6 with a X3CE and am not even going to try to remember since that drive went in the console back in 2005. I know it really doesn't matter since I don't need a locked drive at all, but my OCD is just bugging me that I have two locked drives with the original file on it and the box currently has all the wrong information in the eeprom. Being OCD really sucks sometimes!

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Here's a list of programs to help with the drive passwords. They can apparently get around the password. I haven't tried any of them, but they looked promising. This might also help. It's a list of some master passwords, including some XBox ones. They suggest using Ultimate Boot CD. You could instead burn a disk that only had the MHDD program on it

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On 4/13/2020 at 8:54 AM, van0014 said:

Here's a list of programs to help with the drive passwords. They can apparently get around the password. I haven't tried any of them, but they looked promising. This might also help. It's a list of some master passwords, including some XBox ones. They suggest using Ultimate Boot CD. You could instead burn a disk that only had the MHDD program on it

Thank you! Going to check these out today.

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