Liona Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Hi folks, Am a very newbie lol , I bought an original Xbox soft modded (0.38.0515A Build 565) . Worked fine for few days, but now 95% of the time when i boot it up I can hear the click of death... CLICK CLIcK ... the Hard drive is dying and it stays in the boot screen. Every-time i try to read/write from the hard drive (FTP) it starts clicking and I can't do anything and sometimes a screen with error 09 appears. I learned from searching on google ,that I need a HDD key to replace the hard drive before it dies completely , so I managed to copy it from the UnleachX info screen ( HDD key + Serial number ). Is it possible to replace the hard drive ? Is there any hope ? PS: I do not have any soldering tools/skills and sorry for my English. Thank you in advance Edited June 9, 2020 by Liona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Easier to get the eeprom.bin backup you need by running the Evolution-X (Evox) dashboard. FTP it to a subfolder in your console's Apps folder. I have no idea where it may be as different people install it to different locations (e.g., E:\Apps\, E:\Applications\, F:\Apps, F:\Applications, or on the G drive). Create an Evox subfolder there and upload the files for Evoxdash +3935. Run it from your default dashboards applications menu and use Evox's Backup menu option. The backup files will be stored in a subfolder where you installed the Evox dashboard. You are looking for the file eeprom.bin. With this file you can create a new locked hard drive with XboxHDM23USB Beta 2 or 3. More information after you have the eeprom.bin backup file stored on your PC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liona Posted June 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said: Easier to get the eeprom.bin backup you need by running the Evolution-X (Evox) dashboard. FTP it to a subfolder in your console's Apps folder. I have no idea where it may be as different people install it to different locations (e.g., E:\Apps\, E:\Applications\, F:\Apps, F:\Applications, or on the G drive). Create an Evox subfolder there and upload the files for Evoxdash +3935. Run it from your default dashboards applications menu and use Evox's Backup menu option. The backup files will be stored in a subfolder where you installed the Evox dashboard. You are looking for the file eeprom.bin. With this file you can create a new locked hard drive with XboxHDM23USB Beta 2 or 3. More information after you have the eeprom.bin backup file stored on your PC. You rock ... after countless attempts I got the folder on my PC ( I just used FTP with filezilla tried multiple times until it worked)https://ibb.co/hgbCPxc Edited June 9, 2020 by Liona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liona Posted June 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Liona said: You rock ... after countless attempts I got the folder on my PC ( I just used FTP with filezilla tried multiple times until it worked)https://ibb.co/hgbCPxc So what's the next step or steps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Install a modchip then fit a new hard drive, load a install disk and follow the prompts on the screen. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liona Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) UPDATE 2: Huge Thanks to bomb447 from reddit : I salvaged the eeprom.bin from the HDD using filezilla (after multiple attempts, the file is 1kb so it's easy to retrieve even with a failing hard-rive at least in my case) Bought a new IDE HDD and USB to IDE adapter Plugged the HDD to my computer Followed the Tech Hoarder part 17 video ( easy and straight forward tutorial just two files to download ) My XBOX work like charm. Thank you Edited June 11, 2020 by Liona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanimo Posted July 25, 2020 Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 6/10/2020 at 2:29 AM, KaosEngineer said: Easier to get the eeprom.bin backup you need by running the Evolution-X (Evox) dashboard. FTP it to a subfolder in your console's Apps folder. I have no idea where it may be as different people install it to different locations (e.g., E:\Apps\, E:\Applications\, F:\Apps, F:\Applications, or on the G drive). Create an Evox subfolder there and upload the files for Evoxdash +3935. Run it from your default dashboards applications menu and use Evox's Backup menu option. The backup files will be stored in a subfolder where you installed the Evox dashboard. You are looking for the file eeprom.bin. With this file you can create a new locked hard drive with XboxHDM23USB Beta 2 or 3. More information after you have the eeprom.bin backup file stored on your PC. Excuse me what now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted July 25, 2020 Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 Do you have a USB-to-HDD Interface adapter and SATA hard drive so you can use XboxHDM23USB Beta 2 or 3 to build a new locked hard drive for the Xbox? When installing an IDE-to-SATA adapter/SATA HDD combo in the Xbox, you'll also need an 80-wire 40-pin, 24" preferred length, high-speed IDE cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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