greentea Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Hey Guys, big fan of modchips that started back on the original Xbox days. A friend of mine did my system and been doing every console since. I actually bought 2 more original xboxes over a decade ago thinking i was going to do more with them. Not until now i decided to get to work on them again. First main issue is both of them are missing the HDDs. So I'm wondering would I be able to plug in an IDE (250gb) drive and boot to an older Hexen after I install the modchip to format it? Or can I even boot the system without a HDD to atleast see something? Didn't want to take any risks over it, already waiting 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 You can not fully boot a Xbox without a hard drive attached it will power on and then display a error message (7,8,9) on the screen, I would fit a mod chip then add a hard drive and boot a install disk (Slayers,Hexen) and see if it is all working and then do a large HDD install to setup the new drive, I don't bother locking hard drives anymore as there is no need if the Xbox is hard modded (TSOP Flashed , Modchipped). 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...
greentea Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Thanks for the advice. Glad to hear I'll be able to format the drives. Now it's just the waiting game on getting the modchips. China of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, greentea said: Now it's just the waiting game on getting the modchips. China of course. I know the feeling so far the record is 8 12 weeks from china for a LCD. And freight here is crap as well 7 -14 days to travel 700 km(430 miles) for a small package. 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...
greentea Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 6 hours ago, SS_Dave said: I know the feeling so far the record is 8 12 weeks from china for a LCD. I have ordered some other things like GBA case, fans, and LCD from china (aliexp) and most of it came 4-5 weeks. So its not as bad. Almost back to normal I think. I did ebay for these chips and I just haven't used ebay since I was a teenager (same time frame). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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