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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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