kgm316 Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Hi can you bypass the DVD, I keep getting error 12. I have a DVD which is causing system to not boot. I swapped a DVD with my only working one and I was able to softmod. Can i use the faulty drive for the check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, kgm316 said: Hi can you bypass the DVD, I keep getting error 12. I have a DVD which is causing system to not boot. I swapped a DVD with my only working one and I was able to softmod. Can i use the faulty drive for the check. Short answer is NO a soft-mod / stock bios needs to see at least a working board from a DVD drive. If you reflash the onboard bios on a 1.0 - 1.4 or fit a mod chip on any version 1.0-1.6 then you can remove the DVD completely. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgm316 Posted September 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 12 hours ago, SS_Dave said: Short answer is NO a soft-mod / stock bios needs to see at least a working board from a DVD drive. If you reflash the onboard bios on a 1.0 - 1.4 or fit a mod chip on any version 1.0-1.6 then you can remove the DVD completely. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Thanks Mate, your a wealth of knowledge on this stuff. These faulty DVD Drives are a issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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