clueless Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 I have a modchip - currently unknown, I did it 10 years ago... Considering simplifying things and doing a tsop flash instead. So I know that the mod disables the onboard tsop (d0) so without enabling the chip, and disabling the mod, I cant access the tsop. But with the mod disabled, I cant boot unsigned, and therefore none of the flashing tools. So, am I correct is saying that once the mod is removed, I will need to soft mod, then flash? Is there another way? Switch on the d0 line maybe? boot to flasher, unplug mod (pin header install, and disconnect d0. is that even possible? Open to suggestions... Or.. I could just leave it alone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted July 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 So, If I were to do something akin to "HotSwapping" https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:Hotswapping I should be able to achieve the same thing right? I dont need to actually hotswap, as I can unlock the drive, but the process should work right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 5 hours ago, clueless said: Switch on the d0 line maybe? boot to flasher, unplug mod (pin header install, and disconnect d0. is that even possible? Open to suggestions... Or.. I could just leave it alone... Once the Xbox has booted from a mod chip it can not read/write to the on board bios chip, The Xbox needs boot from the onboard chip to flash it or remove the bios eeprom (Thin Small Outline Package) and use a external chip flasher. Unless the current mod-chip is a old un-flashable type I would just re-flash it. 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...
big F Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) Had some thing similar a while back. I ended up just soldering the links on the board, soft modding then TSOP flashing the thing. The mod chip was an early one that just didn't seem to want to flash to anything useful. The box has now got an HDMI compatible bios and a large drive, so everything one usually needs. Edited July 14, 2022 by big F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mu. Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 That's exactly what I did to my console, an OpenXenium is useful but if you're only using one BIOS it makes sense. The easiest way is to softmod the system and do it that way or use SDD's BIOS flashing package so skip softmodding altogether. You'd need an exploitable game of course but that's not difficult to get ahold of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prehistoricman Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 If you have a modchip and FTP access, is there any need for an exploitable game? I don't see any because you should be able to just run the softmodding tools directly with the modchip installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 6 hours ago, Prehistoricman said: If you have a modchip and FTP access, is there any need for an exploitable game? I don't see any because you should be able to just run the softmodding tools directly with the modchip installed. True but if the mod chip is old or un-updateable, and its not a 1.6 then unless you need the extra features of say LCD or other stuff then TSOP is the only way needed. I stripped mod chips out of all mine except two that have Mod chips that run LCDs then dropped them into 1.6 boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted July 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 9:44 PM, Prehistoricman said: If you have a modchip and FTP access, is there any need for an exploitable game? I don't see any because you should be able to just run the softmodding tools directly with the modchip installed. Do you have any links or guides for doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prehistoricman Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 5 hours ago, clueless said: Do you have any links or guides for doing this? Sorry no. It was just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted July 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 9:39 PM, Prehistoricman said: Sorry no. It was just an idea. Seems feasible though. Might have a play. got nothing to lose really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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