How do 1.6 Xboxes keep their time, because mine won't

[Skyrider2]

Hey guys, so I replaced what I THOUGHT was a clock capacitor (one of these 1F, 2.5V caps) on my 1.6 Xbox but that did nothing to solve the timekeeping issue.

Is this how 1.6 boxes keep time? If not, how can I solve this problem? Can I even?

[KaosEngineer]

Are you disconnecting AC power from the console for a long period of time? 

The super capacitor only keeps the time circuitry running for a few hours while AC power is disconnected from the console.  

[Skyrider2]

3 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said:

Are you disconnecting AC power from the console for a long period of time? 

The super capacitor only keeps the time circuitry running for a few hours while AC power is disconnected from the console.  

I tested it for maybe 30 seconds. Went right back to 2007.

EDIT: A thought, do I have to set the time in the MS dashboard instead of Unleash?

Edited July 27, 2022 by Skyrider2

[KaosEngineer]

How's your console modded: hard mod - modchip installed or softmodded - which softmod package is installed?

Older softmods have a bug in their coding. Not really a bug; however, they checked a min and max date as being valid clock data. If the current date and time is after midnight June 6, 2019, they reset the time to their default minimum value.

 

Edit: 

The min date is used to reset the clock if the clock data is out of founds - not between the min and max time fields. If so, the clock is reset to the min date/time - midnight March 04, 2007 (00:00:00 20070304).

I know that Rocky5's Xbox Softmodding Tool has the max date/time check data set to midnight 1/1/2099.

From the ernie softmod exploit source:

maxtimefields
dw 2019 ; Year
dw 6 ; Month
dw 6 ; Day
dw 0 ; Hour
dw 0 ; Minute
dw 0 ; Second
dw 0 ; Milliseconds
dw 0 ; Weekday (ignored)

hexadecimal equivalent of these dw - double words assignments after assembling the code (x86 little-endian format):

E307 0600 0600 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000

2019 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 <--- decimal values as shown above

 

[Skyrider2]

I don't quite remember which softmodding package I used to install Unleash but obviously since it keeps resetting, I must have an afflicted version. Is there a way to fix this or do I just need to rely on network connectivity / an FTP server?

[KaosEngineer]

34 minutes ago, Skyrider2 said:

I don't quite remember which softmodding package I used to install Unleash but obviously since it keeps resetting, I must have an afflicted version. Is there a way to fix this or do I just need to rely on network connectivity / an FTP server?

Is there a C:\SID5 folder on your Xbox?

Hexedit the min and max date content of the Xbox Book.xtf font file.