skorpiocnt Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Hi, So I have an old mod chipped Xbox. I threw in a 500 gb drive and have it setup, but the build is old and crappy. lol How would I go about updating the build? I've softmodded a bunch of systems with the JRocky 5 softmod but the TSOP/ Chipped systems I'm just learning now. The dashboard setup that hexen 2018 did I really dont like, I much prefer the JCRocky5 dashboard setup with emulators and games etc. showing on the first screen. Is there any way to set it up like this? Like I said I'm a noob with the modchip setups. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks Guys. Edited January 6, 2019 by skorpiocnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstone Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 I agree. His dashboard is much cleaner. You can replace the dashboard from Hexen with Rocky5's UnleashX dashboard. You can find it in the Extras disc of his softmod tool. You can download it here https://github.com/Rocky5/Xbox-Softmodding-Tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 So in the dashboards on the rocky5 disc which one do I install? And do I have to remove the Unleash dash first or just copy the new one over? I was scared to mess with the rocky5 disc on a chipped system cause I thought it would screw things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstone Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) On a chipped system you don't have to worry as much as you do on a softmodded system. If you screw something up you can always boot a disc like Hexen and fix it. You can just replace the UnleashX files on your drive with the UnleashX ones from his disc. The easiest way is just to FTP them over to the Xbox from a computer, less work than burning a disc and stuff. Edited January 7, 2019 by ecstone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I already have a copy of the Rocky5 disc so thats not a big deal. Ill give it a shot and see what happens. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlorn Penguin Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 You can just customize the UnleashX configuration yourself by opening config.xml in Notepad. That's what I did. Or better yet, drop UnleashX entirely and upgrade to Rocky5's XBMC-Emustation or XBMC4Gamers dashboards, which are much better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstone Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I was going to recommend Emustation as well but since it seems he is not very comfortable messing with dashboards I kinda figured it was a little advanced for him. I set up Emustation on every box I work on for people. It's my favorite dashboard by far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Well I got it figured out, I swapped over to the Rocky5 Dash and got it all working. I will definitely check out the Emustation dash, I have seen the XBMC4gamers dash and it looks pretty nice too. So I take it I can just install the XBMC4Gamers dash using the rocky5 disc again? Thanks for all the help guys, Ive already figured out quite abit with the chipped systems, I see what you mean by it being easier cause you can just redo the drive if you mess up something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstone Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Yeah, you can use his disc to install XBMC4Gamers. It's a great dash too. His XBMC dashboard versions are definitely more work to get everything looking just how you want it, but once they are set up they are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlorn Penguin Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) Yeah, hardmodding is definitely the way to go. You can use the disc to get XBMC4Gamers, but it'd be better to download it and XBMC-Emustation from Rocky's GitHub (XBMC-Emustation can also be downloaded from its own website). The version on the disc is extremely outdated and using the DVD drive is just a bad idea in general because they're all dying nowadays. Edited January 13, 2019 by Forlorn Penguin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbmcmodsforxbox Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 once you get it going use my google drive i have everything you should need https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QmJnbB-NJFH4f3TgVBmit-GRrSJ3Ah4M 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlerherg Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Xbmcmodsforxbox said: once you get it going use my google drive i have everything you should need https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QmJnbB-NJFH4f3TgVBmit-GRrSJ3Ah4M This is gold. Thank you. I'm a veteran at many things, but pretty new to the scene. This will be invaluable information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbmcmodsforxbox Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Yea i collect alot of original xbox files as i find them and add them into that google drive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Wow, thanks for the drive link. Skimmed through and there's all kinds of goodness in there. lol I have 9 OG Xbox's now, had a guy give me a box of parts, I think he thought he knew what he was doing but failed. I put them all back together and they all work. 2 have mod chips it seems and the 3rd powers up with the eject button and the drive is stuck, so I'll have to do a trace repair it and get the drive up and running again but I like tinkering with these tanks of systems. The one has a Xenium chip in it but I will have to figure it out, not familiar with that chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted January 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Oh yeah, if any of you guys need a invite for back-ups.me I have 3 if anyone would like an invite. Thanks for all the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Xenium-OS_V20_User_Manual.pdf Wayback Machine Capture of 4th generation modchips table: http://web.archive.org/web/20050525091340/http://www.xbox-scene.com/modchips4_table.htm Find links for pictures, installation tutorials and other versions of the Xenium OS manual there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Thanks dude, have to do some research on that chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjimo Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) Hey guys, so I'm trying to upgrade my hard drive on my chipped xbox. I ordered a ide to sata bridge board and the 80 wire ide cable but the cord is crap and doesnt work. Is it necessary to have the 80 wire cord? Id like to clone my 500gb drive into a 1tb drive with chimp but dont want to screw things up. lol Can I get away with using the standard cable for now to clone it til the new one comes in?Thanks for any help. Edited April 22, 2019 by skorpiocnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 If the current 500GB drive works with the stock IDE cable, you can clone it to a new 1TB SATA HDD/adapter combo. The necessity of using the 80-wire 40-pin high-speed IDE cable occurs when the new SATA drive / adapter combo are installed as the (MASTER) boot drive. For cloning, the Xbox bootup process sets the SLAVE device's transfer rate to that of the DVD drive (slow) and does not change it until power is cycled. After swapping the IDE connector from the DVD drive to the SATA HDD/adapter, the Xbox does not negotiate a new faster transfer rate. Thus, the stock IDE cable can be used. To clone the F and G partitions with Chimp 261812, there must be a partition table present on the source drive. Run XBP Table Writer to write one to the HDD. XBP Table Writer is part of the Chimp 261812 github repo - found in the E Partition folder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) Ok awesome, would like to use the old drive for something else. So if my current drive has a F and G partition already on it do I still have to use the XBP table writer to clone them? I was reading somewhere that there were certain sata adapters that could use the old 40 wire cable with no issues, I looked it up and its the same adapter i have. Would using the 40 wire cable just have slow transfer rates? or are there other issues with them? Oh, and thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. Edited April 22, 2019 by skorpiocnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted April 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Well I tried to clone the drive with chimp but when I hook up the slave drive and hit enter it just hangs there, Ive used chimp to clone drives before but it never did this. Is there something I'm doing wrong with the 1TB sata drive? or do I have to use the XBP table writer first then use chimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorpiocnt Posted April 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Finished my case paint job for the xbox, just need to get the bigger drive in. Did a white softmodded system also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 15 hours ago, skorpiocnt said: Ok awesome, would like to use the old drive for something else. So if my current drive has a F and G partition already on it do I still have to use the XBP table writer to clone them? For Chimp to clone the F and G drives/partitions on the source hard driver, there has to be a partition table on it. Use XBP Table Write to write one to the source drive else cloning those extended partitions will not work. Chimp 261812 does the cloning not the XBP Table Writer Xbox application. But, Chimp requires a partition table on the HDD to clone the extended partitions. If you don't know if one's present already, run it to write one to the source drive before running Chimp to clone the current (source - MASTER) to new (destination - SLAVE) hard drive. 15 hours ago, skorpiocnt said: I was reading somewhere that there were certain sata adapters that could use the old 40 wire cable with no issues, I looked it up and its the same adapter i have. Would using the 40 wire cable just have slow transfer rates? or are there other issues with them? Oh, and thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. Cloning doesn't require an 80-wire 40-pin high-speed cable unless the source drive requires it to function properly. The original IDE hard drive has already been upgraded to a SATA HDD / IDE-to-SATA adapter combo that did not function properly with the stock 40-wire 40-pin cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 8 hours ago, skorpiocnt said: Well I tried to clone the drive with chimp but when I hook up the slave drive and hit enter it just hangs there, Ive used chimp to clone drives before but it never did this. Is there something I'm doing wrong with the 1TB sata drive? or do I have to use the XBP table writer first then use chimp? Both hard drives and their associated adapter if required must be powered on when the console is booted. Use a Molex power splitter. Make sure you are using the latest version of Chimp 261812 and run it before swapping the DVD to new HDD IDE connection. Chimp will prompt you when to swap the connection and the button to press once it has been done. Use the selective cloning options to clone the current to new hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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