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[sprsk]

Okay my xbox has been borked for way too long. Back when my xbox was working, i took some files off the hd cause i was trying to remove live. Something happened along the way and it screwed up my xbox so now it wont even boot straight from a game. So after all this time and multiple attempts at trying to get the damn thing to work again ive decided to get a solderless mod chip.

so my questions are...

1. Will the solderless mod chip solve my problem
2. What is the best chip for the money

 

[Red Scarlet]

 

[sprsk]

oh baby

 

[sprsk]

no, but seriously guys, what should i do.

 

[FortNinety]

I'm curious as well. The last time I modded a system (my PS2), it got fried.

 

[Uter]

Is this type of topic allowable in the ToS? Talk concerning "hardware modification technology" is ok, but not "Linking to pirate download sites, directions on how to get pirated software to work, reviews or impressions of pirated software". The Xbox mod chips inherently deal with pirated BIOS hacking do they not?

 

[Uncle Dukey]

If some files on your hard drive are the only things wrong, then maybe you can just restore the files on it using the hotswap method with your PC..

 

[Red Scarlet]

Is this type of topic allowable in the ToS? Talk concerning "hardware modification technology" is ok, but not "Linking to pirate download sites, directions on how to get pirated software to work, reviews or impressions of pirated software". The Xbox mod chips inherently deal with pirated BIOS hacking do they not?

If sporks gets banned, then we will know. :lol

 

[Uter]

If sporks gets banned, then we will know.

I wish there was some kind of warning system or reason required before or after a ban. Even if it has to be a simple "Banned Out of Spite" tag, at least then a person knows.

 

[Andvary]

The same thing happened to me a few months ago, I used Xboxhdm to gain access to the HD and copy the missing files. You need to take the HDD out and to have a backup of the dashboard.

 

[Uncle Dukey]

If sporks gets banned, then we will know. :lol

He's going to ban himself?

 

[Red Scarlet]

You never know, he might!

 

[sprsk]

I won't

anyway, i dont have the password to my HD. and im not going to do all the stuff necessary to extract it from the eeprom.

so, what is the best solderless mod solution.

 

[LuCkymoON]

If some files on your hard drive are the only things wrong, then maybe you can just restore the files on it using the hotswap method with your PC..

It sounds like it wont boot from the DVD drive any more. He really is fucked in this case. I would use the Xecuter(good) mod chip or just replace the motherboard+HDD($70) and use a softmod(better). If your HDD was unlocked when your Xbox went down from the previous mod attempt, you can hook it up to your PC and format it with one of the various Xbox FDISK(best) programs out there.

 

[Uter]

I love the banner ad currently on the bottom of this thread.

 

[demi]

There is none, get a solder, pussy.

 

[LuCkymoON]

I love the banner ad currently on the bottom of this thread.

lol yeah I love google ads :lol

 

[Uter]

http://www.xbox-scene.com/modchips4_table.htm

 

[sprsk]

It sounds like it wont boot from the DVD drive any more. He really is fucked in this case. I would use the Xecuter(good) mod chip or just replace the motherboard+HDD($70) and use a softmod(better). If your HDD was unlocked when your Xbox went down from the previous mod attempt, you can hook it up to your PC and format it with one of the various Xbox FDISK(best) programs out there.

is xecuter a solderless mod chip?

 

[The Faceless Master]

jeez, if you dont wanna solder, just use a crappy softmod...

but if you really wanna man up, get an Xecuter 3 and a $7 radio shack 15w iron...

 

[Tain]

He can't use a softmod; he can't access the HD.

Actually, he can.

anyway, i dont have the password to my HD. and im not going to do all the stuff necessary to extract it from the eeprom.

You don't need the HD key to hotswap. Just get that one linux PC boot CD meant for browsing Xbox HDs from xboxscene, works like a charm.

And then just use UDE2. There are packages out there (not the automated ones, ung) that require genuine effort to fry the Xbox with. I really see no reason to use a modchip over a softmod, these days.

 

[sprsk]

Isn't hotswaping dangerous though

can you give me the link to the full procedure

 

[Apharmd Battler]

He can't use a softmod; he can't access the HD.

Actually, he can.



You don't need the HD key to hotswap. Just get that one linux PC boot CD meant for browsing Xbox HDs from xboxscene, works like a charm.

And then just use UDE2. There are packages out there (not the automated ones, ung) that require genuine effort to fry the Xbox with. I really see no reason to use a modchip over a softmod, these days.

I'd go with the UXE mod, that way it'll be easier for him to restore his XBox to its original state if he chooses to down the road, and that softmod takes less than 30 seconds. UDE has some issues and does some weird thing to the files on your C: drive. But it's totally a preference thing. Softmodding has come a long way.....

 

[Red Scarlet]

I love the banner ad currently on the bottom of this thread.

:lol

 

[border]

+

$40 or less and you don't have to open up the system.

 

[Uncle Dukey]

+

$40 or less and you don't have to open up the system.

He says he can't boot games anymore though, so that won't work :/

 

[Uter]

Tutorials can be found here.
http://www.xbox-scene.com/tutorials.php

 

[poppin fresh]

Just get a solder chip, if you can't solder just take it to your local mum and pop tv repair store and ask for them to solder the points, it is simple if you have all the diagrams and the tv repair guys are most often kick arse at soldering. Chance is he will have no idea what it is for and in the end he doesn't need to, at the most he would charge 30 dollars australian (hell some guys do it for free).