I successfully modified my XBox

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: yukichigai
I wish my Xbox had been modded properly. The chip behaved weird to begin with, and I can't install EvoX using the (I think) standard method. (Extra DVD drive, insert game disc and Evox disc, etc.) Sigh... looks like I have to order another one, since the warantee on the first modchip expired.

That's the old old method, that's not a standard method I've ever seen. EvoX is just an unsigned application like any other XBox application - you'd just boot off the EvoX CD, FTP over to it and install EvoX (or just use Slayers or another auto-installer to format your drive and install EvoX on there) If you're decent with soldering, it's like $30 for a chip, $50 for non-soldered.

Hrm, maybe my XBox isn't screwed then. So, theoretically, I should just be able to turn on the XBox with the modchip on, insert the EvoX disc and let it install?

Got a guide you can link to?


P.S. it's easy to avoid the XBox Live issue when you don't have an XBox Live account.

As long as you can boot off that disk (I believe there has to be an xboxdash.xbe in the root directory, my memory is a little rusty) yes you can boot off it. EvoX doesn't give you the option of copying it over - you'll just have to FTP in and copy the EvoX directory over.

 

[halik]

xbmc + .. > xbox live

if i wanted to play online, id do it on my computer *for free*.

 

[Thraxen]

Does 4983 have it? I don't think I've ever seen it "attempt" to try to avoid doing it

It should, they added the feature around 4979 (I think). I don't have Live and I've only read about the feature. (i.e I've never 'tested' it out). But I do have PGR2 ripped to my HDD and I've played it many times. Yet when MS updates the XBox dashboard I have had no problems turning off my chip, clicking on the Live tab, and receiving the update. I assume that if PGR2 or another Live game had attempted to connect that I would be banned from Live and be unable to receive those updates. But maybe you can still get those anyway?

 

Originally posted by: halik
xbmc + .. > xbox live

if i wanted to play online, id do it on my computer *for free*.

Xbox Live! is BS. $50/year for online. No way.

 

[thawolfman]

There's always XBox Connect too

 

Are there any apps to lock the HD from the Xbox? I have only seen how to do it from the PC or Xbox BIOS.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: dwell

Originally posted by: halik
xbmc + .. > xbox live

if i wanted to play online, id do it on my computer *for free*.

Xbox Live! is BS. $50/year for online. No way.

Honestly, I love xbox live. I rarely have any bad pings and their voicecomm rules.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
As long as you can boot off that disk (I believe there has to be an xboxdash.xbe in the root directory, my memory is a little rusty) yes you can boot off it. EvoX doesn't give you the option of copying it over - you'll just have to FTP in and copy the EvoX directory over.

Okay. I have a disc I burned a while ago, so if the modchip isn't fubar I should be able to do it. Provided the CD-RW I used isn't the problem.

I know at least some part of the modchip works; I was able to flash the BIOS on it, no problems.

thawolfman, thanks for the link. I'll check it when I get home.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: dwell
Are there any apps to lock the HD from the Xbox? I have only seen how to do it from the PC or Xbox BIOS.

Config Magic, but it uses the password TEAM ASSEMBLY, and it's been rumored that xboxes with a HD locked with that password will be banned. No idea if that'll really happen.

 

[PTCvette]

Originally posted by: dwell
Modded Xbox ownz. XBMC + Windows shares = winanr

Ditto on that... Just got XBMC about a month ago and it's amazing. Can't believe how easy it was to share stuff w/ the xbox!

 

[MAME]

modding is sweet

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: dwell
Are there any apps to lock the HD from the Xbox? I have only seen how to do it from the PC or Xbox BIOS.

Config Magic, but it uses the password TEAM ASSEMBLY, and it's been rumored that xboxes with a HD locked with that password will be banned. No idea if that'll really happen.

IIRC even the latest Xecuter Bioses can lock the HD~

http://www.xbox-scene.com for all your needs

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Does 4983 have it? I don't think I've ever seen it "attempt" to try to avoid doing it

It should, they added the feature around 4979 (I think). I don't have Live and I've only read about the feature. (i.e I've never 'tested' it out). But I do have PGR2 ripped to my HDD and I've played it many times. Yet when MS updates the XBox dashboard I have had no problems turning off my chip, clicking on the Live tab, and receiving the update. I assume that if PGR2 or another Live game had attempted to connect that I would be banned from Live and be unable to receive those updates. But maybe you can still get those anyway?

Technically you can copy the updates from the UDATA and TDATA folders on your E: drive. However, at least with the Tom Clancy Games (Rainbow 6 being one of them) - you can't play on XBC with a patched Live XBox with a box that has the patches copied on it. Somehow it "knows".

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: dwell

Originally posted by: halik
xbmc + .. > xbox live

if i wanted to play online, id do it on my computer *for free*.

Xbox Live! is BS. $50/year for online. No way.

Honestly, I love xbox live. I rarely have any bad pings and their voicecomm rules.

I do too, when I actually play on it. Look at the "free" online services on the PS2/laughable online GC. They've all pretty much sucked - people complaining about lag, cheaters, etc etc. The XBox Live system is great. There is always XBConnect - a "free" tunnel software that replicates a LAN so your XBox can play online with other XBox's using XBConnect, as someone else stated.

 

[Thraxen]

Technically you can copy the updates from the UDATA and TDATA folders on your E: drive.

I'm confused on what you are referring to. Why would there be MS Dash updates on the E: drive? From games?

 

[CVSiN]

Ok guys can anyone suggest where I can go as an Xbox mod chip newb to undertand what yall are talking about?
I really want to do mine but have no idea where to start or even find a good chip or where to have it installed...

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Technically you can copy the updates from the UDATA and TDATA folders on your E: drive.

I'm confused on what you are referring to. Why would there be MS Dash updates on the E: drive? From games?

The save files and other data that I'm not sure about are stored in the E: drive under UDATA & TDATA folders. You can check out http://www.xbox-saves.com to get a "Save Manager" that will make the numbers correspond to the games~

-BeN-

@ CVSiN: http://www.xbox-scene.com

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
Ok guys can anyone suggest where I can go as an Xbox mod chip newb to undertand what yall are talking about?
I really want to do mine but have no idea where to start or even find a good chip or where to have it installed...

www.xbox-scene.com everything you'll ever need to know.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Technically you can copy the updates from the UDATA and TDATA folders on your E: drive.

I'm confused on what you are referring to. Why would there be MS Dash updates on the E: drive? From games?

The dash updates aren't located on the E drive - the game Live! updates are however. (Pop in any game older than a month or two that's Live capable and it'll ask you to update the game before you can play it)

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
Ok guys can anyone suggest where I can go as an Xbox mod chip newb to undertand what yall are talking about?
I really want to do mine but have no idea where to start or even find a good chip or where to have it installed...

I got mine on a link through Xbox Scene. The Xecuter 2.3 Lite+. Of course I don't know if it works, but from what I've heard from other people it's a good modchip. Not that hard to install.

 

[Xionide]

Hey someone refered me to someone who could tsop my xbox a long time ago. Are they still around?

-Xionide

 

[Thraxen]

The save files and other data that I'm not sure about are stored in the E: drive under UDATA & TDATA folders. You can check out http://www.xbox-saves.com to get a "Save Manager" that will make the numbers correspond to the games~

Yeah, I have XBox Saves Manager, but I don't really need it anymore since I use Avalaunch (unless I'm exporting saves). But I was asking why would there be updates for the MS dash on the E: drive. In the past I've always connected to Live to get those updates. I always assumed it was just updating files on the C: drive. I know lots of games come with dash update files, but I thought they weren't ever used unless you connected to Live (my dash has never been updated by a game).

 

[phray]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: CVSiN
Ok guys can anyone suggest where I can go as an Xbox mod chip newb to undertand what yall are talking about?
I really want to do mine but have no idea where to start or even find a good chip or where to have it installed...

I got mine on a link through Xbox Scene. The Xecuter 2.3 Lite+. Of course I don't know if it works, but from what I've heard from other people it's a good modchip. Not that hard to install.

xbox scene has everything you need to know. if you can read + think, you can get it done.

i've installed my xecuter 2.3 lite+ for myself and 5 others for friends, and i recommend it to everyone w/ an xbox. well, everyone except my brother who works for microsoft.... he still doesn't know.

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
Ok guys can anyone suggest where I can go as an Xbox mod chip newb to undertand what yall are talking about?
I really want to do mine but have no idea where to start or even find a good chip or where to have it installed...

Put it this way, as long as you're able to take apart a computer and put it back together you should be able to do this. Taking the case apart is similar to a computer. You have to unplug power cables as well as IDE cables then you take the mobo out similar to a regular computer mobo and just solder the mod chip pin header onto the mob. This was rather easy and this is coming from someone with ZERO soldering experience. I just practiced on a dead sound card and I felt confident enough to do it. You can do it, anyone can. It's rather really simple.

Xecuter 2.3b Lite is the mod chip I bought and I purchased it from system-mods.com.

 

[CVSiN]

K great guys thanks alot... Im very hardware literate was just worried about the soldiering job.. Ive heard they can be a bitch on mod chips..
once you do this you can put in a jumbo HD right?
what about a better DVD or is the drive proprietary?