How to : Softmod your Xbox w/ JUST your PC!!

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How to : Softmod your Xbox w/ JUST your PC!!

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ace700

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17. May 2007 @ 09:43

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Hey Everyone

I figured out how to softmod a stock XBox with JUST your PC!! I thought that this would have been impossible, but a few days of googling, some clever thinking, and its all possible....

I gotta warn you tho, like I've read everywhere else, modding is not without risk, there's always a chance that something can go wrong..... You have been warned!

The main problem that I found modding this way is that you WILL NOT be able to boot back into your original MS dash, I am not sure why, and I'm guessing that you will not be able to play on XBL. I just bought my XBox for the sole purpose of modding it. Also, modding this way, you will need to keep the stock XBox HDD, I have not tried upgrading it using this method. All your game saves will still be there, but you won't be able to access your music you have on the stock XBox player, I recomend deleting it so you have some extra space on the stock HDD.

I have tested this mod with I think are all XBox versions, 1.0 - 1.6b, and they all work using this method.

Here's what you'll need:
Torx 10, 15 and 20 screwdrivers to take apart the XBox
1 blank CD
I recomend "Shademand's XBox Softmod Kit" Get that from the usual places
XBoxHDM, latest version, from the usual places
Your Xbox
Your PC
Whatever you need to take the side panel off your PC

Making the XBoxHDM CD:
After you get Shademand's kit, copy all the files from the "C" folder into the "C" folder of linux in XBoxHDM. Create the ISO and burn it with you fav software.
Now you have the CD you need to mod your XBox!

Now, you need to take apart your XBox so you can get access to the HDD. Remove the 6 Torx 20 screws from the bottom, and remove the cover. Now move the ribbon cable going to the HDD, and there is a Torx 10 screw under it. Remove it, so you can take the "HDD Tray" out. Unplug the cables from the Xbox's HDD so you can take it out completely. Remove the 4 Torx 15 screws so the HDD comes out of the tray. Plug the power and ribbon cable back into the HDD.

Now set up your PC, remove the side panel, unplug all HDD's connected to it, but make sure that your CD/DVD drive is connected to the secondary channel, keeping your master channel for the XBox HDD. Take the master cable, make sure it can reach the XBox HDD, so it can plug into it (have your XBox and PC close to eachother) Now set your PC to boot from CD and power it off.

Now we gotta unlock your XBox HDD, this is REALLY simple, unplug your DVD drive in the XBox, I unplug both power and IDE cables, and power up the XBox. It should boot to "error 12". When it does, unplug the IDE cable from the XBox HDD, and plug in the IDE Cable from the PC. Power on the PC and let the XBoxHDM CD boot up.

Now we Mod!! Pick option 1 from the menu, when it detects the HDD, type in "xbrowser". This will bring you to "The Midnight Commander". This is where it all goes down.....

On the left is what is on the CD, and on the right should be "C" and "E", thats the XBox. Press "Tab" to move over to the XBox side of the menu, and go down to "C" and press "F8" to delete it (WHY!!?? This is where all the mod files go) Delete it recursively, go down to "OK", when it deletes go to ""skip" and press "Tab" again to go back to the CD side. Go to the "C" folder where you put all the files from Shademand's kit, just highlight "C" and press "F5" to copy and hit OK. Everything will copy to the "C" folder. This will take a few minutes. When its all done, hit "F10" to quit, when it says "done" on the bottom of the computer screen, unplug the PC's IDE cable from the XBox HDD, and plug in the XBox's IDE cable back into the XBox HDD. Now turn off the XBox and hook the DVD drive back up.

Power it back on for a softmodded XBox!!!! No action replay, mem cards, exploits, just PC! I'm not bashing the other ways to mod, I just got no action replay, mem card or anything, and I wanted to mod my XBox :P

I hope this helps anyone out there who wants to softmod their 'Box.

With this done, you can now get an Auto Installer like Slayers and install apps and stuff. I found the best way of getting stuff onto the XBox was thru the app "dvd2xbox". Create an xISO with Qwix of whatever you want to put on it.

I wish I had a few pics or something to go along w/ this..
Thats it, thats all, I hope this helps out a few ppl.

ace700


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