Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Wednesday 29.1.2025 / 23:52
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > archived forums > xbox - general discussion > half softmoded xbox confusing me. plz help.
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
half softmoded xbox confusing me. plz help.
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
djmazz
Senior Member
_ 		28. May 2007 @ 05:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how do ppl. sorry if its bin asked before but im quite new to xbox's.
my xbox i version 1.4. a mate tryed softmodding it but seems to of failed.
so im gonna have a go my self.
iv checked the board for the solder points and there all correct now as far as i no.
i have 3 hdd, a seagate medalist st32122a
a seagate st310014ace
a trigem spinpoint sv1533d/tge
one of them is the original but not sure which.
anyway, when i plug them into my xbox, one at a time, and turn it on the lights flash red.
the lad i gave it to said somet about the hdd's been the wrong ones. i dont see how as one is the original.
so, can anyone tell me,
1, are my hdd's any good?
2, what do i need to do? lol

iv honestly search all over but im just gettin confused with it all.
im not asking for someone to hold my hand through it, altough it would be appreciated, just a step in the right direction.
any help would be greatly appreciated. thanx in advance.
[ + quote]
advanced android, ios, psp and ps3 modder.
web designer and hardcore hacker!
locobrown
Senior Member
_ 		28. May 2007 @ 06:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Are you receiving error codes? Well, those on screen messages will let you know whats going on with those drives. Then you'll know what to do.
[ + quote]
djmazz
Senior Member
_ 		28. May 2007 @ 08:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nice one mate.
ill try and do somet search on error codes then.
[ + quote]
advanced android, ios, psp and ps3 modder.
web designer and hardcore hacker!
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
steimy
AfterDawn Addict
_ 		29. May 2007 @ 04:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
are you 100% sure that one of those is the original hard drive from that Xbox. It can not just be any hard drive from any Xbox. It has to be the exact one from that exact xbox. Unless you have a mod chip installed then an Xbox can only use the drive that it came with because it is locked to that console with a code in the EEPROM file.
Also if your friend did not know what he was doing he could have left the drive unlocked somehow which will also cause it not to load. Now, if you happened to have a copy of the EEPROM file on your PC (which you should do first thing after modding it, trust me) then you could take any compatible hard drive and use your PC and a program called xboxhdm and built the hard drive so that it works in that Xbox. Without the EEPROM file you can't do this, unless you do a hotswap i think, and that is a pain. And you would still have to have at least one drive in the Xbox that works.

So that i understand, you turned off the xbox, tried a drive, then turned it on. And not one of them would boot up? If this is the case you may want to send it to a modding shop in your area and have a chip installed. Then you can take any drive (on the compatibility list) and use it in the Xbox. Then use an auto installer disc like Slayer 2.7 to format the drive and install all kinds of great programs. If you play on Xbox Live then this may not be a good option. I am not sure if the chip could still get you banned if it was disabled and you used an original disc or not.

In order for you to be able to re-softmod it yourself you would have to at least get one of thse drives, put it in, and have the Xbox load. Without that i do not think you will be softmodding anything. But if you can get it loaded then re-softmodding it will not be hard.
[ + quote]

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 29. May 2007 @ 04:50
afterdawn.com > forums > archived forums > xbox - general discussion > half softmoded xbox confusing me. plz help.
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork