HOW TO: Use a USB Thumbdrive as a Memory Card (For Softmod)

No it should of worked,like i said if ya have the cash just buy the ar program off ebay it comes with everything youll need,and its alot easier,no head aches lol,let me know what ya gonna do. good luck.

 

I'm considering hotswapping at this point since I don't have the cash for an AR yet, but then again, it's a big risk to take. I will eventually get the AR though. I'm just concerned that this crap will keep up even with the actual AR memory card and adapter.

 

Sorry ya cant get it to work but it will if ya follow his sticky on it,and swapping ya taking a big chance of messing it up,think the thumb drives hard ya havent seen anything yet wait till ya have to save the eprom to ya pc then if ya want to install a bigger harddrive lol i just did the mod to see if it works and it does its ok i guess im just gonna make it a arcade machine anyways.I have 4 xboxs im doing all kinds of different stuff seeing what works and whats cool lol,give me ya email maybe we can help each other on these mods,its fun.

 

Yeah, I think I'll just start over with this and see how it goes. Maybe I can get it working in Vista x64 for once. Who knows?

 

Ya make sure you start fresh with the thumb drive software first then get it to work then install the ar program and upgrade it should work ,good luck and hope the best.

 

Thanks, though I ended up buying an AR from eBay for 45 bucks (bastards...), and hopefully I'm not one of the unlucky ones who ends up with a faulty memory card. Then again, I COULD try another memory card in the adapter. Either way, it's more likely to work this way than with the #$%#ing USB thumbdrive.

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Cool hope ya like the ar software and memory disc alot easier for ya.
Let me know when ya get ya box modded.

 

This post from me was recommended to be moved here, so I did.

 

I'm currently trying the 1GB Kingston DataTraveler pictured here:
http://www.buy.com/prod/Kingston-1GB-Data-Traveler-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive/q/loc/101/202743517.html

Some people claimed earlier in the thread that it worked without flaw, but when I plug it into my XBox, the memory screen flickers repeatedly, and it doesnt end up getting formatted to FATX, does anyone have any suggestions?

On a side note, ive tried about 5 other USB's, closest i got was probably my PSP with a 2GB Sony Memory Stick pro duo, which was formatted by the XBox, but encounters an error with Xboxpowersave when I run it with actionreplay. I updated the drivers and followed instructions.

 

The AR is even pickier about thumbdrives than the Xbox is. All I can say is, if the Xbox doesn't format AND copy to it, it's never gonna work with the AR either. My solution? Get an AR. It worked the first try for me.

 

Congrats told ya it was easier to use ar program and memory card lol

 

Well nevermind, I went out to get a Sandisk Cruzer Mini 1GB and it worked without problems. I now have a softmodded XBox.

Too bad my Dlink Di-524 router isn't capable of wireless bridging.. so my XBox can't go wireless, making XBMC pointless since I wanted to watch it on the TV in the first place

 

I have a sanidisc that my xbox will load games on and I need the maxdrive xbox driver and can't find it??

If you have it would you email it to me at *removed*

I followed the instructions and came to a dead end because of not having it.

TY

 

Like I said, if you people would follow the tutorial exactly as it was written you would know where you went wrong, how can YOU NOT FIND THE *bleep* DRIVER? Go over the tutorial again and you'll see which part you *bleep*...which is why you can't find the damn thing... -_-

 

okay im all the way up to where im in device manager and when i go to update the driver i cant find anything about maxdrive.

it doesnt say maxdrive anywhere on my computer.. where was this maxdrive supposed to come from?

 

I made my own USB adapter by connecting a female USB cord directly to the inside of my xbox. I got to the controller port wiring on the back side, I spliced into the correct 4 wires that go to Contoller Port4 and attatched the cord. When I start the XBOX with a Dell 256MB USB thumb stick in the adapter it goes to the main screen, I select memory with a contoller in Port 1, but only the main XBOX hard drive shows up. I also tried a Dane Elec 16GB USB drive and same result. I tried connecting an XBOX contoller into Port 4 along with the USB stick, the contoller goes dead, if I unplug the memory stick the controller works fine. I have formatted the memory stick on my PC under each type, FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and the same thing happens every time. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance

 

hi im trying 2 weeks to get my xbox softmodded,
i have an sandisk cruzer micro 4gb, i already have done the reformatting with gparted to: 512"fat32" 3.0gb"ext3" 356"linux-swap"
but when i plug it to my xbox i see only a memmory card on the left side, i dont see a popup showing with formatted

why xbox dont format my usb flash drive first?

when i select erase from (xbox) memmory card later when i plug it to windows, windows see the flash drive as
"RAW"
what does RAW mean?
why not fatx?

please help i try this 2 weeks and still dont have a soft modded xbox

 

@TatR

For any format Windows doesn't recognize it will say it's "RAW". Did you install the maxdriver? If you don't know, reread the instructions or go to page 8 of this forum (about mid-page); ro_bot shows the procedure with more details. If the driver is installed Windows wont see the flash drive at all! You can only view it with usbview.exe or the action replay software.

So,

- install the maxdrive driver
- dont give up
- & great job so far!

 

i already installed the maxdriver and the ar..v.1.05 - 1.3...-1.40 and v.1.20 but still ar wont see my flash drive.

i tried with another mini sd card with cardreader xbox read the card and i have erase the card from xbox manualy( i can copy files from xbox hard drive to the sd card)
then installed the maxdrive...

ar see my sd card but it freeze, see picture: what does this mean?
ooh and also the sd card dont work with ar v.1.31 - 1.40 -.1.2..
only with v.105

 

I don't know if I can help you.

The wonderful thing about using a usb is there are SO many things that can go wrong :]

Your best bet is to reinstall maxdrive (if you haven't), reformat the usb, reinstall AR (mine only worked with 1.05) and try again. It took several formatings for my USB to work, and I was lucky, because most don't.

If you've tried everything, then a much easier way is to hack an Xbox controller and use an xbox memory card (I would have, but I didn't have a memory card. You could get one at GameStop/somewhere for like $10). Then you wont have to worry about compatibility problems; it's made for the Xbox and AR software.