When I turn on my XBOX now it just sits at the screen, XBOX with Microsoft under it. I need the regular xbox dash back. I can't even FTP now cuz it just sits at this screen. It is because I deleted all the EvoX and stuff when I FTPed it. OMG what do I do
lol nice, sounds like fun. How did you first get it softmodded? if you used a exploit, why not try to insert that game if you did it that way and see if will boot up to it when it's inserted and turned on (so put game inside, turn off, then turn back on and see what happens) if it works hey you got it fixed (or can). Other wise you might need to either barrow a friends xbox that has a modchip or buy a modchip. Degalle (might be another way but can't think of any more)
Yeah, I can play games. I can register new accounts for xbox live, and I don't have a dashboard. I have action replay but the splinter cell files dont fit on the card at once and I can't copy one of the files to my xbox hard drive. I used Splinter Cell to soft mod it.
So much for your 'El-Cheapo Softmod' now you know why I say that 'Softmoding' is not for n00bs! I sopose you didn't follow the One true Golden Rule of 'Softmoding'! Which is (was), to backup the 'EEPROM.bin' File and the contents of the entire 10Gb XBOX™ HDD, now did you? (If you had managed to do that it would have been a Bitch granted! but you probably could have recoverd had you used the contents from the 'EEPORM.bin' with the PC Version of 'ConfigMagic' (i.e. 'LiveConfig'), to have worked out your 'HDD-Key' in order to have unlocked it, so that you could eventualy restore your 'Backup' to it. Relock it and continue. Alas I'm willing to bet you did none of that! So you only have two options left. 1) Find a XBOX™ Restore Disc "Authurized Use Only" to reformat and install the M$Dash back onto your XBOX™ (try eBay!!). or 2) Finaly break down and invest in a good 'Modchip'. Depending on how good your "MadSkilz" at Soldering are, and how Feature Rich you'll need (want) the Chip to be (have),. You can genneraly pick one up for around $10.00~$60.00(USD). It's well worth the investment! At the sametime you may want to consider ditching that Stock 10Gb HDD for someting a bit roomier to like a +160Gb~400Gb HDD as well. With the "Authorized Use ONLY!" Disc you do not need to use a Modchip. As that Disc came out of a M$ Factory! You insert the Disc... Wait.... When it ejects the tray remove it (The Disc), and cycle the Power Switch. With the Modchip you'll need to find the appropriate Firmware that matches your XBOX™ type (i.e. v1.0~v1.6a/b i.e. i.e. Conextant, Focus or Xcalibur Video Encoder Chips used), Hit the one that was not ment for your system. And your TV will be as the term that SAT-DX'ers use 'Dark' (i.e. Audio ONLY). You'll will also need to find a so-called Boot-Disc (i.e. Slayers 2.x Final or somesuch), in order to Format a new Dirve into FATX (a.k.a the XBOX™ File System) and install such things as the M$Dash ver.? (it's old!) and Evox for FTP access. At which point you can install newer Dashboards includeing the M$Dash. From any newer XBOX Live!™ Game Disc.
lol dude, your bios are fucked up, someone probably switched them or something. just figure out what you set them as when you first modded your xbox, and it will work, garunteed
Ya, i have the same problem Jug, but i softmodded with MechInstaller and it f'ed up with Unleash X. I can boot a game by pushing Start alot as it is attemting to boot the M$ Dash. If i understood Icijoe right, we (i, you) can get a restore disk or get a mod chip. One question though, if one of us was to get Xecuter 3, then could you flash the bios without plugging the chip into the Xbox so I could solder it in and PRESTO! Id have a dashboard. And also into response to savage, does this mean E;/ or C;/ right? Help is appritiated on behalf of me and Jug.
I don't know much about the X3 or it's slightly cheaper cousion the 'CE' enough to tell you how it works. I think you can only flash the Chip via a so called 'BIOS CD' (More like a CD\RW infact!), or though a Networkshare that can be configured on the X3 itself (via a FTP transer),. You can read all up on it here: http://www.teamxecuter.com/flashbios/?CMSSESSID=10f380283a8ea0e9835ab4a8251ae884 If you think you can live without a ChipOS (i.e. On-Chip FTP which you could infact sneek away with, with the 'Xecuter2 4978.03' Firmware. You could get an X-b.i.t instead, this Chip can olny be flashed over a USBx.x connection. It's what I'v been useing for years now. (Two Years now in fact!), It does everything I need it to do. It's just to old to support a LCD Pannel though. (And so maybe slightly chaeper then the X3), It's Solderless for XBOX™ v1.0 to v1.5, v1.6 Owners will have to Solder it in though.
Yes but what i think our problems are is that we accidentially deleted our EEPROM or BIOS or somthing. So, it its possible to flash a chip outside the Xbox? Then we could just put it in and we would have a dash.
Unless you Solderd / Shorted the 'Write Protect' Jumper and both 'D0' Points on the Mainboard of your XBOX™ your TSOP Image (i.e. Orginal Firmware e.g. BIOS), should be fine. If you trun on the XBOX™ do you even see the Fluber Animation? Thats a good sign, if not your in deep Sh*t! If you really did fuxx0rd up your TSOP Image you're going to have major MAJOR PROBLEMS! And I don't know if a Modchip will even be of any help to you at all! I don't know where the Modchip ends and the TSOP begins. But, the info that's embedded on the TSOP is crucial to your XBOX™. Especially in so far as your future abbliity to use the Stock HDD. As there are atleast Five different Subkeys (under which you have your XBOX Live!™ 'On-Line Key'), that all get hashed into a 20-bit 'HDD-Unlock Key' that the TSOP sends to the HDD in order to unlock it. If this info can not (or will not be recived), by the HDD. It will not unlock and you'll have an 'Error 05' (HDD Unlock Error). Basicly without that Key your Drive is DEAD!!! The only thing that might save your Butts! is if you have used 'ConfigMagic' before to unlock and relock your HDD! I'd take it you never backedup your 'EEPROM.bin' image (like all the Softmoding Guides tell ya to!), and you never used 'ConfigMagic' to Handwrite a Hardcopy of this info either. But, if you have used 'ConfigMagic' before you might be able to unlock it with a DOS Program called 'ATAPWD' or 'HDDUnlock' with the Master Password TEAMASSEMBLY. Otherwise... You can chuck out your Drives too... As the 'Restore Disc' that you can get off Ebay (most likely off p2p aswell), is only good for the HDD and not the TSOP Chip. Again it sounds to me like you'd want to use something like the X-b.i.t which can be installed and then flashed over the USBx.x Serial Bus. (The XBOX™ does not even need to be on durring this process),. But without a valid: XOBX™ Serial Number (the easyest thing to recover!) XBOX™ MAC Address XBOX™ On-Line Key XBOX™ Unique HDD-Key (16-bit) XBOX™ HDD Serial Number (you might be able to recover this one to!) =XBOX™ HDD-Unlock Key (20-bit),. You will not be able to use your Stock HDD again. =( You'll not be able to unlock your Stock HDD or to possibly even lock a newer One. Since you no longer have a vaild On-Line Key. You can also forget about XBOX Live!™ (Consider your Box Banned!),. I'd pray that you just fuxxord your PBL (Phoinox BIOS Loader), up and for what ever reasion the XBOX™ is just hanging at the Dashboard stage. allthough you should have gooten an 'Error 21' or some other Code, denoteing a Dashboard Error. But, for the last time can you still play an original Game Disc? You will have to insert the Disc in question. Then cycle the Powerswitch, if your TSOP Image is more or less ok, you should then be able to lauch straght into your Game. Bypassing the Dashboard alltogether. In this way you could rerun your Softmod Hack(s), given that such Saves are \ were stored on your XBOX™ to begin with...
Ok, the flubber goes and I am stuck at the screen with the Big X and microsoft below it. I tried signing on to Xbox live through Halo 2 but then it gave me error 21,(which means my dashbord it toast). When I run mechinstaller, my RUN LINUX gamesave is gone, so i cant copy another from my Action Replay to the HDD to run Linux on. An yes the softmod was on the HDD when i f'ed up. And also no i didnt use the ConfigMagic and I don't think I backed up eeprom, although I did the C and E drive. So, if I understand correctly, I can either buy a new MOBO, unlock do stuff then relock the HDD (means no more XBLive), or or buy a modchip to get a dashboard to run correct? Please continue helping, for you are my Xbox last lifeline!
Don't worry youll be just fine Your TSOP (i.e Firmware is just fine!), You Fuxx0rd your Phoenix BIOS Loader! (My first guess... It was not a BFM Boot From Media i.e. a 'Softmod' Firmware Image),. And this is the mess you got yourself into. And why trying to use XBL!™ to get back into the M$Dash only gets you an 'Error 21'. Solong as you ~ONLY MOD'ed the HDD and not the TSOP (i.e. BIOS Chip), persay. your still Golden! That's not to say that you can recover that simply though. But you can use say an X3, and however they (TeamXecuter), recomend you flash the Chip. (See my last Post!),. Will be enough for you to get up and running again (so no this is NOT A HARDWARE PROBLEM!), as you said you could boot Game Discs'. Sadly the Backup the EEPROM.bin File is actully Rule #2. Rule #1 for Softmoding NEVER EVER NEVER EREASE YOUR SAVE HACKS! And now you know why! But, I suspect once you get Chiped and regain FTP Access you can fix this simply enough. By going to #xbins and downlaod a Program called 'BoxPlorer'. To restore your M$Dash you would start Boxplore (say from EvoX), and then insert the same Game you tryed to acess Live!™ with. Point the BoxPlorer Browser to D: (The DVD-ROM Drive), and locate a File called 'Dashupdate.xbe'. Press the 'A' Button to run it, That's all there should be to it. A Progress Bar should then Scroll across the Screen, when it completes the XBOX™ should then reboot back into the Dashboard (which ever one that might be! Modchip Firmware dependent), but deactivating the Modchip will cause you to boot back into the noramal Gree Orb 'M$Dash' again. BTW: when you go on #xbins to get your Programs / Install CD's, you really shouldn't have to do this if your going X3 as the X3 has a built-in FTP Program. So you don't really need an Install CD! But allong with which ever Firmware Image / Dashboard replacement you everntually decide to go with. (I myself like Avalauch!), You should download a Copy of 'ConfigMagic' as well. It's worth doing it just for setting the master Password to 'TEAMASSEMBLY' in the eventullaity, you ever decide to strip it and replace it with something a bit BIGGER! Of couse the best option would be to leave the Drive as is and get an Xtender Casemod. (allows you to use up to 3x HDD's so you could use the Stock Drive for XBL!™ (no Modchip, no Nasty Softmoding Hacks = No BAN from XBL!™),. =) The Second and Third Drive('s) could then be used almost purly for backing up Games and or Movies! BTW: your going to love the XBMC! Talk about the 'KILLER APP!'...
Yes, thank you so much! I will try to buy an Xecuter 3 or (maybe Spyder?) in the near future. Thanks so much for helping me! BTW: I didnt delete anything from my HDD, i think whenever i f'ed up, It erased my HDD because none of my Saves are there. Also, i used boXplorer to install Unleash X and backup the E and C drives if that helps anything. I will probabally buy the Xecuter 3 chip if it comes with a Manual. I cannot thank you enough!!!! I think I may use the chip to restore M$ dash then try softmod again but if i F up again ill just use the chip Straight up.
