hi whufclee nice to see your still about the forum, real life issues have kept me away ffs yea man didnt know that tbh but its the red rage model i posted up on the old forum. the slayers disc i have is the one i originally used to mod the xbox. rreally cant understand why this would do this, its th...

hi guys, still no joy with my xbox. i know all about the error codes so thats ok cheers. yes it is hard modded and i have tried the jumper in both cable select and master (error 7 for cable select) ok so the hdd is confirmed as working on my computer. Both the hexen and slayers discs are in perfect ...

Thanks for the quick reply. The jumper has been in the 'master' and 'cable select' positions with no joy, however i did notice the error code did change from 7 to error 16 when the position was in cable select. As for the hdd its defo working as i say it was a direct replacement so came straight out...

I recently backed up my xbox as the hdd was failing. i got a direct replacement 80gb hdd to use and it just wont accept it. I have tried both the slayers disc and the hexen disc and after a minute it just goes to the error screen (7) Any1 know why this is happening? i always used this method on a ha...

Thanks for all the info mate. i got most of my stuff off my drive and turned it off to get my dinner. that was it had tried loads of times to get it on since and all i get it the error code screen. i think taking all the games and emulators was enough for the hdd. Not worried about the game saves i ...

hi, many of you will remember my xbox red magma from the old forum. for years ive used it with no problems but reciently ive been getting the hdd error code. As its an 80gb hdd from about ten years ago the only reason this would be is because its had it day, Giving it a bang sometimes starts it agai...

The speeds for me arnt bad at all. Clicking on the movies folder hung for a few seconds 'with the working icon displayed' then presto. Not much if any difference to speed of reading off the native computer hdd via smb. Furthermore now that i have organised the different films into folders for collec...

Thanks for the quick reply Jan, i see you have been working very hard and the work is looking great. Is the old downloader still working? my programs may still work and it could well be down to an outdated version of xbmc. Gona do a fresh install of my xbmc once i get a new hdd. so i just want to ge...

i have a simple set up on windows xp via smb shares on my xbox. i pluged in my hdd one day and clicked the sharing over network option located in the properties option on my computer. All i had to do was then add the source and the job was done. i have a 500gb hdd packed with films and tv shows and ...

Been working flat out reciently and havent had a chance to sort my xbox stuff out for ages. Upon returning and using my xbox again ive found many of my plugins no longer work and there seems to be no update for the programs in the addon instaler. Have i missed something while stuff has been sorted o...

Thanx for the reply xman. from what i can tell in the pic i think its where the top left wire is going i need to sort. checked all other wires and there all attached including the loose wie which is sill attached under the pin header. hopefully i can re solder this wire and all will be fixed. Hope s...

so has any1 any info that could help me. dont wana giv up on the xbox just yet especially if it is just that 1 wire. anyone?

Personally i dont like playing mkv files as i too have either problems with audio or with video playback. Do you have alot of files in mkv format? Ive used converter in the past to convert the files to avi which is defo worth a go. Another thing to try is to simply re download the files in avi forma...

any1 any ideas? im fully stuck atm ffs

This is the wiring i mentioned on the underside of the motherboard



The image of the chip in question

This is true alot of controllers end up like this. i have 4 which are useless but i do have 2 others i took apart and fixed myself. Have a go taking it apart and hav a look. the 2 i fixed ended up only having 1 or 2 broken wires i was able to strip and wrap together and they worked again straight aw...

hi thanks for your suggestions, firstly soldering is no big deal but i dont want to swap the chipps. firstly because the other one is a custom one and apart from that has worked 100% for years now and don really wana go messing around with it) The chip im using is a 2nd executor as far as i can reme...

ok so checked the pin headers and the wires. not sure wtc is wit the wires tbh but the places they have been soldered to havent come loose and seem to be fine and look clean. could the chip have failed? i see this as unlikly as it was working last time i used it and it wasent even moved while not on...

I have a chipped xbox (crystal 1.6) i havent used this in ages s i use another chipped xbox as seen on the previous forum. However when i went back to use the crystal the following occured - i turn it on it then it turns itself off back on off and then on with a red and green flashing light. nothing...

I too have been looking for a good web browser. i also used linksbox but it wasernt really for me. I have also used many different versions of linux. some required the 128mb upgrade but others such as xdsl versions have been good. i also remember a very good 'duck taped' version xphazer did which i ...

omg a debug kit that thing is really nice indeed. have been looking into other limited editions but none as rare as this..... the best ive seen is the blue helo one or the mountain due one