Hotswap Help
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:50 am
I got an Xbox from Japan and swapped the motherboard with a 1ghz/128mb board but now I have this japanese-region motherboard and I want to mod it. It's a v1.4 board that I plan on doing a TSOP-flash with.
My copy of Splinter Cell doesn't work because it's from the wrong region, so I figured I would softmod it via the hotswap method. I've done it in the past before switching to the gamesave method, so it's not a new process to me.
I initially attempted this using an IDE-USB adapter connected to my laptop. I've used this adapter to build SATA based hard drives in the past with success (using XboxHDM), so I figured it should work. After several failed attempts, I figured maybe there was a problem with using the adapter like that. I'm not sure why. So I switched to using a hardmodded Xbox of mine that has an X3 chip in it. I loaded up Chimp, did the hotswap, connected the stock drive to my chipped Xbox, then did a scan to see if the slave (stock) drive was locked or not. Every time it was reported as being locked.
I also tried taking my stock drive and making it my chipped Xbox's primary HDD and every time I did that it gave an error 6 (wrong HDD password... meaning it's locked).
My Japanese motherboard has been updated using a copy of Halo 2 so the dashboard is 5960 with kernel 4034.
I've tried these methods found in the Tutorials section of this subreddit, including
My copy of Splinter Cell doesn't work because it's from the wrong region, so I figured I would softmod it via the hotswap method. I've done it in the past before switching to the gamesave method, so it's not a new process to me.
I initially attempted this using an IDE-USB adapter connected to my laptop. I've used this adapter to build SATA based hard drives in the past with success (using XboxHDM), so I figured it should work. After several failed attempts, I figured maybe there was a problem with using the adapter like that. I'm not sure why. So I switched to using a hardmodded Xbox of mine that has an X3 chip in it. I loaded up Chimp, did the hotswap, connected the stock drive to my chipped Xbox, then did a scan to see if the slave (stock) drive was locked or not. Every time it was reported as being locked.
I also tried taking my stock drive and making it my chipped Xbox's primary HDD and every time I did that it gave an error 6 (wrong HDD password... meaning it's locked).
My Japanese motherboard has been updated using a copy of Halo 2 so the dashboard is 5960 with kernel 4034.
I've tried these methods found in the Tutorials section of this subreddit, including
- Burn an audio CD and rip it to your hard drive. Play music from your hard drive for a few seconds and pause it, then hotswap. Note: I didn't use a burned disc, just a regular audio disc. Not sure if that matters.
- Let the Xbox sit at the dashboard for a few minutes, then hotswap.
- Remove the DVD drive power cable (8 wires) before booting. This results in an error 12, which indicates the hard drive is unlocked.
- Hotswap the drive right after you see the Microsoft logo upon boot.
- Unplug the Xbox from your TV, then unplug the DVD drive's power cable and hotswap when the Eject button light turns red.