Reviving old xbox (and brain) - Questions

[FelixTCat]

So I modded my xbox many many years ago and for the past few years it has just been collecting dust. Stumbling over it last night I decided to see about getting it updated to the latest XBMC and use it for a mame machine. I've spent this morning trying to remember / relearn what the hell I did back then.

Here's what I have come to figure out:
Xbox 1.6
Xecuter 3CE chip with the switch board on the front
Bank 1 - 3108
Bank 2 - 3294
80G hard drive

Is there a later bios I should be using ?.

I can boot into the xecuter bios screen but I cannot seem to FTP into it. I can FTP into the box when XBMC is loaded. I keep thinking I should be able to boot into the BIOS config screen but I'm not sure what I am missing there. One thing I noticed is that the IP address in the config screen is different then the IP address in XBMC.

Thanks for helping an old guy out.

[xman]

One thing I noticed is that the IP address in the config screen is different then the IP address in XBMC.

Thanks for helping an old guy out.

That's a good place to start. You could also use a Install disc like Slayers to enable you to FTP into the machine as well.

[FelixTCat]

Booting to slayers 2.7 dvd allows me to ftp into the box (oddly enough with the same IP that the x3 config screen)

[nidge]

Is your IP address STATIC or DHCP?

[FelixTCat]

So I had a 500G pata drive sitting around and decided to upgrade the box since I was relearning everything anyway. I backed up the 80g drive, installed the 500g and installed slayers 2.7 and XBMC 3.51.
I had DHCP for the IP address and after installing the new drive I was able to FTP into the xecuter bios. Restoring my backups to the new drive via FTP and things are going smoothly.