Unsure if Xbox is mod chipped or not, have orange ring no boot problem after Hexen
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:55 pm
I bought a second hand Xbox described as soft modded and changed the hard drive to a larger model. I needed to update the modding to get access to the G petition and used Hexen to do it. After going through the soft mod process I ended up with a console that shows the boot screen but doesn't go into any dashboards. It goes from a green ring to an orange ring and just sits there. After running the softmod process through Hexen when I turned it back on again it never booted beyond that intro, I couldn't complete the softmod as the instructions said. I can still use the DVD to boot into Hexen but it will just hang on a black screen after the intro plays other wise.
After doing some research I found that the only way the boot screen can be modified is with a chip and mine says Xecuter 2 when it boots up where it should say microsoft. This makes me think I may have tried to applied a softboot method to the mod chipped system. I read a thread here saying to try the bioschecker and Id id so and got the following.
Chip type LPC based SST 49LF020
Using genuine BIOS Xecuter2 4976.02
BIOS MD5 Hash 8BE62F9F402DE76931DB5B271530EF6E
When I opened the case to install the larger HD I noticed it only had 5 screws instead of the 6 listed but none of the stickers underneath had been damaged. I didn't think this was anything abnormal but now I'm thinking maybe it was and there is a modchip inside. I'd rather not open it up again right now and hoping the the Bios info can confirm if it's chipped or not.
If it is chipped how do I resolve this and if it isn't the same question?
After doing some research I found that the only way the boot screen can be modified is with a chip and mine says Xecuter 2 when it boots up where it should say microsoft. This makes me think I may have tried to applied a softboot method to the mod chipped system. I read a thread here saying to try the bioschecker and Id id so and got the following.
Chip type LPC based SST 49LF020
Using genuine BIOS Xecuter2 4976.02
BIOS MD5 Hash 8BE62F9F402DE76931DB5B271530EF6E
When I opened the case to install the larger HD I noticed it only had 5 screws instead of the 6 listed but none of the stickers underneath had been damaged. I didn't think this was anything abnormal but now I'm thinking maybe it was and there is a modchip inside. I'd rather not open it up again right now and hoping the the Bios info can confirm if it's chipped or not.
If it is chipped how do I resolve this and if it isn't the same question?