Need help! with step by step xbox modding

[scimitar777]

Hi i have looked around the internet different forums alot of google and youtube landed my self a cord game ect and managed to softmod the system well i want to take it further i want to upgrade to a larger drive 500 gigs+ emulators ect. Now as i have reached the time to use chimp or hardmod step i have watched videos read forums and i can't make heads or tales of it. my xbox on the unleash skin says its a v 1.1 which i understand is good.(maybe) but as i was saying all forums an youtube videos i watch are only small pieces to the puzzle as i know for hard mods there are many differnt mod chips to choose from and or there is using chimp to swap to a larger drive which has to be able to be locked. i got myself a ide to sata conversion and i have a 80 wire 40 pin ide cable. every time i try nothing works i can't either get chimp to boot in which is says (can't find default.exe file) or somethign to that (this is after i switch ide from dvd to hdd before app boot) or if i do it after the boot of chimp it still seems to think the samsung dvd drive is plugged in so yah no dice. i have a 40 gig WD ide but i can't even get it to work with that at all it either doesn't seem to recognize it or the file refuses to boot right...so help? i would really apprecaite it i have really been working at it but i feel like i hit a brick wall if you could provide answers links resources with explantion that would be great so i can either purchase or just figure out what i am doing wrong here...

[spicemuseum]

Steady on, you've mentioned a whole bunch of (potential) mods at once, and we're not clear what you want to do.

Let's start with what softmod you've installed...?

[scimitar777]

its 5.11 final unleashx ??? is that right ?

[Rocky5]

its 5.11 final unleashx ??? is that right ?

Kind of, it SID 5.11 Final. UnleashX is just the dashboard that is installed afterwards. ( that isn't the softmod )

Also v1.1 is your Xbox version.



How it looks now, I had to change the menu a bit.

[scimitar777]

awesome thanks i did manage to get my 40 gig drive i had laying around to work after a few checks turns out my molex 4 pin y connector was busted up and still is but i got some of it soldered and got it to work long enough to get the 40 gig installed as my main drive. i was thinking of moving up to a 200 gig drive already got on picked out. is there any reason to go with a hardmod at this point would they serve any purpose?

[spicemuseum]

is there any reason to go with a hardmod at this point would they serve any purpose?

Bridging (soldering) the TSOP flash points and flashing a replacement BIOS simplifies procedures significantly. For example, you can run with your hard drive unlocked, and you can insert a new hard drive which will be automatically detected and formatted ready for new software.
Read here: http://www.biline.ca/xbox_mod.htm
Specifically: http://www.biline.ca/xbox_solder.htm
I use HeXEn boot disc to manage BIOS replacement, I find it the most logical but there are others. (Rocky's tool are very good also.)

...or you can install a modchip for the same effect (but with the additional cost and complexity of fitting).

[scimitar777]

ok so i bought a drive using the list of drives that were said to be lockable using chimp as i have used before now using a (40 gig drive) the 200 gig i purchased was said to be lockable and i got it used the same process and it says its NOT lockable is there a way around this without tsop?

[scimitar777]

is there any reason to go with a hardmod at this point would they serve any purpose?

Bridging (soldering) the TSOP flash points and flashing a replacement BIOS simplifies procedures significantly. For example, you can run with your hard drive unlocked, and you can insert a new hard drive which will be automatically detected and formatted ready for new software.
Read here: http://www.biline.ca/xbox_mod.htm
Specifically: http://www.biline.ca/xbox_solder.htm
I use HeXEn boot disc to manage BIOS replacement, I find it the most logical but there are others. (Rocky's tool are very good also.)

...or you can install a modchip for the same effect (but with the additional cost and complexity of fitting).

those links are amazing but they also say i need xecuter2 4981 which i can't seem to get to without a password to eurasia which i can't seem to get my hands on one there isn't a captcha to get around it gotta be a user

[Rocky5]

ok so i bought a drive using the list of drives that were said to be lockable using chimp as i have used before now using a (40 gig drive) the 200 gig i purchased was said to be lockable and i got it used the same process and it says its NOT lockable is there a way around this without tsop?

Does chimp say it's not lockable?

[scimitar777]

yes it says its not lockable

[Rocky5]

yes it says its not lockable

You using the one with the disclaimer?
( have to select softmodded Xbox )

You should be as I updated it before posting the videos.

Would you be willing to test something for me?

[scimitar777]

yes it says its not lockable

You using the one with the disclaimer?
( have to select softmodded Xbox )

You should be as I updated it before posting the videos.

Would you be willing to test something for me?

sure why not?

[spicemuseum]

those links are amazing but they also say i need xecuter2 4981 which i can't seem to get to without a password to eurasia which i can't seem to get my hands on one there isn't a captcha to get around it gotta be a user

I see from your posts in other threads that you got the BIOS files.

[scimitar777]

those links are amazing but they also say i need xecuter2 4981 which i can't seem to get to without a password to eurasia which i can't seem to get my hands on one there isn't a captcha to get around it gotta be a user

I see from your posts in other threads that you got the BIOS files.

Yes I got it figured out though I didn't realize hexen had all of it prepacked for the process so got my tsop flashed and xbmc set as my secondary dash along side xectuer2 what are the benefits of 4981 bios?