bought a softmodded xbox, want to find out if i need to update things.

[kami44]

Hello all, i picked up a softmodded xbox from a small game store and i would like to find out if i need update anything. While i am totally new to xbox modding, i have at least managed to confirm that the board is a 1.1. though i realized after pulling it apart that i could look that up in the softmod menus. i have already bridged the connections for the tsop as well, but before continuing that process and removing the clock capacitor i would like to see if the softmod needs some kind of update and im not seeing any info for that. can anyone help me find my current version and explain how to update if needed?

 

[DarkGabbz]

Hello all, i picked up a softmodded xbox from a small game store and i would like to find out if i need update anything. While i am totally new to xbox modding, i have at least managed to confirm that the board is a 1.1. though i realized after pulling it apart that i could look that up in the softmod menus. i have already bridged the connections for the tsop as well, but before continuing that process and removing the clock capacitor i would like to see if the softmod needs some kind of update and im not seeing any info for that. can anyone help me find my current version and explain how to update if needed?

The only stuff you would need to update is the dashboard if you want but remove the clock cap ASAP.

 

[kami44]

yea i already spent a while cleaning up acid. i read that the wrong version of softmod can cause problems after removing the cap? if thats not the case i will take it out now.

 

[DarkGabbz]

yea i already spent a while cleaning up acid. i read that the wrong version of softmod can cause problems after removing the cap? if thats not the case i will take it out now.

Where did you read that? That is total nonsense.

 

[kami44]

something about a clock loop, cant remember where.

 

[DinohScene]

Where did you read that? That is total nonsense.

It's not nonsense.

Older softmod methods indeed could loop the Xbox as the clock wasn't valid.

OP, you've got nothing to worry about.
Most, if not all softmods and dashes these days simply ignore the clock and set the time via internet anyway.

 

[kami44]

so how would i go about doing the dash update, or seeing if i even need to?

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also thank you guys for the help.

 

[DinohScene]

Pretty much all the softmods install the latest UnleashX/Evox/whatever dash.
I'd suggest UnleashX.

They haven't been updated in years and are likely to never receive updates anymore.

 

[DarkGabbz]

Pretty much all the softmods install the latest UnleashX/Evox/whatever dash.
I'd suggest UnleashX.

They haven't been updated in years and are likely to never receive updates anymore.

The most up to date dash is XBMC the last build is from 2016.

 

[kami44]

how do i tell which one i have?

 

[DinohScene]

The most up to date dash is XBMC the last build is from 2016.

Which, was the last update to come out for the outdated system even after they already dropped support for it.

how do i tell which one i have?

Post a picture of it?

 

[DarkGabbz]

how do i tell which one i have?

Send a pic of it but 99% of the time it's obvious.

 

[kami44]

Getting picks now. i did find xbmc, it says 2012 in the system info.

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is this what im looking for

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it also bounces around sid 5.11 sometimes, but if i enter unleashx it bounces 5.10. not sure what any of that means but felt i should mention it.

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heres the other menus

 

[ScarletDreamz]

Latest unleashX Dashboard was : 0.39.0528 Build 584 Alpha
latest XBMC Dashboard was: XBMC4Xbox 3.5.3

Sadly cant post the links, due they being code on Xbox SDK.

 

[kami44]

so in order to install these do i need to buy a usb to xbox converter? or is there another way to do it? this is the part i dont understand. im not sure how to get files onto the xbox and how to install them at this point.

 

[ScarletDreamz]

so in order to install these do i need to buy a usb to xbox converter? or is there another way to do it? this is the part i dont understand. im not sure how to get files onto the xbox and how to install them at this point.

since its flashed, you can put the files on the DVD, or you can use the CrossOver cable, you need to make 1 yourself or buy 1, or you can purchase or make 1 adapter for the controller to usb.

 

[DarkGabbz]

since its flashed, you can put the files on the DVD, or you can use the CrossOver cable, you need to make 1 yourself or buy 1, or you can purchase or make 1 adapter for the controller to usb.

You can just use a normal lan cable.

 

[ScarletDreamz]

You can just use a normal lan cable.

Im pretty sure you need a crossover cable, which is not a lan cable.

due to me having several crossover cables that i have worked with on the xbox 360.

 

[DarkGabbz]

Im pretty sure you need a crossover cable, which is not a lan cable.

due to me having several crossover cables that i have worked with on the xbox 360.

Modern devices make a crossover cable unnecessary because they detect a crossover connection.

 

[ScarletDreamz]

Modern devices make a crossover cable unnecessary because they detect a crossover connection.

Sadly, oldschool here, thats why i always used my cables lol, made them like several years ago, and still use them, they do the job lol, and they were like $1.99