This is my original xbox I got as a child purchased pre modded without knowing exactly how, only being told it cannot use xbox live and don't delete any files.
It's always played back up games on DVD-R discs but boots with the MS dashboard when started with either power or eject button. My plan was to install a larger HDD I had spare with the UnleashX dashboard so I could FTP games to boot off that HDD to prolong the life of the disc drive.
I found a save file on the xbox HDD for Splinter Cell and having never played it I assumed it had a softmod done using this exploit. I've also found 'UnleashX Xbox Launcher' and 'Enigmah Videomode Switcher' listed with all other game save files.
I haven't ever seen any other dashboard such as UnleashX and never knew of any button combinations to activate them. I flipped the console and noticed the warranty stickers were cut around the two hidden screws, I then opened the console to remove the clock capacitor and didn't see a modchip installed.
Since I had the Splinter Cell save file I then attempted to boot a back up copy of that game assuming the exploit would work the same as with an original disc. The save file in Splinter Cell was named something like 'SAMAAAAAAAS' and not Linux so when pressing load and then checkpoints it just boots into the games training mission and not an exploit. So I gave up on trying to get to the UnleashX dashboard that way and decided to try install a fresh softmod using HeXEn 17 over the pre existing mod. I made a copy and booted it and attempted the 'one-click Krazies 1.1.1' for PAL with SC save file, message said dashboard is high enough to continue, selected 1st back up EEPROM and successfully completed the softmod install. I then followed the prompts to remove the disc and reboot the console, upon doing so I get the xbox welcome screen and then a blank screen with orange light around the eject button. I can still boot back ups including the HeXEn 17 disc but I can't boot into a dashboard.
From what I've read this happens when installing a softmod on a console that's either mod chipped or TSOP'd to have a hacked BIOS. When inspecting the main board I cannot see any noticeable mod chip or any solder bridged points to point to it being TSOP'd.
What should I do from here?
-Was I wrong in thinking I could install a softmod over an older softmodded HDD to update an old softmod and add the UnleashX dashboard when starting console?
-Is there a disc I should boot to recover dashboard like Slayers or AID?
-Can I use an application from a disc to FTP files from a computer to fix the mod without access to a dashboard?
-Is this one of those situations where I must install a modchip to boot the console from it's BIOS if what i've done has somehow ruined an older hacked BIOS?
-Can I use the HeXEn disc to unlock the HDD to hotswap it to an old PC and correct the files?
I'd rather keep the xbox in this current broken state then revert back to a vanilla unmodded xbox without the resources to start a fresh install.
From looking in settings in the HeXEn disc I've found Xbox info like kernel and dash version as well as HDD key that i've written down in case they help in any way.
It's always played back up games on DVD-R discs but boots with the MS dashboard when started with either power or eject button. My plan was to install a larger HDD I had spare with the UnleashX dashboard so I could FTP games to boot off that HDD to prolong the life of the disc drive.
I found a save file on the xbox HDD for Splinter Cell and having never played it I assumed it had a softmod done using this exploit. I've also found 'UnleashX Xbox Launcher' and 'Enigmah Videomode Switcher' listed with all other game save files.
I haven't ever seen any other dashboard such as UnleashX and never knew of any button combinations to activate them. I flipped the console and noticed the warranty stickers were cut around the two hidden screws, I then opened the console to remove the clock capacitor and didn't see a modchip installed.
Since I had the Splinter Cell save file I then attempted to boot a back up copy of that game assuming the exploit would work the same as with an original disc. The save file in Splinter Cell was named something like 'SAMAAAAAAAS' and not Linux so when pressing load and then checkpoints it just boots into the games training mission and not an exploit. So I gave up on trying to get to the UnleashX dashboard that way and decided to try install a fresh softmod using HeXEn 17 over the pre existing mod. I made a copy and booted it and attempted the 'one-click Krazies 1.1.1' for PAL with SC save file, message said dashboard is high enough to continue, selected 1st back up EEPROM and successfully completed the softmod install. I then followed the prompts to remove the disc and reboot the console, upon doing so I get the xbox welcome screen and then a blank screen with orange light around the eject button. I can still boot back ups including the HeXEn 17 disc but I can't boot into a dashboard.
From what I've read this happens when installing a softmod on a console that's either mod chipped or TSOP'd to have a hacked BIOS. When inspecting the main board I cannot see any noticeable mod chip or any solder bridged points to point to it being TSOP'd.
What should I do from here?
-Was I wrong in thinking I could install a softmod over an older softmodded HDD to update an old softmod and add the UnleashX dashboard when starting console?
-Is there a disc I should boot to recover dashboard like Slayers or AID?
-Can I use an application from a disc to FTP files from a computer to fix the mod without access to a dashboard?
-Is this one of those situations where I must install a modchip to boot the console from it's BIOS if what i've done has somehow ruined an older hacked BIOS?
-Can I use the HeXEn disc to unlock the HDD to hotswap it to an old PC and correct the files?
I'd rather keep the xbox in this current broken state then revert back to a vanilla unmodded xbox without the resources to start a fresh install.
From looking in settings in the HeXEn disc I've found Xbox info like kernel and dash version as well as HDD key that i've written down in case they help in any way.
