Microsoft XBOX Hacking Guide

[jellybeangreen2]

Well...

This TSOP thing was waaaayy harder then we expected.. we didn't have the ideal tools to solder it, so we messed up a little. As you can see in the picture below - one point is gone. He was like: Yep - i'm outta here, see ya !!!

(It's the point right next to the letter "R7D10")

My friend said, he thinks he can save this, with better tools (he will bring next time) plus he thinks it's easier - connecting a small wire, similar like this gentleman has done in this video - it seems like he did the same mistake we did (@ 13:14 mark) ...







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What happened lol. TSOP is the easiest thing to do. Just bridge to points. What tools did he use?!

 

[modbrain]

I guess it lifted up one pad. Basicaly the same thing that happend to the dude in the video above @ 13:10 sek.

Do you have a solution or are just here to tell me that it is the easiest thing to do? .....

 

[jellybeangreen2]

I guess it lifted up one pad. Basicaly the same thing that happend to the dude in the video above @ 13:10 sek.

Do you have a solution or are just here to tell me that it is the easiest thing to do? .....

Google for alt points and you will have to bridge them with some wire. Be careful. Was it yourself or your friend that did the work the first time? Bare in mind the points just allow writing of the BIOS. So at a worst case you can still have a softmodded xbox just without TSOP

 

[modbrain]

I think i found an alternative point here - i let you know how it went (lol.....)

 

[modbrain]

Ok, it's done... but it wasn't without problems...





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[Kioku]

Followed this guide, everything works great. However, trying to upgrade my HDD has proven to be very difficult. I've tried a 1TB HDD (compatible according to various lists) and it makes a high pitched whine and freezes halfway through. Assuming it's a dead/dying drive.

So, I tried a 240GB SSD. Everything seemed to go okay. Locked and everything. However, when resetting it back to master (using Startech adapter) and each boot alternates from error 9 to instant black screen. Is that indicative of a bad flash? Or drive? Or adapter? Send help!

Also, does it matter in which order I connect the 80 wire IDE cable? There's 3 connector colors, blue, grey and black. ;x

 

[modbrain]

So, I tried a 240GB SSD. Everything seemed to go okay. Locked and everything. However, when resetting it back to master (using Startech adapter) and each boot alternates from error 9 to instant black screen. Is that indicative of a bad flash? Or drive? Or adapter? Send help!

Well i'm certainly no expert... i cloned to an 240 SSD as well, but i left the adapter settings on "cable-select" and never changed it. But my console is TSOP flashed (so i don't no if this matters any)..

Also, does it matter in which order I connect the 80 wire IDE cable? There's 3 connector colors, blue, grey and black. ;x

That beats me - i'm guessing you connect the cable when the console is off - so it "shouldn't really matter" ...according to my understanding.

 

[Ryccardo]

Also, does it matter in which order I connect the 80 wire IDE cable? There's 3 connector colors, blue, grey and black. ;x

Blue is motherboard, grey is slave, and black is master (if you're using cable select, which works by simply not connecting one of the wires to one of the connectors - though you can't easily see that on most commercial cables)

In any case, even if you use manual master/slave settings, always use the full length of the cable, else signals will "bounce off the open end" and potentially cause enough noise to obstruct data transfer

 

[Kioku]

Well i'm certainly no expert... i cloned to an 240 SSD as well, but i left the adapter settings on "cable-select" and never changed it. But my console is TSOP flashed (so i don't no if this matters any)..


That beats me - i'm guessing you connect the cable when the console is off - so it "shouldn't really matter" ...according to my understanding.

Yeah, I tried to follow the softmod method. May just suck it up and TSOP flash.

 

[Kioku]

New HDD worked great. Got it loaded up. My next question concerns the light.. It's flashing red orange green... Is this normal?

 

[modbrain]

You mean on the console it self? Hmm... this could be an indication of some kind.. better do more research. Btw a good place to get some tips is the xbox original reddit (not xbox/xbox one/xbox360). That place seems a little more alive...

 

[DarthDub]

New HDD worked great. Got it loaded up. My next question concerns the light.. It's flashing red orange green... Is this normal?

Did you softmod it and install CFW already? Mine flashed every color as a setting that I set myself.

 

[Kioku]

Did you softmod it and install CFW already? Mine flashed every color as a setting that I set myself.

Yeah. I dunno what it is. It alternates from green, orange and then red, orange, green.

 

[modbrain]

Yeah. I dunno what it is. It alternates from green, orange and then red, orange, green.

Did you go to settings and looked for a option to change the front LED light? If i not mistaken, next to orange, green and red there is also an option that it changes it self all the time. Search for this option and then change it to "green".

Otherwise the console works? Can it play games? Can you copy games to the hard drive and play them from there?

 

[Rocky5]

Christmas lights is just an indication that the clock hasn’t been set and NKPatcher has set the time.

Do a IGR should resolve the issue, or set the LED colour via the dashboard to overwrite it.
( alternatively modify the NKPatcher source and recompile it with the no clock set LED changed to what ever colour you want )

 

[Kioku]

Did you go to settings and looked for a option to change the front LED light? If i not mistaken, next to orange, green and red there is also an option that it changes it self all the time. Search for this option and then change it to "green".

Otherwise the console works? Can it play games? Can you copy games to the hard drive and play them from there?

Console works great, aside from the finicky DVD drive.

Christmas lights is just an indication that the clock hasn’t been set and NKPatcher has set the time.

Do a IGR should resolve the issue, or set the LED colour via the dashboard to overwrite it.
( alternatively modify the NKPatcher source and recompile it with the no clock set LED changed to what ever colour you want )

Interesting.. Thanks for the information

 

[huma_dawii]

Just got an OG Xbox, is this up to date?

 

[Zonark]

Tsop is still working I believe it has to be version 1.4 or below motherboard to work

 

[RHOPKINS13]

Just got an OG Xbox, is this up to date?

This works, but alternatively if you don't have one of the "exploit games" you can do the hard drive "swap trick" instead.

But first before anything, check your motherboard revision and if it's below 1.6 pull off the clock capacitor.
https://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/wiki/clock_capacitor

 

[huma_dawii]

This works, but alternatively if you don't have one of the "exploit games" you can do the hard drive "swap trick" instead.

But first before anything, check your motherboard revision and if it's below 1.6 pull off the clock capacitor.
https://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/wiki/clock_capacitor

My version is 1.1 according to the dates, someone told me to update the dashboard before proceeding how accurate is that?