How To Softmod An Original Xbox! - Legacy Rocky5 Game/USB Method
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
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In this video, I will show you the basics of getting your Xbox softmodded for any number of uses!
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0:00 - Purpose
0:09 - Intro
0:41 - Needed Items
3:00 - Formatting USB Drive With FATXplorer
4:18 - Placing Softmod Files On USB
6:28 - Copy Files To Xbox
7:39 - Triggering The Save Game Exploits
8:36 - Installing The Softmod
10:02 - Backup Your Xbox EEPROM
11:19 - Extras Disc - Installing A Different Dashboard
12:44 - Restoring The MS Dashboard
13:16 - Installing DVD2Xbox
13:34 - Restoring Xbox To Stock
13:57 - Messing With XBMC4Gamers
16:23 - Insignia Compatibility!
16:34 - Remove Game Save Exploits
17:19 - Other Thoughts
17:49 - Outro/Support
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If you're trying to copy the save file from your usb to your hard drive and you only see the option to "delete" with no option to "copy", you probably have the game's title/image highlighted and not a specific save. Once you've got your game highlighted, press right once to step over into the save files for that game. Then press A and you should see both "copy" and "delete" options.
You are a life saver I was going to format and start all over 😅
Dude you're a hero
I remember doing this back in the day. I have the usb memory card adapter, and hunted down 3 of the games at GameStop. Still have all the stuff. Going to make another soon
Nice!
I wish there was a video out there with someone showing off all the different types of dashboards
Thanks I had all forgotten how I did it 2 years or so ago! Really well explained
Pro tip: The Xbox controllers are just USB controllers and they have a USB Hub inside them. If you have one of those shitty third party controllers that half busted you can do what I did. Take it apart and replace the memory card port with a standard USB port. The pinouts are literally identical with the exception of the yellow wire on the fifth pin that is used for accessories but not needed for the USB port so just don't connect anything to it. Now since the controllers have two memory card slots I can just plug the USB stick into the lower one and a standard XBOX memory card into the top one.
very informative! Thank you!
Thank you
This bring back memories. Back in my day all I needed was Mechassault and Action Replay.
Good times with Windows XP 😂
@@ArchadesGames This thing is not going to permanently remove the original Xbox dashboard or destroy the original hardware will it? If someone does the mod, will they still be greeted with the original Xbox dashboard as if there was no mod to it? Also I kept hearing that modding preserves the original Xbox hardware. I'm not sure what they mean by that. Just getting information.
It replaces the stock dash with a custom one and by preserving the hardware it lets you replace the HDD when it inevitably goes bad as you back up or swap out the HDD key.
just ordered tony hawks pro skater 4 a 2gb usb flashdrive and a usb to original xbox adaptor thanks to this video did not know that you could do it with a usb thought the only thing possible was a mod chip i feel like im blessed with this video thanks a lot
Have fun!
@@ArchadesGames just modded my xbox today going great also helped me confirm some things about my xbox i already knew this but i just confirmed my theory my xbox is a v1.1 and such thanks for this video
Nice! Happy gaming
@@LostMySpark15 which game did you use ?
Thanks for helping me out.
Happy gaming
that's cool for those who own an xbox with a working dvd tray, in my case the hotswap method did it, but since that method included outdated programs how do I update the softmod now? some say if it works don't change it but that new dashboard looks cool.
Great video thank you
Happy gaming
I remember back in the mid 2000s when my ex-brother in law introduced me to the Xbox Softmodding Tool because I had Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.
I only have 3 thing's showing under Dashboard info. Is there another way to install more Dashboards? Or I need a different Extra's disc?
Just getting back into original and I have 2 questions. 1 do you have to burn the "extra disc" onto a disk or is there a usb method. 2 what place would i go to to get information on what emulators I can put on the emulator tab? Thank you!
You can FTP it.
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I've been trying this with Splinter Cell, I know I have all the files on the system, but when I choose the checkpoints option, the game just hangs and never boots into the softmod installation. I've placed both the softmode save and the SC save on my Xbox HDD. I have a newer Xbox from 2005. My system just hangs and never goes black or to the next screen.
Same !
I don't know how to launch games after doing all what you said, I can only see Delete and Copy
A few questions for anyone familiar with the process:
I've read that some people have issues with 'Splinter Cell' not loading the save properly? I'm guessing it doesn't make any changes if it doesn't load properly? Apparently you need to immediately turn off and reload game to get it to work? I would be using a PAL copy for my system.
My main concern is the locked EEPROM, with it softmodded and reset to a bunch of 0s, can you then return to stock OS with it retaining the EEPROM changes? Or do you need to backup the stock EEPROM to return to stock?
I'm not sure whether I'd want to leave the Xbox modded or return to stock, but I do know that it would be foolish to let my system die with it's HDD, whenever that fails. From what I've read a mod chip would be able to recover a system with failed HDD, but obviously at a much greater cost than a cable and a USB stick.
yeah, happened to me years ago, I got the black screen after choosing linux with splinter cell, but resetting or just pressing the eject button to reload the game, the exploit worked, I even bought 2 splinter cell discs just in case. But eventually my dvd drive died and for other people I had to do the pc hotswap method.
Is this the softmodding process I need to use in order to play burnt disc-games?
If not, does this mod allow any .xiso game to be played from the flash drive..?
Yes this will let you play burned discs and it also works with xiso rips on the HDD
On mine it's not letting my copy the files did I do something wrong?
New issue not sure if my Xbox is the issue but my Xbox light turns red with tony hawk 4 during the softmod but then reboots and just loads the game again
I had an issue where the only option was "delete", no "copy". It turns out that you have to highlight the game, then press right once to select a save for that game, then hit A and you'll find the "copy" option. So the issue was that I had the game's title highlighted, not the specific save file for that game.
Okay. So I reset my Xbox to stock and got Insignia running. Pretty cool! But, unfortunately, now when I attempt to re-softmod my console via Splinter Cell, it just hangs after I press A on Check Points. I followed your instruction to the T and I'm not sure what the issue is. I'm going to try Tony Hawk 4 next and see if I have any luck. Other softmod installers are also not working for me with the Splinter Cell exploit anymore.
With me the same thing...
@@jerom1997 I was able to essentially start from scratch by re-softmidding with Tony Hawk 4.
Can you do a video on upgrading from UnleashX to Rocky 5?
If I find a box that has an old softmod I can.
So I can set the dashboard to the original to where it doesn't look softmodded at all? This is my first major softmod and I wanna keep the system looking as original as possible. I'm not into it looking different than intended. Also for the ones that have done this, from experience, was this an overall easy process? Seems easy enough but like I said, it's my first major softmod. The first being a few of the mini classic systems.
If you keep the stock dashboard you won't be able to launch anything without making a replacement dashboard disc to run from the DVD drive.
TLDR: Read the last two paragraphs for a viable solution to your question.
If my memory serves me in the UleashX dashboard you can have it load MSDash after UnleashX in a seamless way and if you want to goto UnleashX all you have to do is hold L-Trigger+R-Trigger+Start+Select just like resetting.
If your clock battery is dead and won't keep the time (like mine is) then it will go to the MS Dash automatically on boot.
As long as you backup that EEPROM then you will always be fine, if you don't however you could be in need of a new Xbox as it's the code to unlock the harddrive's password protection that even if you connected it to a PC you cannot bypass it as the PC will ask for that password also since it's a hardware level password that's specific to your Xbox's motherboard stored in that EEPROM and there is only two way to get it. Through the softmod and from Microsoft and MS ain't telling you shit.
Personally after I softmodded mine I connected the hard drive to a PC and created a disc image of the drive. You can do this by 1) Backup the EEPROM 2) UnleshX setting menu you can unlock the hard drive (remove the EEPROM password protection) 3) I then connect edit to a PC running a Linux version specifically made to work on Xbox HDD's and it created an image and relocked the drive using the EEPROM file. You can then use this same method to swap the drive to a larger capacity. This was back in 2006 when I did this so there maybe other software out there now days but essentially the process would be the same and from this video (even though I didn't need to watch it and only was curious about modern methods) shows that the process is the same but the UI's have been better streamlined making mistakes unlikely compared to the UI I had to work with back then.
Though I do recall at the time you could run the softmod in a non destructive temporary state that is gone after power loss (powering off). I didn't see the possibility on the modern softmod software but back in the day the process was one where it would run UnleashX and then you would have to run each tool individually to mod the console. One app to get the EEPROM, another to copy dashboards, and another to change the default dash to one of your choice. The game save exploit I used ran UnleashX from the memory card, and once you have that running you can do everything that a normal softmodded console can without it being permanent. The only caveat is that you would have to run the game save exploit every time you turn it on but you're good as long as you do not turn it off and only use the L+R+S+S to reset back to UnleashX (or other dashboard).
I would imagine a small change to the files on the USB flash drive could result in the same by replacing the softmod tool with a dashboard instead, and then you could also include the tool as an option to load from UnleashX later if you so chose to do so. This way you can "test the waters" of a softmodded console without making any permanent changes.
One more question? Do I have to have XBMC installed? I wanted to just do Rocky and Stock dash but "Xbox Live Not Found" occurs.
Edit: installed Xbmc4gamers and still get "Xbox Live Not Found" in stock dash. Might have to do a factory reset and start from scratch.
Edit 2: Started from scratch. No dice. Cleared the cache on insignia. Worked like a charm. Had to recover Xbox Live account.
Glad you're sorted!
Excellent Mod. I loved Modding Everyones Xbox in 2k4/8: Due to many disasters, I lost 3 of my best Xboxes in house fires, and my Original 1st Mon on my own... I ThoughT I Clipped the Cap...
It's Dead, resistors everywhere.
So I did a killer Refresh/Upgrade to the case mod I did previously; Installing New Guts... I don't know if I can unlock the 500gig Hdd I had in the old system so I can relock it to the new Motherboard....
I love modding Xbox's!
@Archades Games will everything be intact after softmoding it? i like to keep everything thats on my xbox have old save games than music. i have everything to do it well sprinter cell is coming today lol.. edit. hmm been looking it up more there is topics saying save games should be fine and everything on the hdd should also be fine too.. so i guess it be fine
It doesn't touch saves so you should be good to go!
How can I stop someone from freezing my xbox one
Silly question but when it says "remove disk" when you see the "green flubber" animation does this mean that I unplug the USB flash drive from the console?
You remove the disc from the disc drive
@@ArchadesGames Thank you. I actually just rewatched your tutorial and understood what you meant. I don't know why I forgot that there was an exploit disc still in the console. You also unplug the USB drive much earlier in the process too (when you finish transferring the save files).
I'm currently purchasing all the items I need for this softmod to work.
Since I have your attention, when you say that we need to hook up our xbox to our home network you mean my router correct? The same router that my main desktop PC is also hooked up to. I'm assuming this works weather my PC is hooked up via wifi or ethernet to the router yes? I don't use wifi on my main pc that's why i'm asking.
Thanks, now I can play homebrew games!
Best get on it X!
Hello i dont now what i do wrong on the end but i remove the cd and now the xbox is flashing red and green and dont boot up the dashboard, can you please help me ? Now my xbox dont have any dashboard, on the end when i remove the cd the console wont finish the soft mod, the screen stays black and orange light and red light on, i really dont now what to do.....
Burn the extras disc to a CD/DVD and see if it boots
@@ArchadesGames alright, i will try that, thanks
Hey how exactly do I switch back to the original ms dashboard when I want to?
Reinstall it with the extras disc then you can go into the file browser and find it under the C drive. An app shortcut might also get created that will appear in the apps section of your replacement dash.
Any experience with vertical lines on the picture? I have a v1.0 PAL xbox OG and its picture is arse once I connect it via an Xbox2HDMI adapter from Electron Sheperd... some people have said it might be the CPU Caps that have blown etc but I've checked and nothing looks untoward/busted... someone else suggested softmodding so I can up the res to 720p... once its done and I have this soft mod installed, can I load normal xbox games from discs without any worry? Or do I have to go back to the xbox dash first?
It is likely the capacitors needing to be replaced. Softmodding the system won't do anything for jailbars. But yes you can still play discs like normal on a modded system if desired!
@@ArchadesGamesThanks dude! Is it just the CPU caps or do most xbox repair guys tend to replace them all? The ones on the PSU board have lots of scabby looking glue to keep them from moving I guess... thanks for the reply!
@@ArchadesGamesone other question, if I set the xbox resolution to 720p for example will it load games which don't support it? Or will it wig out at the incorrect resolution?
If you set the resolution to 720 only games that support 720 will run in 720. You have to have a CPU/RAM upgraded Xbox and 720 patches to get non 720 games In true 720.
@@ArchadesGames oh i dont want the non 720 games to run in 720, i just don't want to have to go and change the setting everytime i change games. If they will display at 480 when in the 720 mode that's fine
Just curious, what’s the benefit of doing this as opposed to emulating on pc via xemu?
Xemu still has hardly anywhere near full compatibility and this is for people who want to play on a real console.
I can tell you from experience that playing games emulated on an Xbox is more like playing on the actual systems then on a PC. Technically it should be the same but the Xbox has tons of efficiencies that PC's don't have, even though it's technically just another PC. The xbox doesn't have the Overhead that the windows OS bring because the Xbox is running a barebones version of windows that functions mainly on ... DirectX (Hence why it's called an X box). There are many other engineering techniques that make subsystems far more effcient than a PC and still used on modern consoles, but good luck emulating on a Xbox One X.
The PSP is also another great device to play emulated games on due to how the hardware was designed, though I still enjoy playing emulated games on my PSP, playing them on the OG Xbox is a far better experience and I have a Ryzen 5 5600x and GTX 1080 TI with 32gb of DDR4 3200 to compare to.
PC's can game, but PC's inherently are designed to be General Purpose computers where consoles are designed to be Gaming Computers, and therefore gaming machines do gaming best. People prefer gaming on a PC because you have a larger pool of games to choose from and use it for general purpose computing at the same time. This is a severe limit on a console.
i soft mod mine many years ago
Just wondering if you would kindly tell me how to prepare the files to be put on a dvd disk like how do I make it bootable for the XboxOG? At the time of my comment and I’m experiencing error 13 because I did make a mistake (just soft modded system) but I’m wondering if the Xbox will launch from the disc with this error present or will I still keep getting error 13? I was stupid and did NOT backup my eeprom with my hdd key so I don’t have that. also I’ve already burned two discs with slayer and the other truHexn with the system still displaying error 13 and not booting from the discs, however oddly enough the console will still boot from and play original Xbox game DVDs… I do have an executor 3 chip but it’s not installed. So far from what I’ve learned is the only way to recover the hard drive key is to extract it through the EPROM dumper for which I need the EPROM reader tool or to modify the system with my chip. Any help would be very much appreciated if you’re willing to make a comment. Thank you in advance! 😅
It means your dashboard is missing. Burn the rocky5 extras disc iso with img burn and see if it launches. If not try the softmod process again since you said it still reads retail discs. If none of that works install the chip.
@@ArchadesGames got it, thank you. Yeah unfortunately the saved game files where launch Linux was is no longer on my system either. So if the rocky five disc fails it looks like chipping would be my only option. Thank you for the reply.
Ok i did this was going great. My xbox froze i reset and now it gives a code 7 do you have any clue why
think your HDD drive died it means your hard drive timed out (failed to respond in time) and likely your hard drive is dead but it could be a loose cable so open your xbox up and try it if it doesnt work replace the cable if it still doesnt work then i think your hard drive died
I've been trying this with Splinter Cell, I know I have all the files on the system, but when I choose the checkpoints option, the game just hangs and never boots into the softmod installation.
You have the secondary package in place as well?
@@ArchadesGames I'm having the exact same issue. The screen goes black and the light on the Xbox goes red.
@@PiniMut had same problem, but tried one more time, got black screen with red light, tapped "a" on black and softmod started
I’m literally on the same step you were but it flashes red in a screen pops up saying something about customer support in green words
It´s possible to softmod a japanese xbox?Can I do it with a japanese version of splinter cell or it´s only the us version?Does the japanese xbox can read the us version of splinter cell?
One of the following games:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (first game in the series; any version)
MechAssault (first game in the series; black label version with "MS02301L" on the inner ring of the backside of the disc)
007: Agent Under Fire (black label version or Platinum Hits version with "1448517" on the disc)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (any version except the French release)
For NTSC-J region consoles, you must use the Asian (not Japanese) versions of 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell' and 'MechAssault' because the Japanese versions will crash when attempting to load the game save exploit. 007: Agent Under Fire and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 were not released in NTSC-J regions.
Does softmodding removes music files from the hard drive? I have old songs I used to listen to when I was a kid and I don't want to lose them
It probably does
@@ArchadesGames alright thanks! I'm going to find a way to back them up
I'm not sure about music files but my save games, which I think are on the same partition, were still intact after the softmod.
It also may be possible to just launch the softmod from the exploited savegame and use a file manager if available to transfer the files from E:\TDATA\fffe0000\music to the USB drive
I´m using the Mech Assault game for the exploit.
When I tried to run the exploit by confirming on run linux the screen is all black now and the light on the xbox is red.
Did I make something wrong?
Does the Xbox is still good?Like nothing happened yet.
Can I turn off and start again the exploit?
Try again
@@ArchadesGames Thank you.I completed the softmod.
Awesome, happy gaming!
could i ftp the softmod extras disc instead of burning one?
If you have a dash that can mount xiso format stuff. I'm not willing to troubleshoot that so I didn't include it in the vid
@@ArchadesGames I got it to ftp. Thanks for your reply! I followed your other vid to softmodding and you made it beyond simple to follow.
Happy gaming!
Does this allow you to play Xbox game roms off a usb?
No, Xbox is only capable of USB 1.1 so to slow to play games. HDD only
@@ArchadesGames thanks
You lost me with the extras disc.. a disc wasn't in the requirements section..
is there away soft mod my Xbox 360 E
360 requires hardware mods
Guys, before you buy shitty usb drives or "guaranteed working with og xbox" overpriced ones, see if you have a small enough SD card or some other card lyring around and or buy a USB SD Card. I found a generic 2GB SD card among my music stuff, bought a random card reader from a perfume/toys/food/general store 10 mins ago and I'm finally in business! Phew.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System is such a hilarious name considering how exploitable of a game it is to hack an Xbox 😭
My brother used Splinter Cell I belive
1gb flash drive would work?
Depends on the drive. Give it a shot.
I used a random company gifted 2GB drive, which I never thought would work until I just tried for shits and giggles, while waiting for a 256MB one from ebay to arrive.
To my surprise it actually just worked!
Feels like money thrown out of the window, but learning is always involved with cost as well as trial and error I guess.
Can not for the life of me….get the component to display while soft modded. It worked perfectly before the soft mod
i restored mine to stock and have error 16 how would i go about fixing it