How to Upgrade a Hard Drive in a Hardmodded Original Xbox | Xbox TSOP/Modchip HDD Upgrade Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2019
- This tutorial is designed for hardmodded Xbox users and aims to show you 2 different methods of upgrading your hard drive. If you want to keep your existing configuration while also increasing your storage, the first method will be best for you as it involves cloning your current drive to a new drive using Chimp 261812. The second method is much easier and faster but does not retain or transfer any of your data. This second method simply involves installing a new hard drive in place of your old one and booting up your console with a installation disc in the DVD drive. The disc being used for this tutorial is HeXEn 2018.
Keep in mind the cloning method will require several different pieces of hardware and software, and it does require a "hotswap" meaning you will have to disconnect your DVD drive and connect it to your new hard drive while the console is running. If done properly, everything will be successful, but keep in mind there is a risk of causing physical damage to your hardware if done improperly! This tutorial assumes you are aware of the risks and are willing to proceed.
If you have a softmodded Xbox, do NOT follow this tutorial! Softmodded Xboxes require a slightly different process which is fully detailed in this tutorial.
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Fantastic video!
Best OG Xbox mod tutorials on RUclips
I use those old xbox drives for rebuilding vintage Windows 9x PC's from time to time. I usually fill the PC with them then load it up with DOS games. Nice video, Thanks.
I actually haven’t done any of your tutorials. I just like the information in your videos and what you do with older consoles.
Appreciate it! Although I'd recommend trying some of the cool things you might see in these videos. Might as well if you have the guides available! 😀
Great Video, really clear and easy to follow instructions. I just replaced my original HDD with a 500gb one in my 1.6 Xbox after replacing 5 blown capacitors on the motherboard. It brought my crystal Xbox back from the dead!
I used the second method and it worked a charm, many thanks mate. Now to install some emulators and put all my Xbox games onto the HDD :)
Perfect!
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did you ever figure out why the first method didnt work? i dont get specifically why it works for some and not others
Thank you MrMario!! My v1.6 Maxtor 300gb got the click of death and I bought a used one on eBay to replace it. Used the Hexen 2019 disc to get it back up and running. Thankfully I backed up my previous drive when I first heard the clicking :)
Excellent! Glad this helped!
It's been almost a year since i gave up my last repair. I've replaced the 5 leaking caps on my 1.6 box and still not turning on after that.
Yesterday I've replaced the caps and now the mod-chip is probably dead, cause when I pull out the chip it's booting fine. (Aladdin XT)
Now I'm waiting for the new mod-chip (Aladdin XT Plus 2) and possibly upgrade the HDD thanks to your guide.
I've got couple of healthy unused IDE drive from office and might experimenting on it.
As for the OG drive, the board blew up in the past, but to my luck, I found the exact same model at my old workplace. The donor drive is dead, but the board was fine. I swapped the board and it works. So i'll just keep the drive as I have a success history with it.
This video could do with chapter timestamps now that RUclips supports them. Still a great guide, though. Did a HDD nuke, worked perfectly. Good thing I use Memory Units to save most games :)
i really enjoy your videos i followed most of your tutorials to mod my consoles and i'm amazed of how detailed and specified your tutorials are keep up the good work and thank you very much for sharing your methods in modding, i'm looking forward to see a recent video about modding X-B 360 i'm planning to do it but most of the tutorials on line are outdated and to be honest i'm confused on where to start.
I have a whole slew of Xbox 360 modding videos already on my channel.
Mr Mario is on a roll with them OG Xboxes. :)
Trying to.
One thing I will note: when I started Chimp Loader, my eject button flashed red, yellow, green for a while & then flashed yellow for a long time. I gave up & tried again a few times because I thought something was wrong. It turned out that I just needed to be patient. After starting it again, & pressing A, I went to look into what was wrong. 5-10 minutes later, it finally gave indication that the process was starting & worked normally. This video was helpful though. Thanks.
Keep it up man loving the vids
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Getting close to that silver play button bro! Love the videos
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Thank you very much for posting this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Now this is good content!
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Drive failure forced me to find this video and clone from my original drive. If more games in my collection worked on xbox 360 I wouldn't need this. But thanks for posting this very nice video, easy to follow.
Glad to help
This worked a treat!
Glad it did!
I'll try the second method 23:00 in my of Xbox. Thanks Mr Mario!
You're welcome, and good luck!
Thank you for reminding this method MR.Mario. i was able to get an SSD 1tb booting up perfectly by cloning from an 500gb sata. One step i was able to just do out of the box was turn on my xbox with both drive attached and turn on. I ran chimp with ease. Boot master and ssd1tb as salve. Didn't have to rush swapping ide cable from dvd to ssd. Hmmm strange 🤔 love your chnl. 😊 take care.
Great video, but if you're wanting to clone your existing drive wouldn't it be easier flash your bios with one that doesn't check for the DVD drive on boot up? That way you wouldn't have to do the quick ata disconnect/reconnect while the system is on.
Very grateful for this video. I just secured a 1.4 revision XBOX in great condition but it is hardmodded TSOP with EvoX. All I want to be able to do is upgrade the storage space (probably to an SSD with a sata adapter) and run games off the internal storage. Is there a way I can get the stock bootup back and a vanilla appearance dashboard?
Mr. Mario, thank you so much for all of your incredible help beauty these past few years!
Because of you, I was actually able to give a new life to several systems in our home. We actually had two Xboxes, and might both using your method.
However, for the second Xbox ...I'm not exactly sure what happened, but the Xbox keeps thinking that the hard drive that was installed, which was a 1 TB size is less, like 500 GB, and we checked, it is in fact 1TB. It's almost as if the system couldnt recognize a space above 500, but we know that isnt true.
Whenever we would load games onto it using the ethernet crossover cable, they would naturally take up space, ...but when we deleted them, the size would still not recognize the newly opened and available space. It was as if things we try to delete would only be deleted in name only and not in hard drive space. Have you ever seen this before with some of the other systems you have modded, both in the lack of actual hard drive partition or space recognition and the deletion issue? The first system we modded it works perfectly! I wish you had more FAQ videos, because we've tried to look at the forums to no resolve on this issue. 😭
I haven't personally run into that, I've installed 1 TB and 2 TB drives with no issues? Although I used custom BIOS that had F and G drive support, then I think I split F and G partitions to 500 GB or so? It has been a while, but I've been able to successfully do it.
@@MrMario2011 I cannot thank you enough for always taking some time to respond to everyone's questions. You are truly one of the kindest here on YT. I will try your method by perhaps restarting, or looking at the drive through a computer over a lan connection, or reloading in the software (?) If the software has a problem refreshing on space readout, it could be a something within the software now, which, I know isn't frequent, since it's not the Operating System, just the software. We'll see.
@@MrMario2011 I think I understand what exactly is going on: When I try to delete games from my hard drive using DVD2Xbox (I'd imagine any app works that offers deletion) they do disappear from the Xbox, but the "F" drive still continues to show no space on the main dashboard that is on most of your video. It just continues to read "0 MB Free". If the software doesn't detect deletions, and won't let me upload new games, I am guessing this is a software problem, and that UnleashX has to be updated/reinstalled. I am using an Original Xbox with a Xenium chip (works great), and (actually) a 750GB drive that installed, I think my brain was thinking of my other Xbox that has a 1TB (THAT one works great!)
If you have a solution for those of us that delete games, but don't have the Xbox recognizing new, open space on the F Partition, that would be *greatly* appreciated! Thank you, Mr Mario!
An update and request for any videos you have on this!: my harddrive is 750 GB, but only shows space left equivalent to less than 250 GB, it's actually as if all that extra space isnt being recognized. To avoid any confusion, i would love to watch a video on resetting my xbox to start over, making sure my HD is truly back at it's 750GB hd space! Do you have any videos on recovering the xbox back to it's basic, Xenium Modded, blank 750GB drive state? I'm guessing you're gonna say Hexen? I tried burning a 2.4x philips dvd+r and placed it in, no luck. Would be happy to continue watching any of your videos for a solution!!! Thank you, Mr Mario! 🙏🏻
Hello MrMario, thank you for the excellent tutorial. I'd like to ask if you know, as I've looked everywhere and couldn't find an answer, is there a way to upgrade the hdd without a working dvd drive? These are next to impossible to find in a working condition. My system is hardmodded with EvoX and there are several dashes available in my stock 10gb original xbox hdd. Thanks a lot!
Hi, thanks for the guide.
I ran into a few problems though.
I bought the 80 pin ide cable from ebay but the connectors are positioned in such a way I can't fold them like the original and have to make really awkward folds to make it fit.
Secondly, but that is that my xbox dvd drive doesn't seem to read discs anylonger, also the drive doesn't want to open, already replaced the belt but nothing seem to help.
The last thing is obviously not your concern, I guess I have to find a replacement drive.
I have managed to upgrade my harddrive using Chimp FTP over (My DVD Drive is not reading). I have a X2 Hardmod. However, after upgrading, in the UnleashX, XBPartitioner, Chimp, all is able to see the F drive, but I am unable to see it on FTP, both using the Ed@Chip FTP and UnleashX FTP. I'm using Filezilla FTP client. I can see all other drives, C/E/X/Y/Z but not F or G.
For the cloning, if your putting in a SATA drive do u swap the the 80 wire ribbon before starting the process?
can i put and hacked hard drive on a xbox who never get hacked plz just anser this i fear to my hacked hard drive will be erase or something if i plug it in a non modded xbox
Don't feel like fucking around with your Xbox DVD drive? Maybe want to upgrade to a sata drive on the way?
XboxHDM to the rescue!
Just plug in your empty drive in your PC and boot XboxHDM. Since certain versions of XboxHDM can be booted from USB, you don't even need a DVD.
Prepare your drive as per the instructions (Hopefully MrMario will make a proper tutorial on this soon).
After that just plug the drive into your xbox.
And that's it. It's all done. You can also do this for softmodded consoles IF you have YOUR consoles eeprom.bin (NOTE: It IS console dependant, you can always recover it but it does require some resistors and diodes), but it is much easier on hardmodded systems, since they don't care about HDD locking.
i'm confused. once i tsop flashed my console, i just unplugged my old hard drive and plugged the new one in, then turned it on.
googling tutorials for ages for this and hasn't been a good clear one until now but now how do you upload to it and change themes
thank you for this i wil keep the old hdd drive safe just in case i want to sell it
Yooo I need help mine won't launch onto unlleash x it goes to ms dashboard. I already used hexen to reinstall and still nothing
wow i am the 25th comenter
thx for the heart and the like
Mr Mario, I'm going to hard mod a softmodded xbox that I got off ebay, because I went and unlocked the harddrive so I have the 05 error, as the hard drive has lots of xbox games and emulators etc, do I just put it in and turn machine on without using hexen, as I don't want to format the hard drive, many thanks for any information.
Damn, I've probably bought wrong adapter. Fresh install setup won't boot, but ChimpX detects drive when it's set as slave and I can even clone it. Problem is, it will still not work when installed as master. Adapter doesn't have capacitors, so it's probably wrong one. I will try once more, but this time I will power HDD externally.
did i miss the fitting of the new IDE cable ? 80 pin ? or did you just use the existing 40 pin cable ? If you put games on the new F: partition does the xbox automatically pic this up or do you have to adjust any config folders ? Thanks Mario i'm learning from your videos
Hey Mr Mario is there anyway I can do the second method without the dvd the dvddrive in my xbox no longer works? My xbox is hard modded and I also can plug it into my pc to access the drive
(Second method problem) why xbmc and unleashx shows that i have only 120gb free space on F drive when i installed 500gb hdd? also HeXEn (main menu) and partitions app (from HeXEn disc) on the other hand shows about 450+ free space. Also when im opening partitions app from xbmc (not the hexen disc) then im greeted with big Warning:
"!!!! WARNING !!!!!
LB448 info not found! Custom Partitions will not work with this BIOS!
Update your BIOS to one which supports at least LBA48 version 2.
Press Y to continue or any other button to abort."
any ideas?
@MrMario, help!! I have an OpenXenium, 2tb drive and a StarTec adapter. I've setup an new HDD and installed the basic apps all the dashboards through True Hexen 2021 per the locations the program designates. The problem I'm having is I can only see the F and G partitions when in True Hexen, they disappear if I go to a dashboard like Xleash and will not boot to dashboards in the F partition. Its like it is booting to quick for them to populate. I do have them enabled on the dashboards.
Do you have any content regarding HDD upgrade in a hardmodded xbox that doesn't have the dvd drive working? Or any you can recommend?
Great vid again. BTW, when you tackling that roached out one? Still in quarantine? LOL.
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Mine is hard modded but it came out of an arcade stick and a red wire is loose. Will this cause an issue? Believe it's xcuter. Also missing the disk drive as it was set as an arcade stick. And its stuck in Spanish
Thank you
Please help me, i can't find any good answer. I hear 2TB is the max of a disk, BUT if it do manage to use a 2tb it should be able to use a 4tb. Can i use a 4tb drive, as long as i divide the partitions with 1tb per partition?
hi, new to your channel but I have learnt so much from your tutorials and recently revisited an original xbox i modded years ago and then stored away, i have cleaned it all up removed the clock capacitor and now installed a 500GB HDD 80 wire ide but now looking to flash the bios...so is it safe to do this if I've all ready upgraded the HDD??
Hey there, any way to do this with dead disc drive in xbox?
i signed up on that site to get the hexen file but cannot get it and cannot find it, is there any other programs instead of hexen to use? cheers and love your tutorials
Nice tutorial. I have a question tho. My friend has a hardmodded Xbox. Unfortunately it’s Hard Drive died. Is it possible to revive it with a new Hard drive? It has the Team Xecuter2 mod chip if I remember correctly.
Hello do you mess around with builds ? Like for example the 2tb hdd original xbox build ?
need help with a TSOP'd X2, ordered the parts linked and using a verified compatible 1TB WD drive and my xbox locks up every time i hotswap...
update: used my startech adapter and it worked, first try.
What do you do if you have a bad harddrive? , I’m going to replace it with a ssd and hard mod
How do you get XBMC on it? It keeps getting stuck on the splash screen everytime I try to install it. Its driving me nuts!!
Hey, I have a hard-modded Xbox, and a 2TB SSD to put into it.
I was told I will need to partition the HD before installing, this true?
Help! I was trying to hotswap it but now my xbox is stuck in an Evo-X menu where all I can do is reboot, shut down, go to settings, backup, and flash the BIOS.
maybe i found part of the reason its not working for some. i was getting stuck at the "connect slave drive then press "a" ". i found that using a oem original corded xbox controller worked, but the logic wireless would not. i did this 3 times back and forth each way to confirm this. doesnt make sense to me as to why but it works for me. i tried the getting this chimp to work probably close to 30 times before i wrote this and i will share some more info. 1 letting the xbox sit doesnt make a change, 2 swapping the ide cable needs to be super fast, like 1.5 seconds, 3 i just launched chimp and as soon as it said to swap i swapped asap, then press a and it worked. mr mario i want to thank you for doing gods work, i have used your videos off and on for years to get an idea of how things work
Hello Mr, I used the second method (also with a 250gb drive) but the F partition only shows 123gb of space on the dashboard and apps like the DVD2Xbox). It shows the full space if I boot the Hexen disc.
Well the solution was to flash my bios with an updated one.
Hey, I understand this is an old video, but what would cause chimp to hang on booting screen? Should I try to reinstall it?
I have an older softmodded xbox with a 750g harddrive in it, is it possible to add this hard drive to a hard modded xbox that I have. I want to upgrade the 750g xbox to a 2 TB...I think I can just use chimp loader for both of these but I guess the fact that they're modded differently is confusing me....Thx any help!
Is there a way of doing this without using the Hexen disc?
My original softmodded hard drive died and unfortunately I can't build a new one with the USB-IDE adapter, keep getting errors. If I hard mod my original Xbox, would I be able to use the hexen disc to build a new one?
i have 2 xboxes. one is hard modded with a chameleon chip, the other is soft modded. i am trying to do the hexen disc method on the hard modded console, but it appears that both of my drives have crapped out. is there any way to do this through the PC or by installing chimp on the HDD to clone or even just format the drive for my xbox? the hard modded xbox already has an upgraded drive, but i want a bigger one as 80GB just isnt enough.
My dvd drive on xbox is kaput. How do i still clone my hdd?
Hi ! I have a xbox with aladdin mod chip in it ! But it doesn't show evox on start ! How do o get that ?? And my xbox is giving error 13 and 16 ! Tryed hexen dvd but no luck ! Plz help
Very nice video MrMario! But what should we do if we have a hard moded one with the original HDD but the DVD is not working anymore?
Hello, were you able to find the answer ? Thanks
Yo Mario2011 is rockin them LitXboxes doe...
I just used your tutorial video to upgrade my HD. Something is weird though in XBPartitioner it shows F: 458.31GB free but on the dashboard it only says 200 GB something free and not the 458.31GB I actually have. Anyway im gonna send my old HD to PSA and get it graded.
My Xbox shows a code 08 error upon powering up. Even if I replace my HDD, there’s no hope to restore what I had?
Do I need to clone my hdd if the xbox it's hardmodded?
Hi Mr mario. Thank you for this tutorial. I've been trying to get 3 xboxs working on sata ssd/hdd with only 1 working dvd and your clear tutorial had given me great understanding of the process. I'm wondering if you have any experience with older mod chips from the early 2000. I'm able to boot hexen 2018 with the original hdd but when I swap the old hdd to a new sata ssd or hdd, the boot refused to recognise the new hdd and instead spews out errors 7, 13 and 16 on numerous attempts. I can't seem to get it to recognize the new hdd and prompt for formating. Could it be the mod chip was of the older version and won't recognise new hdd nor have a formatting function? Is it because of hdd lock which I doubt since the hardmod should bypass hdd locking? Thank you again. 😊 Happy holidays and new year.
Forgot to mention, all are 1.6 ver and all are restored with new time cap, the dreaded 5 and thermal paste. Mod chip of aladdin variant and one is unknown with Fujitsu printed on the chip.
I haven't used OLD chips like that but hrm... Is the BIOS a bit too outdated on it? Might be that?
@MrMario2011 my latest deduction was that too after watching a few more of your videos. Will dig into bios and probably update the mod chips. Thank you for replying, really appreciate your kindness. Happy new year to you and family.
Hey, any update on your issue? I've had great luck with open xenium chips. Have you heard of the new chip just came out, project stellar? Just fyi. Still early stages, though. Good luck !!
Mr Mario if I use a HDD cloner would work? Or I have to do it from the Dashboard?
I get an error code 09 when i boot up with the heXEn disc..??
So I have this weird IDE/SATA adapter and it doesn't have any jumpers.
Scuze me?
So, serious question. A couple months ago, I got my first OG Xbox. It wasn't modded at all when I got it, but I have since done a soft mod and removed the clock cap. My question is, since you mentioned startup videos, what does it mean if my Xbox doesn't play a startup video? Like, at all? Black screen from power on until dashboard? I am using composite cables, if that could be the cause.
Could mean you have a TV that takes a while to display the input. If you hook it up to any old CRT, you should see the boot animation.
Hey Mario, if I'm in Region PAL, but mainly want to play NTSC games on my hardmodded system should I still use "New Disk, Pal Xbox" or can I use "New Disk, NTSC Box" as well when setting up Hexen with a new drive?
I haven't worked on a PAL Xbox, but I believe there's a separate setting for PAL consoles to unlock HD resolutions, which will adjust the EEPROM itself to operate like a NTSC console.
im try upgrade my HHD 2tb but i have xbox 1.4 winbond but only i see 123gb that is crazy i dont know whats is the problem because im make tsop to other xbox 1.6 version im use lpc open xenium this work perfect witgh 2 tb HDD upgrade but my version 1.4 dont get 2 tb is version green halo lol some body have idea whats is wrong ?
I’ve got an xecuter 3 mod chip , after I’ve done the above , it reboots into an x3 config screen and not the dash ?
having the same issue. did you ever figure this out?
i tried it with a 40 pin and a 80 pin IDE cable. there will be no benefits in speed. the ide controller on the xbox is crap it does not manage to appearently go over 80mbit really, so ATA133 will pretty much do nothing.
so my xbox is equiped with a sata ssd. its not faster, but the mechanical stuff is gone.
I followed these steps to upgrade to a 1tb hdd. I already have a modchip. But when i did the clone, i had a G drive and it was split half n half with F drive. So i went onto the partition app and merged it all to F drive. Now one problem i am having is when i try to boot the xbox into the normal MS dash, i get a green error screen saying it needs a service. But if i go into the modded dash and select go to MS dash, it will go back to the original dash that way. Also my game saves explorer on the modded dash disappeared too. I ripped forza to the hdd using dvd2xbox and it worked fine. When i tried ripping toca race driver, it had a hard time tryna read the disc and came up as video the first time round and unknown the 2nd time. If i boot the xbox up into the modded dash from off, it loads the game no probs. But in dvd2xbox i had to let it sit for ages before it recognised it. Somethings off about this clone. It also said my original hdd was locked as well, but i still cloned it anyway. Could this be the problem. I also switch back to the original ide cable as it seemed to look like it was working. Could this be the problem? Do i need to use the 80 core cable? I'm so confused as to what's gone wrong and i've ended up leaving it for now as the ide to sata board is very cheap and fragile. Already had to fix the sata connector as it ripped it off the board as it was so flimsy. All the pins was put back correctly.
I believe one of the Toca games has some issues running from HDD, there's some workarounds for it.
As for MS Dash, you won't be able to boot it on a retail BIOS if you have an unlocked HDD. That's why you're able to boot it through a modified dashboard.
Should I use the X2 4983 BIOS if I'm thinking about upgrading my ram in the future? Is it that much different from the EVOX BIOS?
Flash before upgrading.
Hey so I upgraded a 2 terabyte SATA to a 4 TB SATA just by cloning it with the third party device everything seems to have worked fine except the extra 2 terabytes are missing. Any idea how I recover them? I checked XB partitioner and it only has the original two terabytes from the original Drive..
Use XBPartitioner to expand the partitions.
I'm going to use mine as a coaster... or to hold open my kitchen door. ;)
Whats mine? I gotta hold the button and it changes to an orangy colour, the button, then it goes into XBMC.
Not enough to determine from what you've told me.
excellent video and thanks , made my life easier !! i would like to upgrade my xbox DVD-ROM drive to sata , do you have any videos on doing so ?? any help would be great .
I have no videos covering that.
@@MrMario2011 no problem , i am not a rich person but i am willing to donate a few dollars towards research on how to flash a new dvd-rom drive and where to get the software . if i can be of help and kick you a few bucks on said subject , please let me know ..
do you have a tutorial of putting an already softmodded xbox's 2tb HDD into another modded xbox?
just got a dew box and want to put my 2tb in there.
If the second console is softmodded, the EEPROM containing the HDD key must be the same across both systems. If the second console is hardmodded, unlock the HDD and it will most likely work, although depending on the custom BIOS it might not play nicely with a softmod installed on the HDD.
What I'm saying here is you have a few options, but if you don't want to lose all the work you put into your 2 TB, I'd personally image it to another drive and then play around with that one. That way you have the same setup on 2 consoles, but if anything goes wrong you don't lose all your data on a single drive.
My Xbox refuses point blank to accept a new hard drive, I brought the startech ide to SATA as I read this worked perfectly with the Xbox trouble is if I connect the original hard drive to my Xbox it boots the Hexen 2021 DVD perfect however if I put my new hard drive in then it refuses to boot from the disk, the ring light goes red like its working but then nothing happens, I've tried with 4 different hard drives each different sizes and I've even burnt the DVD off using 3 different burning speeds but I just can't get it to boot from the DVD with any other hard drive attached. I know the ide to SATA is working because I hear the new hard drive spin up and there's a light on my xecuter 2.6 board that flashes when the hard drive is being accessed but like I said the ring light goes red and just stays there.
btw my xecuter 2.6 is flashed with evox m8+, tried both the standard bios version and the noDVD bios version and it doesn't make any difference. also tried to use my PC to clone my hard drive but for some reason, HDD raw copy tool, mini portion tool, etc won't see the drive I'm trying to copy. I'm on windows 10 x64 version 21h2 (os build 19044.1766). literally pulling my hair out at the minute.
I have a question because i still don#t know if mine is hard modded or soft modded. I do get the oroiginal xbox start up in the beginning and after that it goes to the Avalaunch dahsboard which is really old. Underneath my xbox i see that the stickers have been damaged so i don't know,, you tell me? I really want to update to a newer version because the avalaunch limits me for doing stuff or i just don't understand it.
If your BIOS splash screen doesn't have any extra logos on it (such as XECUTER 2, XECUTER 3, EvoX, etc.) then you probably have a softmodded console.
@@MrMario2011 Okay, that makes it more clearer. I tried to softmod it with rocky 5s. I followed a video and i burned it onto a dvd. when i try to run it on my xbox it does not load and it stay stuck on the loading screen. do you have any idea?
If I have a softmoded Xbox with a 320gb hdd and I want a physical chip , can I only install the chip with out messing with the hard drive ? Or do I have to do the formatting hexen process ? Thanks in advance for the info . I love your videos
If you hardmod your system your softmod will no longer boot up, the console will just boot to a black screen after BIOS. You will need to redo your drive or remove your softmod whichever way you prefer to.
@@MrMario2011 thanks man I appreciate it
I guess I'll keep the softmoded. Another cuestión I just bought a Xbox with the physical chip it has a 250 gb looks that it used to be an arcade machine ,it boots into a unleashX with a skin that only show the game list, when I boot into safe mode it's the same , it also doesn't let me fttp it doesn't even show an ip. I'm able to go into file explorer, is it true that if I delete the config.xlm and restart unleashx will create a default xlm and It will show everything normal ? Thanks in advance
Definitely keeping the original drive for a back up. You just never know 👨🔧🤷♂️ would keep it locked too, hard mod could possibly get screwed up as well and need to remove it from the system, if it does then you’re left with a broken hard modded Xbox with no drive to boot to 😵
dont know if im going to get a response, i have 3 Xbox originals all with no hard drives can i do anything with these? i have a Aladdin plus 2 chip, a eeprom reader, and all other things, but just need to know if i can use any of these with out a original Xbox hard drive. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance
Install the Aladdin, pop in a hard drive, and nuke it with a recovery disc. Otherwise you could pull each console EEPROM and then build a locked hard drive on a PC with XboxHDM.
@@MrMario2011 thanks for ur time, great help
hey Mario. what is the advantage of leaving the hard drive unlocked on a hard modded Xbox? why not lock it? and if you disable the chip then you get an error 05. so why leave it unlocked?
Not all drives can be locked, so all drives will work unlocked on a hardmodded console.
Do you still recommend Hexen 2018 for the Installation Disk? Or would the latest version of OGXbox Installer be better?
That was the latest one at the time, newer discs are going to be better.
@@MrMario2011 Do you have a recommendation? There are a few different more recent installation disks.
I booted up the Xbox, I unplugged the DVD drive at the dashboard and it was fine :)
EDIT: Right when it booted up
Hey Mario, can I install a newer hard drive/ssd that was manufactured last year if I have an Aladdin mod chip or tsop installed?
Why couldn't you?
How big is it? As long as it isn't above 1TB you should be okay. 1TB to 2TB tends to be iffy from what I heard.
@@guitaristtom i have a spare 500gb ssd that im not using. But it was manufactured last year. I just wanted to know if by installing an aladdin, i would be able to use. Mostly because of this whole compatibility list.
@@JorgeHernandez-gq6yy it should work. I've seen people who have used a modern SATA SSD on an old Windows 98 machine using one of those adapters and an 80 pin IDE cable. You should be fine.
The compatibility list doesn't matter for hardmodded consoles, which is why I didn't link or reference it.
Hi mr mario, I’m trying to upgrade the HDD to a 1.6 with an Aladdin chip and EVOX. When I run chimp it does not recognise the drive, when I upgrade the drive with a Hexen disc it freezes whilst formatting partition X. Any ideas?
Might be worth trying another drive?
MrMario2011 worked it out, shorted out the IDE to SATA converter, new one and its all sorted!
Any idea if I can somehow remove the hard drive and then connect it to my PC via SATA cable? I want to rescue some old songs from that xbox.
Yep! FATXplorer is a big help.
@@MrMario2011 Lies, I disassembled my xbox, got all the way to the hard drive, and turns out it's a different type of hard drive, with like a different connection!! You betrayed me!! "You're a pig and you used me!!"
since my hdd is dead, even with my hardmoded xbox , and the new hdd with the adaptor to sata and the hexen disc inside, i keep getting error 07. Any ideas? :/
im guessing the hd was locked. can you still get to the normal screen without the hexan disk? ie will it boot up as normal just not work or does it just error out? if its erroring the system is likely lost thats the biggest issue with the og xbox is if the hd isnt unlocked and teh hd dies the system is about scrap
@@GalironRunner on the hardmoded Xbox i found the solution. The IDE to SATA adapter caused a circuit on the original hdd. So i bought a new adapter and a new hdd (the other probably got circuit too). After changing both hdd and adapter the xbox powered up and works perfectly after this. Now i am facing a different problem since the same happened on my softmoded xbox , so now the original hdd is dead and although i have the eeprom zeroed and saved I can't build a new hdd with the key. Any ideas how to build one?
How do you get those IDE cables to fit? I have found that they are backwards and too short to stretch across to my adapter board. The ones that work best for me are the round cables with the individual wires in them, I usually will remove the shielding and then they plug in and work just fine.
You have to fold it a few weird ways.
Can you clone the drive using a PC? like using something like miray drive clone?
You can, yeah.
My hard drive is broken and I can't fix it with hot swapping. How do I set up a replacement hard drive without using the old? I have a xenium modchip installed.
You won't need the old drive if you have a custom BIOS, thankfully! Just follow along and use something like HeXen.
@@MrMario2011 I burned hexen onto a DVD+RW and my xbox (with xenium chip) won't load it
Hexen does feel like it take forever to load up, kept thinking my Xbox froze
Yep, about a minute for me. 😁
Hello MrMario - Is there such a thing to upgrade the HDD and STILL keep the oem xbox dashboard without any mods?
Technically, yes? You could build a hard drive with the stock files using something like FATXplorer.
@@MrMario2011 Thank you. Do you have a video on that or recommend one?