How to Softmod you XBOX [Full Tutorial]

[slammed00si]

after some research yes it does. so am i stuck with having to do the game exploit? or can i somehow install the needed files to the xbox hd while browsing it sorta of like a memory stick? thank you for your help so far

[Sudds]

Aguide for the game save exploit can be found here.
Or you could try a SATA to IDE converter.
I,ll try an help you as much as i can.

[slammed00si]

i guess its to fry's i go. i thought about the ide to sata converter just before i read this. thanks
Edit
any info on installing from window's?

[h@Ck3R]

#edit# already answered

[indyroo]

hi im indy im 12

i did it ALL and excitedly i turned on my xbox and then...

"you have to call customer support"

i dont have a big problem with this cos we have an xbox 360 with the upgrade to play original xbox games but could SOMEONE plz tell me what might be wrong

Thnx everyone

[nukleuzdj]

Upgraded mine to a maxtor 80gb today, XBMC rules dont know how I ever lived without it.

Tried a maxtor 40gb as well which did not want to work no matter what I tried.
(it was one of those newer slmmer ones)

[C.K]

Wondering if anyone can help me. So far so good, up untill now.

When selecting option '1' it loads, then comes onto a black screen like an error. part of the error says 'machine is no xbox' ??

Can anyone help me on how to solve this problem.

Much aprechiated.

Adam

[triple_h]

my pc reconize xbox hdd....but I typ "xboxhd" it said /dev/hda not found
can some one help please

[grabda]

Hey,
Well, I finally got an XBOX after reading this thread earlier in the week, I had no problems getting the softmod onto the original HDD that came with the XBOX, and then I also was able to setup a seagate 80gb to boot with softmod with some help from the forums at afterdawn, but I ran into problems when trying to set XBMC as my default dashboard.

I read the wiki at xbmc.com and followed there instructions but I ended up just deleting the original MS dash somehow. Can someone just walk me through it set by step? I've followed all the instructions in the first post to a tee!

Cheers,

-edit

Not to worry, got it all sorted.

[Driven20009]

I spent last night and all of to day searching tutorials of for softmoding.
i just couldn't get pass the hotswap. After following the this sites tutorial
right before it was to copy C: and E: an error message came saying it could find
C: or E:. Now i Have the blinking red light and a message to call customer service. is there any thing i can do. or is my 2 day old xbox just a paperweight.

[h@Ck3R]

just keep trying. it will work. if u cant do it, u could send it to me (although pretty sure u wouldnt trust me) or you could pay someone to do it.

[CraigOnCoke]

is this tutorial working for a Linux only ?? or can i do it with WinXP ?

[h@Ck3R]

haha its only for Windows, any Windows. Doesn't work with linux, ive never used it

edit*
technically u can use linux. but if ur using linux u probably dont even need this tutorial

[realg187]

You mean you can do without a modchip? I hear there are stack/buffer overflow on Xbox and PS2 (Like HENC for PSP), is this true?

[h@Ck3R]

yeah you can do this without a modchip, that's why its called SOFTmodding, meening no hardware mod needed . the stack.buffer problem your talking about, i hvae no idea, i dont have any problems with my xbox at all. idk wut you meen.