HOW TO: Hotswap with XboxHDM v1.9 (Super Tutorial)

If you are using a game exploit, they are not all done the same way. there is a tutorial to help you out

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/558747

 

Depending your which dash you set up, there is a lock or unlock option in the system config in evox

 

Thanks so much for this tutorial

worked great for me (after finally finding an old computer to use )
i had accidently deleted my C drive when i was softmodding... that, and my modchip had a bad flash (still don't know how to fix it)

i ended up taking my xbox to some "modders/repairers" at some market.. and one of the guys told me there was nothing he could do to fix it

i thought '*bleep*' and came back to this thread to fix it myself
and it's now fully functional again

THANKS AGAIN

PS. any ideas how to fix my modchip? it's an Aladdin XT (i think)
but when i try to reflash it, using some program in evox.. it doesn't work

 

Hi all!

got a hard modded (SST 49LF020 - M4 A3) xbox from my bro in law with an error 16 (?!). being new to all of this, the tut helped a great deal, although i always come up short in the end. i have already tried the following:

1. hotswap method (as indicated in the tutorial)
- all goes well until after pressing 1 ("Build a new xbox HD from scratch...") after which i get the "drive is not locked but locking is enabled... press any key to abort..."
- went through the thread and noted that my drive may still be locked. thing is, i don't have the eeprom. i think this is the original HDD though (don't really know, its a REALLY old box).
- followed the tut to the T... got the error 12 and everything. even tried switching HDD from Cable Select to Master....

anyway, being that stupidity is expecting different results from doing the same thing (which i did for like, 10 times), i tried following the Error 16 tutorial

2. Error 16 (thru Xplorer 360)
- got the same error as those posted in the tutorial's thread. my CPU detects the HDD but Xplorer 360 doesn't. tried FatXplorer as well but same result.

really hope you guys can help. am deseperate! i actually want to get a new drive but i don't know if i can use it given that i don't have the backup of the eeprom.

help please! gracias!

 

UPDATE
Ok, here's what i'm planning to do. for perspective, i have absolutely no modding experience and am operating purely on logic. in other words, am as new as a newbie can be! hehe.

anyway, its either i get a new hdd or reformat an extra one i have and rebuild the drive using xboxhdm. will this work given that my xbox is already hardmodded? will i encounter any lock/unlock issues along the way?

i can also do a low level format on the existing HDD and rebuild that using xboxhdm. am assuming of course that my modchip is working.

any help will be much appreciated.

cheers!

 

wassup everyone my first post here... one of a couple faulty dashboard error filled xboxes this one boots fine but the dash is missing xboxlive. i did the tut and it showed a penguin on top left while a bunch of errors like no partition etc... ran underneath him for a while then went to main xbox hd maker screen with one already written so i just put in the "xboxhd". 1 again to rebuild from scratch then yes. then it stopped doin anything the cd diddn't run said hd was lockable? or something. so any suggestions?? thanx in advance.
oh and there was no number error in the top left corner just said needs service. in settings no display of any dash numbers at system info.

 

I got an error 16 on my retail x-box and when i start it up the big X comes forth but no white Microsoft logo, it just jumps straight to error 16, I read this tutorial and induced the error 12, disconnected the IDE of the x-box drive and had my comp on standby with the pause/break. It found the drive and I booted with the CD I burned with the xboxhdm.

Pressed option 1.
Typed 'xboxhd'

And then the penguin appeared in the top left corner and a lot of text.
I clearly saw multiple errors of some sort and right after that it said: bh with no client!? And I was like 'what the fudge?', then it somehow timed out and I got to the options screen and found out that some of the options was disabled, there was also a text that said that the drive was still locked in some awkward way.

So what I'm going to do next is to set my other comps Primary Master IDE on the x-box HDD while in pause like the previous attempt and the Secondary Master on my normal drive and see if I can open it with xplorer360 after inducing the error 12 and replace the dashboard files that way...

I would really like to know the reason for the first error though, bh with no client!? Anyone that knows anything about it?

Lot of text...
I hope my English is fairly understandable, live in Sweden.

 

A new post, I managed to get the first thing with the xboxhdm CD to work, but I always get to the point where the C drive is being built

Building C - Drive
chmod: /xbox_tmp/*: No such file or directory


and when it gets on to the E drive it says this:

Building E - Drive
mount : mounting /dev/hda50 on /xbox_tmp failed : invalid argument
Continue copying files from /xbohdm/e (yes/no)

Only to get back to the error 16 screen.

Any help?

Mendokusai... -.-

 

i can't boot from the cd. my hp computer says cannot boot from cd use a diffrent boot cd and i followed all the instructions you wrote. I only have one ata thing that is for the dvd and cd. can i still use that or do i have to use a friends computer? i'm making a new hdd, my xbox was broken almost a year now

 

hey i have a question....


instead of using the clean xbox files can i use pre made sofmodded files??

 

Hi chunkhead.
Im using this tutorial to rebuild my retail HD as I had a softmod gone wrong and didnt backup my eeprom (stupid me)
The problem is I have an error code 6 instead of a 12 so I cant proceed with your tutorial at this stage.
Can you tell me what to do to overcome this?

PS I have another xbox to use which has a mod chip in it (both xboxes are v1.6). I dont know if this will help.

Thanks.

 

Ask and you shall receive. There's a link in my signature to download my cheater C. Just download that and replace your C with mine.

Ways to do this:
-replace C folder contents via ftp
-hotswap and replace C folder contents via xplorer360
-use to build a new hdd with xbox hdm

Just unplug your dvd drive IDE connection and it will throw a error 12. The guy 4 posts before yours figured this out. All you have to do is read.

 

hey i also have another question for some odd reason my xbox e drive just deleted its self and i was wondering if hdm can fix that by rebuilding the hard drive from scratch...
also one more thing some how my lil bro unlocked my hd and his dumba** forgot to re lock it and now i have error 5 can hdm lock it for me?

one last thing =) i backed up an image of my xbox hd with explorer 360 b-4 doing anything and im trying to extract the files in the bin file cuz its not an iso so do you know of a program can open bin files?

(yes i tried xplorer360 but took to long and i think it repeats the same process over and over)


thx

 

Just unplug your dvd drive IDE connection and it will throw a error 12. The guy 4 posts before yours figured this out. All you have to do is read.[/quote]

OK,
I know I said I was stupid but Im not completely stupid!
I did follow instructions and unplug the DVD IDE cable, but with the HDD IDE cable plugged in, it still gives me an error code 6.
Obviously error code 6 has precendence over error code 12.

So Im still after a solution. Can anyone help?

 

Sorry viper, most of the time questions like that are answered in the same post. Did you search afterdawn for xbox error codes? it will bring you to this thread. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/210562

So it looks like your hard drive is locked with a diffrent eeprom. There's really only one way this can happen and if you didn't switch out your hard drive more than likely the hard drive is bad or you turned off the power of the xbox when the ide cable wasn't plugged into the hard drive. Pretty much the only thing you can do is make a eeprom reader and try to unlock your stock drive or format a new hard drive to use in your xbox.

Here's the link for you http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/357863

I link so many people to this thread it's amazing. It really works and it's not very difficult at all. This will for sure solve your problem if you follow the steps.

Good luck and let us know how it worked out in the eeprom reader thread.

 

Thanks C4RN1.
Yes, I did read the thread about error codes - very useful!

So an eeprom reader huh? Man, it must be serious!!

I was hoping to unlock my hard drive using this method:
http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/6.htm

Then use xboxhdm to rebuild the drive. Is this an option you think?
If not, I will attempt the eeprom reader.

 

If the drive is unlocked it only needs to be locked.

But

If the hard drive is locked you can not unlock it.

SO if i were you i'd build the eeprom reader and build a xboxhdm disc.

This way you're not messing with another xbox and it will 100% work. There's not many risks using an eeprom reader. And the other way hotswaping with a different xbox, you could have two broken xbox's easily.

Tell me how it works out, it's fairly simple.

 

So I have unlocked my drive with HDDunlock, and have successfully rebuilt it with xboxhdm (thanks for the tutorial!) but the drive is still unlocked (which is why I am getting an error code 5)
You say above if it is unlocked it only needs to be locked...can this be done via the tools in xboxhdm? Or is there another way?
I thought the tutorial was for those people without an eeprom file, or have I done something worse?

 

When you built your xbox hdm cd you should have included the eeprom.bin file in the eeprom folder.

If you did all you have to do is boot option 3. type "lockhd", then type "lockhd -a" and it will lock. Then just throw your hard drive back in the xbox and you're good to go.

If this doesn't work how exactly did you unlock your hard drive?

 

I used "hddunlock" program to unlock the hard drive (paid $5) which worked well.
I then used xboxhdm to create hard drive from scratch. But my CD didnt have the eeprom.bin file in the eeprom folder.
This why I am confused. It states at the beginning of the tutorial that this is for people without an eeprom file.

In any case Im gearing up to build an eeprom reader. I'll let you know how it goes!