Is my xbox fixable?

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  1. emersed

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    When I turn it on the screen is in black and white and the screen flips vertically. Is there anyway to fix?
     
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    So, do you have any more information? As in, did you do something that caused it, or did it just start happening out of no where?
     
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    Sorry, I installed a soft-mod my xbox a few months ago it was working fine. I gave it to my brother and 2 days later it started acting up (black and white screen and flipping vertically). I changed the cables and no luck, my next try is going to be installing the soft-mod again. I am not sure if he, my brother, went in the xbox and started clicking programs. Thanks for any help.
     
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    *smacks forehead*

    Now I remember why that sounds familiar... The black and white in addition to vertical scrolling occurs when a PAL signal is displayed on an NTSC TV. Try finding a TV in your house that can hold the image in a single spot and try to change the video standard back to Default in your dashboard settings.
     
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    So it is possible that my brother was screwing around and messed it up or does this thing just happen. Thanks
     
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    What you can use is a tool called Enigma Video Switcher, whihc is a bootable xbox disk that can switch the video output of your xbox, read the instructions on it once you aquire it, but Im pretty sre you hold A when you boot it and it will go NTSC, either that or hold B.
     
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    Would it work if I just reinstalled the soft mod - using the hot-swap method?
     
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    Most likely, he was messing around with the settings and didn't know what he was doing.

    You should only use hot swap as a last resort...

    What dash are you using?

     
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    evolution x
     
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    Thanks alot guys! I found Enigmah and it worked.
     
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    Glad to hear that :)
     
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    Im glad my advice fixed your problem.
     

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