ok i got a brokenn xbox from a friend i beleive it is a version 1.0 (made in 2002) and bought sega gt/jsrf disc for testng took it home and got an error 16 with and without disc in so i hotswapped and reinstalled the dash got an error 21 with and without disc in so i hotswapped and installed the shademand ready made softmod now it gets interesting no disc error 21 disc plays sega gt and all video demos but not jet set radio my thoughts maybe the dash i installed first was too new (185ead00) for an old xbox and in order to fit the ready made on a disc i deleted the backup included with it (still at the ready on my computer (seeing as how that dash had already not worked) any help and links are apreciated i am new at this xbox thingy but i learn quick
hmm... interesting Did you delete everything in xbox hdd before copy the shademand ready made softmod?
after a new attempt with slayers which went VERY SLOW my new guess is that there are bad blocks on the drive is there any way to fix that (or hide the bad blocks)
install Magic Config to xbox. Run it and backup eeprom. Do not unlock hdd. Then Ftp everything inside C and E drive to PC. Then get a new hdd and use xboxhdm to make a new hdd for xbox.