Xbox Shuts Down After Softmod Options

[JohnnyHunng]

I would get it going again....and then use HeXen (Heimdall's xbox engineering disc) to re-do the softmod for you properly...either that or get it going again and directly run Krayzie's NDURE 1.1.1...

Either way, it sounds as if after uve got it softmodded, and then u ftp any kind of files, it bricks because something is being moved or something.


This post has been edited by JohnnyHunng: Nov 19 2011, 03:34 AM

[Movax]

Ndure softmod should be okay, and FTP access shouldn't do anything, but you never know, these things sometimes don't seem to make sense until after the fact. Wouldn't hurt to redo the mod with Hexen and and see what happens, otherwise I think you have a hardware problem that is going to be hard to solve unless you have some parts to swap around and test and eliminate, like a different power supply for one.

[jaroc]

Something was wrong with your dashboard files, the light turning green(edit:orange) tells me that it was about to boot into the dash (some dash's have the led orange by default) but it couldn't do it.

This post has been edited by jaroc: Nov 19 2011, 05:01 AM

[krankey]

Thanks for more ideas guys.

I recently tried HeXEn before I posted here to redo the softmod. It made no difference once the Xbox was bricked.

However running Krayzie's NDURE 1.1.1 directly from the Xbox sounds interesting. How would I do that?

Oddly on top of all this I bricked the Xbox last night, was doing the booting then orange light & off thing, gave up for the night and went to bed.
Turned it on this morning and it fired right up like nothing had ever happened. It is starting to look more and more like hardware which is a shame really, I guess I'll just have to Jtag the exploitable 360 I have here instead.

It's a shame really as like I said if I restore the drive to defaults it works perfectly.

Dave Maltby

[JohnnyHunng]

Thanks for more ideas guys.

I recently tried HeXEn before I posted here to redo the softmod. It made no difference once the Xbox was bricked.

However running Krayzie's NDURE 1.1.1 directly from the Xbox sounds interesting. How would I do that?

Oddly on top of all this I bricked the Xbox last night, was doing the booting then orange light & off thing, gave up for the night and went to bed.
Turned it on this morning and it fired right up like nothing had ever happened. It is starting to look more and more like hardware which is a shame really, I guess I'll just have to Jtag the exploitable 360 I have here instead.

It's a shame really as like I said if I restore the drive to defaults it works perfectly.

Dave Maltby

What is meant by run HeXen to re-do softmod is...get ur xbox back up and softmodded the way you've been doing it 1st...once its running again, dont FTP anything, dont do anything but boot HeXen...and re-do the softmod...obviously you cant do it like this after its bricked...

As far as running Krayzies directly...i think, not sure, maybe someone will come along and correct me, but after you run NDURE to be able to create your xboxhdm disc...and since ur having trouble FTP'ing afterwards, you can create a folder on E called UDATA and put the Krayzie's 1.1.1 gamesave folder(s) in the root of UDATA...so yes, you would have to create a new xboxhdm disc...but once your box is softmodded with NDURE, you could then use file browser/manager to locate the install.xbe for Krayzies and run that package...then softmod with it normally.

This is the method of running tsop packages directly on previously softmodded xboxes...so it should work...of course if HeXen doesnt work, and this doesnt work...then you got other problems...orange led and then immediate shutdown is new on me.

In fact, what version is your xbox? if its not a 1.6 you may want to TSOP it and be done with it...then you wont have to hotswap etc anymore...plus would rule out any stock kernel corruption that could be causing the issue in the 1st place...you dont necessarily have to solder...can always use a conductive ink pen to bridge the tsop read/write enable points.

This post has been edited by JohnnyHunng: Nov 19 2011, 06:13 PM

[krankey]

Got a V1.0 Xbox according to a guide here on Xbox Scene.

Was made in Hungary, interesting crap comes out of serial numbers. Well if you find nerdy crap interesting (which apparently I do).

Anyway as I understand it a tsop is a complete flash of the bios correct?

I don't mind soldering I've got a JTAG-able Xbox here that I was going to give ago next month when I have the cash to buy the bits.

Do you have a good tsop guide you recommend, a real idiot proof step by step one?

Dave Maltby

[Heimdall]

The easiest way to try a completely different BIOS is to use PBL to load it after the Xbox is booted - which is exactly what HeXEn does. So, if you cold boot with HeXEn (burned to DVD-R at 4x or slower) does the Xbox work? If it does then TSOP may be your answer. If not then it starts to sound like a hardware problem.

This post has been edited by Heimdall: Nov 19 2011, 07:03 PM

[krankey]

Hexen work's perfectly after boot, used it for a few different bits.

Hexen obviously stops working once the softmod breaks.

Dave

[xboxmods2977]

I thought that but fan is running fine.

IF your xbox is a v1.0, did you check the GPU fan too?

[krankey]

IF your xbox is a v1.0, did you check the GPU fan too?

Yes I did.

Dave

[Heimdall]

Hexen work's perfectly after boot, used it for a few different bits.

Excellent.

Next question: Just to confirm, have you tried using HeXEn to install a clean softmod, as JohnnyHunng sugested a couple of posts back? If so, which softmod did you install with HeXen?

[krankey]

Used HeXEn to install a clean softmod. I believe it was krayzies.

Option 2, then 2 again then 4.

Dave

[JohnnyHunng]

Good news...i'd still TSOP it tho if it were me

HeXen can flash tsops too...nice disc.

This post has been edited by JohnnyHunng: Nov 19 2011, 07:23 PM

[krankey]

Obviously needs to be softmodded first I guess, process being (simplified obviously):

- Softmod (don't FTP anything)
- Solder Points
- Run HeXEn
- Run option for TSOP flash (anyone got the option code for this?)
- Reboot
- ?
- Profit

Dave

[JohnnyHunng]

TSOP points

Not sure which option it is on HeXen but its self-explanatory and HeXen walks you thru..maybe Heimdall will come confirm.

Try A-Y-B-X for passcode.

This post has been edited by JohnnyHunng: Nov 19 2011, 07:41 PM