Hexen - Heimdall's Xbox Engineering Disc., Heimdall's Xbox Engineering disc. Options

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HeXEn - Heimdall's Xbox Engineering disc.

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Keyword: HeXEn 0.99B11-22
Password: Heimdall01

Alternative version edited to work from hdd:

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Keyword: Hexen For hard disk Drive not dvd

This version was edited by shambles1980 from Heimdall's original version.

Its origins

What does it do?
For softmodded Xboxes:
* If your Xbox will boot a rescue disc, no matter which softmod you have on there this disk will upgrade it to the latest MS Dash and the latest Krayzie or Kingroach softmod - your choice. And, apart from making a couple of choices to start with, and confirming a couple of intermediate questions, it's one-click - including removing the old softmod and populating the shadow C. Importantly, it preserves the content of your E drive, including gamesaves (apart from 007, MA and SC).
* While it's doing that it installs the latest UnleashX and EvolutionX dashboards and the XBMC shortcut.
* It installs Krayzie gamesaves on all Xboxes (Krayzie and Kingroach) to provide a useful back door.
* It has one-click fixes to all common softmod problems:
- turn shadow C on and off (with visual indication)
- turn virtual eeprom on and off (with visual indication)
- enable or disable 480p and VGA
* It can remove all copies of eeprom.bin, thus eliminating the eeprom mismatch issue that is a common cause of blank screens and other problems.
* It can replace and automatically repopulate a corrupt shadowc, again with only one click.
* It implements ldotsfan's lxhdm for softmod hard disk upgrades, in only three steps, including repopulating the new shadow C and launching XBPartitioner 1.1 for extended partition formatting, so you don't get data corruption on large drives.

For chipped / flashed Xboxes:
* It only has the latest BIOSes, and all have LBA48 for large disk support
* It has a disk rebuilding option that automatically launches XBPartitioner 1.1 for extended partition formatting, so you don't get data corruption on large drives
* It can flash all TSOP types, including Winbond, and automatically set up the dashboards to work with the new BIOS.
* After TSOP flashing it has one-click cleaning for the disk, removing the softmod and installing a clean C.
* If you back out of the TSOP flash it has an option to clean up the disk and reset it to its original state.
* It installs Krayzie gamesaves on flashed Xboxes to provide a useful back door, in case your chip fails.

For all Xboxes:
* It installs common applications (including XBMC) to E or F
* It has one-click dashboard switching, putting the dashboard in the right place depending on your mod type. If you have XBMC installed as an application you can also select it as a dashboard.
* It supports blind video mode switching. If you've accidentally set your Xbox to PAL and your TV is NTSC only so you can't see the screen (or vice-versa), you can restore it simply with a couple of button presses and a couple of reboots.
* It has simple HD video mode enabling options that bypass virtual eeprom and launch the appropriate tools
* It installs a complementary UnleashX menu and a toolset to allow you to switch dashboards and fix common softmod problems without needing the rescue disc.
* Where one-click operation is infeasible, step-by-step instructions are provided on-screen.
* It has on-screen instructions to help you.
* It also has lots of error checking to prevent you from messing up your Xbox as far as possible!

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Version History:
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Version 0.99b11 (06-2009) - Limited beta release
Version 0.99b21 (07-2009) - Second beta release (Thanks ldotsfan for the excellent testing, and all of the feedback and suggestions)
Version 0.99b22 - Public release
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Warning!
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This disk has been tested as far as possible, but as with all things Xbox related you use it at your own risk. Don't use it unless you are happy to take that responsibility, and don't blame the creator if it goes wrong!

Menu Options:

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        *1. NTSC-PAL Video Mode Switch

*2. Softmod Xbox Tools  

            *2.1. Kingroach One-Click Softmod Installation  

                *2.1.1. Instructions  

                *2.1.2. I have an NTSC Xbox  

                *2.1.3. I have a PAL Xbox  

            *2.2. Krayzie One-Click Softmod Installation  

                *2.2.1. Instructions  

                *2.2.2. PAL Xbox, 007 gamesave  

                *2.2.3. PAL Xbox, MA gamesave  

                *2.2.4. PAL Xbox, SC gamesave  

                *2.2.5. NTSC Xbox, 007 gamesave  

                *2.2.6. NTSC Xbox, MA gamesave  

                *2.2.7. NTSC Xbox, SC gamesave  

            *2.3. Modify / Repair Softmod  

                *2.3.1. Instructions  

                *2.3.2. Change Kingroach Startup Options  

                    *2.3.2.1. Instructions  

                    *2.3.2.2. Video Mode  

                        *2.3.2.2.1. Instructions  

                        *2.3.2.2.2. Disable 480p, disable VGA  

                        *2.3.2.2.3. Force 480p, disable VGA  

                        *2.3.2.2.4. Disable 480p, force VGA  

                        *2.3.2.2.5. Force 480p, force VGA  

                        *2.3.2.2.6. Restore original video options  

                        *2.3.2.2.7. Launch Kingroach NDURE Toolset  

                    *2.3.2.3. Shadow C And Virtual eeprom Settings  

                        *2.3.2.3.1. Shadow C Off, Virtual eeprom On  

                        *2.3.2.3.2. Shadow C On, Virtual eeprom Off  

                        *2.3.2.3.3. Shadow C Off, Virtual eeprom Off  

                        *2.3.2.3.4. Shadow C On, Virtual eeprom On  

                    *2.3.2.4. Large Disk (LBA48) Options  

                        *2.3.2.4.1. Instructions  

                        *2.3.2.4.2. F only (.06)  

                        *2.3.2.4.3. F/G (.67)  

                    *2.3.2.5. Kingroach Tray Open Options  

                        *2.3.2.5.1. Instructions  

                        *2.3.2.5.2. Eject Boots Xboxdash  

                        *2.3.2.5.3. Eject Boots Xonlinedash  

                *2.3.3. Change Krayzie Startup Options  

                    *2.3.3.1. Instructions  

                    *2.3.3.2. Video Mode  

                        *2.3.3.2.1. Instructions  

                        *2.3.3.2.2. Force Normal Video  

                        *2.3.3.2.3. Force RGB  

                        *2.3.3.2.4. Force Progressive (480p)  

                        *2.3.3.2.5. Restore original video options  

                        *2.3.3.2.6. Launch Krayzie Extras  

                    *2.3.3.3. Shadow C And Virtual eeprom Settings  

                        *2.3.3.3.1. Shadow C Off, Virtual eeprom On  

                        *2.3.3.3.2. Shadow C On, Virtual eeprom Off  

                        *2.3.3.3.3. Shadow C Off, Virtual eeprom Off  

                        *2.3.3.3.4. Shadow C On, Virtual eeprom On  

                    *2.3.3.4. Large Disk (LBA48) Options  

                        *2.3.3.4.1. Instructions  

                        *2.3.3.4.2. F only (.06)  

                        *2.3.3.4.3. F/G (.67)  

                *2.3.4. Remove all HeXEn startup fixes  

                    *2.3.4.1. Instructions  

                    *2.3.4.2. Remove all startup fixes  

                *2.3.5. Remove NKP11_Config.bin and Krayzie Extras Options  

                    *2.3.5.1. Instructions  

                    *2.3.5.2. Remove NKP11_Config.bin startup fixes  

                *2.3.6. Replace corrupt shadow C  

                    *2.3.6.1. Instructions  

                    *2.3.6.2. Replace corrupt shadow C (Kingroach)  

                    *2.3.6.3. Replace corrupt shadow C (Krayzie)      

                *2.3.7. Remove unwanted eeprom copies  

                *2.3.8. Backup eeprom to E:\backups\eeprom\backup\  

            *2.4. LXHDM Softmod Disk Upgrade  Auto=Off

                *2.4.1. Instructions  

                *2.4.2. Preparation  

                *2.4.3a. Build the new disk (NTSC)  

                *2.4.3b. Build the new disk (PAL)  

            *2.5. Launch Krayzie's Back Door  

                *2.5.1. Instructions  

            *2.6. Install Krayzie's Gamesaves  

                *2.6.1. Instructions  

                *2.6.2. Install Krayzie 1.1.1 NTSC Gamesaves  

                *2.6.3. Install Krayzie 1.1.1 PAL Gamesaves  

        *3. TSOP Flashed / Chipped Xbox Tools  

            *3.1. Instructions  

            *3.2. Modchip / TSOP Flash (Not Winbond)  

            *3.3. Winbond Flash  

                *3.3.1 Flash iND-BIOS.5003.67 (F and G)  

                *3.3.2 Flash iND-BIOS.5003.06 (F only)  

                *3.3.3 Flash X2.4981.67 (F and G)  

                *3.3.4 Flash X2.4981.06 (F only)  

                *3.3.5 Flash Evox M8+ (F and G)  

                *3.3.6 Flash Evox M8+ (F only)  

            *3.4. Incomplete Flash Cleanup  

            *3.5. Chipped / Flashed Xbox Disk Upgrades  

                *3.5.1. Instructions  

                *3.5.2. Clean C partition after TSOP flash   Passcode=AYBX

                *3.5.3. New Disk, NTSC Xbox   Passcode=AYBX

                *3.5.4. New Disk, PAL Xbox   Passcode=AYBX

                *3.5.5. Lock the new disk  

            *3.6. Disk Lock / Unlock And eeprom Backup  

        *4. Install Applications  

            *4.1. Install XBMC to E  

            *4.2. Install XBMC to F  

            *4.3. Install Applications to E  

            *4.4. Install Applications to F  

        *5. Dashboard Tools  

            *5.1. Switch Dashboards  

                *5.1.1. Instructions  

                *5.1.2. Krayzie 1.1.1 Softmod  

                    *5.1.2.1. Switch to UnleashX  

                    *5.1.2.2. Switch to EvoX  

                    *5.1.2.3. Switch to XBMC on E  

                    *5.1.2.4. Switch to XBMC on F  

                *5.1.3. Kingroach NDURE 3.1 Softmod  

                    *5.1.3.1. Switch to UnleashX  

                    *5.1.3.2. Switch to EvoX  

                    *5.1.3.3. Switch to XBMC on E  

                    *5.1.3.4. Switch to XBMC on F  

                *5.1.4. TSOP / CHIP  

                    *5.1.4.1. Switch to UnleashX  

                    *5.1.4.2. Switch to EvoX  

                    *5.1.4.3. Switch to XBMC on E  

                    *5.1.4.4. Switch to XBMC on F  

            *5.2. Dashboard Repair Tools  

                *5.2.1. Instructions  

                *5.2.2. Install Dashboards  

                *5.2.3. Install XBMC on E Dash Shortcut  

                *5.2.4. Install XBMC on F Dash Shortcut  

                *5.2.5. Install HeXEn Tools - Kingroach  

                *5.2.6. Install HeXEn Tools - Krayzie  

                *5.2.7. Install HeXEn Tools - TSOP / Chip  

        *6. Enable HD video modes  

            *6.1. Instructions  

            *6.2. HD Enable - Krayzie 1.1.1 Softmod  

            *6.3. HD Enable - Kingroach NDURE 3.1 Softmod  

            *6.4. HD Enable - TSOP / Chip  

                *6.4.1. Instructions  

                *6.4.2. Automated TSOP / Chip HD Enable  

                *6.4.3. Manual TSOP / Chip HD Enable  

        *7. Clean Up Installation Files  

        *8. XBox Admin

Updated on 1 Mar 2012 to include the hdd version.
Updated on 16 Mar 2012 to reveal its origins.

This post has been edited by ldotsfan: Mar 16 2012, 03:49 PM

[BuraddoX]

This is great ldotsfan this will help a lot of people that ask about HeXen^_^

[Bubbalynch]

It works great is now my favorite Auto Installer. Safe, simple, and rather up to date.

Thanks heaps.

[ldotsfan]

:Indeed this disc draws upon the best ideas from Slayer, CASH, AID and builds on the foundation of Frosty and my personal favorite a optimal implementation of lxhdm. There is even Gentoox parts inside.

Heimdall deserves rounds of a fine piece of work arising from his expert understanding of all xbox Modding from softmod to tsop to chip to dash to bios

This post has been edited by ldotsfan: Mar 26 2011, 02:43 PM

[spliff721]

:Indeed this disc draws upon the best ideas from Slayer, CASH, AID and builds on the foundation of Frosty and my personal favorite a optimal implementation of lxhdm. There is even Gentoox parts inside.

Heimdall deserves rounds of a fine piece of work arising from his expert understanding of all xbox Modding from softmod to tsop to chip to dash to bios

ill drink to that.

though i have wondered if it will work as an app? if i unpack the iso put it in a folder called HeXEn, and boot the default XBE?

[Heimdall]

Not directly, because it looks for files on D:\

It wouldn't be too difficult to install it on E:\ then do a search and replace on config.xml to repoint all of the D:\ references to a location on E:\, but not E:\HeXEn\, because I think I've already used E:\HeXEn\

[crusty_punk]

I love this disk... it has helped me through 2 TSOP flashes and 2 HDD upgrades. I burnt an extra copy just to be safe

[bigby]

Trying to format a Samsung 1TB sata drive (with a sata adapter), and I'm asked for a password. Thought it might be the password mentioned in the first post Heimdall01, but it says incorrect password.

Nevermind, i tried this instead - *3.5.3. New Disk, NTSC Xbox Passcode=AYBX


This post has been edited by bigby: May 26 2011, 07:49 PM

[matt!]

Where can I download this disk? Thanks.

[Heimdall]

Google.

[matt!]

Thanks I found it.

[robot3]

It can remove all copies of eeprom.bin, thus eliminating the eeprom mismatch issue that is a common cause of blank screens and other problems.

I am very curious about that statement above. On a softmod xbox, does this mean you can swap any hard drive from an xbox to another xbox without a problem? Like in the sense of literally just removing the hard drive without any unlocking and then put it in an xbox with a different motherboard?

This post has been edited by robot3: Jul 3 2011, 04:35 AM

[Heimdall]

No, it means what it says. It eliminates the eeprom mismatch issue that is a common cause of blank screens and other problems - no mention of swapping disks or removing the need for disk unlocking and locking.

[robot3]

No, it means what it says. It eliminates the eeprom mismatch issue that is a common cause of blank screens and other problems - no mention of swapping disks or removing the need for disk unlocking and locking.

ahh I never had the mistmatch issue which is why I was not familiar with the statement and read it as being something else

[Jimz360]

Not directly, because it looks for files on D:\

It wouldn't be too difficult to install it on E:\ then do a search and replace on config.xml to repoint all of the D:\ references to a location on E:\, but not E:\HeXEn\, because I think I've already used E:\HeXEn\

I would be interested in this, haven't had a DVD drive for a while and have just upgraded my HDD to a Seagate 400gb, but now i need to change my bios from iND-5003.06 to iND-5003.67, got the winbond W49F020T so i know i need to use raincoat, jus not sure how.

Can't use the Eurasia disc or this one, if you could give me some pointers to get it going from HDD i wouldn't mind trying this out. Thanks Heimdall great work, keeping the scene alive