Xbox Dvd Not Working After Hotswap Hboxhdm 1.9 Options

[boxer29]

my hard mod xbox hd died
did the hot swap xboxhdm v1.9 to install a new hdd cause didnt have the eeprom
the xbox is booting up now to the white microsoft logo and to the green dashboard
have set the date and other settings
but the dvd drive is not working
its not reading anything
tried couple of origonal and back up games but none seem to work
what have i done wrong
how do i get the back up of my eeprom now for further hdd upgrade ive done now with a 20 gb one just to try will want to put a bigger hdd in future can you point me to the right direction
thanks

[Heimdall]

You get the eeprom backup with Evox or Config Magic. Use FTP to put them onto your Xbox and retrieve eeprom.bin from the Xbox.

The most likely explanation is that your DVD breaking is a coincidence, or that the cable is loose. Remove and reseat the IDE and power cable to the DVD. It's always possible that you fried the DVD drive while doing the hotswap, especially if you didn't earth the Xbox to your PC while you were hotswapping. If that's the case then you need a replacement DVD drive.

See the link in my signature for softmod hard drive upgrades.

[boxer29]

can i fry the dvd drive even if only the power cable was connected only the ide cable was out for the hot swap to get error 11
how do you change the dvd drive
any tutorial for that
whats the best software to use for the back up and to put a new big hdd in the xbox
any tutorial for that or links
thanks
ps ive got a dvd drive spare can i use it in the xbox

This post has been edited by boxer29: Jan 27 2012, 01:04 PM

[Heimdall]

can i fry the dvd drive even if only the power cable was connected only the ide cable was out for the hot swap to get error 11

Unlikely, but it might happen once in a blue moon - you might just have been unlucky.

how do you change the dvd drive, any tutorial for that

It's a straight physical swap, and doesn't need a tutorial.

whats the best software to use for the back up and to put a new big hdd in the xbox, any tutorial for that or links

I've already answered this. See the link in my signature for softmod hard drive upgrades.

ps ive got a dvd drive spare can i use it in the xbox

Only if it's a spare Xbox DVD drive. You can make a standard DVD drive work, but it's not simple, and it will never read Xbox games.

[boxer29]

cant fix the dvd drive
thought i will ftp into the box
and its not working as well
im using a straight cable the xbox is connected to the router
has got an ip
using win vista
firewall is off
which im trying to connect to the box with the flashfxp
user name xbox
pass xbox
port 21
its not connecting to the ftp says time out
i cant even ping to xbox ip
has there been a problem with the nc or what
will try to get a cross over cable and try connecting it to the pc
any comment from you

[Heimdall]

What is the Xbox IP address?

What is the PC IP address?

[boxer29]

What is the Xbox IP address?
192.168.2.10

What is the PC IP address?

192.168.2.3

also tried the croos over cable
made the xbox ip static 192.168.0.3
primary dns 192.168.0.4 its the ip of my pc

pc ip static 192.168.0.4
subnet mask 255.255.255.0

rebooted the pc and the xbox
can ping 192.168.0.4 but not the xbox ip 192.168.0.3 it says request time out
also the icon on the pc shows connected when i turn the xbox off it says local are cable unplugged and there is a red cross on the monitors at the bottom right wheer there is the clock
when i turn the xbox on ,it says again connected and the pc search and take the ip 192.168.0.4
do i have to do any more settings or what
also my xbox hdd jumper is set to cs ,do i need to change it to master as i did when doing the xboxhdm hot swap

win firewall and av are all off
im totally lost here
thanks for your help

This post has been edited by boxer29: Jan 27 2012, 10:49 PM

[fallenangle]

Try another FTP client program - I had some weirdness with Filezilla when I first tried to use it, I was getting time out/error messages in one partcular instance.

As I mentioned in another thread here I found a free one: CoreFTP LE and used that instead. Exactly the same set up as I had been using with Filezilla, but it connected and worked first time without similar issue. CoreFTP LE is described by one well known web site as "a top notch freeware FTP client". Whatever, it worked for me and that's all I was interested in so I offer it up as a suggestion in this case.

I've not had any problems with Filezilla since but if there is some specific conflict between FlashFXP and your security software maybe worth trying something else. No guarantees of course.

This post has been edited by fallenangle: Jan 28 2012, 01:05 AM

[boxer29]

will try this coreftp le
im using win xp
the pc is not connected to the net
can it be a problem with the hard mod chip ??after hot swap
thank

[Heimdall]

It's not the FTP client. Until you can ping the Xbox no FTP client will work, so you should focus on fixing that first.

I should have spotted this earlier, but if you have a chip why were you hotswapping?

This post has been edited by Heimdall: Jan 28 2012, 04:48 PM

[fallenangle]

I'm using Windows XP too so that eliminates at least one variable.

Shouldn't matter whether the PC is connected to the internet or not.

I do suggest you use the cross-over cable to connect direct to the Xbox rather than using the standard cable via router though. Again that will eliminate another variable which may be the source or part of the problem.

Hope it works but, as said, no guarantees.

[boxer29]

tried coreftp le
all firewall and av off
win xp
still no luck
the connection is established via the cable as shown in the network and there are packets going on from the system like 30 40 but only 1 packet is recieved
dont know whats the problem here
have also taken all the cables out of the dvd and reattached them
but still no luck
the xbox is not showing any error either like dvd missing
but when i take the dvd cable out it give the error 11
completely lost
any help
thanks

[shambles1980]

just wonder why you hotswaped to start it if you were hardmodded..
you never needed to have the drive locked. any way thats something altogether diferent and dosent matter.

i was really lazy and simply scanned passed all the posts picking up on sopme words here and there..

So i would definatly check your hard disk jumper settings. i find they work better set to master.

as for the ftp.
are you set to dhcp?
if your set to static then it may well simply be displaying a static ip thats set for it but the router is not accepting it.
When it comes to vista i find that its better if everything is set to a static ip address, but with xp i find you can mix and match "unless 1 system is vista"
so make sure your set to dhcp.



also check that you havent edited your ftp password in any given CFG file.

although it sounds like your on a stock dash..
but there ya go,

now my theory..
you were probably softmodded. and now the new disk dosent have the softmod on there and your running stock so nbo ftp access..
having said That that makes absolutley no sence as i dont get how you locked the new hard disk if the old 1 was dead...
so that leads me to believe that your are chipped/tsoped but only have the stock dash on your xbox. and that the hard disk is not locked at all.

can you just turn off the xbox pull out the hard disk and put it in your pc. then use xplorer360 to view its contents (confirming that it is not locked)

if its not locked then you need to put the dash files on there to enable ftp.

i guess the 1st question that i should have asked is What dashboard are you on?

p.s
your default gatway is your routers ip address if you connect to the router with a straight through.
if your using a crossover but ICS is not set up on the pc then you dont need a default gateway.
you can also set the dns ip to the same as the default gateway.

This post has been edited by shambles1980: Jan 28 2012, 07:19 PM

[fallenangle]

Oops, should have realised this myself but after re-reading the earlier posts, Heimdal's comment and shambles1980's theory the problem can not be a FTP client issue.

Still CoreFTP LE does work with the Xbox so is a useful alternative if FlashFXP or Filezilla don't suit.

[boxer29]

[quote name='shambles1980' date='Jan 28 2012, 08:09 PM' post='4853676']
just wonder why you hotswaped to start it if you were hardmodded..
you never needed to have the drive locked. any way thats something altogether diferent and dosent matter. [/quote]
used hotswapped as when using the aid dvd it was giving error 16 (clock not set ) as my xbox was modded in 2003 with a hard chip underneath the mb ,it had the old dash .never been online for an update just the update done by the games so it must be an old bios not allowing the clock to set so aid didnt work

i was really lazy and simply scanned passed all the posts picking up on sopme words here and there..

[/quote]So i would definatly check your hard disk jumper settings. i find they work better set to master. [/quote]
ive tried booth master and cs jumper settings for ftp but with no luck

[quote]as for the ftp.
are you set to dhcp?
if your set to static then it may well simply be displaying a static ip thats set for it but the router is not accepting it.[/quote]
im tried dhcp on vista pc with av and firewall turned off but the box wont connect
straing cable
also tried with static ip to the box and win xp pc with a crossover cable
still no connection to the xbox via ftp
When it comes to vista i find that its better if everything is set to a static ip address, but with xp i find you can mix and match "unless 1 system is vista"
so make sure your set to dhcp.
also check that you havent edited your ftp password in any given CFG file.

[quote]although it sounds like your on a stock dash..
but there ya go, [/quote]
my dash is green colour basic ms one

[quote]now my theory..
you were probably softmodded. and now the new disk dosent have the softmod on there and your running stock so nbo ftp access.. [/quote]
i doubt it
[quote]having said That that makes absolutley no sence as i dont get how you locked the new hard disk if the old 1 was dead...[/quote]
i dont know if my hdd was locked or not to start with

[quote]so that leads me to believe that your are chipped/tsoped but only have the stock dash on your xbox. and that the hard disk is not locked at all.
[/quote]
[quote]can you just turn off the xbox pull out the hard disk and put it in your pc. then use xplorer360 to view its contents (confirming that it is not locked)
[/quote]
i will try this now
if its not locked then you need to put the dash files on there to enable ftp.

[quote]i guess the 1st question that i should have asked is What dashboard are you on?[/quote]
baxic ms green dash
p.s
your default gatway is your routers ip address if you connect to the router with a straight through.
if your using a crossover but ICS is not set up on the pc then you dont need a default gateway.
you can also set the dns ip to the same as the default gateway.

This post has been edited by boxer29: Jan 29 2012, 12:10 AM