Well, a few days ago a friend of mine gave me a "destroyed" XBOX.....it did't have the dvd drive and the hdd was formated....so i was wondering if i could do anything(modchip,cable mod or softmod) in order to "rescue" the xbox....
so if anyone knows if i can do sth....plz help me

thanks

Buy a modchip, get a PSU power unit thing, an xbox case, a new dvd drive and download slayers autoinstaller, Then you can do stuff (Assuming the HD isnt locked)
But by the time youve bought all that stuff (unless youcan borrow the chip, and already have the case and power unit) you may as well buy a used working xbox from eBay...
MiKe

thanks for the instant reply
well,i should rephrase...cause i did't say it right...
The only thing tha is missing from the xbox is the dvd drive....i have all the other stuff
I have also rebuilt the hdd using the xboxhd but the xbox gives me a error 9 code....

well, i'd also like to ask if is anything i can do to bypass the check for the dvd drive the xbox does...?

You have 3 options. Chip it and use a bios that skips the dvd drive check. tsop it and use a bios that skips the dvd drive check. Get a dvd drive pcb and plug it in and let it sit inside the case.

thanks for your help
can i follow the tsop method without a dvd rom???
if i do,plz tell me which guide should i follow...

Depending on how much you want to spend you could just get a chip and a bigger hard drive and backup all the games onto the hard drive and screw the dvd.

yes thats what i was planning to do...but the xbox doesn't boot correctly.!.it gives me error code 9 and some times error code 7....

the xbox has ST (STMicroelectronics) tsop....

You're going to have to chip it unless you feel like using an EEProm reader to dump the contents of the EEProm to lock the new HD you are going to have to buy. Error 9 means your HD is fucked.

guyz i have the pcb of the dvd drive(if that can help???)...can i do anything with this???

With a TSOP the BIOS you flashed to it is a mod chip BIOS so no you don need a mod chip. the only thing is once you have flashed the TSOP just rebuild the HD with Xboxhdm and retail HD files and go from there.

but how will i tsop the chip without the dvd drive???

Im still rather new so i have yet to figure out flashing bios and tsop but if you need a dvd to do it then do one of your friends have a xbox becuase they are just plug and play as far as i know you can just borrow it and use it for what you need then give it back.


I mean you can borrow the dvd from another xbox.

as i told you i still have the pcb from the dvd drive....so i'd like to ask if it is possible to bypass the check by connecting the 12pin cable from the pcb of the dvd drive and as a normal drive i could put my pc's dvd rom.....?

Yes, using the PCB will get you past the DVD ROM check. But you still have to replace the HD, and the only way to do that without buying a chip is with a copy of the EEProm.

can i get the eeprom from anywhere???the original hd has been rebuilt with xboxhd...
i connected the dvd drive pcb(only the ide cable) and from that time it started giving me terror code 11
i have some hdd drives that i don't use:
Quantum FireBall CR 8.5gb
WD200 20gb
WD400 Caviar 40gb
can i use anyone of them?

heres a link for the error codes Error codes

do i have to lock again the hd in order to connect it to the xbox???or it may work without re-locking....
because i don't have the eeprom and i unlocked the hd with HDD Unlock Wizard....and now i can't re-lock it...

you need it to be locked becuase the xbox will try to unlock it and if it can't it won't work.

so how can i lock the hdd now???

You could sell your soul worked for my buddy judas

well,it's a good idea... lol but it doen't help me very much right now...

Dam almost had another one

plzzzzz sb help!!!
HOW can i LOCK the HDD????

As I said. You will need a copy of the EEProm. This can be obtained by building/buying an EEProm reader and dumping the contents of the EEProm chip. But since that is significantly trickier than installing a chip, you should do that instead. That way, you won't need to lock the HD, and you can disable the DVD check.

I have a suggestion. Get a modchip that allows flashing through HTTP, I beleive the SmartXX, X3 and Xchanger allow it through the OS. Then either get Evox M8(for 1.6), X2 4981 or if its an X3 an X3 bios(the latest version). Edit the bios to bypass DVD Drive check so later you can take out the DVD PCB. From there you can turn it into a slimbox

well, i allready have a softmod-ded xbox, so the non-working one is only for experiments
so i don't want to spend a lot of money for this xbox.....
have that in mind please, and tell me which modchip should i buy

thanks