First of, if you read this you most likly have a blackscreen and do not know how to fix it.
Now is a good time to listen and remeber to ALWAYS read the cvs_readme*.txt that often comes with a new cvs build.
This is a "old" problem and shouldn´t exist if the readme was read, but enough of me rambeling about things that you now pretty much will do everytime you get a new build.

First thing todo is to get the Enigmah Videomode Switchdisc.

Check around the forums if you do not know where to get it, but please do not ask for it since it is built with the XDK and asking for xdk binaries is against forum rules.

When you got the files burn them to a CD-R/RW or a DVD-R/RW and add a dummy file, 50-100Mb in size called 1.bin or something like that!.

(Use XISO or any other program able to extract and build XIso files)

Boot the xbox with it and Press A (for Pal) or B (for NTSC)
Then reboot the xbox and the video should be back.

If not try to boot the disc again and now press B if you pressed A first or the other way around. (You get it i hope...)

Update:
If you can ftp to your box, then you could remote execute the enigmah default.xbe, after you ftp it over. Or , if you use Evo-X, make a link to it in the evox.ini so that it is the first item selected when you boot up.
Then just launch it by pressing A.
End Update(Thanks to akarnid for this tip/idea)

Update from yomamaspimp :

I was about to give up when I tried ftp'ing all the files to the console and it worked !

Console wouldn't boot enigmah with any disc format.

Make sure u got video cables disconnected so u can at least boot up the console with no picture.

Copy all files to the console as you would burn em onto a disc to a new folder

Then using FlashFXP use a raw command execute default.xbe on the default.xbe file extracted from enigmah, give it a sec, press B (or A depending on settings), turn off console, plug video cable back on and reboot.


If you still havent got any picture then it aint over yet.

Easiest is to try and see if you got another tv (@parents/friends house) that might support NTSC-j and restore back to NTSC-M.

If that wont work either i got a last step for you (or two even)

When in xbmp press DOWN 2 times. (1 time if you have TV-Guide set to false in the config.xml)

Press A 1 time.

Press DOWN 5 times.

Press RIGHT 1 time.

Press A 1 time.

Press DOWN 3 times.

Press A 1 time.

Turn the XBox off and on again, and picture should be back.

If this didn´t work (it should!) you have now the last thing you can try, but i can NOT take responsabilaty for this one.
It should work fine with 1.0 and 1.1 XBox´s, but like i said, i can´t say it will work with 1.2 or 1.3 XBox´s 100%.

This is a c&p from CONFIG MAGIC´s readme:

Blind Restore EEPROM if you have no Video image:

Usage: (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A VALID EEPROM.BIN in DATA)
(NOTE: If you have used evo-x and the backup option you will have backup files in c:backup)
1) Boot ConfigMagic from DVD Drive
2) Press A button to Skip Video (press A untill you see the orange light flash)
3) Wait untill eject light flashes orange (flashing orange means ConfigMagic is ready)
4) To Start Hold BOTH triggers and press WHITE button !
5) Orange light stops flashing and stays steady (Steady orange means busy)
6) If successfull Eject light will Flash GREEN (Flash Green means success!)
*IF there was a problem loading/decrypting eeprom, Eject light will turn RED (Red means Error !)


Making this one pinned.

Post suggestions etc.

Dude!

This sticky has just saved my ass.....

Especially as its a uk Pal machine... and I was fooling with the NTSC - J resolutions....

as an alternative to the above, I put the following line first, in my evo-x .ini

Item "XBOX Fix","e:appsNTSC Switcherdefault.xbe"

Of course the path name is that where you have the enigma mode selection app... LOL!

pit this in first, rebooted pressed "A" and - "Bingo!" back on track....

thanks a lot!

This isnt working for me... I am following the blind instructions b/c I cant find enigmah. I hear when I push buttons, certain sounds but I am wondering if going right once is what I need to do. Maybe I am in a different mode that I need to go left or something? Can someone describe (and get screenshots if possible) of what we would be seeing during this step by step process?

No Xbox for me for now

if you have autoboot of disks off then you have to switch to a hard drive that has got the basic evox or similar, oterwise it doesnt seem to initialise properly. FTP doesnt work or anything as xbmp doesnt load fully either, try changing hard drives if you have access to it, before messing with the eeprom

I ended up using Enigmah. Was really easy. FTP it up to your box (if you can, which you should) and then run a raw command using 'execute' and pointing to the xbe of enigmah. Then on your controller, press b for ntsc or a for pal

yeh i tried but ftp was down, hence i dont think it loaded the bios corectly, well if the disk dont boot and the ftp aint working then you can try my method, it worked for me, although i hav no idea why ftp wasnt working!

I tried booting the enig videomode disk. The disk I burnt on a cdrw works fine on other xbox. I tried booting it on my xbox with the black screen and it doesn't seem to work. Anyone got any other suggestions?

If you can't FTP into your xbox, try unpluging the A?V cable from the back of the xbox. This solved my FTP problem (god knows why)

WOOOOHOOOO!!!!

the not having the video cable plugged in worked now I got video again.

Thanks alot!

If you use avalaunch then here is an excellent way to get video back say if someone fucks with your settings.

Get enigmah-x video switch, extract the xISO, put in on your xbox somewhere in a folder. Then in the quickstart option, make the right trigger "quicklaunch" enigmah-x video switch.

Now if you ever need to recover, turn your xbox on while holding the right trigger for about a minute (this will launch the video switch) the select A (PAL) or B (NTSC), then turn your xbox off then back on and it should work!

HELP!!!

I did it too....got the black screen!!!

And i can't find this "enigma..", thingee file.

Heck....i just got my xbox moded and moments before
i changed some video settings....just got the ftp working
with my PC.

Can anyone help??


I'd really appreciate it.

jtbsat
tbarbas@hotmail.com

Is there any way to edit config.xml to remove the NTSC-J option in the settings menu? It'd be a good safeguard if it's possible.

the video setting is in the default.xbe, if you want to see it, just drag and drop that default.xbe to your notepad and do a ctrl+f and type in ntsc-m to find that settings...

I wonder if anyone know what hex string do i have to delete to remove that whole video settings out!!!

anyways, is there anyone out there that can edit this default.xbe from xbmp and delete that whole god damn it stupid ugly azz settings out...

thanks a lot s...

Can I just pop XBMP on there again? Would that fix this?

surely you can always go back to the xbmp video settings to set it back to your correct video mode but how the heck can you do that when you can't even see the TV screen hehe s...

Lol Guys

Wats worst is u get into this & ur on a SOFTMOD

Hew... I just unplugged A/V cable .. power on and off
now it works.

BTW... I struggled w/ enigma disc for hours... but coudln't get it to work

Well i've been struggling with this big paper weight now 2 days tried many things recommended in the "pinned topic "

I really think we should change the title of that topic to WARNING XBMP READ !
Found all of the files needed to repair this no luck so far....but at least i can hear something now and FTP in....hope is near. The next thing for me to try is that config magic program..wish me luck. Anybody looking for the files should try google a certain french xbox site has them all for download.

thks. spider

Fixed !

Using the enigma video switch disk . After many attempts pressing B after booting with the disk. I tried hitting A a few times...it then came black and white..now i can
read and see the menus. Just used the disk agian this time hitting A button....vola !

Everything back to normal.

oh this is a great site lots of good info,,,,, hint

http://www.gueux.net/modules/news/

download section looks good

Goodluck to everyone having this problem.

OMFG Got Damn Thank You So Much For THis You Saved Me Alot Of Time And Struggle Thank You So Much Searching Does Really Help Out Alot...Thanks Again For Saving My Sorry N00Bish Ass

OUT OF ALL YOU GUYS THAT HAD PROBLEM SWITCHING THE VIDEO MODE BACK, DID YOU GET A PROBLEM WITH THE HDD AS WELL. I HAVE CAME ACROSS TWO XBOXS THAT I HAD TO SWITCH THE VIDEO MODE USING CONFIG MAGIC AND WORKED ONLY AFTER SWITCHING THE HDD WITH ONE THAT WAS RUNNING EVOX. NOW I HAVE TWO HDD WD 120G THAT WONT REFORMAT OR UNLOCK.
NOT EVEN MY PC WILL RECOGNIZE THE HDD. CANT ANY ONE HELP.

sorry for asking something that's probably been answered, i checked all the xbmp forums and tutorials and everything else i could find but didn't find the answer.

i got my xbox on a soft mod and i switched that video mode thing trying to find out how to get my xbox to go to wide screen and now it just keeps resetting. i tried to pull the a/v cables and then it stays on but i don't thing i am getting anywhere when i do that.

i am just wondering if i completely screwed it, and if i did would i still be able to use my hard drive in another xbox?

if anyone could help out the noobiest of noobs that would be muchly appreciated

MOD EDIT:

I AM YELLING AS I CAN NOT READ THE FORUM RULES AND THINK PEOPLE WILL NOTICE ME MORE WHEN DOING SOO!!

NO ASKING FOR XDK FILES!

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I got a MONSTER HDTV cable and got CRAZY trying to get the dashboard to support 720p - and it's a NTSC based box
it turned out at some point I changed the settings on XBMP

i had this prob myself a while ago (console coma) i found my xbox would boot backups created with isox creator but not ones in gdf format (still no pic) so i created a evox disc with static ip and reflashed my bios over network with one i embedded a eeprom into and that fixed the problem straight away

I accidently changed video modes and I read in the pinned topic this "If you can ftp to your box, then you could remote execute the enigmah default.xbe, after you ftp it over. Or , if you use Evo-X, make a link to it in the evox.ini so that it is the first item selected when you boot up.
Then just launch it by pressing A." Could someone please elaborate more on this because I am haveing trouble understanding...

A fix for people whose xboxes throw back error 21 or boot and re-boot in an endless loop following an NTSC-j/resolution change error (you will need a copy of the Enigmah switchdisc or Slayer's EvoX bootdisc and a modchipped xbox - will not work for softmods AFAIK):

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=342443

Worked for me, hope it helps someone out.

RustAngel

Same error happended to me, but in my case i didnt have any system on my HD, brand new..

This is how i fixed mine prob with Error 21 (read last post):

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=211031&st=0

what chip / bios's are u using ?
I've tried this with Aladdin and M7 and Exenium Ice but it wont work
If i have the video cabel in, it goes flashing red, then turns of...

If i remove videocable it goes yellow gren flashing....

Ok I have a Xenium ICE that I had modded by a family friend, well I put the switchdisc in the drive but my xbox flashes green twice then red about 30 times then restarts. I cant seem to get anything to work, PLEASE HELP

Does it stay on with the video cable removed MrO.? If so then you are good just wait until you hear the drive spin down (its loaded) and press b or a, whichever is needed then restart. See mine just keeps rebooting regardless.

Thanks to this thread, I have cured my problem.

I'd like to just add how I did it though, as it may prove useful to some other members.


I used Enigmah, like everyone else here, but I was having media problems.
I unplugged the AV cable and that allowed me to FTP into my xbox.

I renamed my avalaunch.xbe to avalaunch.xb_ and copied across the media folder and default.xbe from enigmah to my xbox c:\.

Then I renamed default.xbe to avalaunch.xbe and rebooted the xbox.

Wait about a minute then press either A for PAL or B for NTSC.

Reboot and connect back up your video cable.

ntsc-j premodded aladdin xbox
v1.6
samsung DVD rom
i did the first step the enugmah thing and kept pressing B but nothing happened now what should i do exactly???
please someone help

come on someonehelp me please
@ least i have a full backup for everything eeprom and hhdkey and all the cfe drives

I figured out a way to fix my xbox (softmodded) after messing with resolution/widescreen setting in XBMP. If you upgraded the hard drive and still have the original it is the easiest, but it should also work if anyone you know has a modded (soft or not) xbox and will let you open it up and hot-swap their hard drive and yours.

1st - Make sure you have a working copy of Enigmah Videomode Switchdisc on disc or installed on the working modded Xbox. Remove the hard drive from you not working Xbox and have ready. Remove the cover of the working Xbox and leave off.

2nd - Boot the working Xbox to modded dash - ie Evox - then load the Enigmah Videomode Switchdisc Program. It should display your normal setting either NTSC or PAL. DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING YET

3rd - Now remove the power cable to the 'working' hard drive, then remove the IDE cable from the 'working' hard drive. Next attach the IDE cable to the 'not working' hard drive, then attach the power cable.

Last - I would press A once, then B once and make sure that Enigmah shows a change, then choose the mode you need (A = PAL, B=NTSC. Now power off the Xbox. Disconnect the 'not working' hard drive and try in your Xbox.

This worked for me on my Softmodded Xbox. I had my orginal softmodded stock hard drive so I removed my larger hard drive and was able to boot fine with my stock drive, ran Enigmah on my stock drive, hot-swapped to my not working larger drive, chose NTSC and shut off my Xbox. When I rebooted my larger drive was working fine again. Hope this helps someone else who had this problem with a softmod and no access to a Modchip.

-ShadowStalker

ok im confused, i set up the videomode switcher for easy access on my xbox menu, ran it,
switched from ntsc, to pal, power cycled the xbox, and bam! i can still see video.. it flickers, but is still ok.
so.. im guessing this other xbox isnt stuck in pal mode, but instead, a 16:9 mode or something, and probably jacked up my eeprom. so is it safe to say it is fuxxored? i cant run game discs, and hear any sound, only the flubber animation, which leads me to believe they arent running correctly.

thoughts, opinions, help?