Soft-modding Your Xbox The Easy Way!

**n18** · 10-05-2004, 12:07 PM

alrighty, i got auf and action replay, but i was stupid enough to order the xbox from dell ( thinking i'd save a few bucks) but it will take 2 weeks for me to get my box, arghh can't wait till the 13th now. Great dell backordered it....now i go buy it @ a real store.

will this nic work with the xbox? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...180-004&depa=0

or any of these would be better

http://www.newegg.com/app/searchProd...ic&Order=price

ahh dell customer service is so annyoing, i cant understand what the hell the woman is saying. wish they could employ some english speaking workers, arghhh.

**asmithz** · 10-05-2004, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by n18

will this nic work with the xbox? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...180-004&depa=0

Yes it will

ahh dell customer service is so annyoing, i cant understand what the hell the woman is saying. wish they could employ some english speaking workers, arghhh.

Ask here, we can probly help

**n18** · 10-05-2004, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Agent Smith

Yes it will

Ask here, we can probly help

i think i need to speak to them to cancel my xbox console order not you...but i like you bettter and ur more helpful anyway

But i got a question for game burning. i can download an iso and burn it with nero right? because thats what i did for like 3 games already

**Peerzy** · 10-05-2004, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by n18

i think i need to speak to them to cancel my xbox console order not you...but i like you bettter and ur more helpful anyway

But i got a question for game burning. i can download an iso and burn it with nero right? because thats what i did for like 3 games already

Make sure you burn at 2 speed just to be sure, nd remember there is no guarentue that your media will work, so you could hve just burned 3 coasters.

**n18** · 10-05-2004, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by peerzyboy

Make sure you burn at 2 speed just to be sure, nd remember there is no guarentue that your media will work, so you could hve just burned 3 coasters.

ridata G05 should be decent? and yeh i was burning @ 2x. I'm hoping it worked

**asmithz** · 10-06-2004, 02:38 AM

You can burn at any speed, i havent had a problem with games. I only burned a couple tho, i only store them on my xbox.

I burnt them at 4x, and no problem at all.

**silent h3ro** · 10-07-2004, 10:06 PM

Alternate Way to Softmod the Xbox

Materials List:

Xbox (with a BIOS version earlier than December 2003)
USB adapter cable for the Xbox
USB flash card drive (list of known compatible drives can be found at http://unmodded.mine.nu/docs/XboxUsbCompatibilityList) by flash drive we mean just about any USB memory device (digital cameras, memory sticks, etc)
copy of the MechInstaller files, available at http://http://prdownloads.sourceforg...s.zip?download
copy of the Xbox game "MechAssault" (versions below 1.6)

Preparing the USB flash card:

1. The first step is to format the flash card for the Xbox. The Xbox will do this for you. Start the Xbox with no game in it. The program that runs when no game is inserted is called the Dashboard. Once the Dashboard has started, hook up the flash card via the USB adapter. After waiting several seconds, enter the memory menu in the Dashboard. If the flash card is not detected, exit the memory menu and wait several more seconds. The reason for waiting is allowing the Xbox time to format the flash card.

2. Once the Xbox has formatted the flash card check to see how much space is available on the flash card. The Xbox will not give you a number in megabytes but rather in "blocks" the unit of memory used by the Xbox. These should be the conversions for the following sizes. 8MB ~500 16MB ~1000 32MB ~2000 64MB ~4000 128MB ~8000 256MB ~16000 It may not exactly match one of the above numbers but it will be close enough that you should be able to tell which size you have.

3. Now remove the flash card from the Xbox and connect it to a PC. Put the MechInstaller file on the memory card. There is a different file for different size flash cards. Here is a list of filenames and the size of the card they will fit on: 8MB use MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-8MB-to-32MB.img 16MB use MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-8MB-to-32MB.img 32MB use MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-8MB-to-32MB.img 64MB use MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-64MB.img 128MB use MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-128MB.img 256MB use MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-256MB.img Now the flash card is ready.

Installing mechinstaller on the Xbox:

1. Once again, plug the flash card into the Xbox running the Dashboard and go to the memory menu.

2. Select the flash card, there should be a savegame file on it. Copy this file to the Xbox hard drive.

Using mechinstaller:

1. Disconnect the flash card drive and USB adapter. Plug in an Xbox controller and put in MechAssault.

2. When MechAssault starts up select "CAMPAIGN" and then "Install Linux". 3. This should install a minimal Linux system. Next time you start up your Xbox and go to the Dashboard there should be another item in the main menu called "Linux" this will start the minimal Linux system. From there, you can install a full version of Linux using a CD from http://xbox-linux.org .