How to Softmod Your Original Xbox with a USB Drive - Rocky5 Xbox Softmodding Tool Setup & Extras!

Softmod installations for the original Xbox have improved yet again thanks to updates to the Xbox Softmodding Tool now paired with ENDGAME! This modification will not only allow you to preserve your Xbox (allowing you to remove the clock capacitor, backup sensitive files, etc.) but will also unlock access to a whirlwind of upgrades. Some common upgrades being: larger hard drives, emulation, playing your games from the hard drive, custom Dashboards, and much more.
This tutorial will walk through the process of setting up a USB flash drive or Memory Unit for the original Xbox, transferring over the required files, how to launch the softmod installer, and install the softmod. The last steps will also cover EEPROM backup, application installation, and restoring the original Dashboard for further compatibility with Insignia and more.
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Timestamps!
0:00 - Introduction
1:23 - Prerequisites
2:33 - Downloads
4:45 - Hardware Needed
7:36 - Option 1: USB Drive Setup
12:50 - Option 2: Memory Unit Setup
16:03 - Softmod Process
18:22 - Cleaning USB or Memory Unit Storage
18:47 - Skins & Screen Calibration
19:44 - Backing Up EEPROM
22:10 - Using the Extras Disc for Additional Installs
29:04 - Outro
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Xbox Softmodding Tool:
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WinSCP FTP Client:
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7-Zip:
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[@GoTeamScotch]

Huge moment for the og Xbox modding scene. I hope this leads to a flurry of newcomers now that it's even more accessible. Bring on the Xbox renaissance!

[@MrMario2011]

Same! ENDGAME makes it super simple now, no more tracking down a game. NTSC-J users can rejoice.

[@RedBeerdN8]

I've spent the last 2 months digging though 6 year old posts trying to find software to de-build and swap old disc drives with PC disc drives. THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER. Dying disc drives were definitely a hindrance

[@GoTeamScotch]

@@RedBeerdN8 ditch them! My xboxes have the DVD elimination mod. All digital for me.

[@thedog2962]

I’ve just waited for this, I have a recapped Xbox sitting in my closet. I was super excited finding this

[@cyclops8238]

​@@MrMario2011if I have already put project insignia on my Xbox can I softmod it without losing insignia?

[@that_tofu_fox7519]

Good tutorial as always, however if anyone gets stuck on the black screen with the red light, just open and close the disc tray, it will restart the Xbox and then you can access the memory unit/usb again and it should work. Hopefully this helps some people out

[@i54_4c]

got stuck, this worked perfectly tysm

[@fireindigital]

Thank you so much!! I came to the comments for exactly this!!

[@thedog2962]

Thank you man, came to the comments because of this. It works

[@ADH247]

Dude you are the goat for this comment. it needs to be highlighted ❤

[@whisper2053]

Thank you so much!

[@SkullatorNZ]

So nice to not need to rely on having access to a working DVD drive for this now. Seems like over half of the consoles I save from the wild can’t read any discs at all anymore, and some of those that can sound like they are just barely hanging in there! Much love ❤ See you on Xbox live with insignia!

[@MrMario2011]

No more need to pull the maneuver of knocking on top of a DVD drive to get it to work just long enough to boot a softmod installer!

[@nevedofficial466]

I just got one last week. Paid a little extra for it and seemed to have lucked out completely. Its a 1.0 board manufactured jan '02, still reads disks perfectly, but the inside was minimally dusty and the clock cap was completely intact... Crazy... Still removed the cap though.

[@bomb447]

Dang, I didn't even know Rocky was working on this! I figured he'd get around to it sometime, but this is a fast turnaround.

[@MrMario2011]

Yep! It's still been updated for years now.

[@CarsandCats]

The dude is a machine. He was up at 2am helping me one night.

[@TheTacokiller11]

Been wanting to get back into playing original xbox games for YEARS this is a game changer

[@MrMario2011]

Truly ENDGAME

[@TheRedOwl]

I come from a place where OG Xbox is not very.. popular, one could say. So finding the specific games for the OG XBOX to softmod it is super hard, especially for newcomers like me, as i recently found and grabbed an og Xbox and i was waiting for a moment like this to come where it becomes more simple, now i just gotta grab the the usb adapter that's needed to do it and oh boy am i excited, plus i'll be able to swap the old HDD for an SSD and play some backups without the feeling that the old HDD might die on me! As always thanks Mario for this amazing video guide! 😊

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this helped!

[@comm4nd3rch31f]

yet another quality original Xbox tutorial, I find it fascinating that this machine is still being tinkered with after all this time, I have have softmodded and hard modded dozens of these fantastic consoles and this just makes it so much easier 👍👍

[@MrMario2011]

Most impressive move I've seen in a while, pretty much Letterbomb for Xbox!

[@NinjaFaceGames]

Bit of a niche thing, but I'd love to see a video showing off what things you'd recommend doing to or getting on your Xbox after you mod it. I've had a modded Xbox for about a year now and I tend to feel overwhelmed when I look.

[@ADH247]

Wow man. This is the best Xbox Softmod tutorial on KZbin hands down. I can't explain enough how helpful you have been. Thank you for this! ❤

[@MrMario2011]

Much appreciated!

[@jarrodhook]

Picked up a 1.6 unopened xbox, pretty mint condition, last week. On a lazy sunday, followed your video and modded it and I am back in the scene! Thanks so much, wonderful guide.

[@gigalagaki]

After the horror of learning how to hotswap, this is unreal to see! Good luck to all new modders, and welcome to the family!

[@pauhzy6347]

I cant thank you enough for this. Modded both my first og xbox and my Halo edition xbox. been waiting years for these times its all so nostalgic with halo 2 back up!

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!

[@vintagecapgunsatyourmomshouse]

Like the intro! Thanks for being on top of the modding scene!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@PRXFpv]

I really enjoy all of your videos Mr. Mario! Thank you for your continued surveillance in retro tinkering and sharing the best of the best in an amazing video for us like this!

[@MrMario2011]

Much appreciated, thanks!

[@Sayajiin2]

Thanks Mr Mario for bringing light on the obscure XBOX modding scene :)

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for hanging out!

[@justinmcanally6875]

Thank you for including the memory unit method! This is my second softmod install and did not know you could ftp to memory cards

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this helped!

[@TheRealNapsta]

Love the OXB content! Keep it coming brother!

[@MrMario2011]

More to come!

[@Blue_0724]

Great video! The best entry level tutorial for modding the original Xbox

[@MrMario2011]

Wow, thanks!

[@flogamer6483]

Thx! Easy to follow. My Xbox is now finally softmodded!🎉

[@MrMario2011]

Great to hear!

[@usagiakimbo2506]

This is what we've been waiting for 20+ years 👏

[@MrMario2011]

Truly!

[@GUCFan]

Holy crap this is a game changer for softmodding an Xbox! No more having to look for a Splinter Cell disc to softmod your console! Its all done from the dashboard now!

[@MrMario2011]

NTSC-J users everywhere rejoice.

[@9h9a9lo3]

Hell yeah! 🎉🎉🎉 great video and it worked flawlessly. Thank you!

[@AndyGogo]

I just got an og Xbox from a thriftstore, the timing is insane!

[@MrMario2011]

Nice find, how much did you spend?

[@AndyGogo]

@@MrMario2011 got pretty lucky, paid ~$10 (different currency) for the console and av cable and like $5 for four controllers but I have only tried one.

[@alienJIZ1990]

I remember years ago hot swapping IDE Cables between an old AMD PC and the Xbox cuz you had to skirt around the HDD locking. Still by far the hardest "softmod" I've ever done, so glad to see there are easier ways now cuz that process suucked lol

[@KuraV12]

I see a new intro! And nice refresh on this softmod/tutorial. Btw, it would be cool if you would make a x360 squirt dual nand tutorial :) i think you can do it

[@MrMario2011]

I don't plan to do that since the Viper exists.

[@LaMeGam]

Excelent tutorial mrmario. Will try this on the weekend💪

[@MrMario2011]

Good luck!

[@YourCousinsLastRoommate]

Thanks again for the excellent rundown

[@MrMario2011]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@izzyhope58]

last month I rushed out to the game store to buy a 2nd copy of mechassult because my copy of splinter cell and mechassult were at my parents house, and I needed to softmod a couple of xbox's. if only I waited a month, lol. This is such an amazing development with Endgame

[@MrMario2011]

Hey, at least you have another copy of a great game.

[@kanekiyoshimura5707]

Dude this'll bring everyone to og Xbox

[@MrMario2011]

ENDGAME

[@juanyanez755]

Thank you!! Can’t believe theres finally a way like this

[@MrMario2011]

Believe it!

[@leang2157]

I had my disc tray drive open and I was IN BLACK SCREEN MODE FOR 10 minute but I close the disc drive it restarted. DID the same attempt before and Now I can go in softmod mode. THANKS!

[@SpaceAgeStoner]

Thanks for the tutorial!! I've been trying to mod the og Xbox since I was gifted one as a child. You're the goat!!! For anybody having an issue with this. The key to this is patience. It honestly took me 3 and a half hours of trying and retrying, setup up 4 different USB drives, and trying all of them repeatedly. Idk if this helps at all but after each failed attempt, go into the system memory, delete the "unleashx" save, reboot the console, then when you open the USB again, double tap the A button. I'm not sure if the double tap actually does anything but, after trying and trying, the time I double tapped the A button was the only time it worked.

[@LaDeXi]

For me the magic trick seemed to be not to follow your instructions :D I only got it working after 1.5 hours of trying when I decided to leave the unleashx file untouched after a failed black screen attempt.

[@TheCenturyPleyades]

Thanks for the tutorial Mario, it has been very usefull!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GoldSrc_]

Damn, I remember using two xbox consoles and doing the hard drive swap method lol. This is great.

[@MrMario2011]

Closest I ever got was using an old PC and hotswapping, definitely was not fun but it was a rush when the drive detected!

[@bizzybee3021]

Awesome. I have 3 more to do but was having trouble with the game save data route. Thanks mario

[@MrMario2011]

No problem 👍

[@cptgetsummadis3716]

How the hell you keep up with all this info? You do videos for all kinds of mods and stuff its crazy. Keep up the good work.

[@MrMario2011]

Keeping up with the communities, over time it kind of becomes second nature.

[@CanadianRetro]

Planning on doing this tomorrow, wish me luck.

[@MrMario2011]

Good luck!

[@nikodem123asdf]

for those who don't want to FTP the eeprom you can also create a backup and move it over to your tiny USB drive you used for modding and then back it up on PC/cloud. You'll probably want to learn how to FTP to move games to your XBOX easier but if you want to use the tools you've already got it's another way to achieve the same thing.

[@CAPITANxMARVEL]

Thank you for the awesome video is everything I needed

[@MrMario2011]

Glad I could help

[@meshachfoster749]

ngl guys, this is the exact type of exploit i was waiting for to convince me to buy an og xbox. big ups to Mr Mario for the vid and big ups to the devs for the exploit

[@MrMario2011]

Best of luck! They're great consoles

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Great video thanks

[@MrMario2011]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DasTechGuy]

Important Tip - I was using the Xbox2HDMI adapter and had the menu set to HD by clicking both sticks and pulling both triggers at the same time. Following the instructions I got the black screen with red led but nothing ever appeared on-screen to continue the process. Turning on the XBOX and then back on I turned OFF the HD menu and put all video settings back to default. Redoing the steps as listed it immediately went to a black screen, red LED light, and then the next softmodding window popped right up. It seems that the softmodding tool is expecting a certain resolution in order to appear.

[@OGX_Harcroft]

Another banger video. Great job covering all the minutiae of subject while keeping it engaging.

[@MrMario2011]

Much appreciated, my dude 🖤

[@harrymason6654]

Finally! You forgot to make the EEPROM only 1s if I remember is more safest than just have the backup so you and other people that not have the EEPROM backup can change the hard drive easy.

[@MrMario2011]

I didn't forget, just times have changed and it's introduced issues for people wanting to get onto Insignia. Changing the key can also break certain saves and will break any installed DLC. Plus if you're already registered on Insignia, you might have a hard time registering again. Not to say changing the key is bad, but it's more so recommended for people who are aware of what will happen.

[@evanbarns2764]

For anyone with a Flipper Zero, you can use the Unleashed firmware's 'USB Mass Storage' tool instead of a small USB drive.

[@hairlessape4255]

followed all instruction using usb method. but the soft mods installer wont load. it goes to the black screen but never the option to press A to install

[@grahamrivas2136]

Same issue here. Hoping to see a fix or workaround come out but hope is slim.

[@rafaelfrigillana634]

Thank you mr mario I used a very old mp3 player and it worked in softmodding my xbox.

[@MrMario2011]

Nice!

[@mrdingus117]

Make way an og halo gamer is on the way! Thank you for making this video.

[@MrMario2011]

You got it!

[@RG_4you]

very nice tutorial👍

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for watching!

[@ravajbains8672]

Great video as always... I just null my bed key to all zeros using rockys tool lol

[@MrMario2011]

Not recommended anymore, the new way is setting to all 1s

[@ravajbains8672]

@@MrMario2011 OMG can't believe you replied lol such a fan off your work and vids, always so insightful and helpful. Thanks for the update will 1s the HDD's on my Xbox's as not tinkered with them since covid lockdowns. as always keep up with the legendary vids. Appreciate your time and dedication.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Wow! This is a big game changer. I can't tell you how many people I've talked to over the years who didn't want to mod their Xboxs because the process was "too much". Let's see them complain now lol

[@MrMario2011]

The hardest part by far is finding a working USB drive for the original Xbox, but once you have that you're ready to rip.

[@raphaelthomas7510]

I just bought this waiting for it to arrive

[@MrMario2011]

Good luck!

[@mrdingus117]

Action replay made a device to backup and restore saves on the memory unit. I suppose you could use this to transfer the file as well.

[@MrMario2011]

Yep! You can use that with FATXPLORER

[@DarkVain]

Another Great vid! Have a 1.6 OG Xbox with a failed softmod haven't looked at it in forever. Any recommendations to get it back up and running?

[@MrMario2011]

If the softmod itself is active, you could burn off the Extras Disc and use the Upgrade option on there.

[@CaptainLazy99]

I was able to softmod using a Philips digital photo frame. It has only 10MB of memory but did the job.

[@MrMario2011]

Truly a Kodak moment.

[@CaptainLazy99]

@@MrMario2011Thanks a lot for your detailed videos! I used one of them to upgrade my og xbox hdd.

[@LaDeXi]

EDIT: Nevermind. I found a Reddit post that helped with the region and resolution. Had to run the included NKPatcher application and somewhere in there was a thing that to patch the EEPROM to NTSC. Remains to be seen if the skin will still reset every time :) Original message: Mine doesn't change to NTSC and 720p even though I'm using XBOX2HDMI. It always reverts to PAL when restarting the system to apply changes. The only reason I did this mod was so I could get rid of the interlacing.... It doesn't even remember what skin I've chosen after restart. Always reverts back to the default.

[@superiorspiderman2386]

Thanks man I had the exact same problem and your solution helped me a lot!!!

[@RetroGamerBB]

I use a USB 2.0 micro SD card adapter and either a 2gb or 4gb micro SD card with the gameshark USB adapter for OG Xbox

[@MrMario2011]

Gotta love those adapters!

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

perfect i just got an og xbox and one of the games i got was splinter cell

[@MrMario2011]

No longer a need for a game!

[@BucifalulR]

I saw a tutorial that used an IDE adapter to do the modding (edit files on the HDD) instead of a USB adapter. Would love to see that as I can’t even find USB adapters where I live, and I also have an old, IDE-compatible PC laying around.

[@MrMario2011]

You can do that if you've already dumped the EEPROM or if you hotswap. I don't plan to cover that as I'm sure most people won't want to dump their EEPROM using external hardware, and hotswapping to a PC can be a pain.

[@ThatsJustMid]

Just did this now but unfortunately keeps switching my DNS to automatic which causes Insignia to not connect. Any fix? PS: Great video alongside the Insignia setup one! Never thought Id be able to do anything like this but you made it easy man. Good business

[@codydagoat3915]

I don't know if anyone else had this issue but I would just get stuck on the orb screen and my USB wouldn't blink like it was being read off of while using controller port 2, had to switch it to port 1 to get it to load properly

[@craggl0rd]

Hey Mario. Finally gone through with softmod and got Insignia all working also. Thanks so much for both your videos on that! Quick question. I'm in PAL region, so on the Video Settings I try to change Video Standard to NTSC and save but when I reboot it reverts back to PAL. Any idea how to make it keep NTSC? I have a HDMI cable on the way tomorrow so need it ready for some 480/720p! Cheers.

[@MrMario2011]

You might have to adjust those video settings in the MS Dashboard as well.

[@craggl0rd]

​@@MrMario2011 When I save the video settings then go straight into MS Dash it just presents me with my usual PAL settings. No option to change NTSC settings. When I save the settings then soft restart it's back to PAL again anyway. Kinda stuck right now. Any other ideas?

[@craggl0rd]

I'm on a 1.6 if that makes any difference? Would using Enigmah which is included on the Extras Disc which I FTP across sort it?

[@rDanny]

Can I put a game iso on the xbox using ftp and remove it the same way?

[@TheDavidd305]

I followed all the steps on method A and was able to get the soft mod menu working, but not the xbox live to read. Now i'm stuck in the soft mod menu at every bootup of the console and cant seem to go into the original main menu of the xbox anymore nor can I get Xbox live to work when I boot up Halo 2. Is there something I am missing?

[@commanderphantom]

For upgrading the old Rocky5 Softmod from your old video to the new Rocky5 does one just create ISO from Extras Disc and burn do DVD-R? Then use that to upgrade old to new?

[@ajmaher5369]

So what’s it mean if I get the black screen and red ring and the modding tool promp never shows?

[@thegravytrain7156]

This what I’m wondering lol

[@ajmaher5369]

@@thegravytrain7156 I kept re starting the process by turning off my Xbox and re plugging in the adapter with the flash drive and eventually it worked. Black screen for a little bit then it worked

[@snerttt]

Hey does 720p mode not work on PAL consoles? When I set 720p and restart it just resets the setting. I am using RGB Scart to my OSSC so I don't see why this wouldn't work otherwise.

[@TheRealNapsta]

Do you know if it's possible to on pc, create a HDD for a stock original Xbox that has a bad HDD? I have a photo of the hdd key from insignia.

[@DominoDeer]

this is awesome!! i wish my og xbox wasnt dead because if this was around sooner it probably wouldnt be dead at all, mine died cuz a solder point literally came off during the mod chip instal, i got my dad to try out putting the chip in for me because im not experienced in soldering and once that pad fell off it basically died :( if this was out around then id for sure have a modded xbox lol

[@MrMario2011]

It could probably be fixed with a trace repair. Hope you can try ENDGAME soon!

[@ibapreppie]

Guess it's time to mod my og Xbox now

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!

[@grahamrivas2136]

I have seen similar comments, but I am stuck on the black screen after the green orb. It does what the video says and red ring, but just stays on black screen without the menu thing popping up. I am on my 12th try. I have two 256mb USBs and a 512mb. Black screen using the smaller ones and I actually am using the 512mb one I successfully set up Insignia with (using your video), so I know for a fact it works. I saw other comments about changing the AV source working. Have tried it on my 720p monitor and my old CRT with composite cables, no luck. Also made sure my setting were "No" for the other video options, as stated in another comment. Unsure what I am doing wrong or maybe if my Xbox is un-moddable lol.

[@grahamrivas2136]

I have also ran through the process of correctly setting up the USB, per the video, three separate times. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't fudging something on my end as I am def not a pro at this sort of thing.

[@MrMario2011]

It sounds like you are doing everything correctly, and my advice to people is always that it might take a few tries.

[@HarashiHorror]

none of the usb drives i had worked, going to try with a old phone maybe that will work, kept getting a message saying my drive was damaged, i should mention i made my own dongle and that may have something to do with it, but if my dongle was messed then i doubt it would pop up saying anything Edit: my dongle i made was totally fine, found an old flip phone and 2gb sd card kicking around the house and it recongnized it ..

[@joshuablalock]

No matter what I do,I can’t seem to get the IP address to show 0.00.00.0 when connecting my Ethernet to the router which has been recommended vs trying connecting directly to my pc,at one point I’ve been told It simply could be the software endgame bugging. Should I uninstall and try something else? Any tips will help

[@ZentzProductions]

Trying to install the soft mod tool extras. I get about 38% transferred but then it stalls. I am trying to delete saved game files from :E to free up space, but my screen goes black when I try to delete. Is there a way to delete files through FTP instead of on the Xbox directly to free up space? Or is there a way to install extras from a USB?

[@CarolinaGamer]

Small World as I was just looking up OG xbox modding...

[@MrMario2011]

Feeling a bit nostalgic? Between this and sharing the TX parts 😀

[@IanThatMetalBassist]

When I have my Xbox hooked up to my CRT TV with composite cables I never get past the black screen/red ring phase of the softmod, but using an LCD TV and component cables works just fine. Anyone else run into this?

[@MrMario2011]

You probably have to go into your video settings and disable the additional resolutions like 720p, 480p, 1080i.

[@IanThatMetalBassist]

@@MrMario2011 That worked, thanks!

[@P.HANT0M03]

i keep getting stuck at the green orb black screen every time without anything loading did i do somthing wrong

[@silasnewsome5329]

I just restarted the xbox and kept going until it worked. Did you get yours working too?

[@P.HANT0M03]

@@silasnewsome5329 yeah i did get it to work it just took a few trys

[@retromodpleb7732]

It’s called the splash screen. does it display an error code number? Or just freeze on the green logo?

[@silasnewsome5329]

@retromodpleb7732 no, that's not what he's talking about.

[@retromodpleb7732]

Well as a two year og modder some tips just for giggles: During mods or hot swaps I’ve always had to use OEM controllers, wires, cables, everything has to be OEM 100% of the time in my experience

[@VAGGY8TH]

I used a 4GB thumb drive and it didn’t give me a message, but it did recognize it as a memory unit. I’m assuming that it’ll work for this ?

[@MrMario2011]

If it's detected, you should be good?

[@Hasuku]

For the memory unit setup. how possible would it be to use XEMU to get the files onto the memory unit instead of using the FTP client? (i have an adapter for the controller to my PC and an unleash-x dashboard for xemu.

[@MrMario2011]

If you can hook up your memory unit to your PC you can use FATXPLORER

[@bujooo.]

Time to put eeprom reader to rest, and update my knowlege on xbox softmodding :) If you are cheap like me, you can make usb cable from dead controller and female usb (look for usb externsion cables). As for usb drives, i only had luck with usb 1 drives (1 or 2gb, can't remeber), couldn't find less than 4gb usb 2.0 (didn't work).

[@MrMario2011]

I did that same thing when I picked up softmodding again in college!

[@9899Snake]

Have you a link for hard disk sata 1 or 2 tera?

[@ibanezmike]

So I have an old evox install I believe. It’s been over 10 years so I’m foggy on it. But I softmodded way back with splinter cell. Should I do something before using this or will it accept a pre existing softmod and update it?

[@MrMario2011]

You'll want to follow my Softmod Upgrade video.

[@KsyzOfficial]

LETS GO 😁

[@telekors5730]

This mod just eliminated a lot of e-waste!!! I have an OG memory card to pc adapter for loading saves to the xbox. Confirmed it’s working with that, doing a hybrid of method 1 and method 2 lol

[@MrMario2011]

Perfect!

[@UnumNecessarium]

Thank you! This worked for me. I was able to FTP some backup games because my DVD drive doesn't work. I am now having an issue with the softmod not loading past the xbox screen. It just stays black. I can't see it on FTP either. Any suggestions?

[@MrMario2011]

It is not loading the dashboard anymore. If you're able to boot games on it, you could try burning off a copy of his Extras Disc DVD and run the Softmod Upgrade/Update package from it?

[@UnumNecessarium]

Thanks for responding. I am not able to run any discs on it. Is there a way to hook it up to a computer or hard reset through a button combination?@@MrMario2011

[@UnumNecessarium]

@@MrMario2011 I was able to get in touch with Rocky and he said holding the Eject button down on the black screen should restart it. It worked!

[@joshkelly4682]

Since my dvd drive doesn't work is there a tutorial on how to tsop flash my 1.4 using the rocky 5 extras disc, I'm wanting to upgrade my hard drive but I don't know if the using a 500gb sata hard drive requires lockable drives or if that is no longer valid

[@MrMario2011]

You could load the disc the same way I showed in the video.

[@CAPITANxMARVEL]

Hi only have one question so I don’t need to update my dashboard ? Before I soft mode

[@MrMario2011]

Works on all Dashboards.

[@eduardoramos5353]

I can connect to the flagship service, with these instructions.???

[@MrMario2011]

Separate video for Insignia Setup

[@TheOriginalVersatile]

With dying lasers this is cool solution

[@MadDogSolo]

I can’t use the extras disc and I’m wondering if there’s a way I can get the Microsoft dashboard back for Insignia use.

[@MrMario2011]

The Extras Disc can be used just fine as long as you follow the steps in the video.

[@MadDogSolo]

Ok it worked, still gave me bios error but it booted.

[@soraaoixxthebluesky]

I’m crying. My OG Xbox sit in my room not running for almost a year because I can’t get the correct disc for my 50Hz China version which I thought a European 50Hz. Upon google, I found that only one disc in the entire Xbox library that work with my machine and it’s stupidly hard to find and expensive. Thanks God finally this is happening

[@MrMario2011]

This was made for situations like this!

[@soraaoixxthebluesky]

@@MrMario2011 Exactly. Next, I hope in future we get CFW to work on all version of PS3 beyond 2100 or selected 2500 model.

[@GameWired]

How long is it supposed to take on the black screen with the red ring?

[@MrMario2011]

Less than a minute.

[@TheTacokiller11]

​@@MrMario2011what if it is stuck on the black screen?

[@CharlesRubach]

​@@TheTacokiller11I had this issue. I just followed the steps again and it worked. I think I ejected the drive after I unmounted it and that may have caused an issue.

[@TheTacokiller11]

@@CharlesRubach yeah forgot to come back here I just power cycled and re attempted

[@bkacjios]

Gonna sound crazy, but you can actually use a PSP in storage mode as a USB drive. My OG Xbox detected it just fine 😂

[@MrMario2011]

That's a trick that's worked for years!

[@Butter_2344]

so instead of the installer for endgame on my Xbox its on Error 21 I need some help

[@johnhauff626]

using the Windows Disk Management tool to create a 512 mb partition on a usb and then make whatever space that you have leftover to be unallocated

[@MrMario2011]

Has that worked well for you?

[@molotov2634]

Doesn't work my friend, I tried that with different usb drives

[@HaloGrunt15]

For some reason during the screen calibration stage after I followed the steps in the video it wont let me select yes to 480p and 720p? Does that have something to do with my tv or is there something else I am possibly overlooking?

[@MrMario2011]

Can't select those options if you're not using HD ready cables.

[@jgulizia]

The only annoyance that I haven't figured out is how to get the Dash network settings to work with Insignia. If I'm playing the Halo 2 disc I can go to the troubleshooter and it works. If its a copy on my drive, the troubleshooter will exit back into UnleashX but then the settings get switch from Manual to Automatic. Any ideas?

[@jgulizia]

It looks like I had to reserve the IP for my Xbox on the router side of things! Hell yeah

[@ChunzBunz]

mine freezes after I go into the memory unit and hasn't loaded the mod. been like that for a while. im using a component cable if that's any help in finding the problem

[@MrMario2011]

Might have to try a few times.

[@lexxxgold5762]

Hello! I bought a modified Xbox, the seller doesn't know if it has a soldered chip, or a softmod... The thing is, I don't know how to know that either. Where would I have to go into the console to find out? Thank you.

[@MrMario2011]

The bios boot up will look different in some way or have some kind of new logo or text if it has a hardmod.

[@Lucasthepro-pc3kw]

You saved me from getting another brickbox

[@Lucasthepro-pc3kw]

Brickbox meaning it's bricked