Modded Xbox with new Dash
 

Man this shit is tight. I was a skeptic to an extent until i finaly got XBMC working. Man, what a smoooooooth system. No bugs, it's fast as fuck, and the ftp server actualy works! The damn thing even has an HTTP server. Xbox TGP anyone? :1orglaugh


Now to just get samba working with it properly and I'm all set for networked media

FTP and HTTP server? ... must buy an xbox

Awesome man,, can you post your resources?

My Xbox needs modding :Graucho

I can show you where to get the source code for the dash, but you then need to steal the MS xbox developer kit somewhere. So just hit http://www.suprnova.org/ for the complete dash and enjoy. Go to Games, Xbox and find teh newest xbox media center build

Then head to modchip.ca / modchip.us and order an executor2.3b lite modchip. Install ti using the LPC pin header method (easiest install ever) then flash the cromwell bios with the bios provided by modchip.ca/us. You only get access to the suport/downloads login password once you receive your order. Follow flashing instruction carefully and use super high quality CD-RW or DVD-r disks for doing so.

Burn that XBMC you downloaded earlier to a disk but edit the xboxmediacenter.xml file first. Just the first 6 or so liens is needed.

Boot the system with it in the drive. Wait until the network attempts either go DHCP and guess or work. Either way, you should have an ftp server up and running on the port and ip it tells you.

FTP into the xbox and upload that XBMC dir you just burned to e:\APPS\ in it's own folder. You will have to then move the default.kde and xml file to c:\ on the xbox and edit the first section of the file again to point the home dir of XBMC to e:\APP\diryouchose
Once you have that done, make a COMPLETE BACKUP OF YOUR ENTIRE C: DRIVE and burn it to TWO cd's
If ever you fuck up the xbox you will NEED this to use it again after removing any modchip.

Also you will need to find out your HD password so you can hook it up to a PC to fix it. This should never have to be done, but be forewarned, make constant backups when you edit ANYTHING. xbox-scene has tutorials on how to recover fucked hard drives or dashes and reading password chips off the board
At this point you must now RENAME xboxdash.xbe to BACKxboxdash.xbe and back it up on your PC.
Rename default.kde to xboxdash.xbe
Eject the cd from the xbox and reboot. Go into setting and enable ftp server.
Right now you can play media no prob but to get access to media on your PC you need to ftp in and modify the xml file for all your shares and smb settings. The ftp ip will be the ip that you specified in the settings file within the first few lines.

I chipped my xbox as soon as the chip came out,,, its awsome. u can stream divx movies from a cerver, and alot of other cool things on there

word of advice, don't bother trying to emulate n64.. it BLOWS!

If you never want to play on Xbox live just flash the TSOP with new bios.

im still rocking the old excutioner chip

don't need xbox live anyways, there are TONS of free networks to play on

can that old chip run all unsigned code and allow the thompson drives to read cd-r disks?

yeap

Unsigned code = yes

cdr in thomson = no

if you want cdr to work for sure you have to get a samsung, modding the xbox doen't change the readability of media formats.

nice

umm read my post above because thats only 1/2 right.

All I know is that I have a thompson and I can read cd-r's no problem with my xecutor 2.3b lite

i have the samesung drive,along with a 80 gb hd

Thats awesome but most thomsons can't do that, and modding it doesn't increase the odds of it reading cdr. Also, there is no "p" in thomson.

true, no P.. just habbit.

I have read other reviews from users that say the chip made their drives read it. theoreticaly it shouldn't, but it did. It won't read cheap ass media though, just good ones.


I think I'm goina buy another DVD rom drie and install it to preserve the thomson and so it can read cheaper media.

Those other reviews were wrong. Samsungs droped from about $115 to about $65 on ebay recently. That was 2 weeks ago they might have gone back up some, but its probably a good time to buy.

I just read something in the executor faq's that it does enable cd-r media on certain drives. That's all it says.

I'll just grab an LG DVD-Rom from future shop. There is a very simple external mod for 3 hdd's and a spare DVD drive I am dying to try.

the X2 nor any chip can do that.....

Is this mod an external enclosure? I've got a 250gb hd in mine so I wouldnt want one but I'd love to see it, sounds very cool.

Not to be a dick, but pretty much everyone knows that Evox is the best dash, and if you cant get FTP to work on it, then you're doing something wrong.

BMF

I'd like to give evox a test run, however, I can never find a damn compiled download.

Yes the mod for the drives is external. You can still use the internal too. Only downfall is that you can't run all drives at same time, Only 2 at a time, 2 dvd's, one hd and one dvd or two hds.

OMG OMG OMG..

I will give you the best secret ever.

its called IRC

then its called EFNET

then its called #XBINS

you msg xbins-help, it sends you an FTP login

you download everything except stuff that is illegal from there to your hearts content, only thing i've never been able to find has been an arcade emulation rom pack.. i got mame, just not the rompaks..

;-)

Enjoy #xbins, i have.
BMF

wtf? the xbins ftp has it? Dayum, I guess I wasen't paying attention when I was in it

Yeah, modded Xbox fuckin' rockz! :thumbsup

xbins has everything...

and some things that only exist in the future controlled by machines.

BMF

any of you Xbox lovers interested in the domain pandorasxbox.com?

I can run Evox as a standalone app from another dash right? Don't wanna delete the current dash yet..