I've had different softmods over the years and my file system was a bit of a mess and I'm not knowledgeable enough to clean it up manually. I had double files and would get errors from time to time, but this cleaned it all up and is running flawlessly now. Great updater and great video! Booting from a dvd is just so painless and simple.
It's 2020 and I'm so very thankful for your guide!! I used it on a xbox I softmodded back when Halo 2 was in its prime!! Going to look at more of your guides to help me upgrade the hard drive in it. Thanks again!!
I purchased an xbox second hand several months ago and needed to update the softmod that it came with in preparation for Insignia. This guide was immensely helpful and super straightforward. Thank you!
I used this method a couple years ago to update a super old softmod. I'm talking very early days for xbox modding. A fantastic tool to use, big shout out to the creator of the tool Rocky5. Anybody worried about using this, DON'T.
This is intended for people that know what they are doing. If you do not please hit enter to be taken to the Pre-Build versions of the files. ... nice build XISO
Yes, i just softmodded my 14yr old OG xbox + upgrading to a much larger 320G sata harddisk some 3 weeks ago following exactly Rocky5 instructions. It is an all in one package and thus making the whole softmod process straight forward and easy to understand, especially for me who is new doing it. Everything work perfectly in the system, games, xbmc ... except onlythe N64 surreal emulator that is not working in my v1.6xbox. Rocky5 is a great guy.
I had to do a few extra steps. The link takes you to a google drive now, and you will need to download the ISO file in the Extras Disk folder. Burn that to the DVD. Do not insert the disk yet, but instead boot up the XBOX and go to your current soft modded dashboard. Now Insert the disk and after it loads with a list of titles. All the titles say the same thing, but select the THIRD title. From there you can follow the instructions in Mr Mario's video. Afterwards I did ftp onto my XBOX and download the eprom. Next up is installing a 250GB harddrive.
Another stellar video. Added this to my XBOX to-do list, which has gotten a tad long lately. Cool to see that XBMC4Gamers is included in this softmod tool, that skin is rad. Just set it up a week ago actually. Appreciate the good work MrMario!
Good video, but it would’ve been good if you’d gone into detail as to what this corrects from older softmods and what new stuff it gives you. I’d imagine a lot of folk softmod once then don’t consider returning to the process.
More detail can be found on the GitHub page, but most of it is under the hood tweaks to fix broken things or do things safer. One big fix is a working uninstaller, a lot of softmods choke there and can't be removed as intended.
Mario can you do a video how to repair an original Xbox after a hard drive failure how to create an eeprom reader and how read and write to a new hard drive there’s no decent tutorial out there, thanks
big note since i havent seen it yet if you are to null your hdd key, and you want to use insignia (or for back then, xbox live) dont be surprised if it doesnt work it was a feature implemented by microsoft to block xbox's with a nulled key from accessing xbox live and since insignia is a replacement live it also has that feature implemented since it has a similar (if not the same) infrastructure
Ok......you were not lying about the drive being finicky.....of course I had to use a CD for mine.....lol.....but it did do the job.......got some exploring to do now.......thank you so much.....was looking for a way to update an old mod that was done almost a decade ago!!!!!
Is there a skin that makes it look like the normal xbox dashboard? I never liked that softmod that changes the dashboard to blue. Do we still keep access to the normal dashboard also?
The guy I bought my Xbox from said it was softmodded. When I insert the burnt DVD, Rockys Tool says the Xbox Bios was retail 5101, the Screen turns black and the LED flashes all the time. EvolutionX 5 seems to be installed. The Dash says Bios Unknown. Also Rockys Tools says it would switch to other softmod menu before the led starts flashing und screen turns black. Any idea whats going on?
If anyone is still interested: had the same issue (previously softmodded 1.6 Xbox, softmod method unknown). I overcame the blank screen by manually launching the updater from the softmod directory (d:\softmod if I recall correctly) on the DVD from a file explorer app. After that the update went smoothly.
Your tutorials have been helpful! Thank you for putting these out! One thing that is bothering me, although it's not related to the actual tutorial, is your use of 'a' vs 'an' on a sentence. Use 'a' before words, abbreviations, acronyms, or letters that begin with a consonant sound, regardless of their spelling. And of course, use 'an' for vowel sounds.
My Xbox is softmodded (Evolution X, its ancient), but if i boot this DVD, Retail Bios 5101 detected shows up on the new menu and screen goes blank. What would you recommend from here?
Hi, great video, but I'm worried about the games that I have loaded on the hard drive. After I do this mod upgrade will my games still be there on the menu, or do I need to add them to the menu, or will they be erased and I have to reinstall them on the hard drive? Thanks for your help and time!
when I put the burnt disc into the xbox.. in the menu I dont have the update or restore xbox options just the "use with caution options" Also after extracting the zip drive. double clicking on the bat file did nothing but led me to an external download of a pre prepared iso image. help please>?
im doing this now to fix a really old crap softmod with problems no msdash only booting to evox etc etc.. i wish everything go good..thanks mario and rocky:)
Greetings! Wondering what I did wrong - my XBOX recognizes the disc as a game, but when I hit "Launch DVD" I get an endless black screen. I swear I can hear the drive running, but there's no change - and I never get to the "Softmodding Tool/Extras Disc" screen. Did the disc just not burn properly?
Just a heads up, if your disc tray has trouble opening or closing on its own, be careful upgrading with this method. It seems the install process that starts after the first reboot won't trigger properly if it can't determine the disc tray's opened/closed state, and you can end up with just a black screen where nothing works. Total bummer.
Rocky5 is still very active In the community with the emustation dashboard and pretty sure xbmc4gamers as well. Very good guy and helpful when questions are asked.
Awesome vid, just a quick question, do you lose any of your installed stuff i.e backup games and homebrew stuff if you upgrade the same way you did? Thanks in advance
@@king-ng9tz Really!! 😮 500gb hard drive I have for years,I ain't going to mess that up then. I have that back up on my extra hard drive anyway. Doesn't look anything specially anyway. Was hoping this update could emulate the dreamcast,but this just looks the same as it did many years ago.
@@burrcass Same with a CD-R. But the softmod does start. It identifies the bios, then "Loading other softmod menu" then black screen and the LED blinks green. Stuck here :/
Natanael Carranza couldn’t get the disc to work no. Although if by any chance you are using high definition cables a good thing to try is regular composite out from the xbox.
So I was given an xbox awhile ago and I noticed it has been soft modded. I would like to upgrade it but I noticed that the dvd drive works but it doesn't recognize that there's a disc in the tray. Either an original xbox game or a DVD. Any help would be appreciated.
I really messed up and got my xbox stuck in pal mode using softmod tool . factory reset and selected pal not ntsc , Now I have stock xbox with a flashing screen. I could use some help as I'm not sure what to do . I hope its ok to ask questions here . This video is what I used originally to help me softmod and it worked great. I was showing a friend how to do this when I jacked mine up. His xbox is softmodded now and works great. Thanks Ryan
After I did this upgrade (previously running UnleashX via softmod), my G partition disappeared (I'm using a 250GB HDD). My games/app list is empty, except for what comes with this disc (NKPatcher, etc). Any idea how to get everything back?
Is there any way to tell what softmodding tool was used on the Xbox after the fact? I bought mine already soft modded so I don't know whether Rocky5 or an old softmod was used
Also breaks DLC but that’s easily fixed, saves not so much. Main problem one is foza, but I create backup of the original eeprom next to the new nulled one inE:\Backups\eeprom\ so you can grab the key from it. (Forzasign) XBMC4Gamer and XBMC-Emustation both have a built in signer for DLC if you download it via the downloader. I may at some point make a signer that just parses the TDATA folder and resigns all DLC at the click of a button, but that won’t be for a while.
My softmodded Xbox recognized the burned DVD I made as instructed, but when I tried to boot it, it glitches and returns to the softmod main menu/screen. I am also trying the FTP method described in the comments below, and all my files are failing with FileZilla. Any thoughts/suggestions gentlemen?
For anyone who may find this useful, I simply didn't have enough memory on my E drive to copy the "Quick Upgrade" file via FTP. All is well now, still unsure why my DVD did not work, but thanks to Cager Hager, the alternative worked!
How can I change the default dashboard? I had a different softmod before, and had XBMC4Xbox as my default. Now I want to use XBMC-Emustation. This is too big to put on the C drive. Also where is the dualboot.settings file?
Hi I cannot find the version for update soft mod. I burn the iso it works I put in Xbox it works But the options are different there is less options and no option too upgrade soft mod . Only options I have under advanced menu is Advanced apps Tools File manager That’s it ? Am I missing something ? Thanks in Advance ;)
Edit 2: I did the fpt method and that worked but now it won't stop restarting. When I try turning it on it does the boot animation but turns off in the middle of that. Edit: I restarted it and now it's saying retail 5101 bios detected. Is the initialising supposed to take forever? Not sure if this means I have to try the USB/fpt method.
I couldn't burn it onto a DVD for some reason. For anyone else with the same problem, I finally got it to work via ftp, although there were a couple more steps. In the Xbox-Softmodding-Tool-master folder I went into Utilities > Xbox > Attacher, Detacher. Inside that is a folder called Xbox Softmodding Tool Extras Disc (I may have had to unzip it from a zipped file there called Extras Disc Attacher, I can't remember exactly). Then you copy the Extras Disc ISO into that folder (beside a default.xbe file that's already there) and ftp it to the Apps folder on your Xbox. Then reboot your Xbox, go to Apps, and launch it like you would an app - hit A. From there, it's the same as having a DVD in the drive.
Is there a skin that makes it look like the normal xbox dashboard? I never liked that softmod that changes the dashboard to blue. Can we still access the normal dashboard with this softmod ?
Great video I need help however I have 2 different soft modded xbox's I keep getting retail 5838 bios detected and then a black screen on both after it appears they are both a 1.6 one is running sid 5.11 i am not sure what the other one has. I tried to ftp the iso and still had no luck. Anyone else run into this?
Do you happen to get "#### BIOS Detected" then "Loading other softmod menu" then black screen with the LED on the console blinking green? If so I have the same issue and have not been able to get past it.
@@edwinrome9361 I got mine sorted out. Couldn't get the disc to work so I did it through FTP using the Quick Upgrade installer variant shared on this thread. Good luck!
Hi Mario, i have a problem launching the disc, i burned a DVD-R disc and my xbox recognize it as a game but when its loading it shows a screen that says INITIALITING, then Loading bios and i get a black screen after that and nothing happens, is ther any way to fix it?
Do you have any troubleshooting tips for the screen turning black and failing to bring up the "xbox softmodding Tool Extras Disc" menu? I tried running the Rocky5 files via the DVD method and the FTP method. I think my console currently has Evolution X (SID 5.11) softmod.
Same is happening to me. It starts to load and the screen says INITIALISING and then says RETAIL 5838 BIOS DETECTED. Then the screen turns black and the xbox light blinks green and nothing happens. It's just a stuck black screen with a blinking xbox light.
Same problem here when I tried updating from the same softmod version via FTP. I don't have a disc drive for my computer, and while I know an external drive is cheap, I want to avoid buying one if I can bet by without it.
Be careful when changing your hdd key, I've noticed on several xbox mods that I've done that when the key is changed the game saves for Forza won't work, it's strange and idk if they're other games with eeprom encoded saves but I do know Forza saves are affected by changing the key..
Can I do this on an TSOP'd xbox? I'd love to do this on my OG xbox, but I'm concerned this might mess up something. I have the IND-BIOS if that helps any.
for me this update video didnt work. The rocky updater asks for the kernel 5960. my dash is at 5960 - the kernel not. Using an update disk (Halo 2) doesnt work too - it says disk read error. I have to find a way to get the kernel update done.
I was having the same issue. I finally got it to work by launching the disc thru the file explorer in XBMC. If that don't work you can download or copy over the Quick Upgrade zip in the "Installer Variants" folder from the prebuilt package. FTP the unzipped Quick Upgrade folder over to the Xbox E: drive. Reset the Xbox and run a file explorer, open the Quick Upgrade folder and select or run the default.xbe in the folder. Once that finishes try running the disc again and it should work.
Not sure if you will answer buy this video being older but if when using ftp to move over rosters and save files from my games, which folder or folders do they go into? Thanks in advance
Mine works perfectly was on an older version unleachedX and update went perfect I used poweriso to burn the disk popped it in and the process was fast. Now my time automatically adjusts and everything seems much more stable and faster
@@CircuitBreakerMind did you figure out your error 21? Also, did you upgrade your HDD before using @jcrocky5's tool? I have an upgraded HDD and I want to know if I can still use this...
I've an error 13 after trying to install the last version of Rocky5 and the last version of MS dashboard. After the install, when I ejected the Extras Disc DVD , error 13 occurs. I can't read any non-original DVDs, so I can't run Extras Disc DVD anymore. I run Halo 2 game in order to update and fix the MS dashboard, but the MS dashboard wasn't fixed and I'm still freeze on Error 13. I don't even the expoit save files on HDD. What can I do? I'm panicking...
I have a chip in my xbox and old softmod (xecuter2) , I just burn the dvd with the rocky5 Softmodding Tool and it run ... but in the tool's menu there is not "upgrade or update" .. how can I install rocky5 on it (with just a burned dvd )
Love Rocky's softmodding tool. Is there a way to change Game Region setting using his default dashboard? My NTSC-J discs are being read as NTSC-U ones. I guess the issue lies in the console's Game Region being set to 4 (Rest of the World)? Any help is greatly appriciated.
Just used SID5 (had a pre-loaded USB) but looking to change to Rocky5's one. I wanted to check, although changing display settings to NTSC in order to get 480p and 720p, if I use a PAL disc those video displays will remain since the actual Xbox forces the game to choose a certain mode, correct? Or have I got that completely wrong? Been looking at Rocky5's XBMC4Gamers as well. Would love to see a video on that!
@@MrMario2011 Apologies, it was a little unclear :) If I change settings to NTSC and to allow HD, will my PAL games on disc play in HD (480p/720p)? I was wondering as I know the PAL Xbox natively did not have the option of enabling it which is why I softmodded it.
Hey there guys, Questions. So I upgraded my OG Xbox's SoftMods and all but now my entire Disk G: Partition disappeared, i cant find a way on how to bring G disk Partition back for the console to read again without formatting it. I tried using UnleashX>disabled G: Partition>reboot>Enable G:> Reboot > Nada. Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers!
Hello MrMario, I wonder: can use the tool without use the xbox laser? it's been some many years and not everybody have their laser function correctly, so can we extract the tool and copy to the xbox via ftp? like a game and launch from the xbox like a game or app?
My modded xbox displaying original dash after trying to exit to unlish dash while playing And 1 game. 2tb hard drive still shows games saved. Need help to restore to unlish please help me on whats to do
It‘ 2022 and the tool does not NULL the HDD anymore, it ONEs it. (Key is 11111…..) Is there a better today for swapping the original HDD to a 1TB than Hotswapping after the Rocky5 Softmod and ONEing the HDD?
when i try to put the dvd in it does detect it but when its booting up it gets to the bios ver detection then goes to a black screen wit the ring around the eject button flashing not sure what that is all about
I did the stupidity to try to upgrade using this on a modded Xbox with Aladdin xt chip, now it boots the Evo x intro screen and after that a black screen , I guess I'll have to use the hexen tool now ,to reinstall the dashboard, Right? I hope the Aladdin bios still untouched . It worked great in my other Xbox that is softmoded . Thanks for your videos man.
Thanx for still supporting OG xbox in 2019👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
@@MrMario2011 top notch video as usual!
Really love all of your content. Keep up the great work! :)
I've had different softmods over the years and my file system was a bit of a mess and I'm not knowledgeable enough to clean it up manually. I had double files and would get errors from time to time, but this cleaned it all up and is running flawlessly now. Great updater and great video! Booting from a dvd is just so painless and simple.
Rocky5 is a wizard.
It's 2020 and I'm so very thankful for your guide!! I used it on a xbox I softmodded back when Halo 2 was in its prime!! Going to look at more of your guides to help me upgrade the hard drive in it. Thanks again!!
Have fun!!
I purchased an xbox second hand several months ago and needed to update the softmod that it came with in preparation for Insignia. This guide was immensely helpful and super straightforward. Thank you!
Woo!
@@MrMario2011 Just don't null your HDD key if you want to run Insignia.
@@Classyham what if there'll be a problem with the HDD while resoftmodding? will writing down the key save the risk?
@@loganghenderson1251 IIRC the new version of Rocky5 makes your HDD key all 1s.
@@SolidSonicTH I updated my sofmod back in December and fortunately it didn't null my HDD, I was lucky to do it back then than now.
I used this method a couple years ago to update a super old softmod. I'm talking very early days for xbox modding. A fantastic tool to use, big shout out to the creator of the tool Rocky5. Anybody worried about using this, DON'T.
Nice to see more OG Xbox love!
Incoming!
Nice. It should also be noted that rocky5 is also a guy who is working on the bleemsync app :)
That he is!
Here it is! Awesome tutorial! This is extremely helpful and very well needed!
Thanks, dude!
MrMario2011 and thank you for helping to keep the community alive by sharing such great knowledge.
This is intended for people that know what they are doing.
If you do not please hit enter to be taken to the Pre-Build versions of the files.
... nice build XISO
get the same message.
Thanks for this guide, I could not figure out my clock loop issue, but RockyV's disc solved it with the softmod upgrade!
Glad it helped!
At least someone is adding rocky5s tool, almost no need for a modchip with his toolz
I've got some other videos using his tool as well, stay tuned!
Yes, i just softmodded my 14yr old OG xbox + upgrading to a much larger 320G sata harddisk some 3 weeks ago following exactly Rocky5 instructions. It is an all in one package and thus making the whole softmod process straight forward and easy to understand, especially for me who is new doing it. Everything work perfectly in the system, games, xbmc ... except onlythe N64 surreal emulator that is not working in my v1.6xbox. Rocky5 is a great guy.
You could use CoinOPS for an already configured n64 emulator
I had to do a few extra steps.
The link takes you to a google drive now, and you will need to download the ISO file in the Extras Disk folder. Burn that to the DVD.
Do not insert the disk yet, but instead boot up the XBOX and go to your current soft modded dashboard.
Now Insert the disk and after it loads with a list of titles. All the titles say the same thing, but select the THIRD title. From there you can follow the instructions in Mr Mario's video. Afterwards I did ftp onto my XBOX and download the eprom. Next up is installing a 250GB harddrive.
Another stellar video. Added this to my XBOX to-do list, which has gotten a tad long lately. Cool to see that XBMC4Gamers is included in this softmod tool, that skin is rad. Just set it up a week ago actually.
Appreciate the good work MrMario!
Stay tuned for more!
Thanks this just bricked my xbox with an error 13. Seriously I followed your steps.
Good video, but it would’ve been good if you’d gone into detail as to what this corrects from older softmods and what new stuff it gives you. I’d imagine a lot of folk softmod once then don’t consider returning to the process.
More detail can be found on the GitHub page, but most of it is under the hood tweaks to fix broken things or do things safer. One big fix is a working uninstaller, a lot of softmods choke there and can't be removed as intended.
@@MrMario2011 thanks for the reply and the additional info, and thanks for the videos :)
Mario can you do a video how to repair an original Xbox after a hard drive failure how to create an eeprom reader and how read and write to a new hard drive there’s no decent tutorial out there, thanks
I agree. The ones out there are out of date
big note since i havent seen it yet
if you are to null your hdd key, and you want to use insignia (or for back then, xbox live) dont be surprised if it doesnt work
it was a feature implemented by microsoft to block xbox's with a nulled key from accessing xbox live
and since insignia is a replacement live it also has that feature implemented since it has a similar (if not the same) infrastructure
Super glad I just backed up my entire Xbox hdd to my pc before doing this since it legit wiped my hard drive and didn't even install a new dashboard.
Looking forward to your video showing the process with a fresh unmodded Xbox. 👍
Ok......you were not lying about the drive being finicky.....of course I had to use a CD for mine.....lol.....but it did do the job.......got some exploring to do now.......thank you so much.....was looking for a way to update an old mod that was done almost a decade ago!!!!!
Funny, because I couldn't get it to work on a CD 😂
@@MrMario2011 so you think this'll be able to update xbmc?.....
Can u do a video on how to change dashboards
Is xbmc still in development?
+1 to this.
XBMC became Kodi a while back AFAIK.
@@GusZixx Thank you for your help, but I actually meant 1+ on how to change dashboards. I later found the "change dashboard" button in the settings.
Is there a skin that makes it look like the normal xbox dashboard? I never liked that softmod that changes the dashboard to blue.
Do we still keep access to the normal dashboard also?
I use kryptic mods . Skin is insane
I tried upgrading my xbox with Rocky5 with disc and it said bios detected and the green light flashes and only came up with a black screen
When I try to install UPGRADE:old softmods. I get an error! “ unable to launch “E:\Prep\default.xbe” file does not exists. What can I do to fix this?
Nice!! Deff gonna check more into this soon, never heard of rockys before.
SID is more well known, but Rocky5 is by far the best.
The guy I bought my Xbox from said it was softmodded.
When I insert the burnt DVD, Rockys Tool says the Xbox Bios was retail 5101, the Screen turns black and the LED flashes all the time.
EvolutionX 5 seems to be installed.
The Dash says Bios Unknown.
Also Rockys Tools says it would switch to other softmod menu before the led starts flashing und screen turns black.
Any idea whats going on?
Same issue
If anyone is still interested: had the same issue (previously softmodded 1.6 Xbox, softmod method unknown). I overcame the blank screen by manually launching the updater from the softmod directory (d:\softmod if I recall correctly) on the DVD from a file explorer app. After that the update went smoothly.
Your tutorials have been helpful! Thank you for putting these out! One thing that is bothering me, although it's not related to the actual tutorial, is your use of 'a' vs 'an' on a sentence. Use 'a' before words, abbreviations, acronyms, or letters that begin with a consonant sound, regardless of their spelling. And of course, use 'an' for vowel sounds.
I dun g00fed.
My Xbox is softmodded (Evolution X, its ancient), but if i boot this DVD, Retail Bios 5101 detected shows up on the new menu and screen goes blank. What would you recommend from here?
I’m now stuck on a black screen the Xbox boots up but when it’s supposed to load the softmodded dashboard it’s just a black screen
This was excellent. Thank you.
Hi, great video, but I'm worried about the games that I have loaded on the hard drive. After I do this mod upgrade will my games still be there on the menu, or do I need to add them to the menu, or will they be erased and I have to reinstall them on the hard drive? Thanks for your help and time!
when I put the burnt disc into the xbox.. in the menu I dont have the update or restore xbox options just the "use with caution options"
Also after extracting the zip drive. double clicking on the bat file did nothing but led me to an external download of a pre prepared iso image. help please>?
im doing this now to fix a really old crap softmod with problems no msdash only booting to evox etc etc.. i wish everything go good..thanks mario and rocky:)
Greetings! Wondering what I did wrong - my XBOX recognizes the disc as a game, but when I hit "Launch DVD" I get an endless black screen. I swear I can hear the drive running, but there's no change - and I never get to the "Softmodding Tool/Extras Disc" screen. Did the disc just not burn properly?
Same with me. Even burned a second disc but still not working
Just a heads up, if your disc tray has trouble opening or closing on its own, be careful upgrading with this method. It seems the install process that starts after the first reboot won't trigger properly if it can't determine the disc tray's opened/closed state, and you can end up with just a black screen where nothing works. Total bummer.
Ok I won't mod my xbox
@Derangedxzombie that's kind of what I had to do. It took a bunch of tries but it eventually worked.
Rocky5 is still very active In the community with the emustation dashboard and pretty sure xbmc4gamers as well. Very good guy and helpful when questions are asked.
Awesome vid, just a quick question, do you lose any of your installed stuff i.e backup games and homebrew stuff if you upgrade the same way you did? Thanks in advance
Nope.
@@MrMario2011 after updated my backup games don't show up what should i do
@@king-ng9tz Really!! 😮 500gb hard drive I have for years,I ain't going to mess that up then. I have that back up on my extra hard drive anyway. Doesn't look anything specially anyway. Was hoping this update could emulate the dreamcast,but this just looks the same as it did many years ago.
My games are missing when I did the upgrade
I've tried writing to a DVD-R disc, it writes, but when I put it in my Xbox, its just a black screen. Did I miss something?
were you able to get past the blck screen? im having the same problem even with a dvd+r
@@burrcass Same with a CD-R. But the softmod does start. It identifies the bios, then "Loading other softmod menu" then black screen and the LED blinks green. Stuck here :/
@@camilovillamizar6171 did you find out the issue?
Natanael Carranza couldn’t get the disc to work no. Although if by any chance you are using high definition cables a good thing to try is regular composite out from the xbox.
So I was given an xbox awhile ago and I noticed it has been soft modded. I would like to upgrade it but I noticed that the dvd drive works but it doesn't recognize that there's a disc in the tray. Either an original xbox game or a DVD. Any help would be appreciated.
Gotta repair that or replace it with a working DVD drive.
@@MrMario2011 can I just swap it out with another dvd drive. From another xbox I have.
I really messed up and got my xbox stuck in pal mode using softmod tool . factory reset and selected pal not ntsc , Now I have stock xbox with a flashing screen. I could use some help as I'm not sure what to do . I hope its ok to ask questions here . This video is what I used originally to help me softmod and it worked great. I was showing a friend how to do this when I jacked mine up. His xbox is softmodded now and works great. Thanks Ryan
Hey I got it fixed using enigmah video switcher . I’ll never do that again
Great video. Upgraded just fine. Unfortunately it deleted ALL my games that were installed on the hard drive.
Did the same to me did you find a solution for this
Love the og xbox support!
Same
Thanks for this tutorial, it worked perfectly! 👌🏿2021
Well upgrading solved the crappy visuals in xbmc4gamers I was experiencing with component. Tnx MM
Great video, Mr. Mario! For some strange reason I have had a few drives that won't zero out.
🤔
@@MrMario2011 It's a thing. Some drives won't work. Just sayin'.
crazy i was just going to mod mine for the first time using the first video
Wait another week, I show the process from scratch. This is for people who have an existing softmod.
After I did this upgrade (previously running UnleashX via softmod), my G partition disappeared (I'm using a 250GB HDD). My games/app list is empty, except for what comes with this disc (NKPatcher, etc). Any idea how to get everything back?
Did you fix this issue I have the same problem & can’t figure it out
Hey thanks for the guide Mr Mario. I did the update via ftp with the quick update. One question, how do I make xbmc the default dash again?
If i bought an Original Softmodded XBox How do i find out which softmod was used?
Mario to the rescue again. Thanks for saving my sanity.
i ran the Build xiso and its not doing anything
Is there any way to tell what softmodding tool was used on the Xbox after the fact? I bought mine already soft modded so I don't know whether Rocky5 or an old softmod was used
the only note about nulling eeprom is it breaks saves that are locked to the hdd. not a big deal and a lot of games dont do that
True, I'm not sure if there's a list of said games available.
Also breaks DLC but that’s easily fixed, saves not so much. Main problem one is foza, but I create backup of the original eeprom next to the new nulled one inE:\Backups\eeprom\ so you can grab the key from it. (Forzasign)
XBMC4Gamer and XBMC-Emustation both have a built in signer for DLC if you download it via the downloader. I may at some point make a signer that just parses the TDATA folder and resigns all DLC at the click of a button, but that won’t be for a while.
when I burn the disc and pop it in the drive I don't get all those options on the disc
Same here. Did you figure it out?
I had to use file explorer and look for a different evox file to run
Maybe a noob question, but will doing this upgrade affect my games collection already installed on the hard drive?
When dvd runs indentifies my bios version and loads up the menu i go to black screen. Any help?
My softmodded Xbox recognized the burned DVD I made as instructed, but when I tried to boot it, it glitches and returns to the softmod main menu/screen. I am also trying the FTP method described in the comments below, and all my files are failing with FileZilla. Any thoughts/suggestions gentlemen?
For anyone who may find this useful, I simply didn't have enough memory on my E drive to copy the "Quick Upgrade" file via FTP. All is well now, still unsure why my DVD did not work, but thanks to Cager Hager, the alternative worked!
It keeps kicking me back out to UnleashX once everything is copied. Any help?
Awesomeness thanks 🙏 Brother.
How can I change the default dashboard? I had a different softmod before, and had XBMC4Xbox as my default. Now I want to use XBMC-Emustation. This is too big to put on the C drive. Also where is the dualboot.settings file?
Hi I cannot find the version for update soft mod.
I burn the iso it works I put in Xbox it works
But the options are different there is less options and no option too upgrade soft mod .
Only options I have under advanced menu is
Advanced apps
Tools
File manager
That’s it ? Am I missing something ?
Thanks in Advance ;)
Edit 2: I did the fpt method and that worked but now it won't stop restarting. When I try turning it on it does the boot animation but turns off in the middle of that.
Edit: I restarted it and now it's saying retail 5101 bios detected.
Is the initialising supposed to take forever? Not sure if this means I have to try the USB/fpt method.
I couldn't burn it onto a DVD for some reason. For anyone else with the same problem, I finally got it to work via ftp, although there were a couple more steps. In the Xbox-Softmodding-Tool-master folder I went into Utilities > Xbox > Attacher, Detacher.
Inside that is a folder called Xbox Softmodding Tool Extras Disc (I may have had to unzip it from a zipped file there called Extras Disc Attacher, I can't remember exactly).
Then you copy the Extras Disc ISO into that folder (beside a default.xbe file that's already there) and ftp it to the Apps folder on your Xbox. Then reboot your Xbox, go to Apps, and launch it like you would an app - hit A. From there, it's the same as having a DVD in the drive.
Im trying this way but after pressing A to load it, it always goes back to the dashboard.
I'll have to try this since I have an XBOX where the DVD drive doesn't work.
@@sidgallup any luck?
Is there a skin that makes it look like the normal xbox dashboard? I never liked that softmod that changes the dashboard to blue. Can we still access the normal dashboard with this softmod ?
nice video man keep it up
Great video I need help however I have 2 different soft modded xbox's I keep getting retail 5838 bios detected and then a black screen on both after it appears they are both a 1.6 one is running sid 5.11 i am not sure what the other one has. I tried to ftp the iso and still had no luck. Anyone else run into this?
Do you happen to get "#### BIOS Detected" then "Loading other softmod menu" then black screen with the LED on the console blinking green? If so I have the same issue and have not been able to get past it.
@@camilovillamizar6171 thats what i get retail 5838
@@edwinrome9361 I got mine sorted out. Couldn't get the disc to work so I did it through FTP using the Quick Upgrade installer variant shared on this thread. Good luck!
Can you teach me how to unpatch an title updated Xbox game on my softmod? It just won’t delete
thought you could not null an EEPROM without TSOPing it?
I just did so without a TSOP flash, tune in next weekend to see it again!
so you can just slap in a new drive with no issues then?
yeah how can you null an eeprom that isnt tsop'd?
Hi Mario, i have a problem launching the disc, i burned a DVD-R disc and my xbox recognize it as a game but when its loading it shows a screen that says INITIALITING, then Loading bios and i get a black screen after that and nothing happens, is ther any way to fix it?
But what if you don't have a CD burner and you just have filezilla?...
I'm getting error unable to launch "E:\Prep\default.xbe". on my orig xbox? thoughts? directions?... followed every step up to this point.
Question... is it safe to change region settings in NKPatcher without any hardware mods? (just the softmod installed that is).
NKPatcher is designed to fully manipulate everything on a softmod, so it will work.
Do you have any troubleshooting tips for the screen turning black and failing to bring up the "xbox softmodding Tool Extras Disc" menu? I tried running the Rocky5 files via the DVD method and the FTP method. I think my console currently has Evolution X (SID 5.11) softmod.
Same is happening to me. It starts to load and the screen says INITIALISING and then says RETAIL 5838 BIOS DETECTED. Then the screen turns black and the xbox light blinks green and nothing happens. It's just a stuck black screen with a blinking xbox light.
@@djflax8806 Yes this is the exact same message and sequence of events that happen to me.
@@HeyHey_Tony same issue here running uix
Burn it to DVD-R disc
Same problem here when I tried updating from the same softmod version via FTP. I don't have a disc drive for my computer, and while I know an external drive is cheap, I want to avoid buying one if I can bet by without it.
Now let's see a video on how to get xmugen running with multiple paks. 😉
Be careful when changing your hdd key, I've noticed on several xbox mods that I've done that when the key is changed the game saves for Forza won't work, it's strange and idk if they're other games with eeprom encoded saves but I do know Forza saves are affected by changing the key..
did you manage to fix those game saves? I'm having this problem for burnout 3
How do I unlock the F drive partition? I've read that there's 2 GB that can be utilized there but mine shows "0" as yours does in the video.
Have the same issue how did you fix this issue
@@richyung347 Never figured it out.
Can I do this on an TSOP'd xbox? I'd love to do this on my OG xbox, but I'm concerned this might mess up something. I have the IND-BIOS if that helps any.
Don't touch this. A TSOP'd console is not a softmodded console.
Got it, thanks.
for me this update video didnt work. The rocky updater asks for the kernel 5960. my dash is at 5960 - the kernel not. Using an update disk (Halo 2) doesnt work too - it says disk read error.
I have to find a way to get the kernel update done.
How did you replace the green xbox symbols on the menu options for the blue ones? It looks cooler like that!
Nope, it's a skin. I believe it's called TrueMSDash 2.0
can i do this if my xbox is using evolution x?
I tried using this on an old softmod and it tells me retail bios detected
Yeah, a softmod runs on retail BIOS.
@@MrMario2011 Thing is it would go to a black screen, light starts flashing and can’t do anything except remove disc
@@MadDogSolo Yep, exact same issue here. I will update you guys if I find a solution
I was having the same issue. I finally got it to work by launching the disc thru the file explorer in XBMC. If that don't work you can download or copy over the Quick Upgrade zip in the "Installer Variants" folder from the prebuilt package. FTP the unzipped Quick Upgrade folder over to the Xbox E: drive. Reset the Xbox and run a file explorer, open the Quick Upgrade folder and select or run the default.xbe in the folder. Once that finishes try running the disc again and it should work.
Not sure if you will answer buy this video being older but if when using ftp to move over rosters and save files from my games, which folder or folders do they go into? Thanks in advance
Mine works perfectly was on an older version unleachedX and update went perfect I used poweriso to burn the disk popped it in and the process was fast. Now my time automatically adjusts and everything seems much more stable and faster
Very nice!
One question actually, how do I boot in the original MS dashboard? When I launch xboxdash.xbe gives error 21
@@CircuitBreakerMind did you figure out your error 21? Also, did you upgrade your HDD before using @jcrocky5's tool? I have an upgraded HDD and I want to know if I can still use this...
I've an error 13 after trying to install the last version of Rocky5 and the last version of MS dashboard. After the install, when I ejected the Extras Disc DVD , error 13 occurs. I can't read any non-original DVDs, so I can't run Extras Disc DVD anymore. I run Halo 2 game in order to update and fix the MS dashboard, but the MS dashboard wasn't fixed and I'm still freeze on Error 13. I don't even the expoit save files on HDD. What can I do? I'm panicking...
I have a chip in my xbox and old softmod (xecuter2) , I just burn the dvd with the rocky5 Softmodding Tool and it run ... but in the tool's menu there is not "upgrade or update" .. how can I install rocky5 on it (with just a burned dvd )
Everything worked great but my xbox LED is always showing orange now, is that normal? how can I fix that?
Love Rocky's softmodding tool. Is there a way to change Game Region setting using his default dashboard? My NTSC-J discs are being read as NTSC-U ones. I guess the issue lies in the console's Game Region being set to 4 (Rest of the World)? Any help is greatly appriciated.
Just used SID5 (had a pre-loaded USB) but looking to change to Rocky5's one.
I wanted to check, although changing display settings to NTSC in order to get 480p and 720p, if I use a PAL disc those video displays will remain since the actual Xbox forces the game to choose a certain mode, correct? Or have I got that completely wrong?
Been looking at Rocky5's XBMC4Gamers as well. Would love to see a video on that!
Not all too sure what you're asking? You can still play PAL games with those NTSC resolutions enabled, if that's what you're looking for.
@@MrMario2011 Apologies, it was a little unclear :)
If I change settings to NTSC and to allow HD, will my PAL games on disc play in HD (480p/720p)?
I was wondering as I know the PAL Xbox natively did not have the option of enabling it which is why I softmodded it.
Hey there guys, Questions.
So I upgraded my OG Xbox's SoftMods and all but now my entire Disk G: Partition disappeared, i cant find a way on how to bring G disk Partition back for the console to read again without formatting it.
I tried using UnleashX>disabled G: Partition>reboot>Enable G:> Reboot > Nada.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Nice! no longer mech-assault save exploit needed to softmod.
That's incorrect.
Hello MrMario, I wonder: can use the tool without use the xbox laser? it's been some many years and not everybody have their laser function correctly, so can we extract the tool and copy to the xbox via ftp? like a game and launch from the xbox like a game or app?
Off topic a bit. But on the disc on the home brew you mentioned none of the games installed to the console. I get an error 2 when trying to extract
My modded xbox displaying original dash after trying to exit to unlish dash while playing And 1 game. 2tb hard drive still shows games saved. Need help to restore to unlish please help me on whats to do
Mine was softmoded in 2017 do I update it?
Up to you.
It‘ 2022 and the tool does not NULL the HDD anymore, it ONEs it. (Key is 11111…..)
Is there a better today for swapping the original HDD to a 1TB than Hotswapping after the Rocky5 Softmod and ONEing the HDD?
when i try to put the dvd in it does detect it but when its booting up it gets to the bios ver detection then goes to a black screen wit the ring around the eject button flashing not sure what that is all about
My Xbox is now stuck on a black screen please help
I did the stupidity to try to upgrade using this on a modded Xbox with Aladdin xt chip, now it boots the Evo x intro screen and after that a black screen , I guess I'll have to use the hexen tool now ,to reinstall the dashboard, Right? I hope the Aladdin bios still untouched .
It worked great in my other Xbox that is softmoded . Thanks for your videos man.