[MELB] Can you fix this broken XBox?

[z3[n]]

Long story short, its an old XBox with a soft-mod gone bad. Apparently its just that the dashboard has been corrupted on the HDD and could be rebuilt relatively easy? But then again I don't have a clue about consoles and I don't have access to a PC with linux on it to format everything.

Now if an XBox guru from Melbourne can have a look at this for me and hopefully fix it for a small price or a slab of beer, I could potentially score this for cheap.

Anyone willing to take a stab at it?

[danieln]

i would simply put an alternative bios(cough) and reintall the nesecery files on the c drive.

[z3[n]]

Originally Posted by danieln

i would simply put an alternative bios(cough) and reintall the nesecery files on the c drive.

The big question is how?

[Sarquiss]

Its quite easy to fix.

Firstly, do you have the original eeprom that was used when softmodding?

If not you will need to hotswap the xbox hdd using your pc (This can be annoying as if you don't do it write it will not work.)

How to Hotswap

1. Open the Xbox and set it close to the PC. Plug it in.
2. Open the PC and make sure an IDE cable is free and can reach the Xbox HD.
3. Turn on the PC.
4. Before the PC BIOS looks for hard drives, hit the Pause/Break key. It should pause.
5. If you are planning to use xboxhdm (Click Here) , insert the CD to your PC CD-ROM drive. (Make sure you haven't unplugged the IDE cable to your CD-ROM drive!)
6. Turn on the Xbox.
7a. When the MS logo appears under the big X, remove the Xbox IDE cable and quickly plug in the PC IDE cable.
7b. If the MS logo doesn't appear, then swap just before the error screen shows up instead.
8. Hit space bar to continue booting the PC. If it takes a long time to boot (several minutes), then the HD has not been unlocked.

By using one of the two above methods you can unlock the hdd and restore the entire softmod + dashboard etc.

To bad I'm in QLD, cause its like a 5min job max.