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By using a Linux-based Live CD, data on the hard drive can be read, altered, and deleted. This requires having the Xbox unlock the hard drive when it is turned on, then swapping the powered hard drive into a running computer.

Hot swapping: using a computer to change the data on the hard drive.

Disassembly of the Xbox is not required when installing most game save exploits. When these special game saves are loaded, they access an interface with scripts for installing the necessary softmod files. Game save exploit: using select official game releases to load game saves that exploit buffer overflows in the save game handling.Soft modification is known to be safe for Xbox Live if the user enables multibooting with the Microsoft dashboard and an original game disc is used.

#Xbox original bios software

Softmods: installing additional software files to the Xbox hard drive, which exploit programming errors in the Dashboard to gain control of the system, and overwrite the in-memory copy of the BIOS.

This method only works on 1.0 to 1.5 Xboxes, as version 1.6 (the final hardware version produced) replaced the commodity TSOP with an LPC ROM contained within a proprietary chip. Flashing is usually carried out by using a specially crafted gamesave (see 'Game save exploit', below) to flash the onboard TSOP, but the TSOP can also be de-soldered and re-written in a standard EEPROM programmer. The Xbox BIOS is contained on a commodity EEPROM (the 'TSOP'), which can be made writable by the Xbox by bridging points on the motherboard.

TSOP flashing: reflashing the onboard BIOS chip with a hacked BIOS to circumvent the security mechanisms.

Modchip: installing a modchip inside the Xbox that bypasses the original BIOS, with a hacked BIOS to circumvent the security mechanisms.

Softmods can be disabled by 'coldbooting' a game (having the game in the DVD drive before turning the console on, so the softmod is not loaded) or by using a multiboot configuration. Having a modified Xbox may also disallow it from accessing Xbox Live, if detected by Microsoft, as it contravenes the Xbox Live Terms of Use, but most modchips can be disabled, allowing the Xbox to boot in a 'stock' configuration. Modding an Xbox in any manner will void its warranty, as it may require disassembly of the console. This was possible due to flaws in the Xbox's security.

#Xbox original bios code

Once this information was available, the code was soon modified so that it would skip digital signature checks and media flags, allowing unsigned code, Xbox game backups, etc., to be run. Within a few months of its release the initial layer of security on the Xbox BIOS (which relied heavily on obfuscation) was broken by MIT student Andrew Huang and the contents of the 'hidden' boot ROM embedded on the MCPx chip was extracted using some custom built hardware. Is this a BIOS issue? Do I need to burn a custom bios on the XBOX? If so, which one? I got Slayer 3.3.7 where I can use to burn the bios.The popularity of the Xbox, as well as (in the United States) its comparatively short 90-day warranty, inspired efforts to circumvent the built-in hardware and software security mechanisms, a practice known as 'cracking'. I ran them on V1.0 XBOX and V1.6 XBOX, both would get stuck on the CoinOps 6 initial arcade machine screen where all the games are listed. I am using original BIOS on the softmodded 320 GB XBOX. It would just get stuck on the initial page where all the games are listed. Games just refuse to load past the initial screen. I even installed CoinOps 6 Lite and it got the same issue. I have tried to FTP over the same files twice. When it comes to CoinOps 6, however, it would load up, and when I select a game it would freeze and never proceed. I am able to run Final Burn Legend on it etc without issue.

I got NDURE 3.1 softmod using the Splinter Cell exploit. The problem is when I tried to run it on my softmodded 320 GB XBOX.

#Xbox original bios full

It run CoinOps 6 full without any problems. I was able to get my 1 TB hardmodded XBOX to work fine. The forum has been very helpful with my last issue, so I am hoping I can get lucky again.