THE XBOX HARD DRIVE SWAP AND SOFTMOD:*note: I will not be hosting any files or links to the files for this softmod. If you do not have access to the files, you can perform a Google search or look on the following web site: http://www.xbox-scene.com/
You will need the following:
1. Xbox
2. Action Replay AR MAX for xbox
3. A copy of the original Splinter Cell
4. A new IDE hard drive (This is strongly recommended but only necessary if you want more storage space. Otherwise, skip steps 3-7)
5. Krayzie_SC-NTSC_Ndure_Installer_v1.1.rar
6. xboxhdm_v1.9.zip
The files used in Steps 5&6 were teh current installers at the time this guide was created. There may be newer files available, but I know that the ones listed here work.
Step 1: Install the software that came with your Action Replay. Plug in your AR USB adapter into your USB port on your computer. Make sure your memory card is in the adapter now. Bring up the AR program. Navigate to your Krayzie Ndure Installer folder and in that folder, go to the save folder (for Splinter Cell, there is 2 saves folders) and drag the udata (remember to drag BOTH udata's for SC if that's the game you are using) to the Memory Card (MC) slot on your AR software. Once you have both files on your MC, remove it from the AR adapter and bring it over to your xbox. You may have to move the udata files separately if the memory card is not big enough to hold them both. Plug it into your controller and boot up your xbox without a game in the drive. Transfer the files onto your hard drive (hdd). To do this go to the "Memory" screen from the main standard MS Dashboard. When you get into the memory menu, click on the memory card (by pressing left on the D-Pad) and select it by pressing A. When you get into your memory card and find the file, you might have to press the right button on your D-Pad to select the file and then choose copy. Do this for BOTH files or else the installation will not work/start. Make sure to delete any other splinter cell game saves on your xbox or the exploit will not work correctly.
Now that the files have been transferred to the xbox, put the game in that you are going to use to softmod with
Splinter Cell: Go to Start Game, click LINUX, and you wont see any check points, but still press A for the Check Points twice. Then the installer should load up.
Step 2: Click 1st Backup EEPROM
-- Click Yes or OK for the next 2 windows then a new screen will come up and click BACKUP EEPROM
(very important step!! The eeprom is unique to each xbox and without this, it is virtually impossible to successfully mod or repair an xbox hard drive. Make sure to backup the xbox eeprom!!!!!)
I suggest going to SETTINGS at the bottom, get your IP and FTP to your xbox. Once you are in your xbox, navigate to your EEPROM backup and transfer it to your computer.
OPTIONAL: Click COPY EEPROM TO MU. This will back up your EEPROM to your memory card (MU = MEMORY UNIT).
Step 3: Now, we need to ftp to the xbox. I used Flash FXP. The login/password for the xbox is xbox/xbox. Once you have ftp access to the xbox, copy the entire C: and E: drives to your computer's hard drive.
Step 4: Unpack xboxhdm_v1.9
After you unpack you find this files under xboxhdm folder:
a. linux ( folder)
b. cygwin1.dll
c. make-DOS-floppy.bat
d. make-iso-lin.sh
e. make-iso-win.bat
f. mkisofs.exe
g. rawrite.exe
h. also some other readme files.
Copy files for xbox C:\ drive and put the files in xboxhdm's linux>C folder. Also copy any E:\ drive files to linux>E folder.
copy your xbox's eeprom.bin to linux>eeprom folder (very important step!! The eeprom is unique to each xbox and without this, it is virtually impossible to successfully mod or repair an xbox hard drive. Make sure to backup the xbox eeprom!!!!!)
Double click on make-iso-win.bat, it will bring up a command prompt and dump the bootable iso into the same folder.
Burn this iso to a CD or DVD depending how big it is.
Step 5: Put you cd/dvd drive in primary slave and your brand new hard drive in primary master and disconnect any other drives from your computer.
Configure your computer's bios to boot from CD drive. Boot the CD/DVD from the disk we created in step 4.
Step 6: After you boot to xboxhdm choose "1" "Boot VGA Console". Now type "xboxhd" and press enter.
Select option "1" in option screen and press enter (Build a new XBOX HD from scratch)
Type "yes" and press enter, now it will build the partition table and then if you have the proper files in the CD, it will copy the files from cd to C:\ and E:\ drives. Just follow the prompts an type yes when needed.
After it is all done imaging your hard drive you will need to lock the drive. Each xbox has a unique eeprom and this is where the eeprom backup from steps 2, 3, and 4 comes in. Boot the linux cd again and select option "3" (Boot linux with locking/unlocking utilities)
Type "lockhd" and press enter. Then type "lockhd -a" and press enter again. This will automatically lock the hard drive using the eeprom that was put into the linux>eeprom folder from step 10. This step is very important because if the drive is not locked correctly it will not function in the xbox. Also, if it is locked incorrectly, it may render the drive permanently useless.
Step 7: Now, you should have a exact copy of your original xbox hard drive. Remove this new drive from your computer and replace the original xbox hard drive with the new one. It should boot up exactly as it normally would.
Step 8: Moving on to the final mod, Load the Splinter cell game and go to Start Game, click LINUX, and you wont see any check points, but still press A for the Check Points twice. Then the installer should load up. Click Basic Installation.
PERSONAL PREFERENCE: I suggest using EvolutionX (EvoX) since you can customize it more.
After choosing the dashboard, you will get a message asking to PROCEED. Please, if you didn’t verify your current MS Dashboard BEFORE you started this softmod process, please restart your xbox and check to see what your dashboard is. If you know for sure its MS 5960, then proceed.
It’s going to go through screens, read them to know what is going on and keep proceeding. All that’s going on is the installer is checking to make sure it can move it without running into errors. Once everything is present, it will begin softmodding your xbox.
Once it is done modifying your xbox, you will get a message saying to turn off your Xbox or press OK. Press OK. Once it is shut off, press the EJECT button to get your game out.
You will get a screen that says PRESS A. Press it. Read the message that comes up and click ok.
Once it is done making the Shadow C, you will be a completion message. Read each message that comes up after you click OK.
Your xbox will then restart and you now have a MODIFIED XBOX! Congrats!
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