This is a throwback for me seeing you do a new soft mod video on my favorite console to mod! Years ago I watched your previous guide and it helped me a bunch man, thanks! Gonna give this a try since my last Xbox died a painful death by my own hand soldering 😂
Gotta say Cerbios in 2024 is definitely the custom bios to go with in 2024 as I use it for all my TSOP and ModChip builds and I'm happy that soft mod users can experience Cerbios in soft mod form! Great Video Mr.Mario!
I have a couple of modded cerbios xbox consoles, and it seems it does not output component. It only outputs in composite... is there known issues with cerbios on component cables?
This is really great news for original xbox users, Great tutorial clearly explained and shown, Once this is installed can you show how to install a larger hard drive and take out the original drive ? cheeers !!
Thank for reply, i didnt notice the link at first, gonna watch it now... i have around 15 original xboxes stored in my spare room as i was completely sripping down and cleaning restoring each one a few yrs ago but never finished them all !! so stored them away safely for future use... With this new cerbios softmod maybe the time to get some of them out again and use this new softmod !! cheers
Hello, can you please make a video with how to install cerbios to an xcuter 3 mod chip. Or do a mini guide how to configure it and upload to second 1mb partition on it, thank you.
Hey mario i have a question i was hoping u could help with. If i do this tutorial to softmod, can i flash a clone alladin with a diff bios? I was thinking that i softmod it, add the clone alladin then flash it using the softmod
Can you set this up to boot the stock animation and not the cerbios one? Also you said you need to enable the higher resolutions on msdash. Is that possible on a pal Xbox?
Thank you for this great tutorial, I successfully modded my Xbox but now I don't know how to upgrade the stock hard drive to a bigger one to install games 😅. Thank you very much.
wait, does this give you up to 16TB hard drive size, im limited on retail bios right now. this is mentioned in so few places mainly here i have looked around and i see no specific mention on if this bypasses the retail bios limitations of the rocky5 endpoint exploit?
I finished the softmod, but every time I boot the system it starts with the original green animation and then the cerbios animation. Is that normal? And is there a way to only have the cerbios animation?
Can you use this to flash the tsop? I know you would still need to bridge points on the motherboard, just didn't know if this would work to flash it. Great video as always!
@MrMario2011 Awesome! I have a few extra non modded systems laying around I was wanting to try it on. I've had one I put a chip in close to when the system first cane out. Thanks!
I did this Cerbios install, next day I went to play halo on insignia and it forced me to update my dashboard now the bios is broke. Boots to OG Xbox dash. Had to re copy the hard drive
What happens if you select wrong kernel for the softmod, for sake of science that is? Will it brick or fail to work correctly so reinstall for correct kernel?
@@MrMario2011 I did, thanks. Now I'm puzzled because I only have XBMC. I don't have any selection. Also, now what? Where's all the bells & whistles I remember? Seems....less than I remember. 😄
I did the procedure without paying attention to the kernel, after the cerbios installation process, the xbox starts with the logo and then gets a black screen, is there any solution? thanks
I don't know why you did that when I harped on it multiple times in the video. Best course of action would be to use your EEPROM backup to unlock and hook up your HDD to your PC with FATXplorer, then install required files manually with either clean C and E drive files or a pre-packed version of something like the XBHDM Build of Rocky5's Xbox Softmodding Tool.
I used the kernel from the video lol, my jesus I did it in the heat of emotion, now my xbox starts the xbox logo then the screen goes black, when I click to open the folder the logo appears, but then it goes black, I will have to remove the HD and Can you put fatxplore on my used computer? @@MrMario2011
I used the kernel from the video lol, my jesus I did it in the heat of emotion, now my xbox starts the xbox logo then the screen goes black, when I click to open the folder the logo appears, but then it goes black, I will have to remove the HD and Can you put fatxplore on my used computer?
Doubt a DVD delete mod since this is still a retail BIOS which needs to boot at the beginning. You can still configure whichever dashboard you want, and IGR still works.
Can Cerbios update the Aladdin chips that have needed an external flasher? I have a few of them, and it would be nice if there was an update that allowed this (unless it was something physical on the box itself that was preventing it).
Should it theoretically be possible to create a 4TB HDD using xboxpartitioner with Cerbios bfm and locking HDD on PC? I used to upgrade HDD with larger HDDs back in the day before fancy tools like chimp were available. I remember had to boot from DOS utility to lock drive. I wonder if one could lock the HDD on a modchip Xbox using cloned eeprom HDD key from the softmod one ? I’m thinking standardize the key to all 11s in both the softmod and hardmod systems then can just create a drive in xbpartitioner in windows with large F and install softmod manually on c: using cervios bfm. Then lock the HDD using hardmod Xbox with standardized key. Place in softmod system and then should see large F partition.
hi,i did notice that i never had the option for unleashX and when i launch my CCI games i get booted back to unleash(which i have choosen as my default dashboard no) i have posted on reddit to see if anyone knows why the CCI boots back to default dashboard but still waiting for a definitive answer :-(
quick question if you dont mind,how do i get cerbios on my Tsop?? i am currently usin Evox 8 no dvd option with F and G although all my games are on the maxed F:partition but this method just isnt working for me so im thinking can i flash cerbios to my Tsop? is that possible and how do you do it ? thanks
If you already have a rocky 5 softmodded machine, are there any benefits to using this method instead? I’ve never got a mod trip either because it seems like I can do all the same stuff already except for swapping the hard drive easily or removing the DVD drive, but I still have my DVD drive and I keep a back up of the hard drive, so I don’t see a reason for me to do the hard mod. But if there are benefits, I would love to know because I like to do this kind of stuff. It would make a great project but I don’t wanna break my machine if there’s no benefit in the end anyways. Lol
@@MrMario2011 I’m still watching the video, I have a couple boxes that I need to fix and then I’ll soft Madden trying this method but what exactly is CCI?
@95Comics Compressed Cerbios Image. It was designed specifically for Cerbios and is a lossless compression format. Same games, just smaller. Repackinator is used to compress redump style images to CCI.
If you haven't put a new hard drive in your soft modded Xbox you should definitely give it a try, I was able to pull it off and it wasn't too horrible. That drive is super old and prone to failure
I couldn't do softmod with OTHER original endgame package. It resulted NOT loading NXpatcher ?.... but using your method it works great. Thank you! !!! ... UnleashX Skin never changed though LOL
Hi anyone can help me, so i have bought the xbox to usb converter and have a 1 gb usb flash drive that formated fine on the xbox, after i got to the pc part i installed the windows desktop runtime software, and opened fatxplorer installed the driver restart pc, opened fatxplorer again mounted the drive copied over the cerbios soft mod folder to the drive, and then i unmounted the drive ejected it from pc and when i plug in to the xbox it shows on the memcard slot but i when i press A it shows me only to delete the savefile, no option to copy. I need to mention when i try to unmount the drive it tells me that the drive is still in use but im pretty sure it was not in use, so i clicked on unmount anywas. Hope someone have a idea why i cant copy it over. EDIT: I figured it out i just needed to press the right dpad button and then it give me the option to copy over the file
Very good video! Differences between cerbios, unleash and endgame? With endgame can you put games on the hard drive? And with cerbios can you play online with a badge? Sorry but I'm very confused about all this😅 
I found the disc images online, I have the cci, iso and xiso formats. I extracted the iso and xiso and the screen stay black. I actually have M8+ with PremethOS and Mhz HD+ installed. It's the only game that doesn't show. CCI doesn't work either.
Your fan speed is likely modified in the nkpatcher settings. When the light turns orange, the softmod loads and the settings take effect. I have my Nexus fan set to 70% and it does the same.
Yep! Watch my Softmod Upgrade video, or if you come back tomorrow I'll have a video covering how to upgrade to this specific one if you desire Cerbios.
Nice,does any body know if this will work if I have evo8 flashed as bios? And as I have done multiple swaps on my HDD I don't have the old Microsoft dashboard anymore so is there any way I can find the kernel on the other dashboards
@@MrMario2011 Definitely only done a softmod using rocky 5.but i did flash the Evo8 bios using hexen.i have swapped out the Hdd so many times now I also don't have the original stock Microsoft dashboard but I can see a Kernel version on unleash dashboard so can I use that?
25 Years later, and the OG Xbox is still hot, and getting hotter :ø) I was wondering if anybody has any experience with Xenium/OpenXenium software and similar OS-Based Modchips like the SmartXX LT OPX - will the new OpenXenium stuff flash successfully onto the SmartXX?
I know 8TB for sure, with 16TB in the future, if not already. Something to do with a Titan patch? Cerbios also removes the file limitation of filenames being too long, Tony Hawk, etc. I saw dual hdd support, not sure what that entails. If 16TB is the max, does that support dual 16TB, or dual 8TB? That means you need a dvd delete, which I'm not sure softmods support. Guess we'll see. I got my Orville Redenbacher ready, full stick of butter.
@SeanPennII I've been keeping an eye on prices the past year. They've gotten pretty high. I used to could get one in rough shape for no more than $40. Just a working unit that needs cleaned, I've seen go for over $100.
@@MrMario2011 Well I meant the softmod and unlocking of the system would be done with a new sata hard drive on a Xbox that had had never been modded before... As in the soft mod and unlocking payloads are included in the new hard drive.....
Wow! This is an awesome new way to softmod the OG. Thanks for putting this guide together!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@MrMario2011 so cool seing YT channels supporting one another. 🤗 Blessings for you all and thank you all for that and more.
Hey love your videos brother
Woah! Blaine, didn’t expect to see you here. Maybe you could make a video like this?
How to install CCI format games on cerbios softmod?
Woah, this is super cool. I still remember when BFM was not possible and TSOP’ing was the only way. Good video tho!
Thanks for hanging out!
This is a throwback for me seeing you do a new soft mod video on my favorite console to mod! Years ago I watched your previous guide and it helped me a bunch man, thanks! Gonna give this a try since my last Xbox died a painful death by my own hand soldering 😂
Best of luck!
This reminds me of when we had jtag Xbox hardmod back in the day! Good times
How do I load games and emulators
Gotta say Cerbios in 2024 is definitely the custom bios to go with in 2024 as I use it for all my TSOP and ModChip builds and I'm happy that soft mod users can experience Cerbios in soft mod form! Great Video Mr.Mario!
Definitely the go-to these days.
How long does it take to go to the cerbios menu? Mine is just stuck, red led, black screen but nothing else.
EDIT - Restarted the console, tried again. BOOM I'm in Thank you MrMario!
@@sokignano how do you fix it?
I have a couple of modded cerbios xbox consoles, and it seems it does not output component. It only outputs in composite... is there known issues with cerbios on component cables?
Thank You for Covering This. My DVD Drive Refuses to Read Game Disks, So Now i Don't Have to Do The Splinter Cell Route.
Perfect use case!
would this process work for an xbox with a failed hard drive?
Nope, since a working hard drive is required for a softmod.
Pretty sick! I appreciate your time
I appreciate that!
can you add build 07 (Mar. 9, 2024) to the mirror?
Your always the best Mario! Great vid and tutorial. Word of the day is Softmod. 🙂
Thanks! 😃
This is really great news for original xbox users, Great tutorial clearly explained and shown, Once this is installed can you show how to install a larger hard drive and take out the original drive ? cheeers !!
I made a video on that, linked in the description
Thank for reply, i didnt notice the link at first, gonna watch it now... i have around 15 original xboxes stored in my spare room as i was completely sripping down and cleaning restoring each one a few yrs ago but never finished them all !! so stored them away safely for future use... With this new cerbios softmod maybe the time to get some of them out again and use this new softmod !! cheers
Will the old video on upgraded hard drive work with this new Cerbios Softmod ? as the old video is 5 yrs old now so may be outdated now ? cheeers
Thank you sir for making my request come through!!!!
I did nothing!
Very cool no more exploit disc needed
If I am already Rocky5 softmodded, this will still work?
I'd really only recommend starting clean, so uninstalling another Softmod and then going with this if you wish to.
Hello, can you please make a video with how to install cerbios to an xcuter 3 mod chip. Or do a mini guide how to configure it and upload to second 1mb partition on it, thank you.
Just got a new Og xbox was going to do a normal Tsop, but this Cerbios tut from you might sway me! Awesome awesome awsome!! I’ll prob
I'd still recommend a TSOP flash over this.
Hey mario i have a question i was hoping u could help with. If i do this tutorial to softmod, can i flash a clone alladin with a diff bios? I was thinking that i softmod it, add the clone alladin then flash it using the softmod
It would be unrelated.
Can you set this up to boot the stock animation and not the cerbios one?
Also you said you need to enable the higher resolutions on msdash. Is that possible on a pal Xbox?
Excellent tutorial.
Thanks!
Thank you for this great tutorial, I successfully modded my Xbox but now I don't know how to upgrade the stock hard drive to a bigger one to install games 😅. Thank you very much.
Linked in the description!
Oh sorry I didn't see it, thank you!
can you make a tut on how to do it with a DVD?
Not happening that way
@@MrMario2011 oh ok
how to change the Cerbios intro/boot anim to the OG xbox on hardmod/softmod ? becuase i hat eit, i want the OG SLEEPER Look
wait, does this give you up to 16TB hard drive size, im limited on retail bios right now. this is mentioned in so few places mainly here i have looked around and i see no specific mention on if this bypasses the retail bios limitations of the rocky5 endpoint exploit?
Only if you can manage to lock a 16 TB HDD, which is doubtful unfortunately.
As always, thanks for the videos. Do you know if the BFM installer tool null's the HDD key, or does that need to be done before/separately?
Separately
I finished the softmod, but every time I boot the system it starts with the original green animation and then the cerbios animation. Is that normal? And is there a way to only have the cerbios animation?
Yep, you're booting up retail BIOS then booting a custom BIOS. Only way to only have the Cerbios animation is with a hardmod/TSOP flash.
Can you use this to flash the tsop? I know you would still need to bridge points on the motherboard, just didn't know if this would work to flash it. Great video as always!
Yep!
@MrMario2011 Awesome! I have a few extra non modded systems laying around I was wanting to try it on. I've had one I put a chip in close to when the system first cane out. Thanks!
question on the xbox usb adapter, can this be used to transfer games over to the consoles hardrive that are on a hdd or is ftp the only way?
Would never recommend that method, it would be painfully slow.
I did this Cerbios install, next day I went to play halo on insignia and it forced me to update my dashboard now the bios is broke. Boots to OG Xbox dash. Had to re copy the hard drive
That's why it's recommended to update dashboard BEFORE installing this.
If this is a pathway to a good way to back up my Xbox games and then run them off a large HDD, count me in!
What happens if you select wrong kernel for the softmod, for sake of science that is? Will it brick or fail to work correctly so reinstall for correct kernel?
Correct, it would keep trying to load in a BIOS for the wrong kernel, so a HDD rebuild would be needed.
How did you make your UnleashX dashboard say Xbox Live / Insignia when you scroll down? would love that option.
This Softmod has that set up, but everything can be tweaked in a XML file.
Did the "Orb Crash" Light went red for a sec then to orange & have a dark green screen. How long do I wait?? What should I do??
Might have to retry.
@@MrMario2011 I did, thanks.
Now I'm puzzled because I only have XBMC. I don't have any selection. Also, now what? Where's all the bells & whistles I remember? Seems....less than I remember. 😄
I did the procedure without paying attention to the kernel, after the cerbios installation process, the xbox starts with the logo and then gets a black screen, is there any solution? thanks
I don't know why you did that when I harped on it multiple times in the video. Best course of action would be to use your EEPROM backup to unlock and hook up your HDD to your PC with FATXplorer, then install required files manually with either clean C and E drive files or a pre-packed version of something like the XBHDM Build of Rocky5's Xbox Softmodding Tool.
I used the kernel from the video lol, my jesus I did it in the heat of emotion, now my xbox starts the xbox logo then the screen goes black, when I click to open the folder the logo appears, but then it goes black, I will have to remove the HD and Can you put fatxplore on my used computer?
@@MrMario2011
@@MrMario2011 I didn't save anything,
I used the kernel from the video lol, my jesus I did it in the heat of emotion, now my xbox starts the xbox logo then the screen goes black, when I click to open the folder the logo appears, but then it goes black, I will have to remove the HD and Can you put fatxplore on my used computer?
@@MrMario2011 So the backup is probably on the HD, I will have to buy an IDE versus SATA adapter tomorrow urgently,
New to Cerbios - is it easier to upgrade the HDD with this mod rather than the DVD hot swap method with Rocky5?
Hotswapping is the same across any softmod
Great work..👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Can I put CerBIOS on an Xbox that's already Rocky5 softmodded? How would I go about that? I have a 3TB HDD that I want to use in mine.
Yep, I have a video on it.
Will this allow softmods to finally do a dvd delete kit? Does Rockys Dashloader still work along side this? IGR?
Doubt a DVD delete mod since this is still a retail BIOS which needs to boot at the beginning. You can still configure whichever dashboard you want, and IGR still works.
Is it necessary to use a usb drive or can it be done also with ftp ? Asking because its been really hard to find a working usb flash drive for my xbox
Can't FTP without unsigned code.
Can Cerbios update the Aladdin chips that have needed an external flasher? I have a few of them, and it would be nice if there was an update that allowed this (unless it was something physical on the box itself that was preventing it).
It's an issue on the physical console that prevents it, although I've seen your mileage may vary between consoles!
question my dvd drive is broken (og xbox) is it possible to upgrade the hdd without a dvd if i use this softmod?
Yeah
how can i do that?@@MrMario2011
Should it theoretically be possible to create a 4TB HDD using xboxpartitioner with Cerbios bfm and locking HDD on PC? I used to upgrade HDD with larger HDDs back in the day before fancy tools like chimp were available. I remember had to boot from DOS utility to lock drive. I wonder if one could lock the HDD on a modchip Xbox using cloned eeprom HDD key from the softmod one ?
I’m thinking standardize the key to all 11s in both the softmod and hardmod systems then can just create a drive in xbpartitioner in windows with large F and install softmod manually on c: using cervios bfm. Then lock the HDD using hardmod Xbox with standardized key. Place in softmod system and then should see large F partition.
It's possible, as long as you can lock the drive!
Hi, after doing the softmod, do you have a guide on how to change the hard disk? A. Maximum HDD capacity?
Yep
¿it works in a 1.6 console version? i have my xbox softmodded already ¿it delete all the stuff stored in the hard drive?
This was recorded on a 1.6
Will the old video on upgraded hard drive work with this new Cerbios Softmod ? as the old video is 5 yrs old now so may be outdated now ? cheeers
Yeah
hi,i did notice that i never had the option for unleashX and when i launch my CCI games i get booted back to unleash(which i have choosen as my default dashboard no) i have posted on reddit to see if anyone knows why the CCI boots back to default dashboard but still waiting for a definitive answer :-(
I haven't run into that, so I wouldn't be of assistance.
quick question if you dont mind,how do i get cerbios on my Tsop?? i am currently usin Evox 8 no dvd option with F and G although all my games are on the maxed F:partition but this method just isnt working for me so im thinking can i flash cerbios to my Tsop? is that possible and how do you do it ? thanks
If you already have a rocky 5 softmodded machine, are there any benefits to using this method instead? I’ve never got a mod trip either because it seems like I can do all the same stuff already except for swapping the hard drive easily or removing the DVD drive, but I still have my DVD drive and I keep a back up of the hard drive, so I don’t see a reason for me to do the hard mod. But if there are benefits, I would love to know because I like to do this kind of stuff. It would make a great project but I don’t wanna break my machine if there’s no benefit in the end anyways. Lol
CCI and larger drive support, if you aren't interested in either then there's no need.
@@MrMario2011 I’m still watching the video, I have a couple boxes that I need to fix and then I’ll soft Madden trying this method but what exactly is CCI?
CCI stands for compressed cerbios image, in other words compressed iso files
@@95Comics
@95Comics Compressed Cerbios Image. It was designed specifically for Cerbios and is a lossless compression format. Same games, just smaller.
Repackinator is used to compress redump style images to CCI.
If you haven't put a new hard drive in your soft modded Xbox you should definitely give it a try, I was able to pull it off and it wasn't too horrible. That drive is super old and prone to failure
I couldn't do softmod with OTHER original endgame package. It resulted NOT loading NXpatcher ?.... but using your method it works great. Thank you! !!! ... UnleashX Skin never changed though LOL
That's why I didn't make any videos covering the Rocky5 variant until it was officially updated. Thankfully that now has been updated.
Hi anyone can help me, so i have bought the xbox to usb converter and have a 1 gb usb flash drive that formated fine on the xbox, after i got to the pc part i installed the windows desktop runtime software, and opened fatxplorer installed the driver restart pc, opened fatxplorer again mounted the drive copied over the cerbios soft mod folder to the drive, and then i unmounted the drive ejected it from pc and when i plug in to the xbox it shows on the memcard slot but i when i press A it shows me only to delete the savefile, no option to copy.
I need to mention when i try to unmount the drive it tells me that the drive is still in use but im pretty sure it was not in use, so i clicked on unmount anywas.
Hope someone have a idea why i cant copy it over.
EDIT: I figured it out i just needed to press the right dpad button and then it give me the option to copy over the file
I have a Rocky 5 modded Xbox already but I do have a stock Xbox. Do I need to do this? No. Will I? Probably. It’s a sickness.
lol
The game becomes modding!
Very good video! Differences between cerbios, unleash and endgame? With endgame can you put games on the hard drive? And with cerbios can you play online with a badge? Sorry but I'm very confused about all this😅

Cerbios is a custom BIOS, UnleashX is a custom dashboard, ENDGAME is an entry point.
@@MrMario2011thank you so much for the answer. And i can play online with insignia, wright?
How do i get Def Jam Fight for NY to work on Cerbios, I just get a black screen!! Its the main game I want to play
What format is the game in? Extracted, iso, xiso, cci? Did you rip the game from a disc, or find an image somewhere? You running Cerbios BFM?
I found the disc images online, I have the cci, iso and xiso formats. I extracted the iso and xiso and the screen stay black. I actually have M8+ with PremethOS and Mhz HD+ installed. It's the only game that doesn't show. CCI doesn't work either.
Can I use this to upgrade my Xbox's stock HDD using this method as well?
Yes you can
this exploit saved my xbox with broken drive
That's ideal!
@@MrMario2011 i think im gonna do dual hdd so i have a lowerchance of bricking it in some way
Thank you Mr.Mario
Is it normal for the Xbox to become louder when it boots into the softmod everytime?
It can, yeah.
Your fan speed is likely modified in the nkpatcher settings. When the light turns orange, the softmod loads and the settings take effect.
I have my Nexus fan set to 70% and it does the same.
So does this add extended hard drive support to 16TB?
If you can get them locked to the console, they should read!
Can you overwrite an older softmodded xbox thats already been softmodded yrs back ? if so, whats best way to do it ? cheeers
Yep! Watch my Softmod Upgrade video, or if you come back tomorrow I'll have a video covering how to upgrade to this specific one if you desire Cerbios.
Many thanks !! Will have look tomorrow at upgrade video specific.. Cheers !!
Ive had a lot of luck with the gameshark usb and a 4gb sd card
That's awesome!
Nice,does any body know if this will work if I have evo8 flashed as bios? And as I have done multiple swaps on my HDD I don't have the old Microsoft dashboard anymore so is there any way I can find the kernel on the other dashboards
This should not be followed for a hardmod.
@@MrMario2011 Definitely only done a softmod using rocky 5.but i did flash the Evo8 bios using hexen.i have swapped out the Hdd so many times now I also don't have the original stock Microsoft dashboard but I can see a Kernel version on unleash dashboard so can I use that?
Is about time, this could be used like a entry point to install rocky 5?
Yep, but I'd wait until Rocky updates his.
@@MrMario2011 I will wait the tutorial
Is this the best bios to use with ingisnia?
These days yeah
25 Years later, and the OG Xbox is still hot, and getting hotter :ø)
I was wondering if anybody has any experience with Xenium/OpenXenium software and similar OS-Based Modchips like the SmartXX LT OPX - will the new OpenXenium stuff flash successfully onto the SmartXX?
We'll just have to see, with stuff like PrometheOS out there the sky seems to be the limit. That's now working on chips like the XBlast chips
Is it possible to make new hdd without hotswap?
Yeah, as long as you can lock it to the console
@@MrMario2011 how do u do that im planning on doing this softmod pretty soon and want to install a new hdd so a no hotswap is pretty good to have
Does this enable me to use a 16 terabyte drive?
I know 8TB for sure, with 16TB in the future, if not already. Something to do with a Titan patch? Cerbios also removes the file limitation of filenames being too long, Tony Hawk, etc.
I saw dual hdd support, not sure what that entails. If 16TB is the max, does that support dual 16TB, or dual 8TB? That means you need a dvd delete, which I'm not sure softmods support.
Guess we'll see. I got my Orville Redenbacher ready, full stick of butter.
@@bomb447 ever since I heard about the end game exploit, I have bought three Xboxes on eBay with bad disc drives. I think I have 15 now.
You can use large hard drives, the challenge will be finding one that locks
@@MrMario2011 yeah, that's what I was wondering
@SeanPennII I've been keeping an eye on prices the past year. They've gotten pretty high. I used to could get one in rough shape for no more than $40. Just a working unit that needs cleaned, I've seen go for over $100.
Can u do this with an 8tb
As long as it can be locked.
I can't wait till we can just mod a SATA hard drive and then adapt it for the Xbox and Boots straight into a soft mod.
I mean, that's possible now? Dump the EEPROM of a console and build a drive for it on PC, then lock it.
Or of course just use a custom BIOS.
@@MrMario2011 Well I meant the softmod and unlocking of the system would be done with a new sata hard drive on a Xbox that had had never been modded before... As in the soft mod and unlocking payloads are included in the new hard drive.....
*it's-a-him Mario!*
This seems tricky. But cool tho.
Thankfully it isn't once you find a working USB drive!
Mario
what are you supposed to do if the blue cerbios screen never comes up? i did as you said clicked the drive. it crashed but nothing is happening now?
Once I softmod using this method this I’d like to upgrade to a 16TB. Do I need a drive that supports locking or can I buy a regular drive??
Softmod always requires a locked drive.
@ Thanks. I’d like to upgrade to 16TB so a chip may be in my future :)
With this SOFTMOD can i replace my HDD?
Yep