Keep in mind I attempted to remove the softmod and restore the msdash using Auto Installer; something could have gone wrong here (I suspect that's what it is) Tried your XboxHDM idea I just don't think XboxHDM is seeing the VIA Also I understand it ignores the fact a HDD is locked but what does that mean for me in the state I'm in now?
Are you connecting the drive to Master? It means you'll be able to boot from the DVD no matter what, and restore your HDD. Ahhh, well it sounds like you installed through a modchip install. If you restored MSDASH, you'd have to format and use softmodinstaller to restore from backup...
Auto Installer is for softmods, I have used it before to restore MSDash so something must have gone wrong this time and okay that's the part that was confusing me so with a chip could I boot from a dvd with say no HDD installed?
Thats not true. If the hdd is locked, its still locked with a modchip. Modchips just let you use unlocked drives... But, the fact this hdd is locked doesnt matter - the hdd is paired to the eeprom thats already in the console, so soon as you turn it on - the hdd gets unlocked and can be used. Digi - the modchip will let you boot homebrew from DVD, without a modchip you cant do this. This homebrew will let you reinstall the HDD (you can even softmod it again and remove the chip if you really wanted to - but I wouldnt recommend it).
Actually it's for both, not just softmods. Softmod Install is for softmods only You'll need a HDD regardless, but you even put your stock drive and it will work fine. What you should do actually is put your stock drive in. Load up softmodinstaller, backup your EEPROM. FTP into your XBOX. Copy your EEPROM. Connect your drive to Windows, and use a disk program to wipe the drive completely, restoring it to defaults. Some programs will look past the fact your drive is locked or whatever (that's if my theory is correct, works with locked microSD for Windows phones). Load up XBOXHDM, and then rebuild your drive and lock with your EEPROM on your old PC. See how that goes. That's a yes and no answer. It won't be locked the modchip, since my HDD was locked to my v1.0 motherboard, and works on my chipped v1.6 motherboard to the other system. Unless it depends on what BIOS you use, but my statement is somewhat true. Whichever way you look at it, modchips don't care if the drive is locked or unlocked, they will still access the drive...
I understand it will let me boot homebrew I'm just trying to understand how this would work (as of right now I can't even boot a retail disk as seen in the vids I uploaded) The 320GB drive was locked using configmagic meaning the password is TEAMASSEMBLY; so likely it is a problem with the dash at this point? The HDD is currently locked but as you mention both of my drives were locked with this Xbox so that shouldn't be an issue?
It will work, because the modchip's bios has it's first path of D:/default.xbe. If your HDD is locked, with the same key as your XBOX motherboard that will not be causing the issue of your error. Otherwise it'd display error 06. You won't need a PC to build the drive if you have a modchip, AID will build and prepare the HDD for you
If you move a locked hard drive from one system with a modchip to another system with a modchip - it will not work. The modchip doesnt do anything with locked drives. It just lets you use unlocked drives - thats it. It does not ignore or bypass a locked drive - which is what you said and I corrected. DiGi, You are over thinking this. Install a chip, boot AID or similar = fixed.
I know I can use AID was just saying that XboxHDM was not an option. So error code 6 would be a locked drive? Still find it strange I have no error code.. I think the chip is the best way to go then.
Actually, what you said had nothing to do with what I said. If he had the system softmodded, there would be no chip. So if he moves a locked HDD to a modchip system it'd work. If it's paired with a modchip then it wouldn't. Why I said it was a yes or no answer. I wasn't saying you were wrong, I was telling you my experiences. I thought it was the same for any system.
Maybe you have an eprom embedded in both chips? Basically, what you are saying doesnt and shouldnt work - unless you have a weird setup (or the drive is unlocked and you dont know?) Either way, the hard drive is whats locked - it REQUIRES a password to unlock it. It doesnt matter if you connect it to a PC, xbox or modded xbox. No password, no access.
I doubt it since the HDD was from a softmodded system, and moved into a system with Duo X3 (Duo X3, has a weird BIOS though...) My drive is indeed locked with an EEPROM.bin, so it's weird setup I guess
Are you sure the system wasnt Tsop flashed with a unlocked hard drive? When a xbox boots it tries to unlock the hdd with the password thats stored on a the eeprom, if it fails to do so it panics and you get a error screen, if the system has a modchip inside (bios dependent) it still tries to unlock the system but if it fails to do so, instead of a error screen it boots d:\default.xbe, but the hard drive is still locked and cant be be accessed by anything on the system in that state. Edit: Or maybe the HDD was unlocked , meaning a unmodchipped xbox would panic when trying to unlock it, but a modded xbox would skip that step and function (same as above), but because the drive is unlocked it would be visible to the rest of the system.
