Tutorials - Xbox

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Beginners/General Guides
Total N00b Guide To Everything
The Beginner’s Guide to XBOX Modification
Modchip diagrams
From Start to Finish: A Handguide to Successfully Running a Modded Xbox
Newbie guide to installing Xenium and EvolutionX
My Chameleon is Installed, What Next? A Guide to soft-Flashing your Chameleon BIOS and Installing a Dashboard
Setting up Xbox with Xecuter 2.2 Pro and Evox
Xbox mod FAQ
Microelectronics PCB Soldering or, The Idiot's Guide to Attaching a Modchip
Networking xbox to pc using 2 network cards
How to mod your xbox to play non xbox live games from the harddrive
Modchip, TSOP and Bios Guides
General Modchip/TSOP installation guides
How to fully open an xbox console
Compare all modchips & Bios version for xbox
LPC diagnostics
Dealing with d0
Simple method to preparing your "D0" point
How does an xbox modchip work (for newbies)
TSOP flashing
Flashing TSOP With ANY Version XBOX (V1.0-V1.5) For Noobs
Multibios guide: Making TSOP Split 4 Ways
Flash and Install Multibios TSOP with gamesave exploit
Multibios Dual Boot TSOP Guide
Using Aluminum Foil to Make Contact With the X2L[+]'s d0 pogo & the d0 point
How to fix onboard TSOP after bad flash with matrix
The Complete TSOP Restoration Guide
Adding Mod Chip Enable/Disable and BIOS Flash ROM Write Enable/Disable Switches To Your XBox
Flashing The Xbox’s TSOP with a gen1/2 modchip
Flash your TSOP without soldering
Flashing Xbox TSOP with Matrix
Flashing Xbox TSOP with X2 or other LPC mod
Flash TSOP with no modchip or memorycard
Flashing the onboard TSOP without opening the Xbox
Fixing Tsop With Matrix
TSOP Hack für 1.0-1.5 (german)
Bios splitting/burning guides
How to make a proper 1mb bios File and how to burn a proper Bios cd using NERO
Easiest way to make a BIOS CD using Windows XP
Splitting a 1024kb bios into 256kb
Creating a Bios CD for Xenium OS
Bios flashing guides
Cromwell FlashBios Flashing Tutorial
A noobs guide to flashing your BIOS
Flash your Xecuter2.x Lite using FlashX
Flash LPC mod via EvolutionX
Flashing Your Xecuter 2.x With Ozxchip Method
Cromwell Flashing Tutorial for X2.x
Xecuter2.x Pro LTP flashing
How to flash an empty Xecuter2/Matrix MOD chip without a programmer
Flash A Dead Mod-Chip (Hot Swap)
Xecuter1.x guides
Xecuter1.0/1.1 installation guide
Adding Mod Chip Enable/Disable and BIOS Flash ROM Write Enable/Disable Switches To Your XBox
Xecuter2.x guides
Official X2.3b Installation Guide
Xecuter 2.x Xbox v1.6 Diagram
Alternate 5v for Xbox v1.6
Header-Pin Guide
Wire-Install Guide
Pogo-Pin Guide
Solderless X2.x lite or pro install with chameleon adaptor
Xecuter2.x PRO switches guide
"STEMS Method" for installing X2 Lite & Soldering for Dummies
The n00B's guide to Xecuter2.2 Lite Flashing with Lite Programmer
Xecuter Programmer 2.x fix for Xecuter2.3 Lite/LitePlus modchip
X2lite Switch and Lights Mod
Quik-Tutorial for making custom switch using X2.1/2.2/2.3 lite
X2 Pro Incognito Case Mod
X2Pro switches case mod
How to install a modchip switch without drilling your Xbox
How to install toggle switches on Xecuter2 Lite
Xecuter 2.x switches on back of Xbox
X-Chip guides
Soldesless adaptor manual
X-Control manual
SmartXX guides
Short installation manual
Quick Solder manual
PinHeader manual
Xbox v1.6 Install manual
SmartXX-OS manual
Xenium guides
XeniumOS v1.1 manual
XeniumOS v2.0 manual
Quick Solder manual
PinHeader manual
Xbox v1.6 Install manual
Solderless adaptor manual
XBox Disassembly manual
Creating a Xenium Bios CD
d0 pin header adaptor
X-BIT guides
Pogo-Pin Guide
Header-Pin Guide
Wires Guide
Matrix/Xodus guides
Installation Manual
Programmer Manual
Matrix external SPST pushbutton switches with switch indicators and mode indicators
Matrix Enable/Disable Switch
The Matrix/Xodus noob guide
Matrix (Xodus) A-Z Guide
Full Guide To Install Xodus/Matrix & setup EvolutionX
USB Powered Xodus Programmer
Adding Mod Chip Enable/Disable and BIOS Flash ROM Write Enable/Disable Switches To Your XBox
Bolt the Matrix/Xodus on motherboard if your original screw is broken
Chameleon v1.x guides
Xodus (Chameleon) Solderless Adaptor Modifications for use on XBOX v1.5
Chameleon enable/disable light for Live
How to Use the Expansion Port on a Chameleon for External Switches
OpenXbox/PC-Bioxx/Nitroxx guides
Installation guide
PC-bioxx/Openxbox bank switch
Cheapmod (gen3b) guides
Milksop Project - reprogram TSOP flash using a TSOP test clip with no soldering and in under 45 seconds
Build your own homebrew LPC mod
Build your own homebrew LPC mod Flasher
How to make a cheapmod from a preprogrammed sst29lf020
Tightmod tutorial (Cheapmod for xbox v1.3+ with alternative LFRAME)
Write Protection For Cheap Lpc Mods
Cheapmod write protect/enable switch or how to allow flashing cheapmods
Homebrew dual bios idiot-proof modchip
Cheapmod with 2x 256kb banks and auto switching
LFRAME for v1.3 and up Xbox
Homebrew modchips (gen1) guides
Homebrew installation diagrams
Build Xbox Homebrew Modchip with PC motherboard
Wiring Instructions for setting up a Flashrom (512k) to enable flashing AND dual Bios
How to flash a homebrew directly from evolutionx dashboard
Install 2 different BIOS versions on 1 homebrew modchip
Adding switches for a multibios modification
Adding Mod Chip Enable/Disable and BIOS Flash ROM Write Enable/Disable Switches To Your XBox
Disable & Multibios switch in 1
Flash a BIOS chip with a ISA-card
Guides for other modchips
Installation guides for all modchips
Chameleon solderless adapter to X2.x or any LPC modchip
Upgrading your Xbox BIOS on a non-upgradable modchip
General repair guides
Fix Trace Tutorial Without Solder
Restoring your original EEPROM
Simple Tutorial on How to Fix Broken Traces
How to fix FCC/FFC cables
Exploits/Softmod Guides
SoftModding for Absolute Beginners
Checklists For Fonts/audio Exploits And Pbl, Check this before asking questions
Hotswapping Tips, Having trouble Hotswapping...?
Hotswap FAQ
Xboxhdm For Dummies, hdd rebuild, restore, upgrade ..so on
Guide To Bigger Hdd With Software Exploits Only
Installing New Hd On Softmodded Box, w/o XLinux/HDDriver.
UDE2 Guide To Kernels 3944 - 5838
Tutorial For Phoenix With Audio Hack
Basic Audio Exploit Tutorial
Audio Exploit Installer/remover
GameSave Exploit with Splinter Cell
How to Build Your Own BFM Bios
MA/007 with Phoenix BIOS loader Tutorial
Audio Exploit Tutorial Using MechAssault For N00bs
Lotmr's all-inclusive guide to the Audio Exploit
Phoenix with audio hack tutorial
Tutorial for font/audio exploit
How to Mod your Xbox without modchip (proven front-hack method)
Complete Tutorial to install the Bert and Ernie Reloaded Fonts and the Phoenix Bios Loader (With a working MS Dash)
The Complete No Modchip Guide To Fully Unlock Your Microsoft Xbox Using Exploits
Install font exploit on unmodded by hotswapping HD with modded xbox
Hot swap, backup their xbox hard drive, save their xbox’s hard drive password, use the Bert_is_Cheating_on_Ernie_-_The_Pheonix_Project to run linux, and install Shallax’s Gentoox
Xbox Hot Swap Evox/install Guide - Updated!
Complete Walkthrough of the gamesave hack
From Modchip To Unmodded Xbox Using The Audio Exploit
Easy-to-do HD upgrade for a nochip Xbox (You need to borrow an XBOX WITH a chip)
Installing a larger hard drive on an unmodded Xbox
Guide To Bigger Hdd With Software Exploits Only
LBA48 (137+) with phoenix Bios Loader 1.3
Plain English Free-x/evox Tutorial
The Final Tutorial For St.db Audio Exploit
How to link the MS dashboard from Evox after installing the XTF exploit
How To Boot Original Dash with XTF exploit
Guide To Installing Free-x/evox Using Xlinux
Xbox Linux on Unmodded Xbox / Xbox Linux without Modchip
Technical Analysis of 007: AUF save game hack
Xbox Hardware Addons/Modifications Guides
DVD-drive modifications
Connect a normal PC DVD-drive on your Xbox
Connect a normal PC DVD-drive on your Xbox(2)
Add a second PC DVD-ROM with switch selection
HD-BURN (High Density Burn) drive on Xbox
Xbox pot tweaking tutorial for Thomson drive
Xbox pot tweaking tutorial for Thomson drive2
Xbox pot tweaking tutorial for Philips drive
Xbox pot tweaking tutorial for Philips drive2
Samsung 616t replacement DVD drive tutorial (by ameasey(XBH))
Samsung 616t replacement DVD drive tutorial (by xovationx(XBH))
Modify Samsung Sd-616t For Dvd Replacement
Replacing the Xbox DVDROM drive with a Sony DDU1612
How to replace your Xbox DVD drive with a model 616T Samsung DVD-rom drive
Complete tutorial for Xbox DVD-ROM Replacement using SamSung SD-616T
Detailed Samsung SD-616T or SD-616F drive replacement tutorial
Making Your Modded SD-616F/T Fit Inside The Xbox Case
Connecting a LG DRD-8160B as a replacement DVD-Rom, with full functionality
Full Xbox DVD replacement for Pioneer 500M (with xbox eject)
HDD modifications
How to get the extra 2 gigz from your original xbox HD
How to swap HD with EvolutionX
Format a new HD through FTP
External HDD Mod Tutorial
Installing a removable IDE drive bay for your Xbox
The XDisc tutorial (multiple hard disks in an external case)
How to connect 3hdd's and 1PC dvdrom (in suplement of the original)
Project 411GB : add switch for 4 harddrives
Adding an Extra Harddrive and Switch to Your Xbox
2 HDDs with switch using "Doudou40"'s method
3 Devices (2 DVD's and 1 HD) on ONE IDE cable with a drive selector switch
No Modchip Hdd Replacement Tutorial
How To Recover A Locked Hard Drive Without Password (From a Dead Motherboard)
Xbox to Xbox harddisk hot swap
Add extra connectors to an IDE cable
Xbox SCSI tutorial + add extra DVDROM
Easy way to make Xbox HDD external
Xbox dongle modifications
How to hardwire your DVD dongle into your Xbox
How to connect a dvd dongle inside the Xbox
DVD Dongle - IR signal led
DVD Module - IR signal LED2
Case modifications/painting
Indepth painting Xbox tutorial
Process of chroming (spray painting) your xbox
2 Color Xbox Paintjob Guide
xbox-...pc case mod
Install a PC in the Xbox case
Creating a dual boot environment for the xbox
Switches and RF mods
Cheaper and Easier XBox RF (Radio Frequency) Remote Power On/Off Mod
IR Remote power on/off
Easiest way to have wireless on/off switch for your XBOX and without opening the Xbox
Guide On External Detachable Power Switch
Adding a Power Button to an Xbox controller
Cold boot your xbox from your controller
Xbox reset/eject/power controller switch
Install a reset switch in the Xbox Game Controller
Controller Power Switch
Make your power button eject the cd and the eject button turn on the Xbox
ON/OFF switch on xlive communicator adaptor
Memory card reset switch
Add LEDs/Lights to Xbox/Controller
Roll Your own Neon
The easiest way to turn your green led to red (without taking off the front panel)
Xbox with red light
Making your Xbox power led light red instead of green
Front led tutorial: green to red
Make your xbox power LED half green half red
Lan link LED
Adding LED's to Madcatz Micron Controller
Enlightened S-Controller Buttons
Better S Controller LED Install Tutorial
Adding LED's to the controller ports without drilling holes and hot glue
Add lights under the xbox logo on the controller
How to Add Lights to Your Xbox Controller
How to make the controller plug glow
How To Light Up Your Controller Dongle
Add A light Bar
Adding a blinking HDD-LED to the Xbox
Quick and Easy HDD Blinking LED for XBOX Case
Easy and simplest way to get an external HDD LED light that won't damage your xbox (if you go wrong all items easily replaceable)
Jewel hdd activity meter
Xbox Amber Eject light- Hardrive activity mod
Eject Light Mod Status Indicator Mod
Enable/disable LED for X-ecuter2.0
Controller port led mod
Controller Port LEDs without modifying the yellow wire or any controller
Controller Port LED's
Xbox "S" Controller LED installation
XBOX HDD LED Mod
External Matrix Switches With Front LED Indicators
Jewel modifications
Xbox jewel sanding and polishing Guide
Clear Xbox jewel without sanding
Easier clear jewel tutorial
Clear Jewel while watching your TV
Remove Jewel with Goo Gone
Installing XBOX Jewel LED’s
Fast and easy lighted Jewel Mod
Darkness Reactive Jewel Light
The Spinning Jewel
Ultimate jewel mod
A super easy way to remove the Tape on the backside of the Xbox Jewel
Making Xbox jewel light up with LED fan lights
Add a cold cathode to your jewel
Extra Cooling and Silent-mods
How to make the Xbox silent
Turning the v1.0 Xbox Silent
Is noise spelled with an X?
Cork inside - Another step to make the Xbox more silent
Controlling the noise and temperature of your Xbox
Vantec Stealth Case Fan Upgrade
Cooling Fan Tutorial
How to Increase Your Xbox's Fan Speed aka 12v Fan Mod
Fan Speed Selection
How to Install a Fan under Hard Drive
A Way To Cool The Xbox Harddrive
Upgrading Xbox Fan to 80mm fan
How to install a 80mm fan in your Xbox
How To Install A Fan Warning System In Your XBOX
Upgrade the CPU and GPU Thermal
Water Cooling the Xbox
Add USB connections
XBOX Rear USB mod
Adding Two USB sockets to your XBOX
Easily add a USB port to your Xbox
U.S.B connectors to the front panel
Fitting a standard USB socket to an Xbox
XBOX USB-mini-HUB
How to wire up a belkin USB hub
How to Make an Xbox to USB Cable That Still Works on Your Xbox and Doesn't Look Like Ass
How to Make a USB cable for your xbox and a Controller cable for your PC
XBOX USB Wiring Guide
How to make an USB cable for Xbox
How to add 2 USB ports to a Joytech XBOX controller
How to attach a USB connector to a Xbox controller
Fixing your USB Daughter board Part2
Add special Outputs and Cables
Xbox VGA-cable tutorial
Adding a digital output to your Xbox
Adding coaxial digital AND Toslink (fiber optic) outputs to Xbox
Adding SPDIF Audio Output to the Xbox
XBOX S-Video + SPDIF mod
Guide to Modding your XBOX for advanced A/V
Adding Digital SP-DIF to Advanced A/V pack
PSU modifications
Replacing a Blown Xbox Fuse
Guide To A Dead Power Supply Fuse Replacement
Use v1.0/v1.1 PSU for v1.2/1.3 console
Other Hardware modifications
Change the LPC capacitor
How to make a crossover cable
Internal Wireless XBOX Keyboard and Integrated Mouse MOD - Solderless
Adding an amiga joystick connector to your XBOX gamepad
Xbox communicator splitter
How to make your LIVE KIT work through speakers
How to connect 2 Xbox Headsets to one Xbox Communicator
Controller Problems and some Remedies
S-type controller ubber comfort mod
Build an Xshok Controller
Resurrecting a damaged v1.6 motherboard
Homemade Action Replay
Backup Guides
ISO Handling
Create an ISO with Qwix in 10 easy steps
Craxtion guide
SimpleX ISO guide
Qwix ISO COmpile + Nero Burning Tutorial
How to create a Multigame DVD for X-Box using Craxtion 2.4
The Complete Guide to Producing, Extracting, and Burning XBOX ISO Image Files
How to create an Xbox iso file (several programs)
xISO and Burning with Mac OS X and the XBOX
Burning Guide
Burn ISOs with PrimoDVD
Burn ISOs with Nero 4.x/5.x
Burn files to disk for Xbox with Ahead Nero6
Guide to making Multi Game Xbox DVDs
Homebrew Software Guides
MediaPlayers
XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) manual/guide
How to Install Xlink Kai Evo Vll and Integrate it with XBMC
How Do I Make Xbmc My Dashboard?
Guides For Xp Sharing And Setting Up SMB fro XBMC, For both the beginner and the Pro
XboxMediaPlayer (XBMP) manual/guide
Installing XBMP (Upgrading to a CVS Release) and Configuring ccxstream for Win32
How to get XBMP to work with Relax
Relax guide1
RelaX guide2
10 Step Concise XBMP and Relax Setup Guide
Setup bxStream for XBMP
File Managers
BoxExplorer user guide
How to copy an xbox game to your hard drive from a DVD using boxplorer launched from evolutionx
EvolutionX
Telnet/FTP commands
Basic Guide To Setting Up Evolution-X Dashboard
The Complete Guide to Setting Up Evox.ini
How to Get Evox to work on a CD with a “Dummy File”
How to Backup Original With Evolution-X Dashboard
Making a backup under Mac OS X
Simple way to install games and apps to the xbox hard drive
Basic overview of installing an application or game to your xbox hard drive and how to run it
Creating CRC's of your different BIOS's for EvolutionX 1.8.2594 INI
Restore EvoX if Xbox doesn't want to boot again
How to get the extra 2 gigz from your original xbox HD
How to swap HD with EvolutionX
Format a new HD through FTP
Use Evolution X to play multi game CDs/DVDs
How to auto-launch MS Xbox DVD player from Evo-X
Avalaunch
Avalaunch FAQ
Avalaunch Manual
HOWTO: Make Avalaunch your dashboard without flashing your BIOS
Copying from one Xbox to another Xbox Without a PC
MediaXMenu
What is Media X Menu (MXM)?
How to Install
Create and Use an MXM.XML
Create and Use a Menu.XML
Adding Videos/Images to your MXM Experience
Adding Skins to your MXM Experience
How to Use MXM
How to make an MXM-skin from a MenuX-skin
tHc LITE
Learning LITE
config.xbx explained
UnleashX skin-swapper
tHc Original
Complete noob guide, with pictures!
First time setup of dash
Gcues True Blue Dashboard Tutorial For N00bs
Making your TRUE BLUE dash amazing!
Getting tHc working on E: and F:
Skinning your orb
tHc Dash skinning 101
BlackStormX
BlackStormX Installation Tutorial
Change the Menu Highlight Color
BSX Skinning Guide
Other Dashboards
How to install more then 1 game on 1 disc using MenuX
Emulators
XSnes9x FAQ
X-Bochs FAQ guide
PCSXBox bin/cue Tutorial
EEPROMS tools
Updating your EEPROM using Configmagic
Guide to changing your Xbox’s EEPROM with EEPromer
Xbox Linux Guides
Gentoox tutorials
Team Xbox-Linux tutorials
Using Gentoo Linux for the XBox to share drives
How to use IceWM instead of KDE at Startup in Gentoox
Preparing the Xbox for Linux FAQ
How to Create a Counter-Strike Server on Linux
Stream media to your Xbox from a Linux server
Getting Windows 98 running in Gentoox under Bochs in 36 easy steps
This is a guide to get your Xbox controller working under linux
How to view a remote X session running on Xbox Linux from your PC using Cygwin/XFree86
Tunneling a remote X session through SSH on Win32
Xbox LIVE Guides
How to play on Xbox Live with a modded Xbox
Prevent Xbox Live Banning
Xbox Live Game Guide
Xbox System Link Guide
How to make my modded Xbox safe for Xbox LIVE if bios only boots xboxdash.xbe
How to get xbox live content, and use it on your other machines
Xbox Game Mods Guides
Use Custom Music in WWF Raw
Splitting SEGA GT 2002 and JSRF Bundle Disk
Morrowind mods for Xbox Morrowind GOTY
Tutorial to Change the Menu Background Music on Counter-Strike
Halomods tutorials for modding Hale
Hacking Halo maps manually (with hex editor)
Flying warthog and other vehicles in Halo (English PAL)
How To Hack Sega GT 2002 To Allow It To Accept Hacked Game Save Files
PC/MAC/Linux Guides
Networking Tutorials
Full guide to network your Xbox: FTP'ing to your xbox and more
Connecting a Xbox to a PC with a HUB
Basic Networking (how to connect your PC with the Xbox)
How to MAP XBOX Drives Accessible in Windows Explorer with Windows2000
How to MAP XBOX Drives Accessible in Windows Explorer with Windows XP
Speed up your PC -> XBOX connection
Network using 2 network cards
PC and Xbox Configuration to FTP to your box
How to switch between 2 network configurations
PC/Mac/Others Utils
Evox Skinner FAQ
How to edit bios with XBTool
How to Change the Microsoft under the xbox logo on boot
Manually Change the name of a game in in Evox or NeXgen
Transfer files between 2 XBox's using a HUB/Router and FlashFXP
How to copy savegames
FTP to your xbox using Internet Explorer
How To Properly Run A Mixed Region Games Collection On A PAL XBOX
Xbox Developers Guides
Making a Debug XDK the Easy Way
Convert your normal XBox into a development machine
The "underground" guide to Setting up the Xbox XDK
Convert your Retail xbox to Debug xbox with Dashboard XDK 4627
How to install XDK debug dashboard to your retail Xbox? (and still be able to play games)
Downsampling Movie Files for Game Backups
Re-Linking Tutorial
Complete Guide To Re-Linking a Xbox Game
Make your own intro movies
Make your own intro movies2
Introduction to Bios Hacking
How to Use the XDK in a network
How to use the XDK to run DVD movies
How to use the XDK to play a game
Other Guides
XBOX error codes explained
Meanings of Red/Orange/Green flashing leds on Xbox
From Xbox DVD to PC HDD to DivX
How to take screenshots and video captures for newbies
Fixing flashing red/orange tutorial
Fastest way to transfer files between two XBOX Consoles using FXP
Understand Hex (Hexadecimal) and Binary Code
Guide to Using #Xbins
Making Saves Action Replay Compatible
How to change your Xbox name using WinHEX
How to clone a hard drive for Backup or use in another XBOX
How to unlock your Xbox HD on a PC and use it afterwards as HD for your PC
Old/Outdated Guides
Beginners/General
Complete Newbie Guide After Chipping
Xbox Scene Dictionary
Xbox Live
How to fix Error 21 by removing Xbox Live from your Xbox
Change Your Serial & Restore your EEPROM (which restores your serial) even if you messed it up by flashing it with pixel8’s blank eeprom
Homebrew
XboxMediaPlayer 2.4 guide
Xbox Mediaplayer 2.x manual
Xbox Media Player 1.xx HowTo
Yamp FAQ
Backup
How to create an Xbox iso file
How to extract an Xbox iso file
EvolutionX
EvolutionX FAQ
How to setup Evolution-X with bios that boots ybox/evoxdash.xbe
EvolutionX for Dummies
Basic Guide To Setting Up Evolution-X v1.8.458 Dashboard
Life With XBOX After You Installed a Modchip
Installing EvolutionX without linking to a PC
How to swap HD with EvolutionX v1.8.458
Locking a replacement Hard Disk for the Xbox
How to link to original dashboard from EvoXdashboard
Xbox Linux
How to Install Linux on your XBOX, Boot it from EVOX menu and keep the contents of your F Drive
How to install Debian Linux using Ed's Live CD 0.0.9
How To Instal Linux Debian On Xbox