Original Xbox Tricks - Part 1 - Softmodding

[JarHead]

Man, I used to watch this video a long time ago, dreaming that I could eventually get an original Xbox. Things have changed a lot since then.

(Yes, I did get my Xbox about a year ago)

[awesomeunsc]

Aww, good memories. Especially that awesome boot up animation. Way better than today's for sure.

[su-isbetterthanjagdpant]

Xbox original is just so magical, so mysterious.

[tonyf]

It doesn't seem to matter what appears of video's like this, whatever the subject, you'll always get some moaner wanting to do it down, 'it's old hat' etc, why bother? Well there many late to the game and many other tutorials are difficult to follow for one reason or another, or simply too annoying. So, shut up with the negative vibes, these are brilliantly displayed, simple to follow videos, with actual links that work. So personally, many thanks for all your efforts, I see there are comments relatively recently, hence why I have added mine, great stuff (especially when the camera was stabilized) just joking, but I found them really helpful and I'll set about working on the 3 or 4 consoles I picked up on ebay for peanuts - good work my friend and good luck

[IRONMAIDENFAN]

Lol I miss my Xbox. My dad bought it for me for my 7th birthday... About 11 years ago.
I loved that thing.

When I was about 13, sometime around 2010-11, I softmodded my Xbox and even upgraded to a 40GB HDD. However, for some reason, the Ethernet port got damaged and the orange LED would stay on even though there was no cable plugged in. I couldn't load games through FTP since i couldn't connect it to my network.

I ultimately just left it there to collect dust, and got rid of it about 2 years ago. I kind of regret doing that, but it didn't really work anymore.

I also remember about the HDD and Motherboard key. Oh, how I hated that thing. We spent an entire Summer trying to build an EEPROM reader and getting the correct dash files.

[rozelnox]

Sexiest dashboard ever done in history.

[SoundboundOfficial]

Whoa, I just checked out the automatic captions, it's hilarious :D

[RaysGamingChannel]

The platinum Hits version of splinter cell works for Softmodding your original Xbox

[Tony-Waldron]

Great video, you made it very clear how to do the softmod.

I thought I should mention though that you should never place a disc down with the label side down unless you have applied a protector to your disc Once the label is scratched the whole disc becomes useless, but if you place it shiny side down and scratch it you can almost always have the scratch polished out and restore the disc.

Thanks for the video, 5 stars

[shaggysmurf]

A little tip for those having problems finding a compatible usb: try getting a hold of a microsd memory stick, and connect it to the dongle via a microsd to usb adaptor. It will be a lot cheaper and easier to get a hold of the adapter and an old microsd than an older usb flash drive (as probably mentioned, newer flash drives don't seem very xbox friendly). I'll reply to this comment if something comes up.

[burgr]

13:05 "spoon yourself DVD" LOL

[pixelatednate]

back when there were cool boot screens, and no RROD

[glecas]

I really like your tutorials! Nice work and thank you for taking your time to do these videos.

[OddworldCrash]

It's really easy to softmod the xbox. There are tons of tutorials out there.
The trickiest part is finding a compatible USB stick. Had to buy a San Disk Cruzer Blade, because all of my USB sticks weren't compatible.

[benistingray]

Thanks for the tutorial! Still worked well in 2018 and i got it running at the first try! I was also lucky twice, the Xbox i got was already on dashboard 5960 and the first USB stick i tried that i already had lying around worked for me so i ordered 3 more USB sticks on Amazon for no reason lol.
Next step for me will be to get a bigger HDD working so i have enough room for games. Thanks again and have fun playing around everyone ;)

[RetroZwierz]

I can confirm, that this still works in 2017. There are some small issues with Xplorer360 on Windows 10, but it's easy to solve by downloading and copying msvcr71.dll into Xplorer360 folder/location

[johnnyblaze]

Nice dude I love OG Xbox videos. Regret selling mine but I love my 360 playing games like JSRF cannot be beaten.

[DailyNytemare]

Got a NEAR MINT, barely used Xbox with owner's manuals and 4 controllers on craigslist for $50 today! I'm probably going to do this, looks fun, thanks for the vid! Something recent :)

[whatifindinteresting]

Best tutorial of this process online for sure. Worked for me.

[brownskinbro]

BEST INSTRUCTION YET :) will try this tomorrow