Reading the original XBox eeprom in the modern age.

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I just made these eeprom toolset batch scripts over the past few days. Including the .uf2 in case it becomes unavailable in the future.
It is also included in both of these eeprom toolsets but it's easy to just grab & flash it. Also included a diagrams sub-folder to show pinouts, a Github menu to link you directly to the projects and a list of available options to use the same script with to get your eeprom.
Yes, I know, it was always a pretty easy process to get your eeprom through a serial reader through PonyProg, I actually wrote two Instructables about it a decade ago. But the convenience of these new methods are much welcome. Especially considering many PCs don't have a serial connection these days.
(Instructables previously written)
www.instructables.com/XBox-EE...
www.instructables.com/XBox-EE...
With this method, run the installer portion of the program first. This will install Python then pyserial & wxPython prerequisites. After that, just run the eeprom toolset of your choice. One version makes a copy of the eeprom every step of the way to ensure you don't accidently overwrite your original file. These are all written to the desktop.
UPDATE:
Added the Arduino Nano to the downloads section, along with Carlos from Retro Upgrade's fix & diagram.
How does it work?
After the prerequisites are installed and the program script is opened, power on the console, put the wires in place as shown in the photo and follow the on screen instructions.
Note: adding the wires before powering on the console may cause it to spin the fan loudly and shut down after 10-15 seconds. This is normal. Just power it on first and then add your wires to the designated areas. The USB to reader can remain plugged in the entire time.
Once you've successfully read your key, you can make yourself a new harddrive by downloading FATXplorer (free trial for 7 days) and adding the MSDASH to the C partition and softmod files to the E partition, whatever else to the F partition, etc.
After you're done building, remember to visit the security tab and lock the drive with the hdd harddrive key from the extracted eeprom or add a personal password after this has been set up.
And that's it!
BIG thanks to grimdoomer, Ryzee119, maxpower5544 for making their code available to the community! Also thanks to Carlos from Retro Upgrade here on RU-vid for pointing out the flaw in the ArduinoProm code while working with the Nano and providing a diagram of the pinout. Check out his video here for the changes he made to make it work: • Part 2: The EPIC Concl...
Eaton-works is also pretty awesome and I encourage everyone to buy a software license for FATXplorer if they plan on messing with at least a few of these consoles. Totally worth it. This is very awesome to me still, being that I used to have to boot an old desktop into custom made images of the smallest possible version of slax I could put together just to get lock or unlock the drive and add files. This was hit or miss back then, depending on if the hardware detected the drive while booting up or if it were even capable of it. The old XBoxHDM on CD then later, the USB version that was extremely buggy. Thankfully, those days are long gone.
Note: This .exe was compressed with WinRar, so if you're having trouble opening it, you can always right-click and extract it as if it were just a .zip then load the PicoProm Toolset.bat (or view the code by dragging the extracted .bat into a text editor if you're paranoid and whatnot.)
Also, master801 for sharing the .uf2 [that he apparently acquired from Fringle on GBATemp?] in this thread here:
/ yes_this_works_eeprom_...
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DOWNLOADS
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Eeprom Toolset:
www.mediafire.com/file/x37q74...
Eeprom Toolset (with Constant Backups)
www.mediafire.com/file/uyebdh...
LiveInfo
www.mediafire.com/file/q21enq...
PicoPi .uf2 (You can actually press an option in the program as shown in the video to copy this directly to the desktop from the script itself instead of downloading it separately here)
www.mediafire.com/file/iv3c9u...
FATXplorer
fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/do...
PROJECTS
PiProm (Raspberry Pi)
github.com/grimdoomer/PiPROM
ArduinoProm (Micro, Uno)
github.com/Ryzee119/ArduinoProm
Pico-ogxbox-eepromdumper (Pico Pi)
github.com/maxpower5544/Pico-...
Xbox-EEPROM-Utility (ESP32, ESP8266)
github.com/dx4m/Xbox-EEPROM-U...
picoPromSD (Standalone)
github.com/dtomcat/picoPromSD

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@RetroUpgrade 4 месяца назад

Hi mate cool channel , you got your self a new sub :) and thanks for the mention appreciated. keep up the good work 😀

@androxilogin 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your work with the Nano! It was interesting to see how you used ChatGPT to help out.

@xzhonaramon4196 2 месяца назад

I just cleaned up and tested a Xbox I got locally. It's from 2001, has a HDD or optical drive from 05 can't remember rn. Anyways I want to soft/hardmod it. But firstly.backup everything sort of a big project but can't wait. Was wondering your thoughts and input on a route to take. Personally I like unleashX dashboard. Just don't want anything to go wrong .I also want to dev a Java program to make things easier and better UI. Lmk. Discord???

@androxilogin 2 месяца назад

I'm not here to tell people how to do things, but if you're doing a softmod, Cerbios BFM is recommended since you can get bigger harddrive support and use images such as .iso and .cci. www.xbox-scene.info/forums/topic/420-dl-ogxbox-cerbios-bfm-usb-softmod-installer-1fichier-mega/ If you're looking for a 'chip' solution, same Cerbios, but check out Modxo on the Pico Pi. github.com/shalxmva/modxo Dashboard all comes down to personal preference.

@jlockham18 2 месяца назад

When I try this all I get is an error "import serial ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'serial' The system cannot find the file specified. All the dependancies are installed

@androxilogin 2 месяца назад

What device are you trying to use. Sounds like your drivers are not set up properly. Check its status in the Device Manager.

@jlockham18 2 месяца назад

@@androxilogin Im using the standard Pipico, it shows up as a "USB Serial Devive (COM12)" in device manager.

@androxilogin 2 месяца назад

@@jlockham18 Did you get the .uf2 written to the Pico? If so, it should be as easy as choosing the com port and reading. Make sure you don't have your wires backwards. It shouldn't cause any harm to your board, but it will cause it not to read. Sorry for taking soo long to respond. I read it and forgot about it.

@DaftKermitThePunk 3 месяца назад

im back baybeee, got me a raspberry pi pico now... but im having troubles again even with this, im seeing people say it won't work because its 3.3v -- going to try it a 2nd time but plugging it into the pc the LED didn't light up, but i did get a random txt file to pop open showing me it's version. But arduinoprom won't read it, and the sudo codes are for linux. -- im getting so confused and frustrated i took my raspberry pi 4 model b out of it's canakit case and found the pin outs for it, and should just be able to use the tutorial through that. Weird to think that little pi 4 is a whole computer with video output and power in. (still wanna figure it out with this pico pi though!!) ❤ going to rewatch your video 1000 times.

@androxilogin 3 месяца назад

Is this your first time messing with a raspberry pi pico? I'm confused; what is 3.3v? The Pico is 5v. As soon as you plug in the pico while holding the button, it should pop up as an empty storage device. You can drag and drop the .uf2 and it will program automatically. Not sure what you mean with the txt file. The Pico .uf2 can be found in the PicoProm Toolset in the description (open it; hit 5 then 5 again and it will copy to the desktop automatically). Good luck! I haven't tried it with a regular Pi since it's overkill for a project such as this.

@DaftKermitThePunk 3 месяца назад

@@androxilogin UF2 Bootloader v3.0 Model: Raspberry Pi RP2 Board-ID: RPI-RP2 is what popped up when i plugged it in and kept pressing the button and pressing and holding, ima do what you said. and yeah i bought the pi 4 for a pie hole but i won't worth with my isp so its been sitting around. 😆 thank you so much giving it a try again.

@DaftKermitThePunk 3 месяца назад

@@androxilogin eyyyy progress thank you :) dragged it on there and it refreshed as a com port dealio, ❤ im so happy

@DaftKermitThePunk 3 месяца назад

@@androxilogin Everytime i try to open the eeprom.bin i got using the tool, using liveinfo it says this is not a valid 1.0 / 1.1 or even 1.6 system the eeprom can't be decrypted, am i doing something wrong? when using the script i got this: "Saving EEPROM file to eeprom.bin Xbox Serial Number: b'UUUUUUUUUUUU' 1 file(s) copied." which looked weird to me. is there a different program i can use to try and open it? i re-read it 2 times and it say's it cant be decrypted.

@DaftKermitThePunk 3 месяца назад

@@androxilogin was able to read one of the eeproms, one of them was messed up, i screwed it up somehow trying the same thing with an arduino and the display stopped popping up, then the eeprom sayd "UUUUUUU" where i read another one, and got it, went in fatxplorer, set the password, did a new xbox partition dealio, when through all of that and i have and error 16 still on this one, should've just done it on one of my other ones, going to try again tomorrow with a better working system. Can you link or tell me how to put an original xbox OS on the hard drive when setting it up on the computer? do i go to the A drive and put files there? i have apps folder / skins folder / system folder / plash and xboxdash.xbe i think is at least xbmc4gamers but i don't think i put it on the F partition that is 2.72tb. Also when doing a fresh install through fatxplorer, is it not installing an OS onto the hdd so you can boot from...? you have to do that later somehow? just burned a cd but i think the system has to be soft modded first before itll read a burned cd. sorry for your time hope to understand it

@DaftKermitThePunk 4 месяца назад

Keep getting an error 07, hear the disk spin up then stop after making a few ticking noises, then that error. I want to switch out the HDD with a new one, im certain that the hdd is basically dead. But i can't turn it on past getting that error. Isn't there a way to have the xbox boot from a burned cd before it gets to that error screen about the HDD and get the HDD key from there? Just wanna save this xbox, switched it out with a differen't xbox HDD and it gave me an error 06, it read the HDD quick and gave me the error quickly. Now im here thinking maybe i can add a mod chip to the system and read it on the computer. So dumb how they locked it, now you can't add a different drive it this one dies. I could just plug this new 3tb HDD i got into my computer, then run fatxplorer and format it from on the desktop then put it in the xbox but that still wouldn't get my the hdd key. I have an already modded xbox with the eeprom back up and that HDD key, would i be able to use that system to pump out new HDD and just keep swaping them in and out of that xbox?

@DaftKermitThePunk 4 месяца назад

maybe this will work with my pi4, but ill have to take it out of the case, lame.

@androxilogin 4 месяца назад

@@DaftKermitThePunk It should work with the Pi 4 just fine but more work than one of these little microcontrollers. The eeprom and HDD key are specific to a single console. By the sounds of things, if it isn't clicking and clunking and depending on what you modded your console with, your master password may be TEAMASSEMBLY. With that, you could unlock your old harddrive in FATXplorer and hopefully recover your eeprom. Then put that through LiveInfo to find your HDD key and relock it appropriately after fixing whatever is wrong with your files (if anything). BUT if you're getting error 08 consistently now, try a different IDE ribbon. This could be your whole issue.

@DaftKermitThePunk 4 месяца назад

@@androxilogini haven't modded this system yet, i cleaned it up and turned it on for the disk error, thats how it was sold to me. Im going to buy a micro adruino and do it that way, kinda stinks but thats what i have to do i think. Just soldered on the 3 wires to the lpc on the board, just waiting for my paycheck to buy the arduino, hoping i set the drivers up correctly for it. thank you ❤

@androxilogin 4 месяца назад

@@DaftKermitThePunk No problem! At least they're cheap!

@alexonminecraft-pd5bt 2 месяца назад

Hi, I tried your method (with a pico) and I got the eeprom. I shut the console down and removed the wires, then I did it again to make sure it read the eeprom correctly but when I tried to do it again the console Fragged and now it just FRAGS (turns on, shuts off, turns on, shuts off, blinking red light) but if I connect the wire from my pico to ground on the port it sparks is that normal?

@androxilogin 2 месяца назад

It will often frag if you have the wires in the wrong place. You didn't write to the eeprom, did you? If so, just write the original back.

@alexonminecraft-pd5bt 2 месяца назад

Thank you for writing back, no I didn't write it. It frags even without the wires connected, can i still write/read the eeprom if it frags? Because it just says it can't find it and check connections. Have I broken something on the mainboard?

@androxilogin 2 месяца назад

@@alexonminecraft-pd5bt You should be able to write to it after it reaches the end of fragging. You should check your eeprom with LiveInfo. If all else fails and your eeprom is corrupt (and your harddrive isn't locked to that eeprom), you can download XEMU and have it generate a new eeprom (it does this on first boot if you don't supply one) and write that one on.

@alexonminecraft-pd5bt 19 часов назад

@@androxilogin Hi and thank you for your help, I was wrong it doesn't Frag, it flashes red and orange (and reboots twice), which from what I've read is a ram issue, so i probably accidentally shorted two pins.

@androxilogin 15 часов назад

@@alexonminecraft-pd5bt If not that, check location U6F1; the ADM1032 temp sensor seems to be malfunctioning or dead. The electrolytic undoubtedly reached it and caused a short or the corrosion is still there causing the same effect. I would let some white vinegar sit on the pins, then scrub it away with a toothbrush followed by cleaning it up with alcohol and reflowing the pins, if not replacing it.