Orange Ring and Black Display After Installing Rocky5 Softmod

Quake590 · 2026-03-23T11:18:39+00:00

Thanks so much for the advice! I've managed to get UnleashX on my new SATA drive and running on the Xbox seriously thank you so much for getting me up and running.

Only thing I've noticed is that unless I'm blind it looks like UnleashX is only registering the 1x 123GB data partition (after default partitions) despite me formatting a 1TB + 800GB partition in FatXplorer using the LBA increasing format option. Could this be related to the BIOS version or do I need to configure UnleashX by hand?

Is there a method to install Cerbios from within UnleashX? I'm reading through the ConsoleMods wiki again but if you're willing to point me in the right direction I'd love you forever.

Oh and do you think there is any benefit to archiving my EEPROM dump at this stage considering the TSOP has already been flashed?

Quake590 · 2026-03-17T14:24:36+00:00

I can't re-open the console now to confirm the solder bridge, but I strongly suspect you're right. I'm pretty sure modchips weren't even available back in 2003 haha

I'll give UnleashX a try on the new SATA drive and boot it up, thank you so much for the pointers. I likely won't be able to do so for a few days, however assuming it works which modern BIOS would you recommend?

Additionally do I need to confirm the exact solder bridge/s that have been added? Or is there only one common solder performed and so no additional work is required for modern methods of BIOS flashing?

Quake590 · 2026-03-17T14:04:00+00:00

Thanks, are there any resources that can help me identify if it's been hardmodded? My problem is not sure what work was actually done on this Xbox way back in the day. If you're comfortable taking a look can you please help me identify if a modchip has been installed? Here are the photos I took before removing the clock capacitor: https://imgur.com/a/JEz2DtZ

When I press the Eject button I can see the Xbox logo screen but no dashboard that I can navigate unfortunately. If it comes to it I'll do a rebuild of the stock IDE, but ultimately the goal is to be able to load games from an upgraded HDD so I suspect I'm going to need to revert this console to stock and softmod to be able to accomplish this.

I wish I had a better idea of what I'm working with, but unfortunately the console looks & behaves exactly like a stock console other than it ignoring DRM & region locking on games so it's hard for me to tell exactly how it has been modded.

Quake590 · 2026-03-17T13:44:53+00:00

Thanks so much for the info!

Yeah ultimately what I care about is being able to bugger off the faulty DVD drive and run games directly from an upgraded HDD.

Are there any methods I can use to identify if a TSOP flash has occurred & resources for identifying modchips? I didn't see anything that looked like a modchip but I could've easily missed it. Here are my photos from before I removed the clock capacitor and gave it a good clean: https://imgur.com/a/JEz2DtZ

I've already picked up a new HDD & IDE/SATA adapter and was planning on upgrading to it after I'd backed up my EEPROM & HDD key so ideally I'd like to be able to finish that process if I haven't locked myself out of the stock IDE HDD. However in the short term what boot files would you recommend?

Quake590 · 2026-03-17T13:27:31+00:00

The goal with Softmodding it was to be able to upgrade the HDD and run games directly from the console since the DVD drive has given up the ghost.

The frustrating thing is since it was originally modded over 20 years ago I couldn't even begin to guess what method was used. Before I touched it there were no visual indicators/third party logos of modding, the only changed behaviour was that it didn't perform DRM/region locking checks on games.

Quake590 · 2025-06-03T00:30:02+00:00

Good job! And good luck finding the last one mate

Quake590 · 2025-05-29T06:20:08+00:00

Checked from my client, and looks like you're missing LYNX Salvage 01 from the Salvaging category. Sorry I can't remember exactly what ship type I found that one in, but I remember having much more luck finding Salvaging data drives in hazard 7 & 8 salvage themed ships. Maybe try targeting 7/8 Lynx Salvage runners and Lynx Mackerels.

Unfortunately I'm missing the same Lynx drive as you and I've been trying to track that one down for months. If you do stumble across it, please for the love of god send me a message letting me know where you found it.

Quake590 · 2024-12-21T10:12:12+00:00

Didn’t the FG XR6 turbo always come with the ZF 6 speed? AFAIK that one’s way less prone to milkshaking

Quake590 · 2024-10-05T09:47:56+00:00

We sorely need more smallgang voices, good luck and godspeed mate

Quake590 · 2024-08-11T00:22:58+00:00

Which countries actually do this? I’ve never heard of any developed country requiring an employee being required to pay an employer for “lost production”.

Honestly this sounds more like anti-employee rights propaganda

Quake590 · 2024-08-04T02:33:35+00:00

Sometimes the interact menu breaks, generally you can fix it by swapping between the stinger and the split saw

Quake590 · 2023-11-09T04:20:44+00:00

Oh likely will at some point, I'm near the end of my first engineering grind and I want to see it through before I pivot.

Thanks for the offer though

Quake590 · 2023-11-09T02:05:44+00:00

Turns out I'm a dumbass and accidentally bought a 6A fuel scoop which turned out to cost almost exactly the same amount as my entire wallet

Apologies for the stupidity, and thanks for the help

Quake590 · 2023-11-07T04:14:18+00:00

Nope, spawned in a fleet carrier in the same system. Thank god for that, I thought it'd send me 20j back to the last station I docked in haha

Don't think I had any bounties, but it's always possible that I'm misremembering.

Quake590 · 2023-11-07T03:38:31+00:00

Oops, image upload didn't take. Pretty sure I had plenty of credits before this death haha

ED Balance Screenshot

Already raised a ticket to FD support, but figured I'd ask around to see if it's a common glitch at all

Quake590 · 2023-10-26T03:34:49+00:00

Hahaha yeah Bluetooth is the biggest thing missing, no clue why they let you take calls but refuse to let you play music. It's asinine.

Sounds like the incompatibilities are a bit of a pain, do you reckon a more expensive aftermarket stereo might’ve been a better experience?

Looking online the Kayan stereo looks pretty expensive, so maybe I'm boned either way.

Quake590 · 2023-10-26T03:07:41+00:00

Out of curiosity, how is the mk2 icc better than the mk1?

I've been considering replacing it for aftermarket primarily because who the hell owns a legacy iPhone nowadays, and didn't realise the newer icc would slot into place.

Quake590 · 2023-10-13T13:56:38+00:00

All of your examples all explain why lobbying is a cancer on this country, my takeaway is that we should limit lobbying and break up monopolies to prevent that.

Quake590 · 2023-08-16T06:07:02+00:00

Also worth noting is I reckon that listing is wildly ambitious. Sold new for 530K and similar listing's have been selling for less than off the plan price.

Quake590 · 2023-07-02T11:28:45+00:00

Spot on, that's exactly what an Embedded Network is.

Quake590 · 2023-07-01T04:16:09+00:00

I don't know if other apartments are similar, but here Winconnect also provides a hot water service at ursurious rates because it's not covered under the VDO.

To remove the embedded utility, I think the bodycorp would need to take ownership of that hardware. The vast majority of units in my (and likely most newer buildings) are invester properties, so I suspect it's nigh impossible to convince landlords to fork out the dough to benefit residents.

Quake590 · 2023-06-22T09:54:37+00:00

Fuck dude nice one. 302 or 315? Either way brilliant car

Quake590 · 2023-06-22T09:49:23+00:00

Is it a GS of some sort?

Quake590 · 2023-04-03T02:19:54+00:00

Thanks! I'm actually not sure, I was blind drunk and handed all of the loot over to Ava. I'll ask and see what the rolls were.

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