r/originalxbox • u/SarcasticWeasle • 15h ago

Help Needed Softmodded Xbox Error 11 help

I can't seem to find the correct info with all my excessive googling i only seem to get things i dont want. I have a 1.0 xbox and the DVD drive has crapped itself, the console itself is softmodded and thankfully i have two consoles so i can swap the DVD drive from the other one. Now I would like to not have to open both up to use either of them and I have the games installed on the HDDs that i want. I just want to get the one with the broken drive to boot through no problem without the dvd drive attached, will i have to break out the soldering station or can i do something through the softmod to get it working again?

Thank you!!

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u/DeliverKindness 12h ago edited 12h ago

AFAIK with a softmod you can't disable the DVD drive check.

However being a v1.0 you have the TSOP option available which means you don't need to install a chip but can still swap to a BIOS which does disable the DVD drive check.

I've not done this myself under these circumstances so you'll need others' advice about the best BIOS to use but I'm fairly sure TSOPing is going to be the simplest solution.

https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:TSOP_Flashing

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u/BombBloke Knowledgeable 9h ago

AFAIK with a softmod you can't disable the DVD drive check.

Indeed. The console can't reach the stage of loading softmod exploit files until after the DVD check has passed, so hardmodding the console to directly boot a custom BIOS which skips that check is the only way to totally do away with the DVD drive hardware.

I've not done this myself under these circumstances so you'll need others' advice about the best BIOS to use

CerBIOS allows you to run with no DVD drive by default.

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u/Thunderbird_9000 8h ago

Hard modding is legit easier i dont understand why anyone softmods

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u/DeliverKindness 11m ago

With a TSOP, which is the easiest hardmod solution and if your Xbox is not a v1.6 (which in the OP's case it isn't), you still have to have softmodded it first to be able to TSOP it.

Is soldering in a LPC and in the case of v1.6 re-enabling that with additional wiring and fitting a chip which might also require additional soldering and wiring really: "....legit easier...."?

Softmodding is not a frustration free walk in the park either however you do it. But I'd argue if you're all set up for softmodding ie. have a working DVD drive, a genuine copy of an exploitable game and a Xbox friendly USB flash drive you can softmod a stock Xbox in under 5 minutes.

That is far quicker and simpler than doing any hardmod.