Error 21 and M$ Dash not working

[semara]

I've got a 1.1 box w/ x2.6ce and it works fine. BUT, M$ Dash does not. I need it to change the settings in the EEPROM to 1080i, Digital audio.

I've read about 100 threads pertaining to error 21 and M$ DASH issues. And nothing seems to cover my particular problem.

Steps I've taken:

- I did not backup the retail HD
- I used AID 3 to reformat
- I installed XBMC and M$Dash from AID 3 DVD Disk
- All went well.
- XMBC works, M$Dash throws an ERROR 21.

WHY??

Also, when formatting the HD in AID3 - shouldn't it take at least a few mins? Seems like when I do it, it's done within 1 sec, and I can immediately start installing other apps.

Was I supposed to save the original HD data and then restore it after reformat? Will I ever be able to execute M$ Dash b/c I didn't b/up the data and restore it? I tried locking the HD and running MS Dash and it still won't work.

This happens on BOTH of my xbox's. One is EVOX w/ 1.6 board.

Any thoughts?

 

[ss1gohan13]

I did some loking for you and this is what i found

"21 - anywhere -

This error says that the machine was booted to display a error, basically someone told the machine to reboot (or launch a xbe) with this flag, and the error code just means its been rebooted by the flag

This occurs frequently when the xbox is unable to boot due to dashboard changes being made (ie Gcue true blue hasnt been resigned, parts of the stock dash are missing - incomplete FTP backups copied to a new HDD for example)."

I got this from http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/210562 just to reference.

 

[DJBOOBY]

try reburning AID 3 (update it) at a slower speed 2x max
install ms dash frist then xbmc

 

[semara]

Well like I said, I searched this whole damn forum for error 21 and found that specific message as well. Nothing is helping my exact situation.

I will try reburning an updated AID at 2x, but I have doubts since it boots fine and installs XBMC and some other tools just fine. Don't see why it would do all that and not the MS Dash correctly.

Anyone know the answer to my question about how long it should take for the HD to format?

I will redo my AID, and install MSDASH alone with it and nothing else and see what happens and report back. I will say this, I gave my friend the AID and he did just this and MS DASH worked for him.

 

[DJBOOBY]

your mates dvd drive maybe a better drive and read the AID3 much better
it dose not take long to format less then 30 seconds depends on size of hard drive

 

[semara]

As promised, I am reporting back in.

I've obtained the latest AID 3.10. (one w/ xbmc2.0 none the less).

Burned it at 2x speed as suggested. Since I've got 2 xboxes, 1 w/ Smartxx and Evox, and the other w/ X2.6CE and retail HD, I used it on both.

Holy hell - it works on the SmartXX/Evox combo! This particular xbox is a 1.6 w/ 120GB HD. M$ Dash installed in about 2 minutes and executed as I want.

Not so holy hell - it took about 10 mins for some reason to install to the X2.6ce / retail HDD combo and when I tried to execute it - it booted to the chip's BIOS. Weird! WHY? Should I just shove a 120GB HD in this one as well and try it? Can't imagine why the install took something like 10/15 mins whereas the other one took about 2? B/C of HD drive speed??

Wutchya think?? I'm 50% there and excited now!

 

[semara]

Updated:

I put it another 8gig HD, formatted, and installed MS DASH.

Worked!

Then installed XBMC.

I now get the UnleashX dash, the MS Dash, and XBMC all loaded up fine.

Why would the hard drive matter?

 

[ss1gohan13]

there could been bad sectors on the drive for some reason, its technology, not everything is going to be perfect, stuff break after time.

 

[vincentn2k2]

I had problems with some of my games freezes at intermittent places on a 40GB HDD. The HDD was taken out of a PC and had a sticker on it saying bad HDD. I did not believe the diagnoses hence I put it into my xbox. Most things would run fine but I consistently could not play avi movies on my xbox. The program would hang consistently at startup. Replace the 40GB HDD with a new 120GB HDD and no programs would ever failed on me. So bad sector/s on a HDD is not a rare issue.