ftp and Bios flashing?

[WICKEDSTYLES1]

Ive been reading and reading but think im still confused lol. What Im wanting to do is get a bios that backs up games on my hard drive. Ive tried and tried to get slayers to install and have had no luck so after spending alot of $$ on disk I decided to get a network stared and have and can sucessfully ftp into my xbox but not sure where I go from there can I put a dash on my xbox though htp and how? I have X3 3293 on there atm but cant back up games with that.
Can some1 please lead me in the right direction.

 

[Rookio]

3293 can backup games on your hdd no problems.... but you can't run them until you put a hacked dashboard on. for a simple easy to use one, get Evox. For a really good one get XBMC, but then you can always change later. also you can get 3294 bios onto your xbox, it's newer

If you ran slayers, have you tried clicking boot to dash on the config live screen? you may alreadyhave evox on their.

 

[WICKEDSTYLES1]

I have tried to Boot to dash after I instaled it with slayers but it doesnt load and as it is installing it only takes 1 min so it is deffinatly goofed. Is there a way to install the dash thought ftp and bypass the dvd drive?

 

[Rookio]

Sure Is, thats much better in my oppinion.

You download your Dash from xbins and unrar the files. Then copy them to the xbox through FTP. Depends on the dash but most of them you just copy the whole lot into the c: drive. Then you tell X3 Config Live which dashboard you installed (set dashboard boot priority to the same filename of your new dashboard)

 

[g$$$]

Evox is good for beginnners. You will need to add the App DVD2Xbox 7.0 to copy games from it if you load the dash straight from xbins. On the slayers disc there is a version of it included. It may be your dvddrive not reading your discs. I know you said you spent a lot of $$ on discs but Thompson drives suck bad. If you have one, that could still be your problem.

 

[WICKEDSTYLES1]

Thanks gonna give that a try will start off with evox also read some where it says that you have to edit the ini file and change the names of some files is this true in my case? Also have a samsung drie but still not having any luck but havnt tried Riteks tho cause cant find em in my area and online only ones I found were 50 packs think that is like 49 more than I need hehe, but think this ftp will work will give It a whirl soons as Im not so busy with work I apreciat the help a bunch any more ideas and things i should look out for and not to do would be apreciated greatly. Seem like its taking me forever to get this box where I want it but have been learning lots of stuff thnx to All the how too's and these forums and the great peeps that donate there time to help.

Thanks Neil

 

[rockclimber]

You don't need to change any file names at all.
Download evox and unrar it, then ftp the evoxdash.xbe file, the evox ini (config setting) file, trainers folder and skin folder to the c: drive. you don't need the bios folder.
go into x3 configlive and find the dashboard boot priority screen and move evoxdash.xbe to the top of the list, then find the line autostart x3cl and change it from enabled to disabled.
reboot and it should launch evox for you. To get back into x3cl you hold down the white button on bootup.
The only settings you need to change in the ini file to start with are the network ip settings, you can use notepad to open and change it before you ftp it over or once you have evox up and running you can go into the setting menu and change it there.
Evox is good but i changed to unleashx because it is just as easy to use and i think it is easier to set up applications on. You just drop them into a folder called apps on e: drive and reboot for unleash to find them automatically whereas in evox you have to add a line to the ini file.
on a different subject are you using dvd's or cdrw's burn to, because xboxs don't like cd's.