no burner/router/hub/crossover cable... what to do???

[Potman]

i dont have a router/hub/crossover cable and a burner to flash bios. so im screwed.
but is it possible to unlock a xbox hardrive, put it into my pc, and put the bios into the unlocked hd, then put the hd back into the xbox, lock it, and then load the bios?
my modchip's x3.

 

[sb122606]

No..not possible the format for a PC HDD is completely different from that in the xbox.
They are not cross compatible.

 

[Catalyst]

Dude, a cross over cable at Best Buy is $5.00.


Go sell some blood.

 

[nartac]

or if you have a buddy with a modded xbox, unlock your hd on your xbox, install it on your friend and ftp in the bios, reinstall it on your xbox and your good for flash.

 

[badazz74]

even if you get yor bios flash, you need to ftp everything else like emulators and apps. You should just get at least a crossover cable and a good ftp program such as fxp.

 

[Joeymad]

you could....... spend some money! lol. Just buy/steal one of those and get it flashed. lol.

 

[s4021009]

Just go to someones house you has something... no money just time

 

[xnice]

u can hook it up to yoru pc after unlocking it. then use hddriver to access hd through windows and add files that will conform to fatx format.

 

[Potman]

i got a network card named "3com etherlink III ISA" is that good enuf for a crossover cable?

 

[Joeymad]

if you can plug the crossover cable into it, then it is good enough

 

[canadaboy]

Not sure if the ISA refers to an ISA card or not, depending on your PC's age, you may or may not have an ISA slot, my bet is that you don't. Like everyone has suggested, you can pickup a cheap crossover cable and a new or used NIC card for about $20 in total.

 

[Joeymad]

correction: if you can plug the crossover cable into it and it works with your computer, then it is good enough lol

 

[Potman]

...NIC card? i have an ethernet card that's used for a broadband cable...
so im good 'cause the plug of a crossover cable's similar to the plug of the broadband cable?

 

[sb122606]

NIC (Network Interface Card) / Ethernet card... they are the same thing...and thats what u have with the 3 Com

However if u use this for broadband then u may want to invest in another additional NIC and then u can set up ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)...that way u dont need to keep changing ip settings on the one interface and u can set up the xbox/pc to gateway such things as news feeds/media streams and xlink kai for gaming

 

[badazz74]

I would get a router instead.

 

[Joeymad]

I would get a router instead.

I agree... get a router instead of a 2nd NIC. It just makes more sense.

 

[Catalyst]

I would get a router instead.

Oh yeah, get a Catalyst 3750.

It's a layer 3 switch that supports stacking. Very nice for only $7,500!

What a bargin!!

 

[sb122606]

LOL Catalyst...as a member of a Gold channel partner to Cisco i can sell it to him..
or perhaps he will settle for a $15 NIC...

Mmm decisions decisions