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RUN hugo new site /hugo
RUN git clone https://github.com/yihui/hugo-xmin.git themes/hugo-xmin
ADD hugo.toml /hugo/hugo.toml
ADD content /hugo/content
ADD static /hugo/static
ADD shortcodes /hugo/layouts/shortcodes
ENV PORT=1313
EXPOSE $PORT
ADD content /hugo/content
CMD ["hugo", "serve", "--baseURL", "https://blog.gtz.dk/", "--bind", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "$PORT"]

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date = '2025-01-27'
draft = false
title = 'Softmod your Original Xbox Today'
title = 'Softmod your Xbox Original Today'
tags = ['technical', 'games', 'modding']
categories = ['technical', 'personal']
categories = ['technical']
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If you want to skip the personal story, the tutorial part starts [here]({{< ref "xbox-modding.md#softmodding-the-xbox" >}}).
The original Xbox is a phenominal little machine.
In this post I will go over my journey of modding my own personal xbox.
Feel free to follow along, but this is mostly just a recollection of my journey for the sake of writing it down.
If you want to skip the personal story, the tutorial part starts [here]().
## First Things First
If you own an Xbox Original and you haven't removed the clock capacitor yet, DO IT NOW. YOU SHOULD'VE DONE IT SEVERAL
@ -69,34 +68,22 @@ The first game console that I modded was a Wii that I bought on a flea-market fo
Side tangent: The Wii is the _easiest_ console to softmod. You only need an SDCard - that's it.
This Wii modding lit a fire under me, and I started taking apart
## Softmodding the Xbox {#softmodding-the-xbox}
## Softmodding the Xbox
There are a couple of directions you can take when it comes to modding the OG Xbox.
I will be exclusively *softmodding* mine, as if I were to solder anything that is required for hardmodding it, I would
at best brick the console and at worst burn my apartment to the ground.
This mod _does_ require purchasing some hardware, namely:
- **An xbox (male) to USB (female) adapter.**
- An xbox (male) to USB (female) adapter.
These are increasingly difficult to find, so if you tend to drag your feet on projects like these (like I tend to)
buy it now! Or you might have to make one yourself.
buy it now!
- An older USB stick
- A DVD burner
- Some (writable / blank) DVDs
- **An older USB stick.**
The Xbox will reject most modern USB flash drives - it has to be a fairly small one (I used a 4GiB one), and no, you
cannot just set the partition sizes to be small, the hardware has to be old.
- **A DVD burner and some (writable and blank) DVDs.**
This is mostly just to burn a single DVD with the softmodding tools on it. I think you can buy pre-burned discs, but
if you have a DVD burner (generally just a good doohickey to have), it's much easier to just use `xfburn` to burn the
disc yourself.
### Software
I am using GNU/Linunx, but all of these are also available on Microsoft Windows - I haven't checked if OSX have these,
but I wouldn't be surprised.
## TODO:
TODO:
- Full list of required hardware
- Link to MrMario (check for peertube link as a backup)
- Xbox Controller USB thingy
- Xbox softmodding tool disc
- Extras (chimp)
- Holy crap the IDE hot-swapping
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harddrive! This is totally optional, but I highly recommend it as it'll enable you to store many more games on the
console itself, rather than mucking about with DVD discs and a dying DVD drive.
## Thanks
I would like to thank [bringus studios](https://www.youtube.com/@BringusStudios) for keeping the interest of console
hacking alive and a special thanks to [mr mario](https://www.youtube.com/@MrMario2011) for his fantastic tutorials.
Please check both of these creators out.
{{< centered image="/6616144.png" >}}