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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
@ -69,40 +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 though, namely:
- **An xbox (male) to USB (female) adapter.**
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.
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 - and I just said that soldering is out of the picture for me.
It has to look like this:
buy it now!
- An older USB stick
- A DVD burner
- Some (writable / blank) DVDs
{{< centered image="/xbox-to-usb.png" style="width: 40%" >}}
- **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 physical hardware has to be old. You probably have one lying
around, or your parents might have one in their "random electronics" drawer.
- **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 to find that they also work there.
- `xfburn` for burning DVDs.
## 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" >}}

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