Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject: Problems launching games after mod
I did a search for this but didn't find anything. Anyway, I installed a Xenium Gold chip in my Xbox and have the original Xbox BIOS & EvoX M8+ Bioses loaded. I also upgraded the stock hard drive to a 160gig Western Digital.
I have noticed that for whatever reason, I'm not able to load some games. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and NCAA Football 07 won't start at all, whether booted using the original Xbox BIOS or EvoX. When trying with the original Xbox BIOS, the games simply lock up at the very first Xbox screen. Tiger Woods 07 gets past this, but locks up after the checking for Saved Data parts.
I've tried ripping the games to the hard drive. It rips successfully, but the results are the same.
Now, with my ORIGINAL hard drive, which I have modded, the games work without a hitch.
Ideas? Is it common for certain newer games to check for the size of the hard drive and when it's nonstandard, to not work?
Please let me know if I can be more clear about something.
Also, some games DO work. Halo 2 appears to have no problems, nor does Fable or Prince of Persia.
hellblazer55 V.I.P. Lifetime
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:04 am Post subject:
Try clearing out your E/Cache folder _________________
kotzbrocken Xbox-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:56 am Post subject:
I will try that and let you know what I find.
As a side note, I reformatted my larger hard drive and set it up from scratch, rather than using Xenium's OS tool to copy the contents of the original Xbox hard drive to the new one. Doing this gave me the ability to actually boot these games.
Of course, if I decide to stay with this install, I will ultimately lose my 3+ years worth of saved games. :-\
I've got two other hard drives I can test out clearing the cache with. Those hard drive images should be identical, and I get the same boot problem with both of them. I'll clear out the cache folder and get back.
Would it be worth trying to use Chimp to clone my original hard drive as opposed to the Xenium OS's?
cabbot Xbox-HQ Freak Xbox Version: 1.1 Modded: SID4.5
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:00 am Post subject:
hellblazer55 wrote:
Try clearing out your E/Cache folder
isnt it amazing how many problems can be fixed by clearing that damn cache.... _________________
kotzbrocken Xbox-HQ Newbie Xbox Version: 1.1 Modded: SID4.5
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:06 am Post subject:
Clearing out the cache seems to work. I had a direct copy of my stock Xbox drive on a 40 gig HD, and after clearing the cache, presto. I was able to play the games.
So now I will repeat the process, except I'll beef up to the 160 gig that I got to work after doing a manual install. I'm happy that I shouldn't lose all those saved games.
Now tell me, what did clearing out that cache folder actually get rid of? Why would deleting the items in there fix the problem?
\\EDIT: By the way, thank you very much for the help. This was the only problem I really ran into with this mod, but it was a frustrating one.
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:11 am Post subject:
well the modding process uses the cache, but dosent clear it automatically. You just got rid of temp files thats all. _________________
kotzbrocken Xbox-HQ Newbie Xbox Version: 1.1 Modded: SID4.5
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:18 am Post subject:
Well I realize that I got rid of temporary files.
But why would getting rid of those magically allow me to play some games that weren't previously working? NCAA 07, Tiger Woods 07, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory--all caused problems. When I tried Fable, Halo 2, and Prince of Persia, however, they worked great.
If your answer is "I don't know why it worked, but it did," I'll be fine. I'm just curious is all.
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:23 am Post subject:
Its probably because the other games use the same named temp files _________________
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:23 am Post subject:
well after clearing ur cache folders u will be able to play those games that u couldnt play. the games u could play probabally used a small cache space but those more complex games like splinter cell and all that crap use large cache space....or so i presume. so after clearing ur cache u should be able to play those games. _________________
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:26 am Post subject:
now your just blowing smoke out your a#$ LOL _________________
kotzbrocken Xbox-HQ Newbie Xbox Version: 1.1 Modded: SID4.5
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:42 am Post subject:
Well, whatever the case may be, I really appreciate the help. Thanks again folks.
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:49 am Post subject:
No problem _________________
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:17 am Post subject:
that may be the case....as it is with some other games too. _________________
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:42 am Post subject:
robzzombie, if the cache was full the xbox would lock up and do nothing, if it had the same temp cache folders the program will fail to execute and go back to the dash as the cache does not automatically delete itsself in E/cache just the x,y,z caches when powered down. _________________
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