OpenXenium VS PiPROM

The OpenXenium modchip is an open-source project done by u/Ryzee119.

OpenXenium developed by Ryzee119 at github.com, and

Here you go https://github.com/Ryzee119/OpenXenium/blob/master/INSTALLATION.md Ryzee119's github for the OpenXenium. I've done a manual rebuild and used a board. If picking up a rebuild board, pre-tin all the points on the board before soldering it to the mobo. If not, you'll likely have a bad time.

This is fixable. OpenXenium + IDE to Sata adapter + Hard Drive is all that is needed. Not only will that get it working, but it will also be a massive upgrade to storage size and features available.

Thankfully these boards are open source and readily available! https://github.com/Ryzee119/OpenXenium

If you have a Raspberry Pi available, you can use this tool to extract the HDD key from the motherboard's EEPROM and build a new HDD from scratch using a tool like XboxHDM

Nah, I removed that already, it's a Japanese xbox and I don't have a game I can use to softmod it, so I have to change the region to NTSC-M with a raspberry pi. Thankfully someone wrote a tool and put together a good tutorial: https://github.com/grimdoomer/PiPROM

Then i tried to read my EEPROM with a Raspberry Pi 3 following this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSe89adGfR0 and this guide: https://github.com/grimdoomer/PiPROM

GitHub repo

If you have an Arduino or Pi, you can do that using the following tools: https://github.com/grimdoomer/PiPROM https://github.com/Ryzee119/ArduinoProm

I'm more than happy to help you with whatever you need to get the data off those drives. If you do have a dead board with a working hard drive it would be easier to use an eeprom reader on the board like a PiProm or if you prefer to desolder the eeprom chip, you could read it in a programmer like a CH341A with a SOIC8 150mil EZsocket. The second method is what I usually end up doing because it's just less work for me.