Halo 2 will not load no matter what I do!

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Halo 2 will not load no matter what I do!

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I recently installed an Xbox XDK dashboard on my Xbox to do Real Time Halo and it worked perfectly for a few days. So I plug in my Xbox today to work on my mod, but it just booted to a black screen. I kept restarting it and eventually it booted to Unleash X. Weird... So I launch Halo 2, and ALL of the maps fail to load. So I put in the disk... Still fail to load. I cleared my cache and everything, but now I don't know what to do.
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Check your C:\Dashboard folder befor its too late. Make sure default.xbe is in there.
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Heh, no default.xbe...

But there is on in the E drive.
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Then get a copy of unleash x from xbins befor its too late. I had the same problem you will get error 13 if you dont hurry. Boot your xbox and leave it on till you FTP over default.xbe.
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:shock: I'll do that right away! I hope it works...
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Post by Argon »

Just clear your cache and restart your box.
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Argon wrote:Just clear your cache and restart your box.
I did and it didn't work. It's odd that the disk maps don't load... But I think that I just need another default.xbe. (Once I find a download for it...)
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Are you on aim?
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Hes missing his dashboard, the fact that his xbox can still boot is amazing and lucky.
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I had to put in Splinter Cell again to get access to the dashboard again. Booting the linux save again somehow did it. I hope I can access it just one more time to fix it...
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Eaton wrote:I had to put in Splinter Cell again to get access to the dashboard again. Booting the linux save again somehow did it. I hope I can access it just one more time to fix it...
Just leave it on, run to xbins and get a copy of UnleashX.
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And did you mean xboxdash.xbe? Because I have that.
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Eaton wrote:And did you mean xboxdash.xbe? Because I have that.
No you need default.xbe, you said you where running Unleash X right? just d/l it and pull out default.xbe and FTP it over.
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Well, this is my C drive:

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Why is time of the essence?
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CaptainPoopface wrote:Why is time of the essence?
Because your xbox will boot a cuple more times, after that it will just give error 13.
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So should there be a default.xbe next to the xboxdash.xbe?
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Eaton wrote:So should there be a default.xbe next to the xboxdash.xbe?
Yes. I would use the XDK launcher one.
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And how does this affect the Halo 2 maps?
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grimdoomer wrote:
CaptainPoopface wrote:Why is time of the essence?
Because your xbox will boot a cuple more times, after that it will just give error 13.
My original xbox was missing half its C drive files including its Dash XBE and I never got Error 13 on bootup and could still use Live.

I only got Error 13 when I tried loading the M$ dash. Other than that, the modded bios should keep it safe.
But I suppose he should keep it on, better safe than sorry.
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