This guide will show you how to launch the original Xbox 360 Blades Dashboard on a Jtagged Xbox 360. We will be using version 1888 of the blades dashboard, this is the very first version of the Xbox 360 dashboard that was on the Xbox 360 launch consoles sold in 2005. You will need the Xbox 360 1888 Dashboard files which can be downloaded in the download center. You will also need XEX Tool 6.3 which again can be downloaded in the download center. Now use XEX Tool to patch all the .xex files for the 1888 dash with the following options: -r a -c b -e d E.g. if we were to patch the dash.xex file we would use: xextool -r a -c b -e d dash.xex Red = loads xex tools, Blue = options to patch with and Green = xex file to patch. This will remove the media limit, region limit, bounding path limit, signed keyvault only limit, library version limit, required revocation check and the media id limit allowing your jtag to boot the dashboard like a homebrew application. Alternatively to save your self some time and make things easier you can download a pre patched and ready to go 1888 dashboard. You now simply want to transfer your patched 1888 dashboard to the Xbox 360 and launch it like you would any other .xex file. Here is a quick video I made of the dashboard: I found the dash would randomly crash on my console, mainly when looking at arcade games and navigating away from that screen before it has finished counting them. Enjoy your trip down memory lane, I think looking back its safe to say the Xbox 360 dashboaed has improved a lot over the last 5 years.
hey nutty here's one that you put on your hard drive and it launches from the dashboard thanks. please note this one works and does not crash
Yup i guess it must be as it did work for me until I upgraded to 12611. Just tested it now and my 360 also reboots.
I have a question, i patched the files and when i run dash.xex it just stays black and doesnt run, what could have I possibly have done?
It doesn't appear to work on newer dashboards anymore, if you really want to run this on your Jtag you will probably need to downgrade to 9199.
Will this work on an RGH'ed 17559 Xbox 360 Slim trinity? If not, then anything else? If not, then I'm outta luck.
I also noticed that there will still the NXE sounds instead of the blades. Is that normal if I have the metro sounds?
Ah yes i didn't think it still worked, I just couldn't remember why. It worked with old 9199 NXE system updates, I'm not exactly sure which update it stopped working with however.
That is one of the kiosk demo discs, not the 1888 dash. We have a few of the discs, just not the one which looks like that: Xbox 360 Kiosk Demo Disc 2005 (Self Booting) Download Xbox 360 Kiosk Disc 5.1a Download [Xbox 360 Kiosk Demo Disc] Xbox 360 Experience Disc V5.0 (US - Region Free)
I know. I just want to run the OEM Blades dash, regardless of 1888 or 6717 or any of that nonsense. Also for some reason none of the isos will download.