Microsoft Xbox Repair Manual page 71

What not to do when soldering a mod chip!
Be careful with your soldering iron!!
This board is a failed mod attempt. Take a look at this photo and see if you can determine why it
is not working!
Notice how the solder around R71R covers two traces and the splash links a third. If you look
closely you will see similar situations on several of the other soldier points. If you have never
used a soldering iron on electronics before, an Xbox motherboard is a bad place to learn. Try on
an old board first!
Error 7 - kernel
This is a hard drive error. Your hard drive has died you can either replace the motherboard and
hard drive as a pair or go through multiple steps with a modchip to allow you to create a new
drive or lock a previously unlocked Xbox drive to the password your motherboard has
Create a new drive
To save the step of recreating the drive, purchase an unlocked drive
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