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part 3
4. Getting to know your EvolutionX Dashboard
First of all you need to know a few basics about your XBOX. Partitions are as so: C:=system files D:=DVDROM E:=GameSaves F:=Storage X:,Y:, & Z:=Game data caching - F: not used with original HDD. Pretend that X, Y, and Z are not there and never ask another question about them again. F: will only be used if you install a larger hdd to your XBOX. E: is where you will store everything for now, till your broke ass can afford a larger hdd. The E: partition is a little smaller than 5gigs and does not allow for a whole lot, so you have to be wise about what you will put on it. TDATA and UDATA should be left alone, these are your game saves, tampering with these Directories or the contents will most likely result in loss of your game saves, or if missing may result in your XBOX not working correctly. Do not tamper with any files or folders in the C: partition with exception of evox.ini, BIOS or SKINS. Deleting or changing any other files or folders will result in your XBOX not working.
Now that you know what the partitions are all about its time to learn about the Evox Dashboard, and what it can do for you. The appearance of your EvolutionX Dashboard and the menu items that you see are all dependant on the evox.ini file. At this point in time you will be able to modify the certain areas of the evox.ini through the EvoX dashboard. You will not be able to modify your menu appearance, but through System Utils, you can modify the xbox Settings. At the root of the Evox dashboard menu go to System Utils and you will see a few more options: Settings, Flash Bios, Backup, Skins, Install Menu. Please DO NOT use Flash Bios or Install Menu, these are more advanced features and should only be used by experienced Evox users. Some Featurs of Install Menu will be explained later. Your two main buttons are A and Back. A to select highlighted menu item and Back to back up to the previous menu.
-=Evox System utils=-
-Settings-
Go to Settings and you will see a screen that looks similar to this (Pic Evox_Settings.bmp). As you can see my settings are most likely different than yours, only because i have changed them. Scroll down and check them all out, there are much more than are displayed in that pic. To change any of these settings simply highlight the the item you want to change, hit the A button, and make your changes. After making any changes you must scroll all the way to the bottom, and hit "Save and Exit"
Here is a list of the settings and what they do
-=NETWORK=-
Setup Network - Allows you to connect to the xbox and assign the xbox and IP. Yes is Default, No will disable xbox network
Use Static IP - Allows you to set a static ip for the xbox. Yes is Default, if No is selected, Evox will search for a DHCP server to assign itself an ip address
IP - Your IP Address Stupid
Subnet mask - Your Subnet mask Stupid
Default Gateway - If xbox is set up in a complicated network it is sometimes neccessary to set a default gateway. 99% of users will not have to
DNS - To input a DNS ip if one is neccessary, if you don't know what DNS stands for, don't worry about it
DNS - To input an alternate DNS server
-=HARDDISK=-
Nothing you can do with this, just gives you information about current free space on your xbox partitions
-=BIOS=-
Again, nothing to set here, just gives information about your current bios version and your kernel version
-=FTP=-
Enable - Enables evox to run the ftp you connect to your xbox with, Yes is default, No will shut it off and you will not be able to connect via ftp to your xbox.
Password - Allows you to change the password you use to login to your xbox, xbox is default.
In Game Reset - A nice feature of version 3752 allows you to reset your xbox from your game controller (to be explained later)
-=Telnet=-
Enable - Enable Telnet server, Yes is default (Don't worry about this one kiddies, if you're reading a newb tutorial, you don't want to mess with telnet.)
-=RDTools=-
Just leave this one alone kids
-=Clock=-
Jump To Ms Dash - If xbox has been unplugged for a long enough time the clock will reset, this feature will tell evox to jump to the ms dashboard so you can reset the time, No is default
Jump If No Link -
24 Hour - Clock is 24 hour military type time, Yes is default, No will set clock on 12 hour AM\PM type time
SwapDate - Date is set day/month-year, Yes is default, No will set to month/day-Year
SNTP Server - Default is set to 216.244.192.3
-=MISC=-
Fahrenheit - Set to Yes this will measuer cpu and mobo tempurature in Fahrenheit, Set to No Celcius, No is default
Auto Launch Games - Set to yes this will launch your games menu at evox launch, rather than the root menu, No is default
Auto Launch DVD - Set to yes this will launch and game or dvd in dvdrom track rthat than Evox dashboard, No is default
Auto Launch Audio - Set to yes this will launch audio cd's in the dvdrom tray, Yes is default
Use F Drive - Default is Yes, when using a larger hdd, when using F: for storage, selecting No will tell evoX not to look at the F: partion
In Game Reset - Default is Yes, While in a game hold buttons L-Trig+R-Trig+Start+Back all at the same time and will reboot the xbox, Setting to No will disable this feature. With 3752 you are able to change which buttons control the igr through the evox.ini file.
Use Items.txt - Don't worry about this one kiddies, allows for use of custom settings in items.txt file
Screen Saver - The number specified here is the ammount of minutes when you are idle before the screen saver starts working. 0 is off 1-? is how ever many minutes before you want it to work.
Shade Level - Adjusts the transparency level of the screen saver.
-=Exit=-
Save and Exit - Saves all changed settings and Exits to EvoX dashboard
Exit - Exits to EvoX dashboard, no changes are saved
-Skins-
Very Simple, These are the skins that are located in C:\SKINS\ that you uploaded to your xbox, you can select from many different types or go find or make your own. I prefer the "Info" dash and i recomend you use it. It is the most informative and very easy on the eyes. There are others to choose from, chose whatever you like, and later on, if you get really good, you can find some tools to make your own. (The Writer of this Tutorial is still waiting for an Anna Kornicova Skin HINT HINT HINT)
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