Aurora Dashboard (Xbox 360)
One of the most popular dashboards for the Xbox 360 is Aurora.
To install it you will first need an RGH hacked Xbox 360.
Insert a USB stick into one of the USB ports of the console.
Navigate to System > Storage and notice the USB drive shows as Unformatted. Click to format it.
Sometimes it automatically formats so it will already say USB Storage Device. If it does you must still format it.
Hover over the USB Storage Device, press Y then Format.
Remove the drive and connect it to your PC.
Download Aurora then extract it to the root of the USB drive.
Download DashLaunch and extract it. Open the folder, rename the Installer to DashLaunch then copy both DashLaunch and XellLaunch to the root of the USB stick.
Download XeXMenu and extract it. Open the hiddent Content folder on the USB drive, then make a new folder inside with 16 zeros 0000000000000000. Now copy the C0DE9999 folder into that zeros folder.
Eject the USB and insert it back into the Xbox 360.
The purpose of running XeXMenu is to copy the contents of the USB stick over to the HDD.
You will need to make an Xbox profile to launch anything. Just make an offline profile as needed when prompted.
First copy over the XeXMenu from the USB to the HDD by going to System > Storage > USB Storage Device > Demos then click on XeXMenu and select Copy. Copy this to the HDD.
Now at the dashboard go to Games > My Games and launch XeXMEnu. There will be two copies as you have one on the USB and one on the HDD. Launch either.
To see the buttons to use the XeXMenu press Back and it will show you them.
- LB - Change Menu
- RB - Change Menu
- Back - Show/Hide Help
- Start - Launch Selection
- D-Pad - Change Discovery Mode (Games, Applications, Emulators)
- A - Launch Selection
- B - Nothing
- X - Nothing
- Y - Rescan Devices
Press RB to navigate to the USB contents.
Start by copying Aurora:
- Highlight Aurora on the USB0 list.
- Press Y to open the menu
- Press A on the word Copy
- Press D-Pad Right to go to HDD1
- If there is no folder called Apps, press Y, go down to Create and press A, name the folder Apps
- Go into Apps, press Y and select Paste then press A
- Press D-Pad Left to go back to USB0
Repeat the above steps and copy over the following folders:
- DashLaunch
- XellLaunch
You can remove the USB stick now you are done with it.
Now we have everything we need on the hard drive, it is time to get Aurora to run as the default dashboard.
Run XeXMenu by going to Games > My Games and running XeXMenu.
Press RB to go to HDD1. If you end up at USB0 because you have a USB inserted, press D-Pad Right to get to the HDD.
Go to Apps > DashLaunch and press A on the default.xex file. This will run DashLaunch.
Go into Paths > Default then go to HDD > Apps > Aurora > Aurura.xex
Once done press RB then go to HDD and press X. This will save the configuration to the HDD.
Reboot the console to confirm it saved and it should boot into Aurora.
