Topic: Eeprom Embedded Bios (Read 74 times)

RLLMoFP · « **on:** January 12, 2006, 04:44:00 PM »

this is a branch off from an earlier post in the newb section. You can read up on the saga here:
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=479747

Anyway. It has been suggested that an eeprom embedded bios might be a possible fix for my unexplained FRAG. I have the eeprom.bin backup from the few times I was able to get the Xbox to boot. Can I embed this eeprom into a normal bios? Normal as in X2 or Evox. Or are there eeprom embedded bios's somewhere on the usual places for d/l?

RLLMoFP · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2006, 03:44:00 PM »

I have seen that I can embed an eeprom with XBtool but that only works with older bios's (prior to 1.6) and as such won't work for me.

I did attempt to create a bios for my 1.0 box to test the idea out and was unable to get Eurasia Pro to flash it.

Anybody able to help on this?

RLLMoFP · « **Reply #2 on:** January 13, 2006, 08:13:00 PM »

I replaced the PSU with one from a working box. Same result I'm afraid.
I'm about to give up on this board, at least I have the hard drive info and can re-use the 10G that was in it.

deadparrot · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2006, 01:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(-Gadget- @ Jan 14 2006, 12:39 AM)

as its a 1.6 then i was under the impression that the ''eeprom'' area and the bios area, are the same place ...
thus if the eeprom was at fault, so would the bios be ..
so the eeprom is unlikly to be the cause ..

No. Not at all. On the 1.6, the BIOS is embedded in the MCPX, and the EEProm is still stored on the same EEProm chip it was on in earlier versions, that's why it's called and EEProm, because that's the chip type which holds the data.

Also, there's no way you could fit a BIOS onto the EEProm, considering the EEProm has a capacity of 256 Bytes.

RLLMoFP · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2006, 06:30:00 PM »

Any idea where that guide can be found? All the links I've seen are dead.

RLLMoFP · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2006, 11:37:00 AM »

Well, it measured out at a steady 3.27V on the collector.

Still may be the eeprom if I can find a bios that I can place my eeprom.bin into.

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