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[noudles]

i was told that by upgrading and changing my bios i can change the "flubber" that occurs when first booting to anything else.. i want the xbox360 intro when i first boot up..

i know i have an old bios and i need an upgrade..i been doing research i dont clearly understand what is needed to do to do this bios upgrade..i downloaded the 4977 bios .. not sure if it is the latest bios for X2 and Flash X.. are these the correct tools to do this upgrade?
do i have the correct bios to do the 360 intro?
is there any other easier methods to do this upgrade?

Thanks

[jimmy84]

QUOTE(noudles @ Nov 6 2006, 05:50 AM)

i was told that by upgrading and changing my bios i can change the "flubber" that occurs when first booting to anything else.. i want the xbox360 intro when i first boot up..

i know i have an old bios and i need an upgrade..i been doing research i dont clearly understand what is needed to do to do this bios upgrade..i downloaded the 4977 bios .. not sure if it is the latest bios for X2 and Flash X.. are these the correct tools to do this upgrade?
do i have the correct bios to do the 360 intro?
is there any other easier methods to do this upgrade?

Thanks

1) i don't know how to do that x360 start-up thing.never heard of it  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/uhh.gif)
2)does your xecuter chip have switches on it like mine?? eg a little panel under controller port 1 on the xbox with an led and 3 switches??
3)why are you using an ancient xecuter bios??? go back to the usual places and download xecuter bios 5035 in the multi folder in xecuter 2 bit. and whilst your at it get the flashbios 3.03
4)at the usual places go to pc tools then download x2 bios manager and x2ool.

5)if you have switches open up xecuter 2 bios manager then place xecuter 2 5035 in bank 1/2 and flashbios in bank 3/4.

or

6) if you don't have switches open up xecuter 2 bios manager and place 5035 bios in bank 1/2/3/4.

then

7)then save the bios and put it in bios folder on evox boot cd and flash chip.
 

for both methods

with the .ini file you got with the xecuter 5035 bios place it in THE ROOT of the e or f partition.  but edit it if you want reset on eject different colours, in game reset .....

 you can also alternatively use config maker 2.7.2 to change ini file.

[noudles]

QUOTE(jimmy84 @ Nov 6 2006, 03:43 PM)

1) i don't know how to do that x360 start-up thing.never heard of it  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/uhh.gif)
2)does your xecuter chip have switches on it like mine?? eg a little panel under controller port 1 on the xbox with an led and 3 switches??
3)why are you using an ancient xecuter bios??? go back to the usual places and download xecuter bios 5035 in the multi folder in xecuter 2 bit. and whilst your at it get the flashbios 3.03
4)at the usual places go to pc tools then download x2 bios manager and x2ool.

5)if you have switches open up xecuter 2 bios manager then place xecuter 2 5035 in bank 1/2 and flashbios in bank 3/4.

or

6) if you don't have switches open up xecuter 2 bios manager and place 5035 bios in bank 1/2/3/4.

then

7)then save the bios and put it in bios folder on evox boot cd and flash chip.
 

for both methods

with the .ini file you got with the xecuter 5035 bios place it in THE ROOT of the e or f partition.  but edit it if you want reset on eject different colours, in game reset .....

 you can also alternatively use config maker 2.7.2 to change ini file.

no i do not have switches on my chip.. its a solderless chip

thanks for the help.. i will get the tools from the usual places.. can i flash my bios through the hard drive though? or is flashing the bios by Cd the only option?

[jimmy84]

QUOTE(noudles @ Nov 7 2006, 02:20 AM)

no i do not have switches on my chip.. its a solderless chip

thanks for the help.. i will get the tools from the usual places.. can i flash my bios through the hard drive though? or is flashing the bios by Cd the only option?

ok well open up x2 bios manager and place the 5035 old bios in banks 1/2 plus 3/4. then make evox boot cd and place in bios folder. then make sure flash protection is off and flash chip.

edit ini file if you want to make colour changes etc.. and ftp into xbox with same evox boot cd and place in root of e or f drive. i can email you a copy of my ini file if you want so you can see what i have done.

i edit out of notepad but you can use the tools since i don't know the code combonations for the colours etc...

all of those tools should be available on this site under tools section since they aren't built with xdk

[noudles]

QUOTE(jimmy84 @ Nov 7 2006, 02:12 AM)

ok well open up x2 bios manager and place the 5035 old bios in banks 1/2 plus 3/4. then make evox boot cd and place in bios folder. then make sure flash protection is off and flash chip.

edit ini file if you want to make colour changes etc.. and ftp into xbox with same evox boot cd and place in root of e or f drive. i can email you a copy of my ini file if you want so you can see what i have done.

i edit out of notepad but you can use the tools since i don't know the code combonations for the colours etc...

all of those tools should be available on this site under tools section since they aren't built with xdk

yeah .. i would like to see your ini file and see how it looks.. and one more question.. when i flash the bios and all..will i lose the games and movies on my xbox?or will it all still be there after the flash?

[noudles]

can anybody answer my last question? and i will be good to go

[jimmy84]

1) you will not loose any game data or anything

2)i will need your email to send the ini file.

[noudles]

QUOTE(jimmy84 @ Nov 17 2006, 02:01 AM)

1) you will not loose any game data or anything

2)i will need your email to send the ini file.

ok thanks for answering my question.. my email is [email protected]

and i still having problems with the flashing..

i already made the new bios and everything..configured it to my liking with Flubber Text Tool and patched it and put it in the bios folder of the EvoX i was going to use to make the boot cd..i burned the disc and when i popped it into my xbox.. it doenst load up.. it gets stuck at the Xbox splash screen with the Xecuter2 at the bottom.. i retried a couple of times to burn the disc and used different media... where did i go wrong in this process?

[jimmy84]

i'll send you my .ini and a tutorial on how to do it. i'm in exams period so i've been busy. but i'll get it to you asap.

[noudles]

QUOTE(jimmy84 @ Nov 20 2006, 04:10 PM)

i'll send you my .ini and a tutorial on how to do it. i'm in exams period so i've been busy. but i'll get it to you asap.

its coo man.. take your time.. i appreciate all the help though.. i recieved the files.. i will give it a shot later on tonight.. thanks again man

[noudles]

ok the bios flash was successfull but when i boot it up.. it goes to the microsoft dashboard.. it doesnt load XBMC anymore.. why doesnt it load up?

[theperfekt001]

You most likely will need to tweak your bootorder in your x2config.ini to look for XBMC.

You could boot to a boot disc and use the FTP from that to edit the ini file.

This post has been edited by theperfekt001: Nov 28 2006, 05:08 AM

[noudles]

QUOTE(theperfekt001 @ Nov 27 2006, 10:38 PM)

You most likely will need to tweak your bootorder in your x2config.ini to look for XBMC.

You could boot to a boot disc and use the FTP from that to edit the ini file.

thanks, i did just that and it worked great.. thanks for the help.. but now i cant FTP with XBMC anymore.. what gives?

[jimmy84]

well the ftp problem isn't a bios fault. the bios will never have anything to do with the network i'm 100% sure. just make sure that xbmc is configured properly.

are you using a crossover cable to pc or patch cable vie router to pc. if using crossover you will need to setup static in xbmc. or with routers ip adress will be assinged automatically. just enter the details into flashfxp it should work perfectly.


so it's not the bios causing the problem it's the network.

[Psimyn]

QUOTE(noudles @ Nov 6 2006, 03:50 PM)

i was told that by upgrading and changing my bios i can change the "flubber" that occurs when first booting to anything else.. i want the xbox360 intro when i first boot up..

Best method for this, if you still wanted the xbox 360 intro:
edit the line of x2config.ini to look like this

; display flubber anim
doStartupAnimation = 0


this will mean the original xbox flubber thing is skipped.
Then you put a .avi of the 360 boot in some folder of XBMC (i can't remember where)

I can get actual details and find necessary files (the video and edited XBMC files) if you'd like.