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lanrat

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I Need A Bios.
« on: July 11, 2007, 01:03:00 PM »
ok, i got the larger hd working, so all i need is a bios that supports vga and a way to get the m$ dash back or another way to enable the hd settings.
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FrostyTheSnowman

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I Need A Bios.
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2007, 01:33:00 PM »
Two things:

1. You need to change the mode for your cable. That tutorial is really old, but is still correct except for the mode jumpers. Right now you are in 1+3 mode (VGA) and you NEED to be in 2+3 mode (HDTV) for the new VGA methods to work.

2. I recommend that you completely rebuild your softmod using my softmod VGA solution, and don't use a VGA BIOS. (Frosty's Dual-Boot VGA Softmod v1.0 is the best solution at the moment for softmodders)

NOTE: Be sure you back up your hard drive before you install my VGA softmod, so that you don't loose your saves. Follow the instructions in my VGA softmod to install it. (you can find the link to the thread for my softmod in my signature)

NOTE 2: My VGA softmod does not require the HDTV resolutions to be enabled in the Microsoft Dashboard to work. (but you will need to turn them on if you want to use higher resolutions)
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FrostyTheSnowman

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I Need A Bios.
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2007, 06:35:00 AM »
That's just it... mode 1+3 (VGA) is the OLD method of doing this mod, mode 1+3 is not compatible with any current VGA mods. You need to change your mode, or your VGA will not work.

You need to change it to 2+3 (HDTV) in order to use a VGA BIOS.

After you do that, you can either try a BFM VGA BIOS to test your VGA without flashing, or you can patch your current BIOS and reflash your chip.
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