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[Bdan629]

what ground on the board is everyone using?

[pCeSlAyEr]

would the SST 49lf020 work? have a old cheapmod laying around..

This post has been edited by pCeSlAyEr: May 25 2006, 08:59 PM

[Bdan629]

anyone have a picture of where to attatch the ground to?

[bill55]

I got the 2nd chip installed with the switch as the diagram shows.

If I only have the resistors go to pin4 I get to the dashboard, but the drive will not load any discs (copies or originals). It does the same thing no matter which chip I boot with. (original or the hack).

If I have the resistors go to pin 4 & 5 the original bios works as normal. I can play originals and when I put a copy in it says this game must be played in an xbox 360 console.

Now if I boot to the hacked bios (2nd chip) nothing loads. No copies or originals. I get the error to put the disc in an xbox 360 console whether it is a copy or an original game.

Any ideas??? The tutorial says to put the resistor on "pin 4 or 5 (or both)." Which is it? Does it depend on the system? Are they all different? Or do pins 4 and 5 not get joined from the top chip to the bottom chip? Do they only get connected from pin 4 of the top chip to pin 15 of the top chip and the same for the bottom?

 It seems weird that the hacked bios boots to the dashboard, but no discs at all load. This tells me that it cant be far from working. If the firmware was bad on the chip or something was wired totally wrong it wouldnt boot at all. I checked all my soldering points and everything seems fine. I am using 10k-ohm 1/2 watt resistors.

PLEASE help!!!!

This post has been edited by bill55: May 27 2006, 04:29 AM

[LordX]

Strange!!! , Original Flash chip have GND on CE# pin all the time ! need to disconect it some how ?!

[PurdueTim21]

QUOTE(feflicker @ May 17 2006, 05:46 AM)

Cool. This was said to be possible, now it is proven... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

<speculation>My main thing though, is if MS$ attacks this, it will probably be through the dashboard (which is always running at some level, like a true OS), so it won't matter if you are connected to Live or not, as long as you have the new Dash you will get banned or receive errors, etc. So this might not have a real practical use in the end...</end speculation>

I was thinking the same thing. I would say it is a good bet the new dashboard update, since it will be stored internally without the need of external memory, will probably be designed to check the firmware of the DVD drive. If it detects any modifications from the original I wouldn't be surprised if it either A: automatically flashes the firmware back to its original state; B: Locks the drive so that nothing can be played until the original firmware is loaded back on; or C: if the DVD firmware is detected to be modified, that information could be stored on the mobo and even if you put the original firmware back on the DVD drive, Live will still detect that you've modified the drive before and you will still get banned. All very discouraging scenarios, it will be interesting to hear what happens when the update hits the streets.

[arjanv]

QUOTE(Tabajara-Labs @ May 17 2006, 11:31 AM)

Hi all, greetings from Brazil, first message here, don't forget to take a look on http://www.tabajara-labs.com.br )

Well, the method is great, but indeed there is a simpler way:

1 - Buy a SST39sf040a instead of a SST39sf020a - it has double the capacity
2 - take the two images that you would flash (one for the original and another for the modded) and join it toghether with a file joiner or the old DOS command copy file.bin >>file2.bin /b
3 - Flash the SST39sf040a
4 - solder it in place but lift the higher adress pin and tie it to ground thru a 10Kohm resistor
5 - use a SPST key with one pole tied to +vcc and another tied to this pin

Here you have a simpler mod )

Explaining:
The chip is binary adressed. We have, as an example, 2 bits of adressing (yes, I know there are more bits, STFU). Call them A0 and A1
A1 A0
 0   0
 0   1
 1   0
 1   1

If we add another bit of adressing, we have doubled the possibilities
A2 A1 A0
  0  0   0
  0  0   1
  0  1   0
  0  1   1
  1  0   0|
  1  0   1| Look here! The same!
  1  1   0|
  1  1   1|

So if we double the memory, we just add one adress line to the chip. So we can use this adress line to create two "windows" in the chip. One will be the original firmware, another the hacked one.

Of course, if you add two adress lines, you can quadruple the memory. So if you want to use 3 (or 4) different firmwares, you can use a higher memory chip (I have to check, but I believe there is a SST39sf080a which has 4x the memory of the SST39sf020a) and do the same procedure with the two higher adress lines.

I'm late to work. If there is an interest, I can write a PDF later.

See ya
Alexandre
(still with the old XBOX and loving it)

hi,

Can you write a schematic?

Which is the higer address pin from the SST39sf040a?
And where to connect the switch?

Thanks

[DJ_L3ThAL]

i did the mod today, plugged into my comp, when its about to flash i flick the switch over and select the drive, but it gives me 'invalid flash type' error message, anyone had this or any thoughts?

[OriginalCompGeek]

why have we not seen any of the promised updates on this?  Im curious about progress...

[iPwn]

QUOTE(DJ_L3ThAL @ Jun 7 2006, 03:00 AM)

i did the mod today, plugged into my comp, when its about to flash i flick the switch over and select the drive, but it gives me 'invalid flash type' error message, anyone had this or any thoughts?

what kinda chip are you using?

[kekec]

@DJ_L3ThAL

I have the same problem. I'm also using an 39sf020a chip soldered onto the original.
I also got the msg: " Failed to identifiy flash type"...

has anyone any suggestions?

Greets kekec