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regulater7

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« Reply #120 on: July 28, 2003, 08:08:00 PM »
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When ever you load an xbe from the ms dash, it is automatically mounted as the D: this is to make it easier for the programmer, (those legal one's) any way


I think its msdash "security" but maybe this is bios bound? so i posted this in the bios forum, if someone cann tell me its not bios at all, then i will remobve.

the reason i dont want the MSDASH to mount every program it loads to D: drive, is because when i load EVOX from the ms dash, and i try to backup a game, instead of D: drive being the Disc, its the "EvoX" folder contents.....
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vtex

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« Reply #121 on: July 29, 2003, 12:13:00 AM »
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I think its msdash "security" but maybe this is bios bound? so i posted this in the bios forum, if someone cann tell me its not bios at all, then i will remobve.


i dont know if its security but its a pain in the arse.

Even loading from nexgen, evox is mounted as D:
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neo-dilly

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« Reply #122 on: July 29, 2003, 06:06:00 AM »
QUOTE (vtex @ Jul 23 2003, 09:11 AM)
There was a discussion a while back on making a BIOS hack that wouldn't boot from DVD first, however this would cause problems if the harddisk boot failed.

It would be really good if the BIOS would boot to say dvdboot.xbe instead of default.xbe so that a boot disk could always be made...

Use XBtool that can edit what file the xbox looks for on the cd
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regulater7

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« Reply #123 on: July 29, 2003, 04:30:00 PM »
muthafucker hehe. come on u super nerds fix this lol.. jk
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ZASADAR

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« Reply #124 on: August 01, 2003, 03:21:00 AM »
bios loads a list to select what bios would you like to load from the hard drive
keyboard and mouse
replace boot video
replace the cd rom no need to keep original hooked up
allow xbox to run like pc and think the video card is geforce fx
cpu and video card over clock      hey it could happen one day lol
maybe bios support to run just like psx or dream cast
hehe i can go on forever
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bombzhome

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« Reply #125 on: August 05, 2003, 06:15:00 AM »
QUOTE (ZASADAR @ Aug 1 2003, 07:21 AM)
bios loads a list to select what bios would you like to load from the hard drive
keyboard and mouse
replace boot video
replace the cd rom no need to keep original hooked up
allow xbox to run like pc and think the video card is geforce fx
cpu and video card over clock      hey it could happen one day lol
maybe bios support to run just like psx or dream cast
hehe i can go on forever

Most of your ideas only make sense to YOU!  dry.gif
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Xeero

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« Reply #126 on: August 05, 2003, 06:28:00 AM »
QUOTE (ZASADAR @ Aug 1 2003, 07:21 AM)
replace boot video

There's some work being done on this.

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replace the cd rom no need to keep original hooked up

X2 BIOS already allows you to remove the DVD-ROM drive and successfully boot.  Adding another HD to that IDE channel and using both is a huge BIOS hack.

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allow xbox to run like pc and think the video card is geforce fx

What does this even mean??

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maybe bios support to run just like psx or dream cast

Why in the world would you want to reduce the performance to that of a PSX or DC?
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switzch

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« Reply #127 on: August 05, 2003, 07:35:00 AM »
I would love a bios that turns off the screen (or loads a simple screen saver) after about 5m of playing a game if no buttons are pressed.  XBMP and EVOx have this feature, but built into the bios would be ideal in my eyes.
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Xeero

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« Reply #128 on: August 05, 2003, 11:20:00 AM »
QUOTE ((>Stormy<) @ Aug 5 2003, 03:05 PM)
A bios that allows dynamic switching of drives based on shortcut commands givin by individual applications/programs.  Basically a built in switch for extra harddrives and dvd drives would be really really sweet.

This would require additional hardware augmentation, as well.
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Siccmade

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« Reply #129 on: August 05, 2003, 01:40:00 PM »
could save states support for xbox games be built into the bios?
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billybobz0r

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« Reply #130 on: August 06, 2003, 04:13:00 PM »
Donno about the possibility, but wouldn't it be nice to access your bios like on a pc, to disable/enable or change certain features? I know it can be done by creating a new one but it would be nice if you didn't need a to flash your bios anytime you want to change a feature.
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lordc

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« Reply #131 on: August 07, 2003, 10:33:00 AM »
How about changing logo and letters??
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Xeero

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« Reply #132 on: August 07, 2003, 10:36:00 AM »
QUOTE (billybobz0r @ Aug 6 2003, 08:13 PM)
Donno about the possibility, but wouldn't it be nice to access your bios like on a pc, to disable/enable or change certain features? I know it can be done by creating a new one but it would be nice if you didn't need a to flash your bios anytime you want to change a feature.

I guess you don't understand the nature of a flash ROM.  You need to flash it to make alterations.
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ChadH

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« Reply #133 on: August 07, 2003, 06:14:00 PM »
The ability for the BIOS to read certain settings off an ini file on the hard drive, so that it would be possible to modify the actions of the BIOS without reflashing each time.
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« Reply #134 on: August 07, 2003, 08:27:00 PM »
QUOTE (blaze_all_day @ Aug 7 2003, 11:44 AM)
Screen capture when play a game. Like evox do, but with a combinaison of buttons

You can already doing that using a debug bios.

Do a search if you're really interested in it. smile.gif
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