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Leafz

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Does Your XboX Freeze During Gameplay?
« on: December 11, 2004, 04:58:00 PM »
If yours freezes with a different Bios then the one listed, please post!

Also please POST what Chip you are using.
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appleguru

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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2004, 11:01:00 PM »
Well, my 1.6 xbox never freezes whilst playing games.. I've used a variety of bioses on it, from m8_16 (stock and various customized versions), to Yoshi's BIOS, to m8+_16, and finally to a customized version of metoo m8+_16 w/ live blocking, the eject fix, LBA48, IGR, no ani, etc.
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Leafz

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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2004, 11:08:00 PM »
I see, so it might be the chip thats messing up. ITs an Aladdin XT
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appleguru

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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2004, 10:45:00 PM »
What BIOS are you running? On the XT, be sure to run m8_16 (not m8+_16)... Also, once the xbox loads the BIOS from the chip, it's not really doing anything, so I doubt it's the chip... it could be a heat issue... or faulty memory, or something... tongue.gif
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Leafz

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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2004, 10:35:00 AM »
well i'm not running the PLUS bios, as its hard to find. But thanks for the Tip. It could definality be the mother board messing up.

thanks

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Dreamachine

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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2004, 12:38:00 AM »
I can't get 2 minutes into a game ( from the HDD or Disk copy or original)  before it freezes up!! I can play games from the TSOP or the MS bios and dash with no problems. I'm using a 1.6 with an Xenium 2.0.1 and I've tried multiple bios and dash combos, I was thinking there might be a certain combo that would work.   I never know if I can trust the name of the bios cause they all seem liked there hacked before I get em. I'll list what I have though,   evo-x_m8_16_bios.bin \ EvoXM8.06_16_fc_noani.bin \  m8_16.bin \   m8_16_LBA48.bin. Is evox m8_16 the only bios that works with the 1.6 xbox???  BTW If anyone can tell me what any of that means or what kind I have that would be great. I have no idea what all those little codes mean :( I tried to use evtool but it didn't seem to know either. I just wanna play my games from the harddrive so I don't have to worry about them getting scratched. One more thing Here is a list of the games so far  Halo 2 \ THUG 2 \ and a couple of demo disks.  for now I would be glad to just get these going. I've noticed that XBMC will freeze up from time to time if it's on for a while so it led me to believe that  was a heat issue. Has anybody looked into that  maybe a fan mod could fix it?  Hmm anyway If anyone has a clue as to what's going on I'm sure you would make alot of 1.6 owners really happy.
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2004, 04:26:00 AM »
QUOTE (appleguru @ Dec 12 2004, 03:48 AM)
Also, once the xbox loads the BIOS from the chip, it's not really doing anything, so I doubt it's the chip

except probably holding the lframe signal from the mcpx low. :/
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appleguru

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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2004, 09:05:00 AM »
QUOTE (heinrich @ Dec 14 2004, 06:58 AM)
except probably holding the lframe signal from the mcpx low. :/

Grrr, really? Damn cheap modchips... cool.gif

(now that you mention it you're probablly right; the Aladdins likely pull LFRAME to ground when booted... and keep it there sad.gif )

@ Dreamachine: Your Xenium however *does not* do this, and only uses LFRAME to load the chip; it actually communicates over LFRAME and doesn't just ground it like most chips...

I'd give m8plus_16 a shot wink.gif Sounds like you may have a 1.6b xbox. (m8_plus is the newer version of m8; DO NOT use it on the Aladdin Advance XTs as they will not boot; m8plus_16 will work fine on your xenium however, and if you want live blocking, you can even use the metoo edition of m8plus_16 (In the 1.4.1 release of metoo).
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Leafz

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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2004, 09:44:00 AM »
So it looks like everyone else has some problems with freezeing too. I have to replace my Ala
ddin with an XIce, put the m8 16+ bios and see what happenes.

Hopefully it wont freeze. But what i dont get some games freeze some dont.

Very Strange..

-Leafz
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appleguru

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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2004, 09:20:00 AM »
QUOTE (Leafz @ Dec 14 2004, 12:16 PM)
So it looks like everyone else has some problems with freezeing too. I have to replace my Ala
ddin with an XIce, put the m8 16+ bios and see what happenes.

Hopefully it wont freeze. But what i dont get some games freeze some dont.

Very Strange..

-Leafz

Well, you could try deleting the files in E:\CACHE...

This usually only affects people who used the Xenium's HDD upgrade wizard to upgrade their HDDs (A very nice feature of XOS2 I may add wink.gif), and usually freezes live enabled games at their startup/loading screens...
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appleguru

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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2004, 09:54:00 AM »
That goes for Dreamachine too; delete the files in E:\CACHE.

..And Dreamachine, you can set the fanspeed in XBMC.. Be sure to get the latest release of XBMC...
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Leafz

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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2004, 10:24:00 AM »
i'll try that.

Thanks
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Dreamachine

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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2004, 12:29:00 PM »
Hmm..... yeah I tried  that but when you start a game the fan slows back down again?
I just found that I've got a 1.6b identified by the hynix memory. Is there a cure for this yet? I read someting about a Yoshihiro M8_16b memory fix but have had no luck finding it:(
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appleguru

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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2004, 02:49:00 PM »
Yeah, XBMC's fanspeed setting is for XBMC only; change the speed in your BIOS to change ti while running games (Use evtool to do this).

You want m8plus_16 on your 1.6b xbox; get it in the usual places (#xbins).
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Dreamachine

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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2004, 05:08:00 PM »
Ok I just got Yoshi's M8_16beta and it seem pretty stable so far no more lock ups  beerchug.gif
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