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[b01]

OK,  just a check here, but what Dash are you using.


1. What version XBOX do you have?

2. Did you solder any thing, like the chip to the motherboard.

3. And did you flash the Matrix only, or did you flash the TSOP too.


Sounds like you have a bad eeprom or dash, if you backed up the eeprom and the C drive before you modded, try restoring these.  

[trentdadi]

Very wierd.  I recently got a matrix for free off a friend who recently upgraded to x2.3b lite.  I than threw it in another friend's xbox who wanted theirs modded.  I put it in, it worked fine.  Rebooted, fraged.  Took the chip out and still fragged.

BTW, if you locked your 250 gig on the same xbox you are using, and you didnt unlock the retail before you did that, the retail is good as dead unless you have the unlock key wrote down some where or have the original eeprom backed up that contained it.  

If you have a thomson dvd drive, it could possible be that too.  Not sure what to do about that because I have a xbox laying around here that wrx 1 out of 200 times i tried to boot it up because of the shitty thomson.

[demonwolfe]

Sounds like what happened to me.  I don't see how it could frag the system once the mod chip is removed though.  Strange.

I never locked my new hard drive, nor did I unlock the retail one.

Yeah, I have a Thomson DVD drive.  It was very picky.   I suppose it could be the DVD, but the timing seems too coincidental.

[thedustycelt]

What are the leds on the front doing?

Do you get sound?

It is posible that you damaged the motherboard with the solderless chip. Look for scratched traces (especialy near the do) also look for missing resistors or capacitors... The cap near the screw hole has a tendancy to get nocked off if the modchip dosn't sit correctly...

[demonwolfe]

Here is a picture of the traces

http://highest-quali...temp/Traces.jpg

so you can see what they look like for yourself.


I think they are intact...

unfortunately I can not bend over to get a close up look myself at the moment.  

[Trevante]

http://arisme.free.fr/Xbox/Reflash/

Try using that to reflash your eeprom. If you don't have a backup of your eeprom (shame on you if you don't), then search these forums for a banned eeprom, I'm pretty sure I saw one you can download in a thread somewhere. NOTE: If you do use that banned eeprom, make sure your HDD isn't locked first. IF it is locked, unlock it with your computer (use XboxHDM or atapwd.exe. If you locked it with configmagic, then the master password should be TEAMASSEMBLY).

EDIT: Well here's the link to the banned eeprom, and once again, make sure your HDD is unlocked if you're going to use this!

[thedustycelt]

I don't see any obvious damage in that picture.

Corupt eeprom is a good bet.
You can embed an eeprom into a bios & flash it to the chip. Then you can try booting and see if that is the problem...

good luck with it all