Topic: Xbox Blinking Red - Need Help (Read 48 times)

_awake_ · « **on:** December 28, 2010, 03:02:00 AM »

Nobody?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2010, 03:23:00 AM »

A blinking red light on the front of the console means - you guessed it - corrupt EEPROM. Odds are the machine attempted to restore a "sample" file, or one intended for a different console version.

http://wiki-scene.co...ed_Blinking_LED

Your best bet is to somehow get the X2 5035 BIOS flashed into that modchip, which should allow the system to boot up despite the bad EEPROM restore, though I'm unsure if you'll be able to flash it while the machine is in it's current state. You may need to put the modchip in a functional system in order to do that, then swap it back.

_awake_ · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2010, 04:39:00 AM »

QUOTE(li_gangyi @ Dec 29 2010, 04:37 AM)

There are a couple of ways you can fix this. Assuming you have your eeprom.bin dump somewhere, you could build an Eeprom reader/writer attached to your PC's serial port to re-write that data back on.

I have a dedicated reader/writer on hand if you need help (you'd have to pay for shipping the chip though).

the bad thing is i dont have my eeprom.bin dump

Is there still some option to repair without my eeprom.bin?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:26:00 AM »

Read the page I linked earlier.

_awake_ · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2011, 03:45:00 PM »

QUOTE(li_gangyi @ Jan 2 2011, 04:17 AM)

You can either use a BIOS that doesn't care if the EEprom is intact, or just write a different EEProm.bin to your eeprom. You'd loose MS Live functionality, and possibly have an MAC address clash, but I don't think anyone will be missing MS Live, and the MAC address can be manually edited.

hmm this sounds good, but how to use a BIOS or write a different eeprom.bin? Because there is nothing on my monitor when i turn on my xbox, just darkness and red light flashing (but dvd unit seems to work normaly). Is there some softwere that i can burn to dvd and will show some menu´s when i boot up xbox? or am i wrong?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #5 on:** January 04, 2011, 05:56:00 PM »

You won't be able to get the console to boot any DVDs in its current state. You'll either need an external modchip flashing device, or you'll need to install the modchip into a functional console in order to flash it.

Movax · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2011, 02:48:00 PM »

Search for "FlashBIOS Unauthorized with embedded eeproms" Get it on your modchip (use another xbox is the easiest way). It will allow you to boot and flash a temporary eeprom. If you don't have your old one, just leave it with a temporary one, or make your own with Live Info Beta 3 . (In this case if your hard drive is locked, too bad).

Read through Bomb blokes post, similar info is there.. (two clicks away).

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #7 on:** January 08, 2011, 04:34:00 PM »

The other X-Box seems to have a bad DVD drive, but, those are interchangeable - you can take the DVD drive out of your console, stick it in the other one, and it should boot.

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2011, 04:44:00 PM »

If the failed console is not a 1.6, then odds are the other machine won't boot off the modchip... it depends on what's in the other banks. You can certainly try it. Should be no issues if the two consoles are of the same version.

The X2 5035 should allow you to boot again, but only if the HDD is unlocked - if that's not the case, then you will need to unlock the drive. How you do that depends on whether or not you're using the original HDD or not.

If it's an upgraded HDD, then it's very likely already unlocked. If you plug the HDD into your computer, LiveInfo can tell you whether it's locked or not.

_awake_ · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2011, 04:05:00 AM »

QUOTE(Bomb Bloke @ Jan 12 2011, 12:44 AM)

If the failed console is not a 1.6, then odds are the other machine won't boot off the modchip... it depends on what's in the other banks. You can certainly try it. Should be no issues if the two consoles are of the same version.

The X2 5035 should allow you to boot again, but only if the HDD is unlocked - if that's not the case, then you will need to unlock the drive. How you do that depends on whether or not you're using the original HDD or not.

If it's an upgraded HDD, then it's very likely already unlocked. If you plug the HDD into your computer, LiveInfo can tell you whether it's locked or not.

I found that X2 5035 bios is 512k and my modchip Aladdin advanced have 256k bios. I dont really know if this is true... Can i still flash with this bios or do i need another bios? but which one that doesn care if eeprom is corrupted?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2011, 05:11:00 AM »

Sorry, I don't know of any 256kb BIOS that'll function the same way here. I don't know when that feature was added to the X2 BIOS range.

Work out whether the drive is locked and what version your console is, and we'll go from there.

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