I'm having trouble with this chip as well (also from DealExtreme).
One thing I noticed is that they shipped the chip with 12 pins in the pinheader, yet the install instructions show only 11 pins being soldered in...
I'm not using a pinheader (attempting quicksolder) and I noticed that this pic:
http://www.llamma.co.../aladdin/v1.jpg shows 8 quicksolder points, yet the chip I was sent has 9 points, so I'm very confused as to what to do.
I tried soldering all 9 points first (I used wires) + d0 which ended with the chip's LED lighting up, but the Xbox FRAG'd. Next I snipped the wire going to the solder point not seen in the other install image I linked to --- now it just frags, the LED on the chip is off.
Personally, I think that the chip wasn't shipped flashed. If it's not that, it's the fact that I can't find proper install instructions (Even if I do use the pinheader, will I need to pull one of the pins out?
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edit: by the way I'm doing the "always enabled" mode like this:
http://www.llamma.co...in/detailXT.jpg