Topic: Tries To Boot 3 Times Then Flashes Red And Orange (Read 603 times)

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #105 on:** October 07, 2005, 08:04:00 PM »

QUOTE(omg0t @ Oct 8 2005, 01:41 AM)

yes

yes what??

omg0t · « **Reply #106 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:57:00 PM »

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Oct 7 2005, 11:29 AM)

ok, so was teh last ting you did before it frao'd was fiddle with the dvd drive?

QUOTE(omg0t @ Oct 7 2005, 04:41 PM)

yes

yes, the last thing i did before it frao'd was mess with my dvd drive

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #107 on:** October 07, 2005, 11:43:00 PM »

QUOTE(omg0t @ Oct 8 2005, 02:32 PM)

yes, the last thing i did before it frao'd was mess with my dvd drive

ok then. is it possible there is a short in the drive then?

omg0t · « **Reply #108 on:** October 08, 2005, 12:40:00 AM »

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Oct 8 2005, 07:18 AM)

ok then. is it possible there is a short in the drive then?

well even when i boot without any drives plugged in (the yellow power cable to the dvd drive and the ide cable are both unplugged from the motherboard), it still frao's

so it cant be a problem with the dvd drive

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #109 on:** October 08, 2005, 12:46:00 AM »

QUOTE(omg0t @ Oct 8 2005, 05:15 PM)

so it cant be a problem with the dvd drive

might be the ide controller. might just have to add it to teh pile of frao'd boards that we cant find the problem.

but if the last thing you did was fiddle with the dvd, then it would most likely be the ide controller. if your feeling confident and you have another box, stick that dvd drive in and see what happens

omg0t · « **Reply #110 on:** October 08, 2005, 12:48:00 AM »

although i do feel confident

i dont have another box

but where is the ide controller on the xbox?

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #111 on:** October 08, 2005, 12:51:00 AM »

QUOTE(omg0t @ Oct 8 2005, 05:23 PM)

but where is the ide controller on the xbox?

not sure, i dont think you will ever know unless you can get your hands on a copy of the circuit diagrams.

but it would be all done within 1 or 2 chips, and not much else

omg0t · « **Reply #112 on:** October 09, 2005, 07:52:00 PM »

so i have a 1.4 box that fraos with the chip off and frags with the chip on

also when i flip the switch on my smartxx v2.0 to turn it off, it still turns on and the box frags

wut version box do u guys have that fraos?

does anything else happen when u put a chip on?

fr_dr · « **Reply #113 on:** October 09, 2005, 09:02:00 PM »

Mine is a 1.0, and it FRAO ethier with the chip on (x3 with x3 bios) or not. I think that we should take in consideration that almost every board that FRAO also only got 0.2v on LPC pin3 (reset signal). So what i think is that either this is a CONSEQUENCE of fraoing or it's the CAUSE. If it's the cause, then we must find what part can cause this loss of voltage.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #114 on:** October 10, 2005, 02:36:00 AM »

QUOTE(fr_dr @ Oct 10 2005, 02:13 PM)

I think that we should take in consideration that almost every board that FRAO also only got 0.2v on LPC pin3 (reset signal). So what i think is that either this is a CONSEQUENCE of fraoing or it's the CAUSE. If it's the cause, then we must find what part can cause this loss of voltage.

totally agree. what we need, is someone with two mobos (same version), one that frao's and one that doesnt. hook them up, turn them onn and just see what is causing the problem.

fr_dr · « **Reply #115 on:** October 15, 2005, 07:22:00 AM »

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #116 on:** October 15, 2005, 07:40:00 AM »

QUOTE(fr_dr @ Oct 15 2005, 11:57 PM)

bump

incase anyoen ahs any info or thoughts that might help save these poor xbox's

PimpleX · « **Reply #117 on:** October 15, 2005, 12:03:00 PM »

I do, but it isn't what you'll want to hear...

I think it's MCPX failure, and unless you are godlike AND have a solder rework station to hand it's total and permanent failure. This is my opinion.

I have my v1.0 and v1.1 frao boards still and follow this thread in the vain hope some sense will be made of it and an answer forthcoming, sadly I am now of the opinion above, ...that it won't happen.

The IDE controller is part of the MCPX chip apparantly BTW.

I can and have tested these against working v1.0 and v1.1 boards for comparison, all the frao boards have 0.2v on pin 3 of the LPC and I wager 0.0 volts at the MCPX chip also (mine do, see my posts much earlier in this thread).

If anyone can think of a sensible side by side test they want done to confirm a theory then I'll do it and post here (if I think it's valid).

Cheers,

PimpleX

thedominor · « **Reply #118 on:** October 15, 2005, 11:53:00 AM »

I agree. Unfortunately, I think it is MCPX failiure. The no video whatsoever is a good clue. And so it PimpleX's really good diagnostic tests done earlier in the thread (thanks for that btw). Guess its time for my FRAO mobo to hit the scrap heap. For anyone that is interested, Perplexer has replaced the MCPX in this thread, but I doubt he is willing to do that regularly, but maybe, so check his bst/services thread.

fahrenheit · « **Reply #119 on:** October 15, 2005, 03:06:00 PM »

Well my v1.0 is inconsistant. It FRAO's at startup 99% of the time, but I can then press eject and the modchip BIOS will kick in and load the dash.
Games are a mixed bag. Some will consistantly crash at the exact same point every single time with a frozen screen and audio stuck in a loop. Others seem to play fine.
At the moment, the console is being used to run XBMC which it does without issue.

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