Topic: Can Not Flash Bios (Read 29 times)

tazkmar · « **on:** August 14, 2002, 02:54:00 PM »

assuming your flash didn't work ... and died prior to flushing the chip...

before attempting to flash did you load evox on the harddrive and replace the msdashboard? if so, are you sure you re-enabled your enigmah? if you didn't you will get this msg.

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now if you were in the middle of flashing and xflash already cleared the bios chip and started programming it -- then you got the error. suckville. you will need a different mod chip other then the enigmah. One that completely bypasses the ms chip.

REGNiTS · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2002, 03:03:00 PM »

im generally stuck pre-bios-screwup, cause i cant seem to locate xflash. could someone pm me if they feel like helping, thanks

HELLTICK · « **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2002, 07:45:00 PM »

Xustu · « **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2002, 10:29:00 PM »

dude if you recieved error code 9 when flashing thats the DEVICEerase error i got that for about 5 hours until i soldered the spots correctly even if you think you've got them soldered perfect double check and also make sure they are the right points. i had a hair-line crack in my solder so it could never clear the original bios to flash. i used dysfunctions xFlash on my hynix and now it works like a charm.

Xustu · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2002, 10:31:00 PM »

also install a switch on 21 and 15 (i also have the enigmah) i left my chip in after the flash cause i don't really care much but when i got the error code i just turned the chip back on and tried again

you're xbox is not dead yet

jpcapone · « **Reply #5 on:** August 15, 2002, 12:10:00 PM »

i did the switch thing during this process and that has not helped. i am sure the points are soldered but i will check again. someone on another forum said that i needed to check that my switch was on correctly cause the enigma is on the same address as the bios so when i try to flash that generates the error. can anyone confirm this....?? tia oh also i have not been able to find the flash from dysfunction can anyone help with that? also someone mentioned that there are alternate spots you can solder for the bios flashing thing other than the one in the tutorial. can anyone help with that? thanx in advance you guys rock hard babay!!!

nam133 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 15, 2002, 04:06:00 PM »

The problem you're experiencing is not due to the bridging of the points on the mb that allow for flash writing--if you hadn't done that properly it wouldn't have gotten as far as it did flashing.

What's causing your problem is that your modchip isn't entirely disconnected when you try to flash. Check to make sure the appropriate wires are disconnected, and if it still fails and you have a socketed homebrew chip, pull it out of the socket and try again.

If you still have the problem and you have a homebrew mod, it's likely you still have the wire which connects point 32 to another point on the mb connected. If you don't disconnect this wire, you will have exactly the problem you're getting (where it writes part of the flash and then fails).

Basically the secret to getting the flash process working is to get xflash to the point where you pick the bios image, and then make absolutely sure your modchip is disconnected, as well as any other connections (like the wire i mentioned which connects two points on the mb) are off. It will definitely work then.

Good luck!

Bananaskin · « **Reply #7 on:** August 16, 2002, 12:49:00 PM »

QUOTE (jpcapone @ Aug 15 2002, 06:10 PM)

i did the switch thing during this process and that has not helped. i am sure the points are soldered but i will check again. someone on another forum said that i needed to check that my switch was on correctly cause the enigma is on the same address as the bios so when i try to flash that generates the error. can anyone confirm this....?? tia oh also i have not been able to find the flash from dysfunction can anyone help with that? also someone mentioned that there are alternate spots you can solder for the bios flashing thing other than the one in the tutorial. can anyone help with that? thanx in advance you guys rock hard babay!!!

I suggest that 1 u check the solder points top and bottom of the board to make sure that they are correct. Install the evox dashboard on the HD, finally when you have booted the evox dashboard, disconnect wires 15 and 21 on the Enigmah Final and flash using the flashbios util which is part of the evox dashboard... ie from flashfxp raw command flashbios biosname

Hope this helps

jpcapone · « **Reply #8 on:** August 16, 2002, 03:53:00 PM »

are there any alternate points to solder to flash the bios?

WodMan · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2002, 08:29:00 PM »

Can someone please tell me where I can find xflash???

WodMan · « **Reply #10 on:** August 23, 2002, 09:31:00 PM »

I have an identical setup and I found XFLASH and it works like a champ, so it must be the solder joints.

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