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[mcloum]

ok, first thing. Thanks to MrFrosty for all his hard work. this is what i've been waiting for. It just so happens im running a 14" portable TV and it doesnt do my games justice. I want to connect it to my 19 AG Neovo E19 which google tells me has SOG support.

I currently have a 1mb X2 5035 bios, if i remember correctly! If i wanted to flash my clean X2_5035 (512) onto bank 1 and a patch X2_5035 onto bank to do i just have to use EvoX and switch my bank selector to the approriate bank when flashing? also i cannot activate HD through avalaunch, says something about not being able to write to EEPROM when HDD is locked, any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Mike

[FrostyTheSnowman]

QUOTE(mcloum @ Dec 12 2006, 02:45 PM)

I currently have a 1mb X2 5035 bios, if i remember correctly! If i wanted to flash my clean X2_5035 (512) onto bank 1 and a patch X2_5035 onto bank to do i just have to use EvoX and switch my bank selector to the approriate bank when flashing? also i cannot activate HD through avalaunch, says something about not being able to write to EEPROM when HDD is locked, any ideas?

Well, I don't know much about Avalaunch, but the Microsoft Dashboard will always unlock the HD settings properly, so I recommend using that instead.

And as far as the banks, are you using a modchip or are you using your TSOP?

[mcloum]

The external switch says X2 Lite. Its been a while since i messed with my xbox so apologise for my cobwebs!

I have looked in the MS dash and i dont see any HD options, do i need to have a HD pack connected for this to ultimatley work?

[FrostyTheSnowman]

QUOTE(mcloum @ Dec 12 2006, 03:22 PM)

The external switch says X2 Lite. Its been a while since i messed with my xbox so apologise for my cobwebs!

I have looked in the MS dash and i dont see any HD options, do i need to have a HD pack connected for this to ultimatley work?

Yes you will need one. Alternatively though, you can build the VGA cable, and then you can enable your HD options 'blindly' if you want to. (The VGA cable shows up as being an HDTV cable.)

[mcloum]

Thats what i was going to do, buy a seperate AVIP cable and create a VGA cable and a normal Component cable, then switch between banks when using a TV and a Monitor.

So are my steps correct for flashing the BIOS? I=On the external switch i have 3 dip switches

On/Off
Protect/Unprotect
Bank1/Bank2

Can i just flash over the current 1mb BIOS and flash 2 seperate 512k BIOSes?

[FrostyTheSnowman]

I'm not totally sure, as I do not own an Xecuter2 myself. (Or any modchip for that matter.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) )

I would recommend finding a flashing tutorial for your Xecuter2, you can probably find them on Xecuter's website, or you can check the 'Xbox Bioses' forum here on Xbox-Scene.com.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

This post has been edited by FrostyTheSnowman: Dec 12 2006, 11:11 PM

[Hoyt]

I want to thank Frosty again for all his help getting the VGA softmod working!

I have a question regarding cables like you guys are talking about though.  I am currently using a Microsoft HD pack and plugging it into the RGB BNC connectors on my monitor.

Does anyone make a VGA cable with RGB RCA plugs on it that I could plug into the HD pack so I could use it on other monitors without having to build a special cable?  If so I would love some info, that would make this rig portable without a lot of effort.

Thanks again - everyone here has been very helpful!

Hoyt

[DVADER]

QUOTE(Hoyt @ Dec 13 2006, 10:05 AM)

I want to thank Frosty again for all his help getting the VGA softmod working!

I have a question regarding cables like you guys are talking about though.  I am currently using a Microsoft HD pack and plugging it into the RGB BNC connectors on my monitor.

Does anyone make a VGA cable with RGB RCA plugs on it that I could plug into the HD pack so I could use it on other monitors without having to build a special cable?  If so I would love some info, that would make this rig portable without a lot of effort.

Thanks again - everyone here has been very helpful!

Hoyt

I would use http://www.cablesnmor.com/vga-rca-cable.html with female to female gender changers on both ends.

[landstack]

Hey Frosty,
   I was just curious if you used a 680kohm, 470kohm, or different sized resistor in your VGA cable?  I was also thinking about the few games with the green problem.  Do you think it is possible to hex edit an xbe and add the few lines of assembly code required to reset the GPU?  I know  Foe-hammer did a lot of disassembling xbe's for the purpose of progressive patching them, maybe he would know if he's still around.  I've noticed the problem with games that have a separate xbe for the multiplayer.  eg. Call of Duty 3   I think this is the problem with Surreal as well, since there are several separate xbe's for each emulator.  Just thought I'd bring it up and see if it's possible.  Thanks for everything!

[FrostyTheSnowman]

I use the 470k resistor, and it seems to be the most compatible one too.

And as far as hex editting/disassembling an xbe goes, it might work, but i'm not sure. The only way that I know of to fix the problem is to inject the GPU reset code into the xboxkrnl_3 routine in the XBOX kernel. (BIOS)

Unfortunately though, this is easier said than done.  

[brendon7800]

Frosty, (or anyone that knows the answer) I have patched the latest version of the Evox Bios and flashed onto my xbox 1.3 (softmoded). When I plug the regular M$ component and composite cables in and hook up to my TV I get the green tint (as expected) but when I plug in the VGA cable I made using the sync sepperator chip to my computer monitor, I get no signal. I've been able to use the cable up until I patched my bios with your patcher. The video was there but it was green tinted. Only after I patched and flashed my bios did it stop working. Any ideas? I've checked and rechecked my cable, all connections are good. One thing I found that was a little weird was when I was playing with the grounding switches that tell the xbox what kind of signal to output, according to the tutorials you need switches 1 & 3 on for VGA output. I turned on switches 2 & 3 and got a signal, but it was a white tint, I can see red, green, blue and black, but a ton of white, similar to what you see with green tint only it's white. Does anybody have any idea what I can do to get this working properly?

[FrostyTheSnowman]

Well, mode 2+3 is the one you want to use.  Mode 1+3 is the OLD way to do VGA, and it is no longer the standard way to do it.

As far as the colors go, do you have the Conexant encoder, or the Focus encoder? I have heard mixed information regarding the Focus encoder, some say it works properly, some say that it doesn't...

[brendon7800]

I have a Conexant. And when I use the 2+3 mode I can't see the loadscreen, the monitor says out of range for a few seconds then fades to my Evox dashbord (still whitewashed)

[brendon7800]

Correction: I'm using Evox 3.6 with the VGA patcher 0.7

I'm going to try Evox M8 with the special patcher that Frosty made for that bios.

I'll post my results, unless you can think of something else I should try.


Question to all the people out there using this with working results:

What is your setup? xbox version, bios version, monitor ect.

[FrostyTheSnowman]

QUOTE(brendon7800 @ Dec 18 2006, 10:39 AM)

Correction: I'm using Evox 3.6 with the VGA patcher 0.7

I'm going to try Evox M8 with the special patcher that Frosty made for that bios.

I'll post my results, unless you can think of something else I should try.
Question to all the people out there using this with working results:

What is your setup? xbox version, bios version, monitor ect.

Hmm, it might just be an incompatibility with that BIOS version.

I would definately try the Evox M8+ because that BIOS is confirmed working with Conexant encoders. (Make SURE you are using the v1.0-v1.5 version of the Evox M8+, the v1.6 will FRAG your XBOX.)

Also, make sure your VGA cable is set for Mode 2+3.

This post has been edited by FrostyTheSnowman: Dec 18 2006, 06:08 PM