Topic: Chameleon (Read 1335 times)

Eldorado · « **Reply #135 on:** July 06, 2003, 07:37:00 PM »

Just spent the last couple days messing around trying to do an install for a friend.. no luck yet!

First tried the quick solder method, pretty easy, powered it up and blue light came on but xbox did a triple boot thing, 2 times powered up and shutdown after like 2 seconds, then 3rd was a frag..

So decided to undo that and tried the header pin install, took a bit more time but installed it nicely, put chip on, no blue light this time! And xbox does the same triple boot thing then frag.. redid the header pins about 3 times, same result! Why no blue light? I decided to fool around with the chip, slowly pulled it off the pins while box was powered on (d0 was disconnected), and the light flickers a bit as if I've hit a connection or something.. ?

Xbox boots normally when I disconnect D0..

Any ideas? I'm guessing it could possibly be a v1.3 xbox? I gave it back to him so he can play while I try to figure out what went wrong.. gotta check his serial #'s..

Eldorado · « **Reply #136 on:** July 07, 2003, 06:29:00 AM »

Ok, thanks for tips! There is a BIOS on it, got the programmer too, initially had the Cromwell 1.8 on it, then I flashed x2 4977 to it..

Just wondering, what would happen if this was a 1.3 xbox? How would the xbox behave after putting in a non-1.3 compatible chip?

explicitlyrics100 · « **Reply #137 on:** July 07, 2003, 03:28:00 PM »

im assuming it would frag as it would be missing the lframe if you put a non 1.3 compatable chip in a 1.3 xbox - anybody confirm this?

explicitlyrics100 · « **Reply #138 on:** July 07, 2003, 03:29:00 PM »

what version of xbox were you attempting to flash the onboard bios on? you forget the tsop flash bios only works for the 1.0xbox atm. i havnt investigated other versions as i have had no time. chris

explicitlyrics100 · « **Reply #139 on:** July 07, 2003, 05:06:00 PM »

oh, cant help you then, i had no problems sorry.

Eldorado · « **Reply #140 on:** July 08, 2003, 06:36:00 AM »

Just a sort of side note question, I'm going to borrow a multimeter to try and track down my problem, I've never used one before, what would be the correct process in using one to check the header pins for voltage?

Neo2003 · « **Reply #141 on:** July 08, 2003, 08:42:00 AM »

Eldorado please See:

http://forums.xbox-s...f=9&t=72224&hl=

explicitlyrics100 · « **Reply #142 on:** July 08, 2003, 04:07:00 PM »

hehe the magic green button in my sig does what it says! lol but yeh, its fairly simple and just a question of getting voltage accross the point and ground. Chris

Lysip · « **Reply #143 on:** July 19, 2003, 08:00:00 PM »

I've flashed my Cham dozens of times with the matrix programer theres new program thats out for both the matrix and Cham chips its called XP or something.
.::Scratching head wondering what its called::.

PC Flasher DL
Programing Manual DL

Neo2003 · « **Reply #144 on:** July 25, 2003, 11:10:00 AM »

explicitlyrics100: Can you give us more detail about flashing the onboard TSOP using only Chameleon? Like:

- Install A15 (definitly need this)?
- Which mode of the Chameleon need to be in (1,2,3 or 4)?
- Which Chamelon bank to select (hardware or software)?
- And other details?

Since after flashing the bank 1 with Matrix_TSOP_FIX & A15 connect, i do a software bank boot to bank 1 (default hardware boot from bank 0), it boot up as expected Orange/Green flash, but from there, don't know how to do it, since reboot will put Chameleon on mode 0 and flashing any thing in here will flash into Chameleon tsop but not the onbard tsop!

I have two xbox at home an only on chameleon, this is why i would like to got my onboard tsop flashed!

Last question: do the flashed bios need to be 1Mb of 512Kb, since is installa switch to split the onboard in two.

Thanks

Flowzarus · « **Reply #145 on:** July 26, 2003, 07:09:00 PM »

Hey, I just installed a Chameleon in a friend's Xbox. Went pretty smooth except I was using an SVCD cable and got the black screen...

Then I wasn't putting a dummy file on my LINUXBIO.BIN CD when I was doing the upgrade...

The one thing I am having trouble figuring out, and I've been looking pretty hard...how do you disable this mod? I read the user guide before installing and thought it was just using the eject button...now I realize that's only if I've soldered P and E (which I haven't) and have the chip in mode 4.

Do I have to add a switch? If so, where?
Is there something simple I'm missing?

Thanks

FIREitUP · « **Reply #146 on:** July 26, 2003, 07:48:00 PM »

you install points E and P. to disable the chip you hold on to the eject or power button or some shit like that for 3 seconds, try both and see which one works for you.

explicitlyrics100 · « **Reply #147 on:** July 28, 2003, 06:43:00 PM »

ok, to disable the mod you put a switch on the d0 wire, if d0 is not grounded (the switch is open) the xbox will nto boot from lpc (however you need to have the msdash named xboxdash.xbe on the c: drive. you need to have locked your hard drive aswell.

i had it in the default ship mode to get the 256kb banks, put on the matrix flash in bank 0, reboot xbox, get the matrix flash bios running, flash tsop. remove chameleon or leave it, now just switch the chameleon into a different one of the 4 256kb banks and boot to there then u can put a normal bios back on the chameleon.

Chris

Xeero · « **Reply #148 on:** August 01, 2003, 06:25:00 AM »

*sigh*

I've done over a dozen Chameleon installs and close to a hundred Xbox mods alone, all without a hitch (this is not to mention my 50-some-odd no-swap PS2 installs). Suffice to say I am no novice. All my Chameleon installs have been pinheader installs, and none have taken me more than 15 minutes.

Yet last night I spent 5 hours working on a customer's Chameleon install, and I have yet to get it working. It will boot the mod's BIOS only half the time, and I swear to God the LPC and D0 points (as well as the A15, P, and E points) are perfect. I have some Chameleon stock that I've been playing with, and these won't work either. No idea what the problem is...

Oh well...I'll keep tinkering.

Terrorbyte · « **Reply #149 on:** August 01, 2003, 07:31:00 AM »

Xeero:

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...Yet last night I spent 5 hours working on a customer's Chameleon install, and I have yet to get it working. It will boot the mod's BIOS only half the time, and I swear to God the LPC and D0 points (as well as the A15, P, and E points) are perfect. I have some Chameleon stock that I've been playing with, and these won't work either. No idea what the problem is...

That's the drawback of modding others' XBOXes, they'll either take a few hours or a few days, Murphy's f'n law. Damn though...15 minutes, guess experience pays off. I've modded a couple dozen XBOXes (mostly X2 Lites/Pros, a few Chameleons here and there, and a couple TSOP flashes for bastards who were too cheap to buy modchips). I always allocate at least 45-60 minutes for soldering a pin header (includes testing the voltages, etc.). Plus there's always 1 or 2 pins that are a pain-in-the-ass, but overall the pin header is easy. I've certainly hit a few snags with XBOX mods, but mainly due to my own negligence.

Perhaps that XBOX you're modding has a problem or defect with the LPC bus? Gotta be a defective board/LPC bus, especially since you've done so many Chameleon installs and have discovered that other Chameleons exhibit the same behavior. My guess is you probably tested the voltages but that does not rule out that a signal is getting botched somewhere from point A to B (speaking generally), it would be a bitch to troubleshoot though (then again you're an expert).

I'm interested to hear whether or not you figure it out.

This post has been edited by Terrorbyte: Aug 1 2003, 02:39 PM

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