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[Flagg3]

If all of your pins are testing correctly the most likely culprit is pesky D0.  

While the other 3 connections are optional, you still need to solder a wire from D0 to the Chameleon.   A poor connection to D0 is the most common cause of booting to the original BIOS for me when installing a Chameleon.

Flagg

[joehdtv]

With the Chameleon installed I measured 5v at the D0 on top of the Chameleon.  I soldered pins to the bottom D0/A15 so I could disconnect the chip.  I have tried the Chameleon in my other xbox and it worked.  I have an X2 Lite in the other box.

[dink]

With the Chameleon installed, remove the D0 wire from the Chameleon and screw it down to the closet screw. (Which is ground)  Then power up.  What do you get?

[explicitlyrics100]

if you get nothing at all then d0 is the problem - if you get frag then lpc is probably the problem.  d0 needs to be grounded, either by the point on the lpc or the case (thus if the wire to d0 is touched to the case when the xbox boots and still nothing happens then you have a bad d0 connection)

[dink]

If your box is not (Flashing RED and Green) FRAGing, when you ground D0, sounds like your are NOT actually using D0.  You maybe grounding something else.  Better double check and make sure you are grounding D0.

[explicitlyrics100]

lol a grounded d0 will cause a frag if there is no bios in the chip or no chip.  as it is making a difference when your point is grounded i dont know what it could be - maybe a bad point

[explicitlyrics100]

hehe you got there just before me!

[explicitlyrics100]

no - i wouldnt do that - try and take a picture and host it somewhere or email it to somebody.  also you should check it is not shorting somewhere on the wire.  Chris

[dzv]

It looks like you soldered to the right point, but your solder might be touching 1 of the surrounding tracks or pads.  Try to make sure your solder is touching nothing but the D0 pad.

[Terrorbyte]

joehdtv:

It's usually ok for solder to be touching a track because the tracks are under a thin layer of protective plastic.  As long as you don't burn the plastic off from the tracks you should be good.  

Although, after looking at your picture on yahoo, it appears as though you're bridging your D0 point to the point below the D0 track.  Clean up your solder a bit, then things should work ok for you.

[joehdtv]

Thanks all for taking a look.  I will get the magnifing glass out an verify that nothing is touching that shouldn't be.

Thanks, Joe

[explicitlyrics100]

presumably your lpc mod is on the right pins of the lpc - just thinking if you connected the jumper at the wrong end - without tearing the pin out then that may also cause it to not work.  Chris

[Cherry]

QUOTE (joehdtv @ Jul 8 2003, 10:33 PM)

Pin 2 is grnd ... No Blue LED.

Just to check... how did you check pin 2 was ground? did you try using your multimeter with the black/negative connector on pin 2, and the red/positive on some other pin? Or did you just test between pin 2 and some other ground point ?

If your LED does not flash briefly on powerup, it is usually an indication that your chip is not getting power. And if the chip works fine on another box, it must be either pin 2 or pin 9 at fault.

[joehdtv]

Here is the latest:  If I ground D0 I get 3 boots then FRAG.  If I leave d0 on the chip I get MS bios (no blue led at all).  

I tested Pin2 with a multimeter.  I measured continuity between pin 2 and pin 12 and ground.  I also put the black prob on 2 and some other pin and got a voltage reading.

Pin 9 was the one I was having problems with earlier but I'm reading 3.3v on it now.

[Flagg3]

OK, here's a thought:

Are you sure your not trying to mod a 1.3?

Flagg