I successfully went through the Matrix installation process on my Xbox 1.0 about 6 months ago. Everything has been working great. Then a few days ago I came home and found my modchip wasn't working. I looked through the side of my Xbox and saw that the light was always red. So, my first thought was that my chip had become mis-aligned. So, I opened up the box and attempted to re-align it. But, I can't seem to get it aligned anymore. I put the chip back into test mode (both switches on) and looked for the green light. However, whenever the light turns green (which is rare now) is only holds for a split second as it slowly fades to red. I cannot get the green light to stay steady for any length of time no matter what I do. The chip is not moving at all, yet the green light still changes to red. As a last resort, I removed my modchip and flashed the bios (which needed to be updated anyway) thinking maybe it got borked but I'm still having the same problems. I don't see any physical damage to the area where the chip connects. I'm totally at a loss with this one, and I'm about to pull my hair out. Anyone have any ideas what might be going on here? I'm curious what I need to test next... any guesses as to whether it's the chip or the xbox? Checking either means buying a replacement which means money I don't have. I'm hoping it's fixable. The xbox still works fine for non-mod activities like store bought xbox games and dvd movies. Any suggestions are most appreciated.
~BioMonk
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Topic: Matrix Was Working, Now Isn't (n00b Question?) (Read 66 times)