Topic: Flashing Chameleon Bios Problems (Read 246 times)

JonDante · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:04:00 PM »

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no luck yet
can anyone help me?

Since this is your first post in this section, I really have NO IDEA what your problem is.

Have you followed my tutorial to the letter?

JD (see below)

[EDIT: No two problems are created equally!]

beatnutz96 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:11:00 PM »

i have the chameleon chip with the 1.8 linux bios and whenever i try to flash it using a cd it does not happen. i have read and done just about everything i can get my hands on but its the same story...with the xbox not shutting off

JonDante · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:15:00 PM »

First question:

Are you using a CD-R or CDRW?

JD

beatnutz96 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:17:00 PM »

im using a cd-rw with a dummy file....everything that everyone has said...none have worked

JonDante · « **Reply #19 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:19:00 PM »

Are you burning the CDRW in mode 1, Joliet off, with a 100mb dummy file named aaaa.aaa and your BIOS renamed to linuxbio.bin, and burning it just as a Data CD (not an ISO or XISO) at the slowest speed?

JD

beatnutz96 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:23:00 PM »

yes..exactly like that..it seems to be the most popular on the web..but didnt work
plus alot of other methods have failed too

JonDante · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:27:00 PM »

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it seems to be the most popular on the web

You have totally lost me here.

Next question: are you waiting two minutes BEFORE inserting the CD at the Cromwell prompt screen? (told you that you should spell out what you have done and where you are)

Remember, your situation isn't special. You ARE missing a beat somewhere. Even if it is the type of media you are using. Just relax and retrace your steps. For that matter what type of media are you using? Have you tried burning to DVD-R? What version XBox, and what type of DVD reader is in your XBox?

Tons of possibilities...

JD

JonDante · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:33:00 PM »

For the sake of argument do this:

Manually switch your dip switch 4 to ON. This puts you into bank 1 mode 1.

Try flashing from there. Make sure you have a valid 4977 BIOS.

If it powers down, turn dip 4 back to off and reboot.

If it does not power down, tell me exactly what happens.

JD

beatnutz96 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:35:00 PM »

yes ive tried that...same story
thanks

JonDante · « **Reply #24 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:36:00 PM »

What happens exactly?

beatnutz96 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:38:00 PM »

it says that it found the file...then it is flashing and do not disturb the xbox will turn off by itself

but it doesnt and is at the same screen forever

JonDante · « **Reply #26 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:40:00 PM »

Have you tried downloading a different 4977 and reburning the CDRW?

I know it sounds tedious, but the XBox IS extremely tempermental.

Or have you burned to DVD-R?

JD

beatnutz96 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:44:00 PM »

yes ive downloaded different bioses..all the same effects
could it be the flash is read only at the very beggining screen at the top ?
i dont have a dvd burner tho

JonDante · « **Reply #28 on:** October 25, 2003, 07:51:00 PM »

Unless you have changed the jumpers to something weird (tho I cannot image what) you should be doing ok. All I can figure at this point is that your Samsung is NOT reading the disc. Period. Your chip is working fine. Since you don't have a DVD burner, there is no way for you to tell really.

Unfortunately, unless someone else has a better idea, you might need to snag the programmer, or get a friend to burn a DVD-R for you with the 100mb dummy file and linuxbio.bin file.

It is really odd that the Samsung would not read your disc however. For the sake of argument, have you tried a CDR? Samsungs usually read those. It might be worth a shot. This is very odd.

Your XBox worked normally and read games prior to this correct?

JD

beatnutz96 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 25, 2003, 11:14:00 PM »

actually, yes ive tried a cdr before and it didnt even read the file..couldnt read the cd at all
could be the cheapo blanks i have but the cdrw i use reads fine but it just gets stuck
i will look for a person with a dvd-r and check that out...if not-i have ran out of options
thanks for your help

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