Topic: Is My Chameleon Hosed For Good? (Read 78 times)

diseaser · « **on:** November 02, 2003, 11:00:00 AM »

Anyone?

JonDante · « **Reply #1 on:** November 02, 2003, 03:21:00 PM »

Hmmm. Try this for argument. Try flashing Bank 0 and 1 with Cromwell. If it works you can re-flash using M7 or 4977.

JD

diseaser · « **Reply #2 on:** November 02, 2003, 06:17:00 PM »

Would that have anything to do with bank 0 not working?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
diseaser

diseaser · « **Reply #3 on:** November 04, 2003, 01:39:00 AM »

Damn.

parabolee · « **Reply #4 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:04:00 AM »

Good luck

diseaser · « **Reply #5 on:** November 04, 2003, 11:42:00 AM »

So you had the same "power on/off resulting in red/green fragging" problem too?

Can other banks work if LPC pin2 is not making contact? I ask becasue I know banks 2 and 3 work fine, so I just assumed that LPC pin2 was definitely making contact.

I will give this a try and holler back.

Thx,
diseaser

diseaser · « **Reply #6 on:** November 04, 2003, 01:02:00 PM »

Well, no luck.

Xbox 1.0
Chameleon Solderless

Some info:

-- Banks 2/3 work fine. They display the cromwell bios boot screen (Waiting for CD) and appear to be functioning normal (flashing appears to work).
-- The chip appears to be seated properly. I have scraped etches into the solder w/an exacto knife, and banks 2/3 work fine, so I assume all the connections are being made.
-- I have tried reflashing bank 0 with cromwell, evox M7, x2 4977 (256k), x2 4978 (512k), none work.
-- This began when I flashed a 512k x2 (4978 I believe) onto the chip.

Is it possible banks 0/1 are fried? I don't suppose Xodus or EasyBuy has a warranty? Somehow I doubt it. :

Again, when I use bank 0 to boot, the power goes off/on 2 times, then comes on with a red/green eject light. I don't think it's "working" because the power isn't on even remotely long enough to spin up the dvdr and boot something before it turns back off. I think the chip is seated, because banks 2/3 appear to work fine.

Anyone else have anything for me to go on?

Trying not to waste $50,
diseaser

JonDante · « **Reply #7 on:** November 04, 2003, 01:11:00 PM »

Ok. Let's try something. You say you flash a 512k BIOS first and that is when everything started. This is the second time in a week I have seen the problem. I doubt you messed up anything. I am just wondering if you screw up bank 1 would this have any bearing on bank 0 not booting or flashing correctly.

The programmer may work to solve this, but I am still trying to figure out why there would be a problem. Let me see what I can dig up for you today.

JD

diseaser · « **Reply #8 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:00:00 PM »

Jon and all else,

I fixed it!

Here is what i did:

I took Evox M7 and opened it in XBtool.

I didnt change anything except making it into a 512k bios instead of 256k.

I flashed it, it booted in bank0 on the first try!!

I hope this helps ppl that experience this in the future.

Jon, Parabolee: Thank you so much for your help and troubleshooting.

Let me know if I can ever be of assistance. My email is [email protected].

Thanks,
diseaser

PS: WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!

JonDante · « **Reply #9 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:33:00 PM »

Now just for my peace of mind, tell me the position of the dip switches on your chameleon.

JD

diseaser · « **Reply #10 on:** November 04, 2003, 10:00:00 PM »

As of this moment (everything working great) they are all off (default).

I also saw someone in #evolutionx on efnet with the same problem and I gave him my solution and it worked.

Just FYI.

Thanks again,
diseaser

JonDante · « **Reply #11 on:** November 05, 2003, 05:45:00 AM »

But you say you flashed with a 512k BIOS yes? This is definately interesting.

JD

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