Topic: Installed, Flashing Blue, No Video (Read 186 times)

daveyiv · « **on:** December 18, 2003, 06:56:00 PM »

you probably either have a 1.5 or not using the standard a/v cable, just insert a cdrw with the bios you want flashed when the drive opens and wait for it to restart your xbox

Kuranes · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2003, 07:15:00 PM »

I'm using the standard A/V cable. If I have a 1.5 xbox (how can I tell?) do I have to flash the BIOS before I can see anything on the screen? What about this need to add an extra grounding line I see discussed?

cybrpunk · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2003, 03:45:00 AM »

It's been widely covered that the 1.4 and 1.5 XBox consoles will have no video output using any of the Cromwell BIOSes. When the DVD tray opens just insert your CDRW with the bios you wish to install created as per the guides on X-S. It should flash the BIOS like this. Once it's done you should be able to boot and continue with the process of loading up a dashboard.

Kuranes · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2003, 07:08:00 AM »

Thank you all for your help. Jon, your doc is great, working on it all now. I had naively expected that it would just work.

Why do you say I have a v1.4 and not a v1.5? I see in this other thread there's some confusion about needing to ground out another pin on the modchip. Is that for it to work at all, or only for the flash to work?

I really appreciate the kind quality help that folks here provide. I'm pretty good with Linux, so I hope once I get things up and running I can contribute in that way.

Kuranes · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2003, 05:46:00 PM »

Just wanted to report that after following Jon's excellent install guide, I got Xecuter on my Chameleon. I just burned a disc and put it in blind, it did the right thing. Phew! My holiday package Xbox does have the new Focus video system, btw, which is what's a problem for the BIOS that was on my Chameleon when I bought it.

JonDante · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2003, 06:38:00 PM »

If you had a 1.5 your box would have fragged without soldering a ground point.

JD

-FP- Pete · « **Reply #6 on:** December 20, 2003, 01:17:00 PM »

-FP- Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2003, 07:29:00 AM »

hi,
i am now deeply regreting this modchip, firstly its meant to be a non solder mod, and that is not exactly true as everyone will agree, 2nd is the fact i have followed everything to the letter, and it still will not flash the bios.
i have a Chameleon Chameleon Le_sP&E
and a 1.5 xbox
i have read through the posts and connected the D0 and A15 points [check with multi meter] and they have a perfect connection also connected the ground wire, i get to the stage on the xbox coming on and quickly flashes green - red then goes to orange - after a few seconds goes to green then my modchip blue led starts to flash [no video]after about 30 seconds the tray automatically opens, i have burned the bios cd to the letter, with a memorex cdrw [and have read the nero burning instructions] i have really taken my time over this whole thing, when i insert the cdrw into the tray it just does nothing, and the blue led conitues to flash, for like 10 minutes, so i have checked the cdrw, burned a fresh copy and done the whole thing again [remembering to not insert the cdrw for at leat 2 minutes] but it won`t take, i have totally lost faith in this, to be totally honest it was easier to fit Messiah 2 chips in the PS2 [which i have done 2] as you don`t get all the flashing crap...
has anyone else had this problem?...did you solve it?..and how
please let me know,
Pete

BobVila · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2003, 07:02:00 PM »

QUOTE (JonDante @ Dec 19 2003, 03:59 PM)

Follow my tutorial in the "blind guide" section.

n00b alert:

Yep, just got the holdiay bundle and a chameleon chip and I have the blinking light but no video when powered on, but the dvd drive never ejects...does that mean something else is screwy, or is that semi-normal.

Also, can anyone point me to the blind guide JonDante mentioned above? After many googles and forum searches, I can't find it...TIA->

BobVila · « **Reply #9 on:** December 21, 2003, 08:37:00 PM »

me again...

Well , I think I figured out the blind docs, Jon's doc says some things about not having video, so I've been trying that method...but to no avail. I've tried to update the bios with X2 4979.06 from a DVD-R and a CD-R (I don't have any CD-RWs right now and the drive read from a CD-R earlier today.)

I've tried several times with each disc but the blue light just keeps blinking and the xbox never shuts down? If I do in fact have have a v1.5 box, do I have to solder the one wire before I even try to load the new bios using this method? Or will this method circumvent the soldering with the v1.5?

(And just to re-iterate, my disc drive never ejects, even though the blue light is blinking.)

Thanks for any help you can provide->

JonDante · « **Reply #10 on:** December 22, 2003, 02:05:00 PM »

If you have a blinking blue light you DO NOT have a 1.5 box.

Make sure you follow my tut to the letter with making a disc.

JD

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