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[ChuckBales]

I installed it all up, the d0 gave me problems but i thought i might have had it. Plugged everything in and turned it on via power button. The xbox turns on, off, on, off, then stays on with no video or sound, frags and the led on the chip is blinking red. It does the same thing when turning on with the eject button.

I then tried the BT to G wire to have it always on to troubleshoot, it did the same thing, using either power button or eject button.

My dad has a client that owns a PCB factory/shop so I am going to have him do the d0 point for me, so I untaped the d0 wire I tried with, took BT off of everything (PCB eject and point G on the chip), so only the LPC points are connected to the chip, and all those points seems solidly soldered.  The xbox still does the 3 boot-frag-no video/sound thing,  should it be booting to the MS dash when BT and d0 are not connected?

Edit:forgot to say the DVD drive does not open when powering on with either button.

[antz1970]

yes with the do wire removed the xbox should indeed boot to the m$ dash , sounds like you have damaged the d0 trace pics would maybe help , but id say thats what the problem is

[ChuckBales]

The flash on my camera is apparently not working so I cant get any pics, Ill guess Ill just have the guy check it out tomorrow, maybe have him redo the whole thing.

[hippo]

You seem to have multiple crappy connections. BT is suspect because you can't get the LED to not flash red on the chip via eject. Also it's not communicating on the LPC or wrong bank/bios etc. You are getting power and ground. It could be a duff chip but that's the last resort.

[ChuckBales]

Just got back from the PCB place where I had the chip professionally soldered in, got him home, soldered the BT myself, hooked everything, power on via power button and up comes the FlashBios screen! So now i guess I flash with the new bios, FTP to it, get the stuff, etc.

However, when powering on via eject button, it turns on then turns off immediately, then turns back on with the chip, and the tray ejects, but no MS dash. Is the BT line likely causing this or does that do something else?

[ChuckBales]

UPDATE: Just booted with power buton, got to FlashBios, inserted the FlashBios CD-RW, it came up with the yellow bar then green bar then shut down. I booted up again with power button, the Xbox logo comes up in red with yellow yext, then Xecuter 2 underneath that logo, but then goes straight to the MS Dash.  The chip is blinking red.

Using the eject button it still turns on then off, then on again to the Xecuter xbox logo screen, then straight to MS dash.  


Also, the Cromwell Bios loads when I switch to the other bank, should I use the Eurasia disc for that now or wait until the Flashbios bank is up and running?

[appleguru]

QUOTE(ChuckBales @ Jul 7 2005, 12:13 PM)

UPDATE: Just booted with power buton, got to FlashBios, inserted the FlashBios CD-RW, it came up with the yellow bar then green bar then shut down. I booted up again with power button, the Xbox logo comes up in red with yellow yext, then Xecuter 2 underneath that logo, but then goes straight to the MS Dash.  The chip is blinking red.

[ChuckBales]

Well its a wire install, so cant really remove it. And I dont think its working when its enabled because it boots to the MS dash after giving the Xecuter 2 logo, unless its supposed to and Im missing something, this is my first mod.

[ModdingManiac]

If you didn't install a hacked Dash like Evox or Avalaunch then it will always go into MS Dash with the chip On or Off. You can play backups with the chip On though and boot an Auto installer to install your dah and any other apps you want.

The eject Button should not boot the Xecuter Bipson the chip so there is still something wrong on the install (D0? maybe).

[ChuckBales]

Ahh yes, so now I need to make some boot disc with EvoX on it or something? I just need to be able to FTP to the stock HD so I can pull all my gamesaves and whatnot off, then put the new HD, Slayers, etc.

[ModdingManiac]

QUOTE(ModdingManiac @ Jul 7 2005, 08:08 PM)

If you didn't install a hacked Dash like Evox or Avalaunch then it will always go into MS Dash with the chip On or Off. You can play backups with the chip On though and boot an Auto installer to install your dah and any other apps you want.

[ChuckBales]

I read here that to go straight from my laptop to xbox, i need a straight through cable, ie the same kind that would hook up multiple things to a router/hub?

[ModdingManiac]

Here is a basic guide on networking your xbox:

http://evox.xboxhack...networking.html

Basically if you are not using a router then all you need is a crossover cable, if you are using a router then a regular ethernet cable connected to the router will work.

[ChuckBales]

Also, I ran the Slayers 2.6 install on my laptop, used Nero to burn the image located in the Slayers folder to a CD-RW, nothing shows on the CD in my laptop though I read this is normal since their xbox files or something, but when I insert it into the xbox, shut down, reboot via power button,  it boots to the xecuter2 xbox logo, then MS dash saying the disc cant be read.

[ModdingManiac]

If you are sure you are burning the disk right then try a different media (DVD-R) or a different brand of CD-RW.