QUOTE(Hoyt @ Mar 21 2006, 07:39 AM)
Thanks a lot for the link. I used CutePDF to print it to a file so I can take it home. I'll definitely try to get some of that wire when I go into town.
Also, if my suspicion is correct that the onboard BIOS is trashed and I need it to boot into the chip every time, do you know how I can wire it so it boots into the chips BIOS every time?
Thanks again.
If you have a 1.0 motherboard, you will see the "your xbox requires service" message without error codes.
If you see that message, then your motherboard has successfully booted the BIOS, but something else is causing an error.
Could be a bad dvd drive, corrupt files on the hard drive, dead hard drive, etc....
Your problem IS NOT a bad BIOS on your motherboard. It's something else, but a modchip will definitely help you diagnose the problem.