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[BigRobTX]

Ok so i got these flashes and the first chip worked fine.  then i install chip2 on box2 and flashbios loads but x2 bios wont.  i see 'xecuter 2 config live loading...' then i get a black screen.  put on the hard drive from box1 with everything alleady installed, no change.

now when i take the chip off hte pin header it should load stock with the stockl hd plugged in right?  no go.  still blank.  if i switch it back to flashbios it loads and looks fine, i have even re-flashed bank2 but all it does is give me a black screen any other time...

[Julius Pleaser]

Are you flashing with the correct bios???  There is a version for v1.0-1.5 and another for 1.6.  The 1.6 will work in all xboxes but is not healthy for the 1.0-1.5, but a 1.0-1.5 bios will not work at all in a 1.6 bios.

[BigRobTX]

see there is the kicker.  i dont think this is a 1.6, but i might be wrong.  the d0 and lpc look like an earlier version, but the bt point looks like a 1.6 - am i dealing with a 1.6 after all?  do i have to rebuild the lpc also?

plus, if it is a 1.6 and i did a regualr pin header install, would it still load the flashbios?  would this cause the stock xbe to not load even if the chip was off the header?

[BigRobTX]

ok so ive done some looking and i guess it is a 1.6.  can i use the lpc rebuild from an x3 chip for the duox?

[Julius Pleaser]

Don't use a rebuild board, use the wire rebuild method.  Works better if you ever have to fix it.  As for the x3 rebuild board, it will work except you need to add 1 more rebuild point.

[CrucialMods]

QUOTE(BigRobTX @ Mar 29 2006, 09:40 PM)

now when i take the chip off hte pin header it should load stock with the stockl hd plugged in right?  no go.  still blank

You got other issues there if its not booting the on board Bios

QUOTE(BigRobTX @ Mar 29 2006, 09:40 PM)

see there is the kicker. i don't think this is a 1.6, but i might be wrong. the d0 and lpc look like an earlier version, but the bt point looks like a 1.6 -

I don't know what diagrams you are looking at but the BT connection is the same for all xboxes and DUox2 chips (behind the Eject button).  Unless you are using the alternate BT connection under the motherboard.

QUOTE(BigRobTX @ Mar 29 2006, 09:40 PM)

then i install chip2 on box2 and flashbios loads but x2 bios wont. i see 'xecuter 2 config live loading...' then i get a black screen. put on the hard drive from box1 with everything alleady installed, no change.

First of all make sure the hard drive in Xbox1 is not locked to xbox 1 or it won't boot on Xbox2...The other thing is does the chip flashed with X2 boot on Xbox1 but not Xbox2? or does it not boot on either Xbox?..If it doesn't boot on either xbox then the Bios may be corrupt or you are using the 1.6 version of X2.

[BigRobTX]

the chips i bought from stickybud and he flashed them for me with identical bios on both.  bank 1 flashbios bank 2 x2 bios with the config live.

the d0 i used was the standard 3rd back from the top ring on the diagonal line...

the BT i used was the one on the bottom of the board, where the number 2 is i think its the place where the PE board plugs onto the mobo, but underneath.  the diagram for the versions before 1.6 show 4 pins on the bottom row, and mine has three pins and a long smear.  it looks like the diagram for a 1.6.

i dont get what its doing.  i can see flashbios, i can see 'xecuter config live is loading' but then the screen just goes black.

i even tried BT to G jumper wire to see if it was just my BT point, but its the same thing.  black screen.

now the hard drive from box 1 is unlocked, and ive tried it in a third box to make sure and it boots fine.  still wont boot box2.

the part that is kicking me in the ass is that i took the chip off the header and it wont boot to stock with the original, unmodded, locked hard drive.  it wont even give me the green screen of death.

any help here would be appreciated.  i usually figfgure this stuff out myself, but im stumped here guys...

[Chancer]

If the box worked before you fitted the chip but now will not work even without the chip then you have certainly damaged a trace or connection somewhere whilst installing the chip or splashed some solder somewhere

[CrucialMods]

I was about to say the same thing as Chancer but the fact that you can boot into Flashbios and flash the chip tells me there is something else going on or else you would not be able to boot into flashbios and flash the chip.

[ModdingManiac]

QUOTE(Evil Ryu @ May 24 2006, 12:30 PM)

Just wondering if you happened to find a solution to this?

I've got a v1.0 that powers up, but no video and doesn't seem to boot anything from the dvdrom drive. I installed a chip into it (with the X2-4981 bios) and same thing. I don't get any LED errors - just green like normal.

Now here's the strange thing (and the reason I'm posting in this thread)... if I put FlashBios on one of the banks, the xbox will boot that up just fine. But if I switch over the the other bank with the X2 bios, I still get nothing.

I thought maybe it was some sort of wierd EEPROM problem, but after flashing the EEPROM using FlashBios, I still get the same issue.

Any ideas?

If you are onboard bios (chip off or without a chip installed) is not working also then its an install problem...If the onboard bios works fine then try a different modchip (not a Duox2), it might be that there is something going on with recent batch of Duox2 chips, although I have not had any problems (all the duox2 I have used latelty though are blue ones)

[ModdingManiac]

Intesting, it surely sounds like an EEPROM issue but since you reflashed it it eliminates that..I had a similar problem before where Flashbios  would work and so would my Xenium chip, turned out to be a RAM problem (Xenium chips don't care if memory is working for there OS to load)..But mine was fragging if I remember correctly and not giving me a steady green light, changed the memory and worked...

[Evil Ryu]

hmm,... I don't know if I want to go through the trouble of changing the memory - as that seems like it'd be quite the task. Maybe I'll see if I can dig up a different chip - I know I've got a Spider chip kicking around somewhere - maybe it'll work (doesn't it have it's own OS?).