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[MickRaider]

Ok so I read over the flashbios procedures for the hotswapping of a chip. I was just wondering if it would be possible to hotswap just using flashbios. The reason I ask is I have a new duox2 chip and a corrupt one. If I just install the good chip, boot up the flashbios on the chip, then hotswap to the other chip and reflash it with a copy of flashbios to restore the chip would that work? It might be easier to flash a bios to the chip but I want to have flashbios on there incase I need to use it for an incompatible xbox version, (IE if I flash a 1.6 bios then need it for a 1.0-1.5 xbox)

[Julius Pleaser]

Yes, you can use flashbios on the one chip to hotswap.  When it opens the CD asking for the bios, just swap the chips and then insert the bios disc and close the drive and it will flash the new chip for you.

[MickRaider]

Another question. What if you booted up Cromwell bios then did a flash over to the other bank (on the same chip, not a "hot swap") right before flashing cause I prefer the network flash over having to make a CD everytime.

[Leaf_Killer]

yes that works fine for me to flash my chip

[Julius Pleaser]

that is what you should be doing if you ruin a bank or have problems with a bank.  Boot the good one, then flip the switch and flash the other one.  THat way if you mess it up, you still have the good bank, and will never have the issue of ruining both banks.

[MickRaider]

QUOTE(Julius Pleaser @ Jun 22 2006, 08:20 AM)

that is what you should be doing if you ruin a bank or have problems with a bank.  Boot the good one, then flip the switch and flash the other one.  THat way if you mess it up, you still have the good bank, and will never have the issue of ruining both banks.

Yeah I wish I had know about this before ruining my first bank

Thanks for your help everyone