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notkevin

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« on: January 24, 2004, 12:35:00 PM »
QUOTE (Nitrideus @ Jan 24 2004, 07:08 AM)
Two Questions:

I got the chip installed and when the menu screen come up the brightness keeps fading in and out.... getting lighter and darker.  Anyone elase seen this??

Second I want to flash the Xecuter bios.  So select 4x256k as my configuration, burn the bios as bios.bin to a cd with a 300 mg dummy file and try and flash.  I keep getting an error saying that the bios is not sized propery?? Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

thanks,

1) nope haven't seen it

2) Sounds like a bad bios file, I would download the latest one again. I have not had any problem with X2 4980, I have flashed it at least a dozen times now. Also, i haven't needed a dummy file when burning the bios cd.
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2004, 01:20:00 PM »
2.  I recieved the incorrrect size error when I tried using a CD-R or a incorrectly burned disc

Make sure you are using a CD-RW or DVD
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2004, 02:39:00 PM »
Does it matter what the dummy file is?  Exactly what nees to be on this disc?
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2004, 02:52:00 PM »
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EDIT: Oh and burn it as a standard ISO, theres no need to burn is as an XISO.
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2004, 03:15:00 PM »
oh yeah- and i didn't need to put a filler file in there.  just the bin file.
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notkevin

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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2004, 03:19:00 PM »
QUOTE (whoopgas @ Jan 24 2004, 03:39 PM)
Does it matter what the dummy file is?  Exactly what nees to be on this disc?

For flashing the bios I dont think you need one, at least I didn't.
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Flagg3

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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2004, 06:24:00 PM »
The dummy file can be anything really, just a bunch of files or one big one, doesn't matter.

The reason people use a dummy file is because sometimes certain Xbox drives have trouble reading a disc with only a single 256k file on it.  

Most people don't need the dummy file, but it really doesn't hurt to through it on the disc either.

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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2004, 07:36:00 PM »
use a dummy file (it can't hurt, i used a 100MB one).  If you are having problems getting the box to read your disc use a DVD-R or DVD+R (DVD+R only works on thomson drives, i've read) -OR-  If you're using a CD-RW, try using a virgin disc.  hope that helps.
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2004, 09:08:00 PM »
QUOTE (Nitrideus @ Jan 24 2004, 04:08 PM)
Two Questions:

I got the chip installed and when the menu screen come up the brightness keeps fading in and out.... getting lighter and darker.  Anyone elase seen this??

Second I want to flash the Xecuter bios.  So select 4x256k as my configuration, burn the bios as bios.bin to a cd with a 300 mg dummy file and try and flash.  I keep getting an error saying that the bios is not sized propery?? Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

thanks,

I think your first problem might be macrovision related?

Do you have your xbox connected to your tv through a vcr?
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