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[Morglum]

Well you're using XISO, thats your problem. Some people are really bloody stupid, guess your one of them    theres a pinned thread in the backup forum telling you not to use it and why. Click Here.


Remake the iso using SimpleX, that actually makes a valid XISO (xbox iso, not the bullshit program) and everything should work fine after that.  

[Strud1512]

All those utilities are listed on this site - a simple search would find it!

http://www.xbox-scen...p?page=isotools

[Morglum]

QUOTE (Blackrose @ Jan 26 2004, 02:50 AM)

Guess so lol, just following the tutorials to the best of my ability, I know im not supposed to ask but where can I find this simplex. Or maybe point me in the right direction? Thank you very much!

I dont blame you really, alot of the tutorials are old bullshit thats no longer valid    They're all in major need of updating, even if its just little tweaks tothem telling you to use SimpleX insted of XISO.  

[Morglum]

Try adding a file of around 3mb in size to the cd named aaa.aaa then have your 256k bios named bios.bin then have another 3mb file named zzz.zzz then burn it as a normal iso.

It should read that fine, thats how i burnt mine anyways, i just renamed an mp3 to aaa.aaa and zzz.zzz  

[petegas]

QUOTE (tukewvu @ Jan 26 2004, 03:57 AM)

Ok I can't get the Evox Bios loaded onto my mod.  It keeps giving me the wrong file size when I try to flash it.  I've tried multiple files and can't get it to flash.  It says 256k on my computer before I put it on disk and try to flash it.  I have tried to put it strait onto the disk and also have tried  an xbox iso converter (not xiso). It will not flash.   Everything else on the chip works execpt I can't flash it.  What am I doing wrong

Make sure you select a bank to flash in the Xenium OS before trying to load the bios you want to flash, or you'll get this error (even if your bios is the right size).  I was stumped for a while too as the error message doesn't really relate to the actual problem)

[Nefarious]

I had no problems. I followed the directions from the xenium OS manual. Basically I renamed the evox m7 (with eject fix) bios to BIOS.BIN and burned it to cd along with a dummy .zip file to take up some space. The flash utility on the chip picked it right up and I was in business.

As for evox dash, I created a boot disk in order to ftp into the box, then I was able to copy evox over and customize it. I then reboot, went into Xenium OS and setup my quick lauch settings for the evox bios.

I've now got several apps and games installed. Everything is running smooth as glass!

[dmdmb]

The easiest way to do it is to head to XBins and dl the EvoX boot ISO and burn it to a DVD or CD-RW using disk at once.   CD-Rs will not work!!

[elmufador]

OK,
I've been going at this for 13 hours straight now, and I still can't load the Evolution X dashboard. Could someone pleeeeeeease tell me what I'm doing wrong and answer some of my questions?

1. I tried flashing Bank 1 with EvoX M7. XeniumOS says it's flashed and I can see it in the main menu now. When I select it, I just get the original Xbox dash (green blob intro, settings/audio/memory options), no notable difference with loading the original BIOS.
Is EvoX M7 supposed to look like this or is it a bad flash?

2. I tried flashing bank 2 with another BIOS: Evolution X version 1.6 blue. (In doing so, I selected bank modes again, which seemed to erase bank 1 as well). When I load this one, I actually get a different start-up screen (blue X) and then I get a message that my Xbox needs servicing. Is this normal? At first I thought my Xbox was screwed, but I can still play my original games with the original BIOS. Bad flash again?

3. Can you actually keep reflashing the banks till eternity?

4. With both new BIOSes, I can't get an EvolutionX boot-disc running. With EvoX M7 I get a 'Xbox doesn't recognise disc' message; V1.6 blue doesn't do anything.
I tried making my own XISO with SimpleX, downloading an ISO from Xbins,... nothing seems to work thus far.
I know for a fact that I have a really picky DVD-drive. I use an Emtec CD-RW for flashing BIOSES (which seems to work) and for making the XISO (not recognised). Just to make sure, I tried burning it as an audio-CD with some songs on it: my Xbox can definitely read this disc.

Could this be a hardware problem (bad soldering?)? The XeniumOS boots just fine every time I turn on the box, though.

Any tips?
Please help me out, I'm having a nervous breakdown here...

[Nefarious]

You will not notice a difference from the BIOS flash. I flashed bank 2 with evox m7.

http://forums.xbox-s...ST&f=16&t=89545

That tutorial will help you make a bootup disc.  I used evox 3935, craxtion, and flashfxp.

Just make your bootup disc and then you can ftp into your box. Copy evox 3935 over and you're all setup.

[elmufador]

EUREKA!  
IT FINALLY F#CK!N WORKS!
Many thanks to the people who tried helping me out here!
I've got some tips of my own now, so for anyone who experiences the same problems as me:

1. Get Craxtion. SimpleX didn't seem to work for my v1.0 Xbox/Samsung-drive. There's just one thing you've gotta look out for: Craxtion won't work when you're using Windows XP, unless you download and install the extra OCX files from the Craxtion-site:
http://craxtion.xbox...e/download.html

2. Get a CD-RW of which you're sure your Xbox likes it and make a LARGE (!) ISO using dummy files!!! (Mine was 64Mb on a 65Mb Emtec/BASF CD-RW; used an .avi file I called 0dummy.tmp and another one I just put in a folder that I called dummy). Burn the ISO with Nero (Burn image file/Burn at 4x speed/Disc-at-once).

3. It still took me 3 tries before the boot disc I made following the exact instructions from the tutorial was finally accepted. This is 27 tries less (each) then the 8 previous boot disks I made using different techniques.

I think I'm gonna spend the rest of the afternoon masturbating to the EvolutionX dashboard screen   .

Thanks again, xbox-scene!

[Nefarious]