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kevhonda

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Bios Is Not Properly Sized
« on: April 07, 2004, 08:55:00 PM »
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erexx

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« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2004, 10:28:00 PM »
If you can, swap out a PC cdrom to get the chip flashed.
This should bypass most read problems.

Make sure you are using a known good bios from a reputable souce like #xbins
Check the MD5 packaged with the file to ensure a golden image.
Read the NFO.
Here is one such MD5 checking application.
http://www.whitsoftdev.com/md5/

If you are rolling your own 256k BIOS make sure you are using the 4th/last segment.
Read Here:
Splitting a 1024kb bios into 256kb (v0.2)

An excellent Nero tutorial here:
How to make a proper 1mb bios File and how to burn a proper Bios cd using NERO (v0.2)
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GamerBR

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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2004, 04:53:00 AM »
Download the manual of the ozxodus that teach u how to burn the bios file here
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MrPaulAR

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Bios Is Not Properly Sized
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2004, 09:41:00 AM »
I would really reccomend trying a PC DVD drive if you can.  I have a BIOS cd that I used in several XBox (Thompson, Samsung, etc) and worked fine until I get to one xbox of a friends.  Kept saying BIOS wasn't sized properly although I knew I had a good cd.

I tried my Samsung drive in his XBox as I knew that could read the CD as well but I got the same error.  The solution was to temporailly hook up a PC DVD drive just for the BIOS flashing...worked propelry.
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Fastarr

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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2004, 01:15:00 PM »
website froze and then sent the above post twice...

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Fastarr

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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2004, 01:19:00 PM »
as it turns out... im a moron

i have a maxtor 120 harddrive with a bunch of different BIOS files on it - all from slayers. (in my other xbox)

so earlier i had tried to select the bios from the harddrive and it said "bank not yet selected" so i selected the bank and it said "file not yet selected" and i never tried selecting both one after the other before going ahead with the flash...

anyways, it went smoother than i thought it ever would, and i flashed bank 4 with x2 4977... now im exactly where i wanna be, without having to burn any more TDK's...

thanks for all the help guys
im a happy camper again
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