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bucko

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Bad Mod Chip?
« on: August 28, 2004, 04:58:00 PM »
Have you considerd soldering it via pinheader and top D0? You will get much better connections get a friend to solder it for you there are no Xenium ICE clone chips afaik.
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adamf14

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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2004, 07:45:00 PM »
I know their is something with this chip and its not the solderless adapter.  When i put another ice chip in that i know works...it boots in the xenium os with out incident...

Thanks for the replies,
Adam
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watcher64

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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2004, 10:11:00 AM »
you could try re-flashing the OS on the chip burn the OS (I would suggest OS2b2) to a CDR with the file name recovery.bin and flip the little switch on the chip, it should come up in recovery mode, it will just flash at you for a while and then shut off ...

Be sure to take the CD out and flip the switch back before turning it back on.

And you should at least get the Xenium OS menu, if that does not work, and you know 100% that both the box and connections are good, then you might have a bad chip.

btw, just curious what version of box is it?

I hope this helps
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bishop05

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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2004, 10:31:00 AM »
Adam,

I have the same issue with an ICE chip I just got last week, I plug the bad chip in and it FRAG'S.  I plugged in an ICE Chip that was known good and it booted just fine.  

i installed it in a V 1.4  and a V1.1


Does you chip look like this one?

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or does it look like this one

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adamf14

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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2004, 08:38:00 PM »
Thanks for your replies!  My chip looks like the first one (not bold).  I will try your suggestions...and keep you updated.

Thanks again,
Adam

Forgot..it is version 1.0
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bishop05

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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2004, 08:41:00 PM »
I think it's a bad batch that came out of a different plant
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XboxDude87

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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2004, 05:42:00 AM »
My Xenium ICE looks like the second one ( the sloppy one ) and works perfectly fine. I got mine from divineo.com.
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bishop05

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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2004, 10:02:00 AM »
What version Xbox did you install it in?  And how header or solderless?
I tried to install in a few different boxes and I just get a solid red light on the chip and then the box frags.  I plugged in one of my other Ice chips the neat one and it boots just fine...

Any input???


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adamf14

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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2004, 11:05:00 AM »
It's a version 1.0 xbox with solderless install.  Im gona request a rma and send it back for a replacement...that is if they don't give me the runaround.

Thanks,
Adam
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XboxDude87

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« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2004, 03:31:00 PM »
QUOTE (bishop05 @ Aug 31 2004, 06:05 PM)
What version Xbox did you install it in?  And how header or solderless?
I tried to install in a few different boxes and I just get a solid red light on the chip and then the box frags.  I plugged in one of my other Ice chips the neat one and it boots just fine...

Any input???


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1.3/4 xbox, I forget. I have it solderless for now.
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The_Lizight

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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2004, 05:45:00 PM »
Yeah, im convinced the OS is completely corrupted. The only way to fix this is to get a new one or hotflash (which is risky).
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