Topic: Flashed Bios And Now Nothing! (Read 157 times)

sdpnoy · « **on:** May 13, 2004, 07:12:00 AM »

lordvader129 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2004, 07:19:00 AM »

try putting a19 (and a18 if need be) to 3.3v to force it to boot from bank 4, which should be fine sinc eit was only erasing for a second

once it boots get back into evox, cut the wire(s) and flash again

sdpnoy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2004, 07:27:00 AM »

Thanks for the info Lordvader129.

What I failed to mention was that I tried this tutorial also So you screwed up your xbox but still no go.

terrorvis · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2004, 07:55:00 AM »

That tut GROUNDS A18 and 19, which is bank one. Lord vader said to link them to 3.3v which loads bank four. With it starting to delete, its most likely bank one is knackered.

Oh, if 3.3v doesn't work, try 5 volts.

If that doesn't work then there is no usable code on your tsop, so a LPC mod won't work. Find yourself a 29 wire homebrew mod to fix your tsop. Personally I like the Xray3, its real cheap and only took 7 days to get from Oz to the UK, and is preloaded with m7. Or make one using the tut on the main site's tutorial section.

lordvader129 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2004, 08:11:00 AM »

hehe, knackered, you brits have the best slang

sdpnoy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2004, 08:18:00 AM »

Thanks Terrorvis. By any chance is there a tutorial? I need pictures...still a noob at this stuff...

lordvader129 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2004, 08:45:00 AM »

those 2 a18 and a19 points you have, connect them here (bottom of the board)

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sdpnoy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2004, 10:06:00 AM »

Thanks...I'll try it out when I get off of work.

sdpnoy · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2004, 10:31:00 AM »

EDIT

You answered my questions earlier.

opjose · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2004, 03:10:00 PM »

terrorvis · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2004, 11:08:00 PM »

sdpnoy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2004, 08:19:00 AM »

Okay I FINALLY soldered a18 and a19 to 3.3v and it did boot. Restarted it and it went to the xmas tree again. So i really think the TSOP is done. I'm gonna try it again but if you have any other suggestions, please feel free to let me know. I'm running out of options.

Pizza Pizz · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2004, 09:27:00 AM »

just wanna clarify a few things.....

deffo a v 1.0 - fan on top of heatsink & controller daughterboard
what ver slayer/evox ya using to flash?
what bios you flashing on there by chance ?

If it's a ver 1.0 then you should of been able to flash any bios nearly on there

if it was a ver 1.1 and you was using a really old slayer / bios then you could run into problems.....

Evox 2.4 don't work on ver 1.1's if my mem serves right

Older slayer discs may have used the older evox flash that didn't pad say a X2 2981 256kb to a 1mb like the recent evox's do from about 1.8.3752 or something like that

What n where did ya get the bios - the bios on slayer discs are usually quite stable, but there was a moody slayer 2.5 going around

does sound like it's trying to flash a 256kb bios into just the 1st quarter of the 1mb ST - so reconnect the wires but try and get a another slayer/evox disc with a decent working bios on it

best of luck

sdpnoy · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2004, 12:42:00 PM »

Hey Pizza...

Wanted to answer your questions...

It is a v1.0. I flashed it with M7. Slayers is the latest release. Unfortunately I don't remember what it was. But I've used it before on other 1.0-1.1 xbox's. I'm really stuck at this point. Kinda weird that it did work soldering a18 and a19 to 3.3 and as soon as I restart it, it doesn't work. I'm going to take it apart again...maybe the solder point came off of 3.3v. I'll try getting over to 5v...gotta find out where that's at again.

sdpnoy · « **Reply #14 on:** June 01, 2004, 07:15:00 AM »

Update...

Okay went back to see if it was the solder points and it was still there. Re-did the wiring and it booted up. Cut the wire and re-flashed it again. What's wierd is that I put my other HDD in there from my other XBox and when I try to load a game, it either goes back to EvoX or get a Dirty Disc Error. Not sure what the heck was going on there but I went ahead and ran the Slayer's install. All went well and everything. Booted it back up and now it just sits at the XBox screen. I get the logo but the logo looks all messed up like lines running through it. Get's to the part where it says "M$" and it just sits there. I think it's hosed but what do I know?

Anything else I can do or just get a new board?

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