Topic: Need Help With Tsop Recovery (Read 138 times)

Nosf3ratu · « **on:** September 16, 2009, 12:08:00 AM »

Okay this is my first attempt at doing a TSOP recovery but I have a couple more that I need to do so I'd really love to get this first Xbox working. Alright! This Xbox is a 1.0 with of course a 1mb Hynix chip. So I got the 29-wire chip installed(pretty tough but it worked). I then used the Auto Installer Deluxe disc to attempt to flash the TSOP. So I load up the BIOS Flasher(Evox) and cut the wires. Selected my fav BIOS(X2 5035) from the 1mb bios menu. It recognizes my Hynix chip yay! Erases it. Yay again! Flashing....gets to about 1/4 and stops. FUUUUUUUCK, I missed one of the wires I needed to cut. No problem, I just redid those 8 wires and retried. But, to my dismay, after getting everything working again it still doesnt work. It stops at 1/4 the way AGAIN. At this point I will now have to redo the wiring AGAIN. I'm running out of options AND wire. I need some help. Should I just try raincoat or what?

Nosf3ratu · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2009, 01:42:00 AM »

I wonder if anyone ever figured out if you have to cut the 8 wires or 4 from the Xray3...

Nosf3ratu · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2009, 07:51:00 PM »

Okay. I successfully flashed the TSOP with Raincoat. Rebooted the Xbox and it still frags. What could possibly be wrong with this Xbox? I'm pretty sure it worked before the bad flash.

Nosf3ratu · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:59:00 PM »

So nobody knows?? What could I have possible done wrong? I flashed the TSOP, it should work. The xbox works with a modchip in so I know it can't be any other hardware failure. Should I just reinstall the 29 wire and flash the tsop over and over again?

xboxmods2977 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:15:00 PM »

Which version of raincoat did you use? If it was not the newest version (0.7 I believe), it will only flash half of the tsop. To confirm this has happened, try the 3 wire trick. If it boots that way, you can reflash the TSOP with a 1mb image of (512k 2x) the X2 5035 bios and then remove the wires.

Nosf3ratu · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2009, 09:31:00 PM »

It was .7

StrictPuppet · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2009, 11:57:00 PM »

I would suggest flashing a 256k bios like x2 4981, then if it still frags try the 3 wire trick again. If you can get it to boot on its own like that then you can reflash it from that point with whatever bios you want.

Nosf3ratu · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2009, 11:10:00 AM »

I'll try the 3 wire trick one last time. If it won't boot after this I'm just going to shoot it.

StrictPuppet · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:40:00 PM »

The 3 wire wont work if there is a 512 kb bios on there.... well not the 3 wire in the typical fashion, as it only boots from the upper 256kb

Nosf3ratu · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2009, 07:03:00 PM »

Okay...so? Shoot it? I really don't feel like hooking up that modchip again.

StrictPuppet · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2009, 08:14:00 PM »

For a 512kb split, you only need to either ground A19 or apply 3.3v to A19.... so its just a 2 wire trick. I cant recall whether grounding gives you the upper or the lower 512 though so you may have to try it both ways.

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