Topic: Aladdin Advance (Read 56 times)

blueyben · « **on:** August 07, 2004, 09:41:00 PM »

Hi Guys

Recently modded an xbox with aladdin advance 64 - worked fine initially, played for days all working ok, including all software installed, now however when i use it, i can only load games by putting them in the drive and then starting up the xbox.

I initially thought this was due to just a dvd problem however, i cannot use the dvd player features, cannot use flashing software or any other software it just freezes on the evox loading screen.

Have tried everything i know - is it possibly a hard drive prob?

Any help would be appreciated, until then ill keep scouring the forums

Cheers guys

otherguy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2004, 10:32:00 PM »

before you check out hardware problems why not check the software endd first?

you could try booting from an evox-cd (slayers perhaps), connecting via ftp, and replacing the dashboard files. This should be an easy task and if it is a problem with the dashboard itself, it should fix it.

blueyben · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2004, 10:51:00 PM »

Ok, sorry about this - i should have said i reinstalled with exox cd, still no go.

Thanks for the quick reply - wierd problem, ive never seen nething like it before and ive done a few installs now

any other ideas

Cheers

korleone · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2004, 11:22:00 AM »

This happens to me as well!
I have an Aladdin Advance and no matter what dashboard I install none of the programs or emulators work, the xbox freezes on the loading screen.

This has happened on 2 xbox's with the aladdin advance chips??

Any ideas guys?

korleone · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2004, 11:22:00 AM »

This happens to me as well!
I have an Aladdin Advance and no matter what dashboard I install none of the programs or emulators work, the xbox freezes on the loading screen.

This has happened on 2 xbox's with the aladdin advance chips??

Any ideas guys?

Evil Ryu · « **Reply #5 on:** August 16, 2004, 04:22:00 PM »

It's not the modchip - as it seems to be working fine. If the modchip wasn't working, then you wouldn't be able to boot the xbox up at all (well, at least without it fragging).

I would guess that it's a software problem. Either your EvoX isn't setup correctly or you're missing some files. Also, it's possible that some of your cache files may be corrupt. I would try deleting them (can't remember offhand, but I think it's the E:/UDATA and E:/TDATA folders that you have to empty - just do a quick search).

korleone · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2004, 10:22:00 AM »

I cleared both folders in the E Drive but nothing changed on the box, still freezes when trying to load applications.

I have searched and searched and there just doesn't seem to be any info on this?

Any help is appreciated.

Evil Ryu · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2004, 10:42:00 AM »

Sorry guys,... I have no idea then. I would check the EvolutionX forum and see if you can find something over there - as I think it sounds like it's a problem with your EvoX.

chalosf · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2004, 11:22:00 AM »

I was having the same problem but what fixed it for me as redoing the BT and L1 connections (I know it makes no sense but thats what I did), the only reason I redid those connections in the 1st place was becasue the led on the xbox was staying green when the modchip was on instead of orange and I though this was what was causing the freezing, I turn out to be right.

But at the same time it made no sense the Evox loads fine and every other program doen'st work. I even tried loading programs from an install CD (like slayer's) but that still didn't work, it would just load the Evox menu and when I tried to load anything else it just hanged. I tried the Avalaunch dashboard aswell, and nothing happened.

I'm no expert but I think it has to be some bad connection somewhere. Now I am having the same problem again but this time the LED is the right color so I know is not the BT or L1 connections.

korleone · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2004, 10:43:00 AM »

I think my final is.......Aladdin Advance chips are crap!

Evil Ryu · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2004, 10:55:00 AM »

Tha Aladdin Advance chips aren't crap. There are a bunch of nasty clones floating around that are horrible. I had an entire batch of clones shipped to me by accident and had nothing but problems with them.

I don't think I've yet to run into a problem with an actual Aladdin Advance chip yet (and I've installed a pile of them!).

The clones that I had were using a different Lattice chip. Obviously they were cutting corners and used some cheap chip instead - and I think this is what was causing the problem with those chips (as I tested out the SST chips on them and they were fine). Does the chip you're having problems with have 'Lattice' written right on the chip itself?

A@ron · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2004, 11:24:00 AM »

Some people assume that the mod chip is the important part of the whole system, in my opinion this is false since the chip is just a container for an alternate BIOS. It is the BIOS which determines features so when your aladdin and a friends X2Lite 2.3b run the same BIOS they have the same features

I would say your HDD is crapping out, and on its was out. Try with a different unlocked HDD.

A@ron

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