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[s0uthp4rk]

can any 1 please try and help me out?

[Viper16]

Email me [email protected].

PBL changes the bios that are loader (not permantly just loads it and plays it while on and loaded lol)

Degalle

[s0uthp4rk]

thank you i'll try this out and see what happens.

EDIT: ok there is 1 problem i looked at my "usual places" and i couldn't find rc4 key, but i did find the eeprom and bios   i'm, going to keep looking but i'm not comint up with any thing i'll let u know if i find it....

[s0uthp4rk]

OK i used the signed PBL and then when i started up my Xbox it had a scrolling screen. I don't know what i did wrong....  

[Zogger]

What sort of text does your "scrolling screen" have? I know if you use a regular BIOS file, it will display some text, an RC4 key (if I remember correctly), then freeze. Make sure the BIOS you're using is a BFM BIOS file.

If it says:

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Stopping Hermes Loading ROM: P:\Bioses\xboxrom.bin Error opening bios file Application died in an unhappy manor. Press A to reboot.

Then, you're either 1) missing a BIOS file in your Bioses folder, 2) The BIOS file set to autoload in the boot.cfg doesn't match the name of BIOS file that you have in the Bioses folder.

A description of the text might help, then I can try look into it.

- ZoGger

[s0uthp4rk]

the signed version didn't have a bios folder i just pasted everything in there the screen scrollled and i could see that evox loaded, but it was hard to see since the screen was scrolling so fast... could it be that i have a newer xbox? mayb the signed one wasn't using x2 casu i read the file and it said it supported my xbox or the evox is older.... hmmm also why i used the signed version is becaus i couldn't find the RC4 key.

[Zogger]

The version of your XBOX looks okay; I know people with those specs that have gotten it to work.

The tutorial I gave was based on the idea that you'd be using PBL 1.3.5. If you don't have a "Bioses" folder, you're probably using an older version, perhaps 1.3. In that case, the BIOS goes in the same folder as PBL so your layout would look like this:

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C:\default.xbe (PBL) C:\boot.cfg C:\History.txt C:\phoenix.raw C:\phonenix_project.nfo C:\xboxrom.bin

Do those files match the files in the package you're using? Also, you can simply open boot.cfg with a text editor and copy-paste the RC4 and EEPROM keys from the signed one to the newer PBL 1.3.5 and resign the XBE file in the PBL 1.3.5 package.

NOTE: If your RC4 keys and EEPROM keys consist of all 00's (0X00 0X00 ... 0X00), those are default invalid keys... you need to find the right keys.

Let me know if the files above are the ones you have so I know which version you're using. If your files match what I originally stated, it should have had a Bioses folder... if not make a folder named Bioses and move the xboxrom.bin file in there.

- ZoGger

EDIT: BTW, the X2 4979 BFM BIOSes won't work with PBL 1.3 (forgot to mention that), if you really must use PBL 1.3, get the 4977 BIOS

[s0uthp4rk]

yes i  was using signed PBL 1.3 caus that's the newest 1 they have and it came with bios... i think it's too old tho caus my xbox has a newer video thing or somethin as i've heard about so i will have to go with the newer PBL and edit everything that  seems like the best way to go for me right now.

[Zogger]

Yeah, the newer Focus encoder causes a lot of headaches when people try to softmod (when using older versions of PBL), which is why I always end up recommending using PBL 1.3.5... saves people the trouble of thinking it was their configuration that was wrong, when it was simply the software.

As a little sidenote, when signing with xbedump, use the command I gave earlier. What will happen is that xbedump will create a new xbe file called "out.xbe" that is a font signed version of the original "default.xbe". Rename/disgard the original default.xbe so you don't confuse it with the new signed version, then rename out.xbe to "default.xbe". I figure I should mention this so if you run into Error 21's and all the files are laid out correctly, this is the culprit.

- ZoGger

PS. I will update the original walkthrough to reflect this note.

[s0uthp4rk]

First off i want to thank you for all your help..

secondly, is PBL 1.3.5i good? i was just wondering as it's not the exact name taht u recommended, but that's the version im' going to try...

[Zogger]

Ah, no problem, and yes, 1.3.5i will work just fine.

- ZoGger

[s0uthp4rk]

OK everything seems alright it loads pheonix bios loader then goes to evox but the run DVD game is red and i can't select it.!?!?!??! some good news tho i can boot up apps and it's no longer error 21 one other thing the light flashes red at start up is this bad?

[Zogger]

The "DVD Game" being red might have to do with the way your evox.ini is set up. Try opening the evox.ini with a text editor and scroll down to the "[Menu]" part.

If you have a line similar to this:

   

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Item "Launch DVD", "D:\default.xbe"

then that's your problem. Try replacing it with this:

   

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Item "Launch DVD",ID_Launch_DVD

As for the flashing red, I think that might have to do with the fonts you're using. If I remember correctly, each font was design to set the LEDs to different colors... (I tried the reloaded on mine before I wrote up the guide, and mine also blinked red). You might be able to change the LED color firing in the boot.cfg by setting the LEDSequence to all g's...

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LEDSequence gggg

I haven't tried this, so I can't say if it'll work, but I found this article which might also be helpful. You're basically hex-editting the fonts to change the LED sequence firing.

http://forums.xbox-s...hl=flashing red

The flashing isn't bad, but it can get annoying  

- ZoGger

[Zogger]

- ZoGger

PS. Now that you got this working, if you really want to get rid of the flashing (if the PBL thing doesn't work, and you don't want to hex-edit the font file), you could try using a different font set. Unless they've been modified, they should look for the same C:\default.xbe file; so you could keep a backup of your reloaded fonts, then try out the bigfonts25, for example. If things go awry, just put back your reloaded ones

[s0uthp4rk]