Topic: Fonts Fail On New 'beast Pack' Xbox (Read 669 times)

funksoulbro84 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 19, 2003, 02:07:00 AM »

I think the black screen says "0 files found" and "no files found in bios directories" Is this the real error? The Bioses directory has the bin files in it and I also renamed one of them to the name in boot.cfg

Can anybody help please???

Atreyu · « **Reply #16 on:** November 19, 2003, 07:08:00 AM »

my blank screen doesn't say that.. it only goes blank after a i select a bios from the menu

jhonnypolak · « **Reply #17 on:** November 19, 2003, 08:10:00 AM »

Doesnt matter what you do guys. Short and sweet is: You cant mod the Beast Pack yet, i tried everything possible. No bios, no loader, no exploit works ;( lets hope someone comes up with a good bios soon.

On a lighter not i fucked up my xbox, please have a look at my other post about PBL 1.3 and X2 4979 BFM bios

kompiler · « **Reply #18 on:** November 19, 2003, 11:57:00 AM »

Has anyone tried a hardware mod on this? Xecuter 2.2 etc?

shag123 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 19, 2003, 12:17:00 PM »

hi there, just to let u know.. i also purchased the beast pack a couple of weeks ago in oz.. the mfg date was 2003-09-28.. it came with a thomson drive... i managed to use the audio exploit to mod it without too much trouble.. the pbl is all scrambled but after that the M7 bios kicks in and everything is sweet... also the D6 bios also works.. i haven't tried 4979 as yet.. waiting for xbtool to work with it..

shag

Atreyu · « **Reply #20 on:** November 19, 2003, 05:23:00 PM »

is it possible that fonts are some how playing a role in getting this not to work.

jhonnypolak · « **Reply #21 on:** November 19, 2003, 07:31:00 PM »

I think the major role is the bios, i noticed different errors appear but i might be wrong

jhonnypolak · « **Reply #22 on:** November 19, 2003, 07:32:00 PM »

I think the major role is the bios, i noticed different errors appear but i might be wrong. Because i tried:

- Bigfonts
- Bert and Ernie Reloaded
- Bert_is_Cheating_on_Ernie

none work

Atreyu · « **Reply #23 on:** November 19, 2003, 08:18:00 PM »

yes but all those fonts are based on the old chip, so maybe thats what could be causing the problems..
if this guy is using the audio hack with no problems then it might something else.

X-Lead · « **Reply #24 on:** November 20, 2003, 01:42:00 PM »

First of all, you are all aware that the Phoenix Bios Loader screen is all garbled due to the new video chip. There is no fix for this yet, but you can still get into EvoX and other apps without trouble.

I used the HDD Swap method, as I have always hacked xboxes that way and had no trouble. I also upgraded the HDD to a Maxtor 120GB but I will not go into that now.

1. Obtain the following software from the 'usual place':
Phoenix Bios Loader v1.3 Signed.rar
Phoenix Bios Loader v1.3.5i Signed.rar
Bigfonts2.5.tgz
EvoX Dashboard
EvoX M7 Bios
HD_Driver for Windows

2. Use the swap trick described elsewhere to get the HDD working under Windows. BACKUP YOUR XBOX HDD

3. Using HD Driver, put the fonts into the Fonts folder, and the Phoenix Bios Loader v1.3 files into the root of the System partition. Also copy evoxdash.xbe to the root of the System partition.

The reason I am using PBL 1.3 and not PBL 1.3.5i at this stage, is because there is not currently a way to create the 'BIOSES' folder using HD Driver. We do that later on.

4. Expand the Fonts folder and for the two xbox fonts (not the bert and ernie fonts) right click and select Properties then rename the fonts from .xtf to .xft.

5. Replace the xbox HDD back in the xbox and boot it up WITH A LAN CABLE CONNECTED TO YOUR HUB/SWITCH/PC. Turn on your xbox.

6. The screen should begin to flicker and you can sort of make out the Phoenix movie. It will take about 15 seconds before you see EvoX (if it all went well).

The trick here is that this only works once. If you muck something up, go back and Restore your HDD from the image you created earlier.

7. FTP into your xbox and replace the default.xbe (PBL 1.3) with the new one (PBL 1.3.5i). Also replace the boot.cfg and install the JPGs that are part of the package. Create a 'BIOSES' folder in your C drive and copy xboxrom.bin to it.

8. Reboot your xbox. It SHOULD boot up with yet a different Phoenix screen and eventually get back into EvoX.

Voila. You now own a hacked Beast Pack xbox.

The XBOX used here was purchased 5 days ago from Electronics Boutique in Canberra. It is the Beast Pack and has a manufacturing date of 29/09/03.

Atreyu · « **Reply #25 on:** November 20, 2003, 04:49:00 PM »

wtf?
i can't see what you have done differently that is making it work for you? and not us?

i want your files!

Atreyu · « **Reply #26 on:** November 20, 2003, 06:24:00 PM »

ok
well im waiting to get the files down now..
can anyone confirm this method to work..

THRASHERdeluxe · « **Reply #27 on:** November 21, 2003, 03:13:00 AM »

Why should this method work?
I've tested Pbl 1.3 with EvoD6 and Pbl 1.3.5i with EvoD6, Evo7, executer 4979 and it
does'nt work. The only thing I made different is, that I used the 007 hack to connect
to evox. So why should work this method and mine not?

PEACE

Atreyu · « **Reply #28 on:** November 21, 2003, 06:40:00 AM »

he was using different fonts.. but thats about it. but in the end same results.

Atreyu · « **Reply #29 on:** November 21, 2003, 11:11:00 PM »

any suggestions?

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