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[Jesper64]

Are you using a bios that supports a v1.4/1.5 xbox. You will need the latest Xector bios (4979?) or the Evox M7. And make sure the bios is pointing to a valid evoxdash.xbe and is BFM

[THRASHERdeluxe]

Yep everything is alright. It works on my old Xbox with the same config and the same files, ok the xbe from pbl is font signed on my new xbox but that doesn't matter.
X4979.

PEACE

[ddaddy]

Has anyone found a solution to this yet? I hae jsut modded 3 xbox's and come across this september one that wont load the bios.

The problem does seem to lie with the bios or pbl.

[chickenbum]

i modded the two that i posted earlier, both worked, both are 1.5`s with the focus chip.

both are 2003-10-04 boxes (beast pack with samsung drives)


i followed atreyu`s instructions and they worked fine, the only thing im not happy with ius the flicking corrupted PBL screen, i just replaced the pbl jpeg with a blank black jpg, looks better on a tv IMHO.

[ddaddy]

I never thought of replacing the .jpg, will give it a go.

As for being able to hack the two you have, they are not september releases, its seems to be only september releases that dont like pbl.

[Atreyu]

when you go in there just act all dumb and say how it won't play music

ask if you can get a docket to get a replacement xbox later, i suggest you do that, just in case they replace it with another of the same release that won't mod.

then when you go back, tell them you're looking for a particular date of xbox, because you read it was better.

**edit
make sure you delete the 007/MA save game from your xbox before you take it back

[Atreyu]

*UPDATE*

i just recently did 2x 2003-09-27 beastpacks and they modded fine, so we can push the date back to there, for working beastpacks

id still love to know why its not working on earlier ones.. and or a version of PBL that doesn't corrupt before the bios kicks in

[denky]

People, to avoid confusion please feedback with your original Kernel and Dashboard versions in addition to Mfg dates.  

So far, not only 'Beast pack' xbox are affected, my basic standard xbox with K:1.00.5530.01 won't work with PBL, other with 5530 kernel reported problems too.

[denky]

Mines is a 2003-11-21 xbox NTSC/J, Phillips DVD.  

[ddaddy]

Has anyone tried using a bios edited with the new version of xbtool released today?

I havnt got a september box to try it on, i took it back the shop.

Just a thought that maybe the old xbtool fucks the bios to not work with these new xbox's, so worth having a go with the new version.

[Atreyu]

QUOTE (denky @ Dec 25 2003, 11:51 AM)

Mines is a 2003-11-21 xbox NTSC/J, Phillips DVD.

interesting denky.. i haven't modded any november machines yet.. so i don't know. but its weird, if the 1.5's before were fine, then they fkt up, but then changed back around 27th of september.. and now go back? I think we'll have to wait for some confirmation about this.

Describe what problems you're having, loading PBL, ie where does it stop and what is happening on the screen.

[ddaddy]

I think the reason why the dates are all mixed up, is if 1 factory started using the new kernel before any of the other factories, we'd have bot versions of machine at the same time.

[BigTony]

Yep I think this is definately a kernel problem.

Question: isn't the kernel software? Therefore can't it be changed?

Also are the new xbox's still coming with samsung drives?