Topic: Pbl 1.4 (Read 389 times)

afon · « **on:** March 03, 2004, 11:56:00 AM »

Hmph, i tend to think that this version wont make a difference in compatibility with a new BIOS. It sounds like this was 'focus'ed on the evil FOCUS encoder. Although, the bios could have issues with things that dont support its video encoder. I guess time will tell. But count me in as a doubter.

But it will be nice to no longer see those ugly scrambles that occur when focus tries to handle the old PBL.
BTW: Did Artifex heel over, or is CE taking all his time away from us?

shodanjr_gr · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2004, 12:36:00 PM »

I doubt this will work with K:5530. The reason is that this version of PBL only fixes compatibility with the focus chip, meaning that on consoles with the said chip the gfx of the loader arent all garbled up.

BUT

The incompatibility with bios 5530 (which somehow prevents from loading other bioses on RAM) remains. So all of us new XBOX owners are still screwed

Valhalla1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2004, 01:05:00 PM »

is there anything else new/changed in 1.4 from 1.3.5i besides focus ?

I will def. install this one the two focus xbox's I have softmodded, but I'm curious if i should put my 1.0 xbox on this, upgrade from 1.3.5i ?

one of these days I'll get around to flashing the tsop

also -

I'm not finding a signed package.. can I just copy my boot.cfg from 1.3.5i, and sign the default.xbe with -font ?

Valhalla1 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2004, 02:23:00 PM »

okay I d/l the unsigned 1.4 package..

I used my working boot.cfg from 1.3.5i (they are the same sans the RC4 key)
I tried using both the original jpg's, and the new ones in the rar file
tried using the unsigned xbe, and tried signing it with -font

unsigned of course gives me frag error, the signed one boots to nothing but a black screen and does not get to my dashboard (unleashx, named c:\evoxdash.xbe which works fine with pbl 1.3.5i)

so does this 1.4 not support the original video encoder in my 1.0 (i.e. is pbl 1.4 for focus only?) or did I do something wrong in the signing process

ddaddy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2004, 09:19:00 PM »

I had the same problem as Valhalla1.

I wasnt sure what key i was meant to sign with, so tried all 3 of them, habibi, audio, font.

one gave me error 21, and the other 2 went to a black screen.

I have the focus chip and have had 1.3.5i working fine for months.

Atreyu · « **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2004, 09:45:00 PM »

we've got a bigger problem coming.. even if the 5530 kernal issue is solved. there is a newer Kernal just hitting xbox's now 57something or other, which is not allowing a downgraded dash to run at all.

i think everyone is going to have to move to Flashing the TSOP

endo · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2004, 01:23:00 AM »

I also get a black screen after signing the new default.xbe. Tried it with the font and audio hacks. If you don't have a way to recover, I wouldn't screw around with this new "unofficial" version of the PBL.

Tsjibbe · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2004, 02:12:00 AM »

This modded pbl worked for me. I signed it with audio and replaced the 1.3.5 on a focus box (not k:5530). The screen is not scrambled and it loads fine. Not that it was a big issue (in my opinion), but the focus compatibility works in this version.

Grospolina · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2004, 06:10:00 AM »

Deagan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2004, 08:45:00 AM »

The loader works fine on K: 5530
But it won't load my bioses :S

Anyone any idea's?

The md5 keys are in my evox.ini but do i need to change the RC4 key to something else?

Bios: 4980.67_BFM.bin / 4980.06_BFM.bin

On any of these i just get a black screen.. nothing more..

krayzie · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2004, 10:04:00 AM »

Black screen means it doen't work with the 5530 kernel. Why do you think it does?

Valhalla1 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2004, 11:24:00 AM »

alright for those of you who got it to work, how did you sign the XBE ? I'm stuck at the black screen, I have a 1.0 xbox with the original xbox kernel so this should work.
of course I dont need 1.4 on this 1.0, but I am testing it and if I can get it to work, I'll put it on my dad's and friend's xbox which have focus chip and they are annoyed by the fuzzy screen. (even with debug true)

mkjones · « **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2004, 02:17:00 PM »

Dunny · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2004, 04:50:00 AM »

dougyt · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2004, 09:05:00 AM »

I just changed the default xbe in my PBL folder (runs as an app from evox) and upgrade from 1.3.5i to 1.4 complete, and no more video problems, can actually see Phoenix doing its stuff woooohoooo

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