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warbeast

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Xdk 5849 Restore Disk Blanked My Eeprom
« on: January 07, 2004, 10:51:00 PM »
well i wanted to try out the new xdk dash so i  looked around and got  xdk 5849_installer.iso which turned out to be a xdk restore disk :(  

my eeprom was blanked out by the disk which in turn has made my xbox frag i've tryed all kinds of debug bios's like TATX_Debug_Dual and complex4627v1.03 to boot the restore disk or configmagic and fix my eeprom but so far the only bios that works is the cromwell bios i think this is due to it being a v1.4 because i did read a post HERE saying that the TATX_Debug_Dual bios fixed it for a v1.0

can anyone help me out and save me the time swaping eeprom chips?

also sorry for the bad txt i've been up all night trying to fix this

This post has been edited by warbeast: Jan 8 2004, 07:11 AM
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warbeast

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Xdk 5849 Restore Disk Blanked My Eeprom
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2004, 05:06:00 AM »
ok i cant find any debug bios to get me out of this mess so i'm thinking about taking it apart and changing the eeprom chip

would it be ok to solder a v1.0 eeprom onto a v1.4 m/b?
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Xdk 5849 Restore Disk Blanked My Eeprom
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2004, 06:01:00 AM »
QUOTE (warbeast @ Jan 8 2004, 01:30 PM)
ok i cant find any debug bios to get me out of this mess so i'm thinking about taking it apart and changing the eeprom chip

would it be ok to solder a v1.0 eeprom onto a v1.4 m/b?

I've found that a 1.0 eeprom will work in a 1.4 box and vice versa.  Too bad Cromwell can't flash the eeprom.
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BenJeremy

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Xdk 5849 Restore Disk Blanked My Eeprom
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2004, 07:00:00 AM »
The new Xenium chip will have a Bootable BIOS that can flash the EEPROM, I believe.
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warbeast

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Xdk 5849 Restore Disk Blanked My Eeprom
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2004, 08:35:00 AM »
thanks for the replies i've taken the v1.0 eeprom off the m/b but i'll wait to see what this xeniums os bios can do before i  take my v1.4 apart

one thing i would like to know is will the xeniums os bios need a working eeprom on the xbox? i would say no because if anyone used xeniums os to update there eeprom ant lets say had a power cut and ended up with a blank eeprom like me they would need to recover it some how

it looks like xeniums os bios runs before the xbox flubber screen and in some ways alot like cromwell so hopefully it will get me out the mess i'm in rolleyes.gif

p.s i read that the xenium has a 2mb chip with 1mb for the os do you think the xeniums os bios will be released so people with other 2mb mods can use it?
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