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[stcogolin]

Hi, I just bought two switches for enabling writing to the tsop and just after having them soldered and screwed onto the chassis, I flipped the switch twice to test it and it crumbled to dust! I figured it must have been a defect so I installed another one (same brand)
and the same thing happened... I am a bit scared now that my switch linking VCC-a19-GND might decide to desintegrate as well with time and cause a short between vcc and GND. Has this happened to anyone else? Is it because the switches are cheap or did I heat them too long or maybe screwed them on too tight?

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WARNING do not use the 5 volt line. people said there have been no problems but i ran into one. aparently the TSOP i was working on fried. which sucks for my friend. just want to let other people know so they dont run into this problem!!!

[Frag Daddy]

I've been using the 5v point for about a month and it has worked fine.  Should I switch to the 3.3v?

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[Sheriff]

I flashed the Tsop before I put in the switches with a 1meg bios consisting of 4 256 bios's..X2_4977.bin+X2_4977+xbox.bin+xbox.bin.
I put in the switch gnd---->A19<----5v. I now have bios X2_4977 with the switch one way and original bios with the switch the other way.
Here is the main question, when I boot on the X2_4977 bios I go to evox and try to flash it with a 512kb bios it says (Error File Size Error)
but if I try and flash a 1meg bios it says (Press Y to Flash Bios). I thought with the switch the bios was only (512kb) and therefore you had to flash with a 512kb bios?? Can anyone help me with what I may be doing wrong?I dont want to EVEN try to flash with a 1meg bios I just know I will frag the damn thing LOL  
Help please.

Sheriff

[Sheriff]

Sheriff

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maybe it was from moving the switch while it was on to flash the other hafl to much, i htink i moved it a couple times in a short amount of time.

[Noilegnave Siseneg Noen]

QUOTE (Sirwill @ Jun 30 2003, 09:01 PM)

QUOTE (james_row @ Jun 30 2003, 11:56 AM) And no, you don't have to flip the MB over to find the ground (GND). There's a lot of groundpoint on the mobo both on top and bottom. The exposed portion of the screw holes are all ground. But you have to flip the mobo anyways to get to A19, unless you can find a corresponding point on top. 1st) I did just that, I traced A19 to pin 1 on the flash rom.  There is a via on the top of the board that is the same size as D0 that you can use or you can use Pin 1 on the Flash rom.  Those all go to A19.    So that brings me to the next question.  James_Row you are suggesting we use 3.3v instead of 5v.  The flash rom has 2 other pins (or more) that connect to 5v already.  So obviously the flash ROM operates on 5v.  Would it still achieve the same results using less than 5v in to the flash rom?   I've got this all figured out now, I can solder everything on the top of the MOBO instead of having the wires go on the bottom.  I know where I'm running the wires, all I need to know for sure is if 3.3v will be enough power in to the rom to cause the effect we are after.  (The only reasion I question it is I traced the 5v to pins on both ends of the flash rom. indicating that it operates on 5v.) So does anyone know if it is a 3.3v/5v Flash rom meaning it can operate on either volt level?   Can anyone recomend a minimum gauge wire to use for this?  I have some VERY VERY VERY small wire.  Used for wire wrap.  I just wonder how small is to small.  How much juice will be running through these wires?  I don't want to melt my wire.

does anyone have a picture of this, or a link to a picture?  Think it would be great to have all the solder points on top of the mobo for ease of installation...

[Noilegnave Siseneg Noen]

Plugged it all back in and flashed the bejesus out of the last two chunks with some x2 4977 action...and shebang, my Matrix modchip is totally redundant and removed now!

Honestly I don't know why this hasn't put modchips out of business.  it's not especially difficult, and it's got some failsafe-ness to it since you have two sections you can flash.  Cheaper than a chip, more reliable than the bert & ernie exploits...this shit is perfect!  Props to the crew that put this one together!

-nsn

[Exobex]

QUOTE (xfire @ Jul 20 2003, 12:58 PM)

Below are all of the current TSOP's for the xbox Check you evox.ini file to be sure these are included Flash       = 0x01d5,"AMD - Am29F080B",0x100000 Flash       = 0x04d5,"FUJITSU - MBM29F080A",0x100000 Flash       = 0xadd5,"Hynix - HY29F080",0x100000 Flash      = 0x20f1,"ST - M29F080A",0x100000 Flash      = 0xbf61,"SST - 49LF020",0x40000 Flash      = 0x378c,"AMIC - A29002",0x40000 *Flash       = 0x01d5,"AMD - Am29F080B",0x100000 *Flash       = 0x04d5,"FUJITSU - MBM29F080A",0x100000 *Flash      = 0xadd5,"Hynix - HY29F080",0x100000 *Flash      = 0x20f1,"ST - M29F080A",0x100000 *Flash      = 0xbf61,"SST SST49LF020",0x40000 Flash      = 0x89a6,"Sharp LHF08CH1",0x100000 Flash       = 0xda8c,"Winbond W49F020",0x40000 Flash       = 0x01a4,"AMD - Am29F040B",0x80000 Flash       = 0xda0b,"Winbond - W49F002U",0x40000 Flash       = 0xc236,"MACRONIX - MX29F022NTPC",0x40000 Flash       = 0x20b0,"ST M29f002BT",0x40000 Flash       = 0x01da,"AMD - Am29LV800B - Xodus/Chameleon 4x256",0x100000 *Flash       = 0x20B0,"ST 29F002",0x40000 Flash       = 0xadb0,"Hynix - HY29F002",0x40000 Flash       = 0x015b,"AMD - Am29LV800B",0x100000 Happy Flashing

Quite a few new ones on there, plus a few doublers (I've marked them with a * in the quote).
I've just updated the raincoat-0.501.zip file with the new ones - get it here!

[james_row]

QUOTE (Stripey_Horse @ Jul 25 2003, 09:06 AM)

Ok. made the switch using 3.3v. Works a treat. I lost my original bios , so i download 4034.bin and split into 512k. Flashed fine using evox. Once i reboot , i get frag. (Using v1.1 xbox) Does anyone know if it is possible to boot using my Current working 4977 Bank and switch to flash broken bank to flash? Also , the HDD is locked (did once unlock , lost HDD Password , re-locked with config magic *guess using default password) is this the problem. Stripey_Horse

The problem is that you used a BIOS for V1.0 Xboxes on a V1.1. You should use the 4817 available from where you got the file.

And yes, you can boot with your working bank and flip the switch to flash the other bank. You were lucky you only flashed half the TSOP. Let's not hope you won't mess the entire TSOP, make sure to flash the bank with bad BIOS. Never attemp to flash both bank in one session, always test first.

[streaker68]

Just a few quick questions?

1) When I flash with my modded BIOS(switched to vcc) will the other half just work when the switch is to gnd? or do I have to do something else?

2) What BIOS should I use for the modded half of the TSOP?

Thanks

[Noilegnave Siseneg Noen]

QUOTE (streaker68 @ Jul 26 2003, 10:51 PM)

Just a few quick questions? 1) When I flash with my modded BIOS(switched to vcc) will the other half just work when the switch is to gnd? or do I have to do something else? 2) What BIOS should I use for the modded half of the TSOP? Thanks

1).  The other half of the TSOP just works when switched to gnd, you don't have to do anything but flip the switch.  that's all there is to it.  Also, some people recommend flashing the side switched to gnd with your mod BIOS and leaving the vcc side with retail BIOS, since that is likely to be the one you use most, and you won't be channeling juice through anything when it's on gnd.  I imagine it really wouldn't matter too much, especially if you wire to a 3.3v vcc.  But just something to consider.

2).  Best recommendation I could come up with would be the X2 4977 BIOS.  It is the BIOS that auto-patches games that are made with the media check, so you don't have to manually patch the game yourself.

[streaker68]

1 more question.

Is the evox dash that comes in the 007 hack a one time use thing? Meaning will I have to install it correctly after reboot?