OK, I have skimmed this thread and the tutorials section. Apparently to "preflash" the full 1mb tsop I have to either;
1. Have a mod chip of some sort
2. Use the 007/mechassault hack with a memory card
3. Have a PC running linux I can put a HDD into.
Do I have that right? That is just the set-up prior to installing the switch and then flashing the tsop. Once have the switch, then I flash the bios just like any other with a Evox dash CD? I just need to pick what section of the bios to burn to right? top or bottom? DO I have to preflash the TSOP if I use a Mod chip to do the flashing?
Basic situation; I have a cheapmod installed with a 4979.06 already burned on it.
What I would like to do;
- boot with the cheapmod and a Evox dash CD with 512K version of 4979.06 on the CD or HDD.
- Disable the cheapmod, enable the top half of the Tsop and flash with 4979.06 using the evox dash utility.
- Leave the bottom half alone as retail for use with LIVE etc.
Will that work?? I could probably even use a different multi bios if I found something usefull, that way I could have the 4979.06 on the cheapmod (is not flashable at all), a retail (bottom of Tsop) and XXX Bios (top of TSOP). The Cheapmod could be my emergency recovery chip in this situation.
Once I had a mod BIOS on the Tsop the Cheapmod would stay disabled until I had a problem. I would then load Evox/avalaunch on the HDD and proceed with the usuall HDD back-up and larger HDD swap etc..
Thanks for your patience, I just can't gather a clear pictue of the ENTIRE process start to finish from all the misc threads and tutorials.