Post by: Ace25 on March 07, 2003, 09:36:00 AM
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| Beta version of X2 4975 Bios Use at your own risk Only use this if you know what you are doing, you might destoy your XBox! This is a unoffical release, and some features might not be 100% complete, 4975 Final will be released in a few weeks. Some new amazing features: IDE-drivers supports 44-bit adressing, meaning no more 127GB limit of HDD! Playing originals even if you replace your DVD-drive! Support for Wireless LAN with use of USB-adapter! (Tested with Netgear Ma101) SAMBA network share device support! |
Edit: Ahhh crap, I hope this is not a hoax, I cant test it out this second.. but I loaded up X2 Bios Manager to see the info on the .bin and it reads as x2 4974 red. if anyone else grabbed this and can test it out, it would be appreciated, or else you all will have to wait till I get home, in about 7 hours from now.
This post has been edited by Ace25: Mar 7 2003, 05:49 PM
Post by: kaioshade on March 07, 2003, 09:39:00 AM
ok the 127gb barrier is good, but playing originals with a replacement drive....
wow, thats all i have to say. they werent kidding when they said big things were coming in the future.
Post by: J.P. Patches on March 07, 2003, 09:56:00 AM
Hopefully it's not.
Post by: xboxmodder4life on March 07, 2003, 10:01:00 AM
256, 512, 1mb??
Post by: mikejf on March 07, 2003, 11:13:00 AM
I guess this is why a 512k bios is needed.
200+Gig HDs, PC-DVD .... Excellent :D :D
Post by: exstazi on March 07, 2003, 10:06:00 AM
Post by: BenJeremy on March 07, 2003, 10:06:00 AM
If the fact that the MD5 hash comes up as a pre-existing BIOS isn't enough, the so-called 'features' should be a big red flag. "127GB limit" - Team Xecutor would NOT make a mistake like that, nor would they refer to 4975 as "beta" as if there would be a 4975 "final"
I'll leave the thread open, so long as people don't get stupid.
Post by: Ace25 on March 07, 2003, 11:20:00 AM
This post has been edited by Ace25: Mar 7 2003, 07:23 PM
Post by: BenJeremy on March 07, 2003, 10:12:00 AM
Possible, but this wouldn't be the only change they would make anyway. There would be fundemental changes to the partioning, so we'll see changes in this as well when/if it ACTUALLY happens. The hoaxer also fails to realize it's 137GB limit, not 127GB.... Team Xecutor would not make this mistake.
* Playing originals even if you replace your DVD-drive!
Not going to happen. If they could do this, we'd already see utilities to read Xbox discs in PCs. In fact, this requires a DVD-ROM FIRMWARE CHANGE. It has nothign to do with the Xbox BIOS.
* Support for Wireless LAN with use of USB-adapter! (Tested with Netgear Ma101)
Ummmm... dumb. Lousy guess on the part of the hoaxer. It's easy enough to hook into an external wireless LAN adapter using the ethernet. Why would they bother with a USB based ethernet port??
* SAMBA network share device support!
Blah. This would be a pointless feature at this point, for many, many reasons.
Post by: BenJeremy on March 07, 2003, 10:13:00 AM
| QUOTE (Ace25 @ Mar 7 2003, 02:09 PM) |
| Damnit.. yup, too good to be true.. I questioned the 127Gig myself, I typed in 132G then read the readme again and changed it.. you can lock it, toss it in the trash, whatever you want to do with this thread.. I dont wanna fool anyone if its a total fake. Also, its was a 256K file called x2_4975_beta.bin |
I understand, Ace25 - not a problem, I've been fooled (the L33 incident) before. It happens.
Like I said, I'll leave this thread open for a while, as long as it remains under control and people realize it's a fake release.
Post by: XB0X_Mod on March 07, 2003, 10:21:00 AM
Well that would be sweet i got some probs xbox thomson drive is dying gotta do some taking back 2 shop style may get a new xbox and then xbox live too
Post by: exstazi on March 07, 2003, 10:47:00 AM
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| IDE-drivers supports 44-bit adressing, meaning no more 127GB limit of HDD! |
Post by: EKJ on March 07, 2003, 01:13:00 PM
100% pure Fake :P .
C ya.
Post by: Donan Fear on March 07, 2003, 12:19:00 PM
| QUOTE (exstazi @ Mar 7 2003, 06:47 PM) | ||
hahahahah..after reading it one more time i found this
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FYI the limit is in the BIOS, not the chipset, but it's 48-bit not 44-bit... A few mobo manufacturers have released BIOS updates for old BX-chipset mobos that support 48-bit addressing.
Samba-support should be implemented in the dashboard (like the FTP-server), not in the BIOS.
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