Post by: Fuzzy on December 31, 2003, 08:04:00 PM
Post by: JD22 on December 31, 2003, 08:05:00 PM
x4979.67
Post by: mark876543 on December 31, 2003, 10:05:00 PM
Post by: Destrega on December 31, 2003, 11:22:00 PM
Post by: drunkmunk on January 01, 2004, 03:53:00 AM
I run 4979.06 with avalaunch and evox depending on which Bios I flash to run the dash I want. I haven't had any problems but maybe you should just load them both.
drunk munk
Post by: GIR6K on January 08, 2004, 06:02:00 PM
Post by: staticFLINT on January 08, 2004, 06:03:00 PM
Post by: GIR6K on January 08, 2004, 06:04:00 PM
Post by: Morglum on January 08, 2004, 06:05:00 PM
Post by: staticFLINT on January 08, 2004, 06:06:00 PM
Post by: GIR6K on January 08, 2004, 06:08:00 PM
Post by: shanafan on January 08, 2004, 07:01:00 PM
| QUOTE (GIR6K @ Jan 8 2004, 11:08 PM) |
| so no real diference? |
The difference is X2 4980 disabled Xbox Live when the modchip is on. A team wouldn't release a new BIOS if there was no difference from the previous one
Post by: Xeero on January 08, 2004, 07:07:00 PM
| QUOTE (mark876543 @ Jan 1 2004, 03:05 AM) |
| I read in a post that this is a known problem with the 4979 bios & those particular games. |
I have severe doubts about this. It played the GTA3 for me fine (haven't tried Vice City yet). I don't have a >137GB hard drive, but that wouldn't make much difference. I'll bet almost anything that it's just a sour backup.
Post by: ncognito on January 09, 2004, 08:05:00 PM
Post by: Fire on January 10, 2004, 12:57:00 AM
2 reasons:
i tried flashing with the M6 bios (ages ago), and was unable to.. kept hanging.. so i flashed it with the X2 bios.. 4976.02 or something like that... and that worked fine..
and ever since.. ive used the X2 bios on my xbox, and ive never had a problem.. flashing... reading games... doing all sorts of stuff.... i use avalaunch.. and now i use the 4980.67.. but will change over to 4980.06 when i get my new hard drive!..
X2 all the way!!!
M7 bios... well i aint flamming it.. im sure its good.. but i cant give it my heart, to change to it...
Post by: shanafan on January 10, 2004, 11:44:00 AM
Anyways, X2 4980 is the newest BIOS out. It disables Live with modchip on. So, it's the best.
Post by: mattyj25 on January 12, 2004, 09:33:00 PM
Post by: dink on January 13, 2004, 01:03:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Try the Evox M7, ive never had a problem with it yet. |
I have found 1 problem with it, it does not support 128 meg. X2 does.
Dink...
Post by: amfony on February 08, 2004, 04:47:00 PM
im lookin at this fantasmic chart xbox-scene made http://www.xbox-scen...ios_retail.html and by all the pretty colours ive decided that the xecuter 4981 bios is the best would you not agree?
It has the most functionality does it not?
any one know of bugs in this versoin?
Post by: jreb77 on March 15, 2004, 06:12:00 PM
| QUOTE (Destrega @ Jan 1 2004, 09:22 AM) |
| Do you think it's the game manufacturer that the x24979 has a problems with or could it be the xbox version? i just was getting ready to flash the 4979 bios in right now hmmm maybe i should go with the m7. also btw what is the IGR feature in the X2?? thanks |
"Do you think it's the game manufacturer that the x24979 has a problems with or could it be the xbox version"
I have x2 4977 and xbox v1.1(X2 lite) and i have no problems loading GTA or GTA VC. I have thought of upgrading but i don't want to mess up a good thing and until i run into trouble i will not be changing my bios. I guess I will live by that old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Post by: Xeero on March 15, 2004, 06:42:00 PM
| QUOTE (SoloTSi97 @ Feb 10 2004, 03:22 PM) |
| I don't think it's been determined yet what the cause is of various people (myself included) reporting that their Xbox's are unable to connect to Live (even with chip disabled) after using 4980/1 for a while. Until I see definitive proof that it wasn't the BIOS that caused it ... I'm staying away from 4980/1. Just my personal opinion ... otherwise, 4981 is the most fully featured, yeah ... simply because it prevents Live while the chip is enabled. |
That would be a ridiculous thing to prove.
When the modchip is disabled, the BIOS never gets loaded! It's not a cold. The original BIOS isn't going to "catch" the Live-disabled function.
Post by: pazznoz on April 28, 2004, 03:18:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| OK, according to the nifty bios table, 4981 does not have LBA48 support... Yet, my understanding was that if one were to put 4981.06 on an X2.3b Lite + chip, one could then buy a large (>137GB but < 240GB) HD and still access it all on the f: drive, without any problems... Correct? |
Must be some mistake in that table as X2-bioses 4979 and above all support LBA48..I'm using X2 4891.06 with a 200GB Maxtor and my F: size is about 195GB...
So your understanding would definatly be correct...
Post by: RedBlanket on April 28, 2004, 08:54:00 PM
Post by: SlammedNiss on October 20, 2004, 12:19:00 AM
Is the EvoX M8 v1.6 still the only bios that will run on a 1.6 Xbox?
Post by: slackerpunk on June 08, 2006, 11:47:00 PM
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Post by: xbox_newbie on November 19, 2003, 03:42:00 AM
Post by: MissSplitch on November 19, 2003, 04:02:00 AM
Post by: Morglum on November 19, 2003, 04:08:00 AM
Post by: Ranger72 on November 19, 2003, 04:43:00 AM
| QUOTE (Morglum @ Nov 19 2003, 12:57 PM) |
| Try the Evox M7, ive never had a problem with it yet. |
Yea, the M7 is all you need. The other one is SOOOO over rated.
Post by: therebelious1 on November 19, 2003, 05:55:00 AM
*it removes that god-awful m$ logo on the boot screen (i get really pissed off whenever i see that!)
*it has reliable IGR, whereas the M7 has nothing
*the previous release has a built in FTP server which is handy cos i dont have to make a boot cd when i fuck up my box
on the other hand, oh actually there is no other hand- explain why the m7 is better please
Post by: heinrich on November 19, 2003, 06:33:00 AM
| QUOTE (therebelious1 @ Nov 19 2003, 08:44 AM) |
| theres a few things i like about the x2 that you dont get with m7: *it removes that god-awful m$ logo on the boot screen (i get really pissed off whenever i see that!) |
You can patch your dash's xbe with logo-x to make it say whatever you want. (you can do this with an evox bios, the x2 bios over rides this logo with their own.
| QUOTE |
| *it has reliable IGR, whereas the M7 has nothing |
Most people use evox, which has IGR built one, one that returns you to the dash as opposed to reseting the xbox.
| QUOTE |
| *the previous release has a built in FTP server which is handy cos i dont have to make a boot cd when i fuck up my box |
Great feature, not a stable bios, use at your own risk
Also, many peopel find the Evox bios to be more stable in general. Then again, MOST of use have chips where you can use both, and decide on our own.
EDIT: I am leaving this topic open for discussion, this usually isnt the case. I will leave this 1 topic open until people start flaming groups/teams or each other. If you have something intelligent to say, by all means post. If you want to be childish and call people names, or bash others work, then please dont bother posting.
This post has been edited by heinrich: Nov 19 2003, 02:38 PM
Post by: Morglum on November 19, 2003, 09:08:00 AM
| QUOTE (heinrich @ Nov 19 2003, 03:22 PM) |
| Also, many peopel find the Evox bios to be more stable in general. |
That is SO true, or atleast for me anyway. Ive had no end of shit with my xbox when i used an xecuter bios, games not working and xbox randomly locking up etc.... The moment i switched to using the Evox M7 bios all those problems went away, everything ran smoothly just how i wanted it, ive never looked back
I will admit i miss the xecuter IGR though, but since ive burnt all my backups on dvd and put my stock HDD back in, i have no real need or use for IGR, so it all balances out nicely.
Post by: OlDirtyJohn on November 19, 2003, 01:40:00 PM
Post by: Xboy_12 on November 21, 2003, 04:10:00 AM
I was wondering what Bios should I flash onto my Executor 2.2Lite...
1. X2 4977
2. X2 4978
3. EvoxM7
4. X2 4979
I hear the M7 and the 4979 are good...
Ecept when i downloaded the X2 4979 it came in two different 256k .bin files....
Is that normal, if yes how do i make my 1024k biod with them, do i just put both twice???
If not would you recomend the M7 (this bios can be loaded from a cd right?) for my executor 2.2 Lite???
Post by: Morglum on November 21, 2003, 03:03:00 AM
Download XBtool HERE.
Post by: Xboy_12 on November 21, 2003, 04:23:00 AM
Post by: Xboy_12 on November 21, 2003, 04:25:00 AM
Post by: Morglum on November 21, 2003, 04:35:00 AM
And XBtool isnt complecated, just load in you're BIOS, click the tab at the bottom saying 1024k, then click on save. Thats all it takes to make your 256k BIOS a 1024k BIOS.
Post by: chefelf on November 21, 2003, 06:29:00 AM
| QUOTE (Xboy_12 @ Nov 21 2003, 07:12 AM) |
| could i also use a program I have called Xecuter2 Bios Manager v1.1, the one you showed is kinda complicated. Will my program work as well? |
Yeah I used X2BM to make a 1meg file. It works fine. Either way will work.
I just recently flashed a chip with 4979 and was very happy with it. The new features seem really nice (including the dreaded MS clock fix).
Post by: camjojosh on November 26, 2003, 02:17:00 PM
Or should I take my own advise: "If it aint broke, don't fix it!"
Any comments would be appreciated.