Post by: drfunk on April 06, 2004, 07:28:00 AM
Post by: ramzi22 on April 06, 2004, 05:43:00 PM
Post by: Sh!z!m on April 07, 2004, 12:19:00 PM
Flashed a few different bios and tried booting to all of them...nothing. Still get MS on the bottom of my screen. Have aligned, realigned, and realigned some more the chip...still nothing. Scraped the d0 point (though admittedly i probably didn't do a great job of that!)...and still nothing. Can't think of anything else to do...other than solder i suppose, which I'm really not keen to try.
On a positive note, at least my box still runs properly!
Post by: Sh!z!m on April 07, 2004, 12:42:00 PM
Flashed a few different bios and tried booting to all of them...nothing. Still get MS on the bottom of my screen. Have aligned, realigned, and realigned some more the chip...still nothing. Scraped the d0 point (though admittedly i probably didn't do a great job of that!)...and still nothing. Can't think of anything else to do...other than solder i suppose, which I'm really not keen to try.
On a positive note, at least my box still runs properly!
Oh, one last thing...anyone know if the entire 2MB bios bank needs to be filled?
Post by: xgeek on April 07, 2004, 01:52:00 PM
| QUOTE (Sh!z!m @ Apr 7 2004, 09:42 PM) |
| I envy you guys who got it to work. No luck here...think i'm giving up! Flashed a few different bios and tried booting to all of them...nothing. Still get MS on the bottom of my screen. Have aligned, realigned, and realigned some more the chip...still nothing. Scraped the d0 point (though admittedly i probably didn't do a great job of that!)...and still nothing. Can't think of anything else to do...other than solder i suppose, which I'm really not keen to try. On a positive note, at least my box still runs properly! Oh, one last thing...anyone know if the entire 2MB bios bank needs to be filled? |
well go to the 6th parition
Flash a 256k X2 Bios into a 256k slot
Switch the dip switches accordingly to the slot uve flashed it with (there is a diagram on the software)
make sure the mod isnt stealthed
Post by: Kalen on April 07, 2004, 04:16:00 PM
Post by: 2der on April 08, 2004, 01:46:00 PM
.. I'm ready to trow my xbox out the window... (But then I'll run after it )... But why is it that I get a green ligth and I get the MS logo!!?!.. I've placed it rigth at the d0 and nothin.. I keep trying and trying and tryin.. I need help on this.. Any soulutions??.. I flashed the chip with "4981.06_256k" and I'm havin nooo luck .. Plz help...
Post by: xgeek on April 09, 2004, 02:48:00 AM
its not been aligned correctly
i will do anyones box in uk
Post by: therebelious1 on April 09, 2004, 02:56:00 AM
it was a v1.0 xbox with the filled lpc holes. the fact they were filled made the chip sit at a squint angle. also the chip was different from all previous 4 chips ive used- all the components were misaligned. the chip thats next to the x-bit label covered almost the whole label.
the main thing tho, was that the d0 pogo wasnt anywhere near the d0 pad, so i had to tag a wire from the alt-d0 point to the d0 pogo. theres no need to do the full wire install.
after that, the chip worked fine
as these chips are mass produced, its entirely possible (if not likely) that other people have askew chips- just manually tag d0 and you should be fine
Post by: Boxies on April 16, 2004, 04:10:00 AM
Post by: thebuffman on April 16, 2004, 05:42:00 AM
If I am getting the on/off/on/off/red-green flashing when I turn on the chip but getting the msdashboard when I turn off the chip, what is usually the problem? From what I've been reading, if the d0 isn't right then the xbox will boot to the msdashboard regardless of turning the modchip on or off.
The led on the modchip is green when I turn it on (switch 1on 2on 3off 4off) and there is a beep sound (usually this signifies some type of error code on pc bioses but there is a black screen). Doesn't this mean the d0 solder job is good?
Post by: soulz4u on April 16, 2004, 06:19:00 AM
Post by: kenmood on April 16, 2004, 09:13:00 AM
thebuffman's problem is somewhere else. Usually the problem is with the bios contents itself (bad flashing, empty bank or wrong dip settings) or the LPC pins are not properly connected (wrong alignment, dust, lubricant on pogopins, etc).
If you are unsure how the dip switches should be set, use format 6, flash banks 3 to 6 with X2 bios and finally verify each of them. Clean both the LPC on the motherboard and the pogopins on Xbit. The green light is on, when Xbit is on. Just try to boot with an Evox disk when you are ready with the installation.
Post by: jaxx on April 19, 2004, 10:51:00 AM
can you simply flash a bios into the "Bios 5" under bank 6? and what should the dip switches be set to? 1-off, 2-off, 3-on? or 1-on, 2-off, 3-on? i'm kinda confused as to whether the dip switches are supposed to be for the bank or the bios number.
Post by: jaxx on April 19, 2004, 03:40:00 PM
Post by: styrofoam on April 21, 2004, 04:09:00 AM
The 6 comuns are 6 different ways to partition up your 2M worth of BIOS.
If you use column 1, you only get ONE BIOS. (And it has to be 2M! So if you burn a 256K bios, you have to pad it out with an extra 1.75M worth of space!)
In this case, the Dip switches would be set to 1, or off off off.
In Column 2, you've got the option to select between 2 1M bioses, located at 1, or 2. (OFF OFF OFF, ON OFF OFF.) Still not that useful. Keep in mind that if you pick BIOS 4 or 5... there _is_ no BIOS with that number, so the thing's going to FRAG.
Move over to Column 4, and now you've got the ability to have a little of everything- 2 256K bioses, 1 512K bios, and a full 1M bios. (numbered 1-4.)
Finally, in column 6, you've got 6 different bioses to choose from. What had happened was that you had put yours in BIOS 5, but you were selecting BIOS 6, with ON OFF ON. If you had changed the dips to off ON off, it would have worked too.