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Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: running_wild on February 20, 2004, 01:40:00 AM
In order to try and figure out why the Xenium upgrades fail.. lets post some inofrmation about our cirumstances   wink.gif

My Info:
Xbox Version:                                    v1.1
Method Of Saving Upgrade:                 Onto E: Drive
Method of entering recovery mode:      Used Option in menu
What Happend after flash:                    Xbox Turned Off
Success?:                                           Yes.

Thats all the relevant info I can think of ATM, feel free to add what ever yu hing will help ...
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: cap269 on February 20, 2004, 05:54:00 AM
Ok, I'm game:

1.1
E:\
Menu Option
Never auto rebooted, had to manually reboot (after 5 minutes wait)
Yes; after the manual reboot OS 1.1 was running
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: dietrite on February 20, 2004, 08:53:00 AM
XBOX Version: v1.4
E:\
Method of entering recovery mode: Used Option in menu
What Happend after flash: Manually turned XBox off.
Success?: Yes.

I was being real careful when I did this, (didn't want to mess anything up). But followed the .pdf and everything is working great. even my IGR, but you have to boot to evox3935 before you load the game to get igr to work. if you didn't know.
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: oblox on February 20, 2004, 09:28:00 AM
QUOTE (dietrite @ Feb 20 2004, 06:53 PM)
even my IGR, but you have to boot to evox3935 before you load the game to get igr to work. if you didn't know.

All depends on your setup/bios your using
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: Tidusblitz111 on February 20, 2004, 10:12:00 AM
Shit, man I am so frustrated, now only can I not get the updte to work(i should probably try it on a cd-rw) but, every time I choose the Executer bios, it boots to regular M.S. dash even though when the big X comes up it says ececuter2 soo...even when I burn the avalaunch dashboard, ISO and put the disc in, then boot the executer bios it stilkl comes up with regular M.S. dash...no file manager, so now how am I supposed to FTP??? by the way I am using executer 4981


I have a 1.4
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: Flagg3 on February 20, 2004, 10:34:00 AM
QUOTE (Tidusblitz111 @ Feb 20 2004, 03:12 PM)
Shit, man I am so frustrated, now only can I not get the updte to work(i should probably try it on a cd-rw) but, every time I choose the Executer bios, it boots to regular M.S. dash even though when the big X comes up it says ececuter2 soo...even when I burn the avalaunch dashboard, ISO and put the disc in, then boot the executer bios it stilkl comes up with regular M.S. dash...no file manager, so now how am I supposed to FTP??? by the way I am using executer 4981


I have a 1.4

Dude, your problem is not with the chip, it's that you need to do read some more tutorials!

From what you posted, it sounds like your chip is working fine, it's just that you don't know how to load a replacement dashboard.

If you used 4981 with it's defaults, then the only way to boot your box is with a bootable CD.  Whether you use evox or avalaunch, the xbe file will need to be renamed to default.xbe.

You would be best off using Slayer's Auto installer to get you started, and then READ THE TUTORIALS to figure out how to configure it the way that you want to.

Flagg

Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: mitty.oz on February 20, 2004, 11:05:00 AM
When will people learn that the modchip bios and the dashboard are completely separate??? People who can't even grasp this simple concept shouldn't be allowed to go near there box until they do.  Perhaps everyone should take an exam online before being allowed to buy a chip smile.gif
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: EmperorPsiblade on February 20, 2004, 11:09:00 AM
ok...

1.5
menu selected
flashed from hd (leak) then cd (official)
Auto rebooted after 30 seconds
It works better than ever!
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: phunzoid on February 20, 2004, 11:48:00 AM
QUOTE (Tidusblitz111 @ Feb 20 2004, 08:12 PM)
...every time I choose the Executer bios, it boots to regular M.S. dash even though when the big X comes up it says ececuter2....

that "ececuter2" (sic) under the X refers to your BIOS, has nothing to do with yur dash   blink.gif
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: fuyacrew on February 20, 2004, 11:55:00 AM
QUOTE

XBOX Version: v1.4
E:\
Method of entering recovery mode: Used Option in menu
What Happend after flash: Manually turned XBox off.
Success?: Yes.



I transfered to e dtive and used the recovery mode in the 1.0 os.
All is good now and i really like the quick boot feature. beerchug.gif

Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: HeeD on February 20, 2004, 12:24:00 PM

Xbox Version: v1.1
Method Of Saving Upgrade: Onto E: Drive
Method of entering recovery mode: Hard recovery using E (I have E connected to power switch and power on holding button)
What Happend after flash: Xbox stuck on Safe mode screen - powered off manually after several minutes.
Success?: Yes.

Xbox Version: v1.0
Method Of Saving Upgrade: Onto E: Drive
Method of entering recovery mode: Used Option in menu
What Happend after flash: Xbox Turned Off
Success?: Yes.


I have experimented and it seems that if I start Xbox in recovery mode using the power-on method and E, the upgrade doesn't power off the Xbox, but it still works.

I prefer connecting E wire to the power switch instead of the Eject switch because I had problems with XeniumOS v1.0 and it screwing up when pressing eject (ie. load original bios, eject and insert original... hangs on xbox logo). I don't know if this is fixed in XeniumOS v1.1.



Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: running_wild on February 20, 2004, 01:56:00 PM
Hrm, well so far this is making no sence, people with exactly the same conditions are having mixed results....

Any one tried using the switch in the xbox?
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: Master-Chief on February 20, 2004, 01:58:00 PM
What happens if the upgrade fails? Can you still recover?
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: running_wild on February 20, 2004, 02:01:00 PM
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Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: ravage73 on February 20, 2004, 05:11:00 PM
Xbox Version: v1.3
Method Of Saving Upgrade: HDD
Method of entering recovery mode: Used Option in menu
What Happened after flash: Had to restart xbox
Success?: Yes
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: Corspegrinder99 on February 20, 2004, 06:11:00 PM
QUOTE (ravage73 @ Feb 21 2004, 03:11 AM)
Xbox Version: v1.3
Method Of Saving Upgrade: HDD
Method of entering recovery mode: Used Option in menu
What Happened after flash: Had to restart xbox
Success?: Yes

same here
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: L.B. on February 20, 2004, 06:14:00 PM
OS is far more stable now, I hope they introduce some network support that'll be sweet.

Xbox Version: v1.1
Method Of Saving Upgrade: Onto E: Drive
Method of entering recovery mode: Used Option in menu
What Happend after or during flash: Xbox didn't reboot , and since there was no progress indicator i waited for 10 minutes and had to reboot manually.
Success?: Yes (phieeuw)


Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: Master-Chief on February 20, 2004, 06:20:00 PM
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Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: vladivar on February 20, 2004, 10:41:00 PM
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Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: kingal89 on February 22, 2004, 03:57:00 AM
Xbox version - 1.0
Method of saving - ftp' ed onto E drive
Recovery mode- used option in menu
After flash- turned off
success- Hell yeah

note: I figured out that if you ftp or save the recovery.bin file over to E drive you can't put it in any folders. you just have to put it on E. So it should be on same page as your apps and games and stuff(if you have stock drive). So don't put in folder and you should be fine!!

Great Chip- chameleon adapt rules
Title: Xenium Upgrade Failures...
Post by: Master-Chief on February 22, 2004, 04:40:00 AM
QUOTE (Josh Adams @ Feb 21 2004, 12:36 AM)
From my understanding they are going to be continuely developing XeniumOS.

What is your avatar? it's cool! (not as cool as my Xenium though).

Thanks for all your help. My avatar is an Islamic Symbol. Its written in Arabic Calligraphy. I don't quite know what it says, but it looks AWESOME!  cool.gif