Post by: IND-Bios on September 01, 2004, 07:48:00 PM
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| Release info: ------------- We are a group of xbox enthusiasts that just wasnt satisfied in how far BIOS development has come, and decided to take matters into our own hands. Basically, we went through the current bioses feature lists, and the requested bios hacks thread on forums.xbox-scene.com, and implemented all that we could. We are open to most feature suggestions, especially if you feel that you can help implement them. We are aware of 2 of the most requested features that we have not done; xbox live hack, and embedded ftp. The former we will not be touching, sorry. As for the later, never say never!  We know how many people love to customize their bios to fit their exact needs, and we made an effort to make every option that we could configurable. All of the configurable options are controlled by a .cfg file (ini style) on the xbox hard drive. We have included a win32 application that will edit this file for you, which should eleminate user error for the most part. Loading the config file from the disk requires a short delay while the IDE is initialized. If you don't like the delay you can inject your config file into the BIOS with our ConfigInjector tool. Note that an injected config does have its disadvantages. Please see the ConfigInjector readme.txt for more info. Please remember that this is our first public release, and bugs are expected. Please report all bugs in the bios forum, on forums.xbox-scene.com, or #ind-bios on EFnet. Files included in this release: \iND-BiOS.5001.06.bin (md5: 0d7c02c44410dc570cd26598933a3dc9) \iND-BiOS.5001.67.bin (md5: f27de71b28f27b1f5fc9f4263c9b4b3e) \ind-bios.cfg \ind-bios.nfo \Config Injector\ConfigInjector.exe \Config Injector\ReadMe.txt \Win32 CFG Maker\ind-bios-config-maker.exe \Win32 CFG Maker\Xpreview.dll Feature Summary (see notes for details): ---------------------------------------- Bootloader for 1.0-1.5 (evox's) Supports conexant and focus video encoders lba48 support Boot All Originals Boot All Unsigned Code Boot All Backups Macrovision Disabled Custom error screen On the fly .xbe patching: --Media patch --FATX Patch Hard Drive Swap Hack Eject Fix No AV Cable Hack In Game Reset - Off/Quick/Complete --Reset to Game/Reset to Dash Configurable bios intro: --Animation: ---Custom Flubber, loads from c:\flubber.x or user specified file ---Disable/enable/fast/slow ---Flubber, glow, scene(3), fog colors ---Flubber radius ---Camera angle (15 choices) ---Spikey and/or Wireframe blob --Splash Screen: ---Custom "X" logo, loads from c:\xlogo.x or user specified file ---The 'normal' hacks: lip, lip highlights, inner walls, inner glow ---Enable/disable light (the white light coming in from the top right) ---Enable/disable Trademarks ---Replace "XBOX" text with "IND-BIOS" ---Custom "XBOX" text, loads from c:\text.x or user specified file ---XBOX text color ---Change Background color ---Custom "MS" logo, loads from c:\mslogo.bmp Configurable LED color Configurable fan speed Configurable boot sequence Use e:\dashboard.xbx (optional) - used to specify a dash to boot for debug bios's Will boot some BFM bioses from e:\xboxrom.bin (make sure you can recover if you try this) No DVD Rom Hack Auto Load DVD Disable/Enable To be added: ------------ xcalibur video chip + 1.6 smc support Advanced In Game KeyPress Features: --Shutdown --Tray Eject --Tray Close Xbox LIVE Block - In alpha testing And more... NOTES: ------ The configuration file must be placed in C:\ with the name ind-bios.cfg A list of all the configuration settings and values is listed in the sample ind-bios.cfg included. Default file paths: Custom Flubber - c:\flubber.x Custom "X" Logo - c:\xlogo.x Custom "XBOX" text - c:\text.x The .x files we tested from http://xfiles.kernelbase.com/ needed their face orientation reversed to show as logos, so if yours doesn't show that could be the problem. You can download/upload .x models and mslogo.bmp's from www.allxboxskins.com Custom 'MS' ------------------ Filename: c:\mslogo.bmp Specifications: Size - 200x34 Format - 24bit Transparency Must be enabled in the INI, MSLOGOTRANSEN=1 Default color is in RGB - FF 00 FF or Hex - 0xFF00FF To Overide color, MSLOGOTRANSCOLOR=[hex] LBA48 ----- Paul B's (oz_paul) full lba48 mods are featured, including support for an on-disk partition table. .06 uses the "F takes rest of drive" partition scheme .67 uses the "F takes upto 137, G takes rest of drive" scheme Please note that both builds are lba48 compatible, if you have a drive smaller then 137gigs, it does not matter which build you use. XBOX Live Block --------------- We have included an xbox live patch in this build - it is, however, untested. All games should be patched with smo's patch to disable Xblive. All MS dash .xbe's should be patched to block the network completely, stopping dash updates which the first patch does not. Thanks to smo for this patch info. Custom Error Screen ------------------- Our error screen will give the standard error number + a brief description of the error. Kudos to superfr0 for the first user-friendly error screens done so long ago. Thanks and greetz: ------------------ Barnabas, Complex, Evolution-X, MODCHIP-SOURCE, OzXodus, Paul B, Smartxx, thc, Team Avalaunch, Xbins, Xbox-Scene.com, XBMC, Xecuter, and the rest. NOTE that we are in NO way associated with ind-bios.com. We find Freakware to be very childish in their recent domain registration. ps. kl0wn is teh fagg0r! Changelog --------- 5001: Initial Public Release |
Post by: muerte on September 01, 2004, 08:56:00 PM
Post by: yello on September 01, 2004, 09:06:00 PM
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Post by: Crackin_XP on September 01, 2004, 10:27:00 PM
Post by: gggie on September 01, 2004, 11:05:00 PM
Post by: NghtShd on September 01, 2004, 11:12:00 PM
| QUOTE (gggie @ Sep 2 2004, 01:32 AM) |
| this looks interesting -- could someone highlight the features that are unique to this bios, i.e. that other bioses don't have? (in other words, what would be the reason to switch to this bios?) |
The version number is bigger which should tell anyone with common sense that it's A LOT better.
Post by: gamehack on September 02, 2004, 12:15:00 AM
| QUOTE (NghtShd @ Sep 2 2004, 01:39 AM) |
| The version number is bigger which should tell anyone with common sense that it's A LOT better. |
umm i think he means why change from evox m8 or an x2 bios to this one.
Post by: cooljerk_dv on September 02, 2004, 12:20:00 AM
Post by: DJLotus on September 02, 2004, 12:24:00 AM
| QUOTE (gamehack @ Sep 2 2004, 07:42 AM) |
| umm i think he means why change from evox m8 or an x2 bios to this one. |
Cuz its by far teh best BIOS. Specially if you dont like things stock. everything i own that is customizable is. Its just more fun too, you can change it and be like 'i did that'. Also, its the easiest to toy around with and its not really breakable, cuz you flash once and you change it with a .cfg file.
Post by: snyper1982 on September 02, 2004, 12:28:00 AM
Post by: manekineko on September 02, 2004, 12:28:00 AM
It'd be oh-so-helpful with Xbox Media Center and media files, for being able to straight backup files from a computer, and for running backup games, which more and more often are starting to have long filenames on them preventing easy backups and making it so we have to pirate a game to get it cracked if we want it on the hard drive.
Post by: GetOnMahLevel on September 02, 2004, 12:31:00 AM
.67 uses the "F takes upto 137, G takes rest of drive" scheme
man bout time this bios drops...im bout to test it out right now...seems promising...great job fellas, great job...
Post by: gamehack on September 02, 2004, 12:50:00 AM
Post by: Trent8778 on September 02, 2004, 12:21:00 AM
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Post by: Empyre on September 02, 2004, 01:34:00 AM
Post by: greengiant on September 02, 2004, 03:08:00 AM
The new (fixed) CFG Maker is in the usualy places.
Sorry to everyone that had problems importing XBT files and such.
Post by: SpudGunMan on September 02, 2004, 03:20:00 AM
lets say i dont care to have any custom logo i just like the X logo to come up purple.
xbtool can hack the 4981 bios with IGR/noDVD/No FLUBBER etc.
why woudl i use this bios over a xbtool 4981?
(great work just want to know what is "new")
like is this bios for PBL people? or people that just dont want to use xbtoom/m8tool to edit there bios? who is this the "prime" bios for?
Post by: LEECH666 on September 02, 2004, 04:10:00 AM
LEECH666
*now flame me*
Post by: NghtShd on September 02, 2004, 05:32:00 AM
| QUOTE (SpudGunMan @ Sep 2 2004, 06:23 AM) |
| lets say i dont care to have any custom logo i just like the X logo to come up purple. xbtool can hack the 4981 bios with IGR/noDVD/No FLUBBER etc. why woudl i use this bios over a xbtool 4981? |
If you don't need any of the features this BIOS adds and you're happy with 4981, then you can keep using 4981. This BIOS is gives users another option, is very configurable (without reflashing), doesn't require specific hardware, and will continue to be developed.
Post by: bucko on September 02, 2004, 05:46:00 AM
Post by: eerrrr on September 02, 2004, 05:51:00 AM
| QUOTE (bucko @ Sep 2 2004, 01:49 PM) |
| One question, does it check for the DVD Drive? Because X2 4983 and Evox M8 when animation is on it goes slugish about half way through because my dvd drive is fucked. Any chance of an option to disable dvd drive check. |
Xb/Evtool have the option to disable DVD drive check. I imagine that's what you want, though I've never tried it myself.
Post by: Maxim9 on September 02, 2004, 05:55:00 AM
Post by: NinjaMarshmallow on September 02, 2004, 06:01:00 AM
Post by: SpudGunMan on September 02, 2004, 06:07:00 AM
Post by: 0123456 on September 02, 2004, 06:52:00 AM
| QUOTE (bucko @ Sep 2 2004, 01:49 PM) |
| Looks very interesting, ill try it when I can. One question, does it check for the DVD Drive? Because X2 4983 and Evox M8 when animation is on it goes slugish about half way through because my dvd drive is fucked. Any chance of an option to disable dvd drive check. |
I too have no DVD drive in my machine (looped the yellow plug to fool it into thinking that the drive is connected with tray closed due to +5v feed) and have the same stuttering problem with the X2 and M8 bioses.
Haven't tried this one yet but the check/uncheck DVD option makes no difference to the stuttering in the other 2.
Seems like a nice BIOS - look forward to playing with it.
Post by: Albino on September 02, 2004, 07:50:00 AM
Post by: TB_88 on September 02, 2004, 08:14:00 AM
Post by: bucko on September 02, 2004, 09:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (0123456 @ Sep 2 2004, 01:55 PM) |
| I too have no DVD drive in my machine (looped the yellow plug to fool it into thinking that the drive is connected with tray closed due to +5v feed) and have the same stuttering problem with the X2 and M8 bioses. Haven't tried this one yet but the check/uncheck DVD option makes no difference to the stuttering in the other 2. Seems like a nice BIOS - look forward to playing with it. |
Yer that's what i was trying to describe.
Post by: Scaramanga on September 02, 2004, 09:33:00 AM
Can anyone take a pic of how this works and how does it look like?
Post by: tsaavik on September 02, 2004, 09:59:00 AM
The bottom says its in alpha?!
Wuz the deal?
Post by: thor99 on September 02, 2004, 10:20:00 AM
| QUOTE (Scaramanga @ Sep 2 2004, 05:36 PM) |
| ---Custom "X" logo, loads from c:\xlogo.x or user specified file Can anyone take a pic of how this works and how does it look like? |
Check Out This Site... http://www.kernelbase.com...
I also made a video tut.. to show you how...
http://www.kernelbas...wdownload&cid=6
Anyways thanks guys... sounds great...
Post by: XanTium on September 02, 2004, 11:28:00 AM
| QUOTE (tsaavik @ Sep 2 2004, 06:02 PM) |
| umm, the top of the post says you guys arn't going to touch live support. The bottom says its in alpha?! Wuz the deal? |
With the top "xbox live hack" they mean they will not make a bios that allows you to go on Xbox LIVE with backups.
With the bottom "Xbox LIVE Block" they mean a system that will block the xbox to access the live servers (like on the latest X2 bioses). This is useful if you accidentally connect to XLive with your modchip on or if MS implements later on a system that connects auto without you knowing it.
Post by: Scaramanga on September 02, 2004, 12:20:00 PM
| QUOTE (thor99 @ Sep 2 2004, 06:23 PM) |
| Check Out This Site... http://www.kernelbase.com... I also made a video tut.. to show you how... http://www.kernelbas...wdownload&cid=6 Anyways thanks guys... sounds great... |
Your video is about changing the xbox text.
I am speaking of the big X after the flubber (above the xbox text).
Post by: 82ross on September 02, 2004, 01:03:00 PM
| QUOTE (gamehack @ Sep 2 2004, 08:17 AM) |
| configurator isn't very user friendly, that hex shit means nothing to me and it won't import presets from xbtool keep getting some error |
Double click the hex box for a standard colour picker.
Post by: Dolfhin on September 02, 2004, 01:30:00 PM
This is the BIOS I have been waiting for!You guys should definly keep up the good work it's awesome i can't imagine how much time is spended on this. It's a good thing that time is spended really wel.
Thank you and keep up the good work i'm looking forward to more
Post by: AE6689 on September 02, 2004, 02:28:00 PM
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Post by: Infamous_One on September 02, 2004, 03:25:00 PM
Post by: NinjaMarshmallow on September 02, 2004, 03:42:00 PM
My only gripe is that I have to do my colours in another program then pull the hex over to my configuration. Could you incorporate sliders or a colour picker or something? That would be polish on an already awesome BIOS and config kit.
Post by: gamehack on September 02, 2004, 03:48:00 PM
| QUOTE (82ross @ Sep 2 2004, 04:06 PM) |
| Double click the hex box for a standard colour picker. |
ahhh thank you much, it's no biggie now that they fixed the xbtool but it's useful anyway
Post by: mjar81 on September 02, 2004, 04:01:00 PM
Post by: xbox forever on September 02, 2004, 04:37:00 PM
Post by: rob1309 on September 02, 2004, 04:56:00 PM
Post by: Infamous_One on September 02, 2004, 05:05:00 PM
Post by: SpudGunMan on September 02, 2004, 05:22:00 PM
| QUOTE (Infamous_One @ Sep 2 2004, 03:28 PM) |
| what happends if the config gets corrupted , will it boot something? |
i bump for this Q.
is there a failsafe built in?
Post by: IND-Bios on September 02, 2004, 05:28:00 PM
| QUOTE (Infamous_One @ Sep 3 2004, 01:08 AM) |
| i dont like it , takes more time to load. |
Yes, the nfo explains this.
But no one can convince you to like anything
Post by: IND-Bios on September 02, 2004, 05:30:00 PM
| QUOTE (NinjaMarshmallow @ Sep 2 2004, 11:45 PM) |
| A truly great BIOS! I love it! It's so easy to configure and use! My only gripe is that I have to do my colours in another program then pull the hex over to my configuration. Could you incorporate sliders or a colour picker or something? That would be polish on an already awesome BIOS and config kit. |
after you "Check" the feature in the CFG maker, you can double click in the input box to bring up a color picker.
Sorry this was not included in an nfo/readme, and thanks to the users that have pointed this out in our channel and here.
Post by: IND-Bios on September 02, 2004, 05:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (SpudGunMan @ Sep 3 2004, 01:25 AM) |
| i bump for this Q. is there a failsafe built in? |
obviously it cant be 100% - but the bios should still load. To prevent this.. use our included CFG app to create the file.
Post by: Klutsh on September 02, 2004, 06:26:00 PM
| QUOTE (Scaramanga @ Sep 2 2004, 08:23 PM) |
| Your video is about changing the xbox text. I am speaking of the big X after the flubber (above the xbox text). |
http://www.kernelbas...order=0&thold=0
Post by: chulo333 on September 02, 2004, 06:39:00 PM
| QUOTE (Klutsh @ Sep 3 2004, 02:32 AM) |
| Would also like to say great work guy's. Keep it up. Puts our tool (KernelBasher) to shame. Maybe one day we can work together? |
Klutsh: both programs are great! you guys all kick major a$$!
and if you guys ever DO work together, it would really be great for the scene! i cant even imagine what would come out of that! hopefully one day it'll happen
Post by: zinkoxyde on September 02, 2004, 06:43:00 PM
| QUOTE (Klutsh @ Sep 2 2004, 08:32 PM) |
| Would also like to say great work guy's. Keep it up. Puts our tool (KernelBasher) to shame. Maybe one day we can work together? |
I have to give KernelBasher props... Making a user-friendly version of MeshMasher and adding neat little extras is no small task!
Post by: IND-Bios on September 02, 2004, 07:33:00 PM
| QUOTE (Schultz @ Sep 3 2004, 02:58 AM) |
| Very nice Release so far am loving the customizability.. Btw is there anywhere that i could download the Xbox Scene guy that was used in the Ind5 and Ind6 videos shown on Xbox scene? thanks again |
http://65.98.40.46/models/X-SGuy.rar
should be up on allxboxskins soon, too.
And big props to kernbase, your work was nothing to look down on
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on September 02, 2004, 07:56:00 PM
Post by: 82ross on September 02, 2004, 07:59:00 PM
Post by: jakeboy on September 02, 2004, 08:17:00 PM
Post by: Master_Chiefzor on September 02, 2004, 08:33:00 PM
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=269459
Post by: heinrich on September 02, 2004, 08:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (jakeboy @ Sep 3 2004, 12:20 AM) |
| config injector is NOT working ! |
that was oh so descriptive..
Post by: Billy-X on September 02, 2004, 09:15:00 PM
blank screen and only sound.... (no animation)
Post by: heinrich on September 02, 2004, 09:19:00 PM
| QUOTE (Billy-X @ Sep 3 2004, 01:18 AM) |
| yes... the config injector not working blank screen and only sound.... (no animation) |
was your .cfg <1k ?
Post by: atomiX on September 02, 2004, 09:38:00 PM
Post by: Billy-X on September 02, 2004, 09:54:00 PM
| QUOTE (NghtShd @ Sep 3 2004, 05:43 AM) |
| Did you test the config before injecting it? |
yes i test... en work perfect
but when i inject theres blank screen, no animation and only sound
heinrich: less than 1k...
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on September 02, 2004, 11:20:00 PM
| QUOTE (82ross @ Sep 2 2004, 07:02 PM) |
| Random what? Random everything |
radom angle
radom color
random radom
Post by: John Hoek on September 02, 2004, 11:41:00 PM
Is it possible to make a XboxLive hack which not only blocks this Live-service; but instead REDIRECT XboxLive it to another IPadres /server???
In principle all XboxLive enabled games uses the same routing, connectionsystem and MS modchecking algoritmes.
If we could change this to a selectable private adress; which the theire connected server emulates the XboxLive server from MS, we could play online out-of-the box, without to hassle if MS is cheating on hacked Xboxes.
Post by: TheBiGW on September 03, 2004, 02:39:00 AM
Post by: jakeboy on September 03, 2004, 05:32:00 AM
Post by: greengiant on September 03, 2004, 05:34:00 AM
You must run it fro mthe command line, to see any output.
Windows will normally, run and then close the window if you just double-click it.
Post by: angelfly on September 03, 2004, 07:12:00 AM
Post by: seagoat on September 03, 2004, 07:14:00 AM
Post by: jakeboy on September 03, 2004, 07:27:00 AM
Never mind - I just had to use the other bios and I'm set.
Post by: 82ross on September 03, 2004, 08:55:00 AM
| QUOTE (Schultz @ Sep 3 2004, 04:15 AM) |
| Can anyone get this file to work? Everytime i FTP it over all i see is the normal flubber. I tried the bunny one on Allxboxskins.com and it works fine but this XS-Guy doesn't seem to work at all.. also thanks for the fast response.. |
It doesnt work for me at the minute, but i havent made any attempt to find out why (yet). Might be a config prob or a model prob. Who knows
Anyone confirm the model is working ok?
Post by: NghtShd on September 03, 2004, 09:12:00 AM
And a word to the wise:
This is the initial realease of all of this stuff, so I'd suggest you wait until the dust settles if you can't recover from a non booting BIOS.
Post by: dark_shadow on September 03, 2004, 09:47:00 AM
Post by: ImpulzeZx on September 03, 2004, 11:34:00 AM
Post by: gamehack on September 03, 2004, 11:59:00 AM
| QUOTE (ImpulzeZx @ Sep 3 2004, 02:37 PM) |
| WOW CAN I use this bios with my enigmah mod chip for the 2nd time!!????????????? |
why wouldn't you be able to? and you should drop that pic frlom your sig it's way too big
Post by: gamehack on September 03, 2004, 12:27:00 PM
P.S. i will shave my pubes if anyone can make, find, or tell me how to get the xbox-scene guy to work for flubber or logo
Post by: Heykrop on September 03, 2004, 01:29:00 PM
| QUOTE (gamehack @ Sep 3 2004, 03:30 PM) |
| is there any other place for support for this bios, i don't believe 1 thread in the bios forum will cut it. P.S. i will shave my pubes if anyone can make, find, or tell me how to get the xbox-scene guy to work for flubber or logo |
Start shaving my friend. Start shaving. Post proof when your done.
Tutorial
Flubber Replacements
Logo Replacements
Post by: Gumba on September 03, 2004, 03:10:00 PM
| QUOTE (XanTium @ Sep 2 2004, 07:31 PM) |
| With the top "xbox live hack" they mean they will not make a bios that allows you to go on Xbox LIVE with backups. With the bottom "Xbox LIVE Block" they mean a system that will block the xbox to access the live servers (like on the latest X2 bioses). This is useful if you accidentally connect to XLive with your modchip on or if MS implements later on a system that connects auto without you knowing it. |
May I humbly suggest a rewording in future
I stopped paying attention to Ind-BIOS once I read the top bit of the announcement... until the other day when I was informed by someone that not only does Ind-BIOS intend to perform Xbox Live Blocking, but already has it in alpha.
Heh.
Post by: Billy-X on September 03, 2004, 04:39:00 PM
Post by: greengiant on September 03, 2004, 07:17:00 PM
It is the only modchip that can be considered fully legal, as it doesnt contain any bios. It only contains commands to patch the bios as it passes from the TSOP to the xbox itself.
Since you cant update the enighma, you cant use a new bios.
YOu have 2 options, use PBL to soft load the bios, or get a new modchip.
Post by: John Hoek on September 04, 2004, 03:05:00 AM
Post by: muerte on September 04, 2004, 08:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (NghtShd @ Sep 4 2004, 09:36 AM) |
| Which IP address of what Xbox Live! emulating server did you have in mind? |
lol I doubt we have an emulated XBL server. But if we did... how cool (and illegal) would that be.
Post by: muerte on September 04, 2004, 08:36:00 AM
| QUOTE (colgate @ Sep 4 2004, 10:29 AM) |
| How do I get it to work with a softmod? I'm using UDE to load pbl who loads the bios. There's a way to make it work with this setup? I did upload the ind-bios to e:\xboxrom.bin and the config file to c:\ but after the pbl logo I just got a black screen. |
you don't seem to understand the difference between a BFM bios and a normal bios.
Post by: Dolfhin on September 04, 2004, 08:52:00 AM
| QUOTE (muerte @ Sep 4 2004, 04:39 PM) |
| you don't seem to understand the difference between a BFM bios and a normal bios. |
Well I do only the question is how do i make this BFM?
Post by: heinrich on September 04, 2004, 11:03:00 AM
| QUOTE (colgate @ Sep 4 2004, 12:29 PM) |
| How do I get it to work with a softmod? I'm using UDE to load pbl who loads the bios. There's a way to make it work with this setup? I did upload the ind-bios to e:\xboxrom.bin and the config file to c:\ but after the pbl logo I just got a black screen. |
Thee part in in the nfo about BFM means IT LOADS bfm bios's from e:\xboxrom.bin, NOT that it loads AS A bfm bios from that location.
Post by: Gumba on September 04, 2004, 11:31:00 AM
| QUOTE (muerte @ Sep 4 2004, 04:39 PM) |
| you don't seem to understand the difference between a BFM bios and a normal bios. |
I understand that you need to use BFM bioses when you use a bios loader like PBL
BUT, what is the *real* difference between a normal BIOS and a BFM bios?
Thanks for any info
Post by: Dolfhin on September 04, 2004, 01:19:00 PM
| QUOTE (Gumba @ Sep 4 2004, 07:34 PM) |
| I understand that you need to use BFM bioses when you use a bios loader like PBL BUT, what is the *real* difference between a normal BIOS and a BFM bios? Thanks for any info |
Normal BIOS : Has to be flashed to a Modchip or TSOP and will load at startup
BFM BIOS : Can be loaded to replace the normal BIOS in memory
Normal BIOS'es are for people with modchips and TSOP's, BFM BIOS's are for softmoders (ofcourse the're expections but don't bother about those)
Post by: Yuyu on September 04, 2004, 04:01:00 PM
| QUOTE (Dolfhin @ Sep 4 2004, 09:55 AM) |
| Well I do only the question is how do i make this BFM? |
Pack it asa BFM as NghtShd explained in a post on the third or fourth page of this thread. Read before you post, it helps.
Post by: Yuyu on September 04, 2004, 04:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (otherguy @ Sep 3 2004, 01:06 AM) |
| any ideas are welcome |
My idea would be this.
Learn how to use Raincoat (If you don't know how already)
Download raincoat 0.7, FTP it to your xbox F drive, in its own folder if you wish.
FTP into your xbox and backup a copy of your current evox.ini file. Then make a new one with the first item in the menu, set to launch raincoat from wherever you just FTPed it to. FTP this evox.ini to your evox location so that it is the one used to setup menus, etc...
Now quick launch evox from ava, then just press a after 5 seconds or so to launch raincoat. Telnet in and flash that bitch.
Hope this helps...
Post by: Dolfhin on September 05, 2004, 08:38:00 AM
| QUOTE (Yuyu @ Sep 5 2004, 12:04 AM) |
| Pack it asa BFM as NghtShd explained in a post on the third or fourth page of this thread. Read before you post, it helps. |
I tryed but it still doesn't work
I gues i'll wait until the ussual places has this as BFM bios and flash the TSOP with it until then
A few days withouth Live should be possible.
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on September 05, 2004, 11:48:00 PM
what does it have over x2 besides the boot stuff?
o might have missed somthing...
Post by: Yuyu on September 06, 2004, 12:53:00 AM
| QUOTE (rykin @ Sep 4 2004, 09:58 PM) |
| From there, I used Evox to reflash my bios. (the raw FTP commands didn't seem to work). |
I'm not being an ass, but did you read his post? He has a winbond, so he can't flash with Evox...
Post by: Dolfhin on September 06, 2004, 08:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (Chicken Scratch Boy @ Sep 6 2004, 07:51 AM) |
| ind bios bfm would defeat th epurpose of ind bios, no? what does it have over x2 besides the boot stuff? o might have missed somthing... |
You can customize it in a lot of way's not only the startup settings.
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on September 06, 2004, 09:28:00 AM
| QUOTE (Dolfhin @ Sep 6 2004, 07:09 AM) |
| You can customize it in a lot of way's not only the startup settings. |
ah ok
you need to unpack it or somthing, mmmk?
i'll look into it, if you dont
Post by: Dolfhin on September 06, 2004, 03:29:00 PM
| QUOTE (Chicken Scratch Boy @ Sep 6 2004, 05:31 PM) |
| ah ok you need to unpack it or somthing, mmmk? i'll look into it, if you dont |
I don't know actually it doesn't work for using the old methode (XBoxtool that is) good to hear you will look in it i'm kind of a noob with all these things.
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on September 06, 2004, 03:39:00 PM
i think i got it!
open up xbtool (make sure you have the more configs, check my tutorial in that forum you love so very, very much)
bios type: multi
unpack
check convert to bfm
pack
choose where ever you saved it to when you unpacked, then in the next window choose a name for the .bin
i'll need to test it, but i think thats it
yep works with fbl rc2
good luck!
and always ahvea fail safe or 2!
Just wrote up a more formal tutorial
here it is
Post by: Heykrop on September 06, 2004, 08:57:00 PM
Use XBTOOL to unpack the ind-bios of your choosing. Either .06 or .67. Once the bios is unpacked go to the folder it was unpacked into and open the xboxkrnl.img in a hex editor and search for ind-bios.cfg it will have partition information as part of the string it is in. as in Partition2\ind-bios.cfg change the partition2 to any suitable for where you want to place the .cfg file and have the bios look for it.
Here are the options.
Partiton
1 to load the .cfg from partition E:
6 to load the .cfg from partition F:
7 to load the .cfg from partition G:
Now save the edited xboxkrnl.img and repack it using XBTOOL. This can be done for both BFM versions and for chip versions.
Post by: greengiant on September 07, 2004, 05:27:00 AM
In the next release, the injector program will also be able to inject the Configuration file path to the bios. To aleviate the need to unpack, hex, repack.
Post by: AKTiVE on September 07, 2004, 11:56:00 PM
Firstly, i have flashed it to my modchip using evox, all went well in that regard.
However, when i powered on the box, (after getting the usual 'LOADING IND BIOS SCREEN) the flubber is displayed (with the new camera angles i specified).
Once the flubber is finished, the green X and IND-BIOS is displayed as expected.. this is where things start to get weird...
Usually the flubber screen fades into EVOX. It still does this, however it takes literally 30 seconds for the fade to complete. Once it has done this, evox runs SO SLOW it is barely usable.
For example, when i press the DOWN arrow on the DPAD, it takes about 5 seconds for the scroll bar to select the next entry. It is literally running in slow motion.
I flashed the .06 iND-BiOS version, and then all run at a normal speed!
I re-flashed the .67, and got slo motion again. Also, when the .67 is flashed, i cannot see my G Drive. I could previously see my G Drive using the M7 / M8 bios.
Would it be possible to modify the .06 iND-BiOS using XBTOOL to enable G Drive support? If so, this would resolve the slow motion problems..
Any suggestions / help would appreciated.
Thanks all!
Post by: NghtShd on September 08, 2004, 10:11:00 AM
| QUOTE (AKTiVE @ Sep 8 2004, 02:59 AM) |
| Okay.. having a little trouble with the iND-BiOS .67 version. |
AKTiVE,
Could you give a little background info?
Which version of Evox are you running?
Is Evox set up to search your G drive for games/apps?
What brand and what size drive do you have?
Did you format the drive in the Xbox or using a PC?
What did you use to format (e.g. Evox, XBHDM, XBpartitioner, Xenium OS, etc)?
If it was formatted by Xbox software, what OS was running at the time?
Have you ever used XBpartitioner to write a partition table to the drive?
Have you tried using another dashboard which supports the G drive and, if so, did it work?
Post by: WiSo on September 10, 2004, 06:11:00 AM
| QUOTE (GreenSabbath @ Sep 8 2004, 02:46 PM) |
| Dudes do you plan to go opensource? I was kinda wondering how a hacked bios is coded and stuff. kEeP uP tHe gOOD wOrK. |
That would be awsome. I'm really interested in how a bios is coded .
Post by: lifeforce4 on September 10, 2004, 08:55:00 AM
My other problem is I cant change the "iND-BIOS" where "MS" is on the normal BIOS. I put a mslogo.bmp in my c partition and in the cfg of the bios I set it to MSLOGOTRANSEN=1. I saved it as a 8bit channel bmp so it became 24bit like they said. I even downloaded the "XBox-Scene mslogo on White BG" from xbox skins and put it in my c partition. Any have/had this problem and how can I fix it?
Thanks,
Kyle
Post by: AmphetaMarinE on September 11, 2004, 09:56:00 AM
Cheers,
Amph.
Post by: greengiant on September 13, 2004, 02:08:00 AM
Post by: Billy-X on September 13, 2004, 10:23:00 PM
Post by: NghtShd on September 14, 2004, 01:26:00 PM
| QUOTE (Billy-X @ Sep 14 2004, 01:26 AM) |
| any fix for config inject works now? |
That will require a new BIOS release.
Post by: QuimbyDogg on September 14, 2004, 05:53:00 PM
Keep up the great work guys, I am going to continue to use this bios for awhile. Specially since the new X3 bios is only going to work on the X chips! This is going to be the bios that I will be following for new releases.
That major thing I would love to see in a bios is FTP or giving the ability to map a network drive. Would be handy because I could copy over all my MP3 and still access them from my computer and play them WHILE I am playing an xbox game.
Also, this idea may seem a little out there...I had posted in the software dev forum but they said it was more of a bios issue. Would it be possible to setup network and stream a program from a networked computer harddrive? The gamecube supports streaming, although in a very different way but it seems to me if you could impliment network support into the bios then it should be possible to design a way that a dashboard could load a program and stream it over the network. This would save a lot of time with burning dvds or wasting them on bad burns. Would also be easy to deal with the whole xbox defrag issue and long file name issue if you could run all the programs off a comp harddrive since you can defrag a comp hd easy and ntfs will support such huge file names.
I dont know a whole lot about xbox hacking or bios making but I am in my second year as a CS major with some networking experience and it seems like it SHOULD be possible to do this, although a lot of work I am sure.
I thought I remembered seeing that the xenium OS 2 supported networked ability inside the BIOS so you could flash or install a dash right over the network without ever having to burn an installation cd (def saves issues with the crappy drives not reading media).
Post by: QuimbyDogg on September 15, 2004, 06:14:00 AM
Would it be possible to add a type of "save state/load state" like emulators use in the bios? It seems to me this would have to be in the bios since the dash is not running at the same time as the program. It would probably be hard to setup I am sure, but dont really know since I dont fully understand how emulators work to do it in the first place.
If you could develop a bios that has a save state support in it you would be like king of all bios I think...
Post by: QuimbyDogg on September 15, 2004, 08:45:00 AM
Support something like 3 or 4 different save states for each game:
left trigger, right trigger, back are the constants then picking any 1 of 4 other buttons will save your state in that slot. Each of the colored buttons could be a different save state then. So...
to save in slot one I hit left, right, back, and x
to save in slot two I hit left, right, back, and a
to load from slot one I hit left, right, start, and x
That type of setup would work fairly well I believe.
So yeah, I guess the issue is how long it would take to do. If states are done from memory dumps I am guessing it would take a short while to do, but I dont know if it would take all THAT long and it would be GREATLY helpful imo anyway.
Post by: d0wnlab on October 07, 2004, 03:44:00 PM
With an emulator of a classic system (lets say, SNES), a save-state is just that, a dump of the entire memory map as well as all the registers.
With the xbox, it'd be much harder. You're dealing with virtual memory and caching, which to load and save exact copies would be orders of magnitude more complex.
Post by: thekid1000 on October 10, 2004, 01:50:00 AM
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This is my config
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BLOBTHROB=0 CUSTOMBLOBEN=1 INTRO=1 SHOWFLUB=1 FOGON=1 MSLOGOTRANSCOLOR=0xFF00FF TMS=1 CUSTOMLOGO=0 IND3D=1 SHOWXEN=1 SHOWMSEN=1 USEXBX=0 DASH1=\DEVICE\HARDDISK0\PARTITION2\xbmc.xbe |
thanks
-Mike
Post by: dvdronn on October 18, 2004, 03:31:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| LEDPattern=ROGO BLOBCOLOR=0xFF0000 CAMERAVIEW=5 GLOWCOLOR=0xFF IOGLOWCOLOR=0xFF SCENECOLOR1=0xFF0000FF SCENECOLOR2=0xFF0000FF SCENECOLOR3=0xFF0000FF XLIGHTCOLOR=0xFFFF0000 YSKEWXLOGO=0 XSKEWXLOGO=0 YSKEWTEXT=0 XSKEWTEXT=0 MSLOGOTRANSEN=1 LIPGLOW=0xC00000 XGLOWCOLOR=0xFF0000 XINNERCOLOR=0xFF0000 XBOXCOLOR=0xFF TMS=0 |
this is my cfg, everything is good, but can't get my mslogo.bmp to come up
I have one i tried to make, and also a couple from axs, but can't get none to go?
Post by: smouty on October 19, 2004, 03:22:00 AM
| QUOTE (dvdronn @ Oct 18 2004, 11:34 PM) |
| this is my cfg, everything is good, but can't get my mslogo.bmp to come up I have one i tried to make, and also a couple from axs, but can't get none to go? |
Try using the default config that is supplied and paste in your changes.
I have exactly the same problems and have found the above to work. I just need to test more to find out what can be removed or modified.
Eventually I would like an XBMC bios with no ani, an XBMC logo and text only.