Post by: clogicgmather on July 03, 2004, 05:34:00 AM
Thought this might be useful considering how many questions get asked about it. I have listed these i reccomended order of use.
XBTOOL COLOUR PRESET MAKER
This tool complements xbtool and can be used to create .dxt files which can be used in xbtool. XBTOOl CPM changes the colours of the xbox logo and text on the main splash screen.
XBOX COLOUR PRESET MAKER
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Select The colours using the sliders and once your happy with the way it looks select save, you will then be presented with a download dialog box, save this file into the xbtool presets folder
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If your using the new super cool iND-Bios then see the note at the bottom as the rest of these tools are irrelevant.
XBTOOL
Changing boot order, fan speed, logo colour, front LED colour,removing animation, Resizing bios
One word, XBTOOL this program is nothing short of amazing, ive used it countless times without a single problem THIS TOOL DOES NOT WORK WITH 4983 bioses, use 4981 instead. Just to stress again this means there IS NO EQUIVELENT TOOL FOR THE X2 4983 BIOS!!!
XBTOOL
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Run xbtool and select open, select the desired bios you wish to edit and make the relevant changes. To implement the xbt preset file saved from the aforemention Xbtool Colour Preset Maker select the drop menu menu under presets. There you should see your saved file, select this and click Save As to save the outputted file.
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LOGO-x2
Changing the MS/Xecuter Logo
If you want to change this then use an X2 bios and not M7, X2 stores this logo in the bios so using a tool like logox2 will allow you to change this. You can use bmp or raw images, the programs a real no brainer select an image,select a bios, patch. There is a tool called logo-x which is older and patches the same logo but contained in the XBE of the dash your using. The Xecuter team found a way of incoporating this into their bios and this is why this only works with X2 bioses
LOGO-X2
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Real easy, just select the bios file and the logo image you wish to use (See notes in the readme nfo for thisk) and path your bios. The ouputted bios is called output.bin and is located in the root of the LOGO-x2 directory.
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KernelBasher 1.0
Changing Scene Colour\Camera animation\XBOX Text
There are various tutorials around on how to do this although kernelbasher will allow for basic manipulation, the current version allows for the flubbercolour, scene colour,fog colour, various other aspects and some camera movement options. It also allows you to make the background of the X logo white.
KernelBasher & FTT
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Select open and choose your desired bios file (assuming your going through all these programs you should be using the output.bin file from logo-x2. Once selected choose your options and select patch, the outputted file is called flubbered.bin and will be located in the same directory as the originally selected bios file. READ PDF file with KernelfBasher for details on creating new Xbox text
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However if you are using the new iND-Bios then the information above is pretty much irrelevant with the exception of XBTOOL COLOUR PRESET MAKER. The only bios tool you need for iND-Bios is kindly provided with the bios itself, these guys have taken the time to put together a nice little config tool to ensure minimal mistaskes for noob users. The tool can import the xbt files produced by xbtool colour preset maker.
Oh and just to answer an age old question, Which bios to use? If you wish to use all these tools then use a X2 4981/4982 bios as these are the most recent bioses that are supported by all 4 tools. If your a 1.6 user then at the moment Logo-x2 is out as currently theres only the EvoM8 bios.
If all else fails...
I felt this needed to be said, and i dont mean to sound patronising and am not implying i know everything but.... these tools ARE simple to use and assuming you have a sound knowledge of your computer & how to flash your modchip/tsop then you should be fine. If your unsure of how to ftp,pack/unpack bioses or anything else then read, this cannot be stressed enough. I have learnt ALOT from these forums and value the information contained within. Use search and read up. Ive found ppl are a lot more prepared to help someone who helps themselves.
Post by: heinrich on July 05, 2004, 04:17:00 PM
Post by: Tribis on July 06, 2004, 06:09:00 AM
Post by: Matronix on July 14, 2004, 09:39:00 AM
Post by: atomiX on July 16, 2004, 12:07:00 PM
| QUOTE (Matronix @ Jul 14 2004, 02:32 PM) |
| What do I use on the X4983.67 bios.... XBTool says unsupported |
4983 is not supported by xbtool since it is encrypted. you will need to unpack the bios with xbtool (you can still do this) and edit the kernel (xboxkrnl.img) with a hex editor. this can be a pain if you don't know much about hex editing. the best alternative is to edit 4981 instead with xbtool.
Post by: bigfathwt on July 31, 2004, 12:37:00 AM
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Post by: XplicitContent on August 08, 2004, 10:32:00 PM
"just select the bios file and the logo image you wish to use (See notes in the readme nfo for this) and path your bios."
Um...my computer won't open up the logox2_en.nfo for reading and I don't know anything about logo image now. When I go to select a logo, "chips" a bitmap shows up so I select that, but then I wasn't sure because I dont know what it is. Could you explain what the Logo thing is please. Thanx much bra'.
Post by: XplicitContent on August 09, 2004, 06:26:00 PM
Post by: clogicgmather on August 14, 2004, 04:27:00 AM
Post by: ddzc on September 02, 2004, 04:30:00 PM
Thanks
Post by: markland556 on September 02, 2004, 10:07:00 PM
Post by: clogicgmather on September 05, 2004, 02:36:00 AM
Post by: Savejonas on September 08, 2004, 12:32:00 AM
Post by: Fartstick on September 28, 2004, 08:25:00 AM
Sorry for the complete noob question... :(
Post by: Demobot on December 08, 2004, 05:10:00 PM
Post by: swolsten on December 09, 2004, 12:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (Demobot @ Dec 9 2004, 12:37 AM) |
| Does 4981 support 200GB or larger drives. Or do I have to change the boot sequence with 4981 and then change to 4983.67? |
4981.06 and 4981.67 support larger drives
Post by: vtec236 on December 21, 2004, 08:45:00 PM
Post by: djhall on January 09, 2005, 11:46:00 AM
QUOTE(vtec236 @ Dec 21 2004, 08:09 PM)
Ok so this is a great start but i see that it says M7 and X2 but what about X3 i can get the bios to boot but cannot change anythig has a white background and green x stock IND-Bios
I have an X3, and the only bios you should be using with the X3 is the X3 bios. With the X3 bios installed, boot to the x3 bios and hold the white button during the startup flubber animation. After the animation the X3 configuration menu will load and you change these settings in the bios from there.
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Post by: dsltech_dude on August 28, 2005, 12:20:00 PM
It's for a 1.5 TSOP btw.
Thanks,
DSLTech_Dude
Post by: BuddyLeeX on September 02, 2005, 07:54:00 AM
Post by: clogicgmather on October 21, 2005, 03:29:00 AM
Post by: hackspider on October 27, 2005, 08:41:00 AM
but wenn I want to save i get a error:
(none) 85.75.***.63 /presets/generateXBtoolPreset.php?vers=XBT3&xlip=&xlipspot=FF47E4&x=C046&xspot=E6D3&xbox=B280&anim=1&xlogo=1&mslogo=1&tms=1&ledg=1111&ledr=0000 www.allxboxskins.com Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.6 404
this appers in my browser.
hackspider
Post by: hackspider on October 27, 2005, 09:11:00 AM
This post has been edited by hackspider: Oct 27 2005, 04:12 PM
Post by: fhaq on November 05, 2005, 09:37:00 PM
-Hook up the 24c02 eprom to my comp w/ a home made reader/writer
-Recover key off eprom and lock new hdd to it -OR-
-Generate new bios altogether
Well you get the idea, so any advice would be appreciated EXCEPT "just get a new xbox" or somthing like that. As I stated this is more of a project just to see if it can be done, and it would help out alot of those gamers who drop kick there xbox becuse "THE GAME CHEATS... WAAA" -Quote, my nephew, every day.
I may already know how to do this but my brain feels like a bad day at the methidone clinic, and may never put the pieces together.
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