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Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: GanJahMan on November 06, 2002, 01:50:00 PM

"Conclusion: you'd be better off soldering a mod on to your X-Box with a tire iron than you would be trying to align and install a matrix chip."


Either that or get some media that actually works with your xbox....    

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: CZECH on November 06, 2002, 01:53:00 PM

I dont think the problem has anything to do with solder  no solder

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: shanafan on November 06, 2002, 02:01:00 PM

I order a Matrix from EasyBUY2000 and got it in a week. Yes, just 1 week.

BTW, when you are booting CDRWS (from my experiences), sometimes they won't boot right away. I have tried things like powering off the Xbox, and then turning it on. Sometimes it takes maybe 3 boots, but eventually, it boots. Oh, that is my X-ecutor I modded Xbox.

Just seems like you have bad luck.

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: BiMP on November 06, 2002, 02:01:00 PM

QUOTE (gank0r @ Nov 6 2002, 01:18 PM)

I've tried every solution I could think of, even replacing my parellel cable and giving the programmer another new battery.

                                    NO NO NO NO NO!

No parellel cables!

You must attach the programmer directly to the back of your computer.

The developers of Matrix said not to use them because it can damage your chip or flash a bad flash.  So try it without the cable.

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: gank0r on November 06, 2002, 02:02:00 PM

QUOTE (BiMP @ Nov 6 2002, 09:01 PM)

QUOTE (gank0r @ Nov 6 2002, 01:18 PM) I've tried every solution I could think of, even replacing my parellel cable and giving the programmer another new battery. NO NO NO NO NO! No parellel cables! You must attach the programmer directly to the back of your computer. The developers of Matrix said not to use them because it can damage your chip or flash a bad flash.  So try it without the cable.

                                    I've done it both ways, tried with 2 different computers directly connected many times and then tried parallel.

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: shanafan on November 06, 2002, 02:04:00 PM

gank0r, sure you don't have bad bioses?

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: BiMP on November 06, 2002, 02:04:00 PM

QUOTE (gank0r @ Nov 6 2002, 02:02 PM)

QUOTE (BiMP @ Nov 6 2002, 09:01 PM) QUOTE (gank0r @ Nov 6 2002, 01:18 PM) I've tried every solution I could think of, even replacing my parellel cable and giving the programmer another new battery. NO NO NO NO NO! No parellel cables! You must attach the programmer directly to the back of your computer. The developers of Matrix said not to use them because it can damage your chip or flash a bad flash.  So try it without the cable. I've done it both ways, tried with 2 different computers directly connected many times and then tried parallel.

                                    Did you use a parrellel cable the first time you flashed it?  If you did, you may have damaged the chip, thus no longer working.

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: shanafan on November 06, 2002, 02:18:00 PM

What size are they? Matrix doesnt support ones that are over a meg

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: BiMP on November 06, 2002, 02:26:00 PM

send it in for a new one, it has a warranty dosent it?

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: GanJahMan on November 06, 2002, 03:01:00 PM

Find the right media that works with your Xbox!!! I had the same probs, I ended up getting Verbatim Datalife Plus 650MB CDRW to work with my Evox boot CD... only after about 8-10 tries  (turn it on, it fails, turn it off, REPEAT) Eventually it worked.

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: Ace25 on November 06, 2002, 03:12:00 PM

Wow, I ordered my first Matrix last Sunday (Oct 27th) and got it in the mail yesterday (Nov 5th). That was priority. Anyway.. ripped open the envelope, slapped a new 9v battery in it, connected the chip to programmer, programmer to PC. Took my bios I used for my PC-Bioxx, opened FanCBox, hacked it to 256k, ran WinPLC and programmed very first time, no probs at all. Then put the chip in the XBox, first time flashing red, already screwed down with washer, gave it a slight tap to the left, flashing green, moved it to Mode 4, closed box, booted Evox from CD-RW, everything works perfect. My first real "Under 5 minute" mod install. X-Ecuter was 30 mins minimum, first one was 4 hours. This is the easiest chip I have ever seen to install, just not a fan of no solder, but its not my box anyway so I don't care. It works, I'm happy, customer is happy.. the end.

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: gank0r on November 06, 2002, 03:17:00 PM

Hey get this, I just fixed the problem. Someone in IRC pm'd me and told me not to use 256k bios. They said use 1 meg bios and leg winlpc chop it on its own, and guess what? IT WORKED. After 3 days of trying to align this thing and putting bios on it etc it finally worked. The ironic thing is I did the exact opposite of what the instructions said, anyone else use 1mb bios?

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: Antjel on November 06, 2002, 03:21:00 PM

Something to try that doesn't require dropping more money or cracking your case for the 10,000th time.

But first I would like to say.

1   I have had piddle luck with ISO's
2   Nero can burn in Hell

This will atleast rule out if your Iso is crap or your burning it incorrectly.

1  FTP a game from your X-Box to Your PC  (I prefer FlashFXP)
2  Obtain  RecordNowMax  by Stomp Burning software
   (You can usually find a 30 day eval that will work fine)
3  Burn all the contents to DVD-R (I prefer Panasonic purple, but all have
   worked for me so far, even a couple uncoated generics)

**IMPORTANT NOTE***
In the options menu make sure you set to 128 characters for DVD burning.  There are only two options to choose from so it should jump out at you.  Don't use the burn wizard cuz you won't be able to change those options.

4  Try booting to your new burned disk.


This has worked for me like a charm.  I make back-ups of my games and have had no troubles.   I gave up on Xiso and other iso's after the third wasted disk.


On a Side Note:

Some games will take forever to boot.  As long as you get no errors give it time it will prob come up after 5-8 minutes.
I am 99% sure why some games take so fricken long to boot. I have just been refraining from posting because I know when MS figures it out  all of our games will start taking 20 minutes to load and that will suck a lama's cracker barrel

Hopes this helps one in need,

Antjel

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: kkattfish on November 06, 2002, 03:28:00 PM

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: sulfur on November 06, 2002, 04:13:00 PM

maybe mine can work? having same problem as gank0r, when you flash a 1mb with winlpc, which one do you choose? these like 4 choices? somehelp me?

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: krazyjosh5 on November 06, 2002, 04:37:00 PM

bah!! you ass!! dont post things like that. sorry but im a proud matrix owner and i know what u did wrong.

YOU HAVE TO GET A GREEN LIGHT IN MODE 1!!!!! IF THE LIGHT IS ON IN MODE 2, 3, or 4, IT DOESNT MEAN THAT ITS DEFINATELY ALIGNGED CORRECT, IT IS JUST RECEVING POWER FROM THE XBOX

re read that a bunch of times, hit yourself in the head, and make sure its green in MODE 1!!! not mode 2, 3, or 4, MAKE SURE ITS MODE 1-GREEN AND THEN SWITCH TO ANY OTHER MODE!!

grahh sorry to sound bitchy but when u put down a good chip because of your own stupidity and inabilitiy to install then that pisses me off.

PS - READ MY GUIDE!! View it... Here

PSS - If you want to buy a Matrix... do so Here

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: sofam on November 06, 2002, 05:09:00 PM

Took me about 5 minutes to get it all working.
Using a colormod bios.

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: b0ink on November 06, 2002, 06:54:00 PM

Add me to the 5 min club (including installing the new HD.)  The worst part was finding CDRW that worked with my XBOX.

b0ink

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: bearauto on November 06, 2002, 09:19:00 PM

QUOTE (krazyjosh5 @ Nov 6 2002, 11:37 PM)

bah!! you ass!! dont post things like that. sorry but im a proud matrix owner and i know what u did wrong. YOU HAVE TO GET A GREEN LIGHT IN MODE 1!!!!! IF THE LIGHT IS ON IN MODE 2, 3, or 4, IT DOESNT MEAN THAT ITS DEFINATELY ALIGNGED CORRECT, IT IS JUST RECEVING POWER FROM THE XBOX re read that a bunch of times, hit yourself in the head, and make sure its green in MODE 1!!! not mode 2, 3, or 4, MAKE SURE ITS MODE 1-GREEN AND THEN SWITCH TO ANY OTHER MODE!! grahh sorry to sound bitchy but when u put down a good chip because of your own stupidity and inabilitiy to install then that pisses me off. PS - READ MY GUIDE!! View it... Here PSS - If you want to buy a Matrix... do so Here

                                    DITTO!!!

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: Roy2001 on November 06, 2002, 11:11:00 PM

I got the 1M BIOS and create a 256K bios from it. Then I use a CompUSA brand CDRW (I bought 25 for just $6) to copy the EvolutionX. No problem at all. Matrix chip is great!

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: Kash on November 07, 2002, 02:02:00 AM

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Hope this helps,
-Kash

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: kryo on November 07, 2002, 02:37:00 AM

Hmh... Well the fact that the chip now works kinda proves that the chip wasn't faulty, the user was :)

Yeah I've had a couple of questions asked as well... "I've flashed the matrix and installed it perfectly but it just wont boot!!", to which I answer "Oh... Have you tried changing mode to something else than "Chip Disabled"?" "Err.. no." "Well you could try setting it to "enabled" and it JUST MIGHT HELP" ;))

It's funny how people so easily blame their hardware and software for their own mistakes :))

Title: Matrix Horror Story
Post by: Zziggy00 on November 10, 2002, 01:13:00 PM