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Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Vric on December 31, 2003, 12:42:00 PM

if your xbox don't "see" the modchip, that mean you have a problem with your D0. check it back, clean it and retry.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: LepPpeR on December 31, 2003, 12:47:00 PM

it might have been preflashed - have you tried running unsigned code?

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: a94cobra on December 31, 2003, 02:17:00 PM

Mine does this as well.  If I manually ground D0, the box frags.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Mtaclof on December 31, 2003, 02:20:00 PM

How do you manually ground d0?

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: a94cobra on December 31, 2003, 02:44:00 PM

Grounding D0 enables the BIOS on the LPC bus.  This is the Chameleon we are trying to use.  The Chameleon grounds the D0 for us when it is working.  If you place a wire or jumper wire from the D0 point on the Chameleon or the point on the board to ground like a screw.  That should manually enable the point.  This just makes sure your D0 point is not the problem.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Mtaclof on December 31, 2003, 03:02:00 PM

So it seems that I can be 100% sure that the d0 is the problem, since it's booting into the normal dash. Wouldn't it frag, if the d0 was grounded, and the chameleon wasn't there?

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: a94cobra on December 31, 2003, 03:21:00 PM

If your Chameleon is attached and your D0 connection is not good, then it will boot the normal BIOS.  If you ground D0 it should boot the BIOS on the Chameleon.  Assuming that the BIOS on the Chameleon is good and there are no other problems.  

Mine box boots up like there is no Chameleon attached.  But when I ground the D0 manually the box frags.  This tells me that there is another problem with the chip.  For whatever reason it isn't engaging and grounding D0 for me.  Why is what I am trying to figure out.  What else could be the problem?

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: a94cobra on December 31, 2003, 03:22:00 PM

And to answer you question, I think it would frag if you grounded D0 and there was no mod chip.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Vric on December 31, 2003, 03:24:00 PM

QUOTE (a94cobra @ Jan 1 2004, 01:21 AM)

If you ground D0 it should boot the BIOS on the Chameleon.

and if bios isn't good, it should at last frag or reboot 2 time

your problem is really strange.. don't know if JD could help on this one

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Vric on December 31, 2003, 03:27:00 PM

QUOTE (Mtaclof @ Jan 1 2004, 01:24 AM)

So that means the only thing I have left to do is to ground d0, using means other than the adapters gold wire.

yup try this, if it boot, then your D0 isn't good
else you are in trouble    

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Mtaclof on December 31, 2003, 03:50:00 PM

This is so fucking frustrating, i can't even express it.
I've never been so fucking pissed off at anything before. I just want this piece of shit to work.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: The_Man on January 01, 2004, 10:01:00 AM

i am have the same problem when i turn power on the CHIP led will veryt shortly be red then i goes off and boot normally. This sucks real hard i have waited so long for this chip to arrive and now i doesnt work. I am real pissed off and disapointed. i am looking every where for an anwser but nobody has one.
does anyone else have this problem please post if you have the solution

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: PaNiMaT on January 01, 2004, 03:40:00 PM

I almost have the same problem as you guys..... but when i first installed my chip the cromwell BIOS worked fine, but after flashing the chip, the system boots as if there was no chip on the system at all...... I am thinking that this may be becuase I put the wrong BIOS on my chip, so I might just order a programmer to reflash it

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: dzv on January 01, 2004, 03:58:00 PM

It's working properly.  After you flash with a new BIOS, until you replace your MS dashboard with another dashboard (UnleashX, EvoX, MXM, or whatever), then your Xbox will boot to the MS dashboard and will behave exactly like an unmodded Xbox.  The only difference is that it will now be able to boot backups and installer discs.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: PaNiMaT on January 01, 2004, 04:03:00 PM

but I heard that when you turn on the system, under the X it should say Xecuter instead of MS..... mine still says MS...... and when I put in a CDRW with Slayers on it, it prompts as if the system can only read xbox games, cds, and dvds only....... I have a v1.0 xbox with the thompson dvd player, is my problem my media isnt being read by my drive or did I not flash the chip correctly??? My only assumption could be that I flashed a Xecuter BIOS for a v1.1 xbox on accident instead of a v1.0 BIOS...... would that make my chip not work right??

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: dzv on January 01, 2004, 04:44:00 PM

What BIOS did you flash?  It should say Xecuter if you flashed an X2 BIOS.  If you flashed an EvoX BIOS, then it will still say MS.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Vric on January 01, 2004, 04:46:00 PM

we need to wait to see if it work when it short the D0 point.. then we will be able to go further

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: puddle on January 01, 2004, 08:35:00 PM

I just installed my new EB2k Cham chip last night and I was getting the exact same problem. In fact I actually found this thread because a friend who was trying to help me showed it to me. I eventually got it working just by taking the adapter off the mobo and re-attaching it and putting the gold wire back in the d0. The second time I did it my Xbox started to frag, and the third time I remounted the adapter it worked fine and has been working perfectly ever since.

I'm guessing that I had some problems getting the pogo pins in the right alignment or maybe there was some crap in the d0 that had to be cleared. Regardless, if you haven't tried remounting the adapter then you might want to.

(I'm don't really know anything about electronics though so what do I know)

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: dogah on January 07, 2004, 04:29:00 PM

any one found a solution?

i have been pulling my hair out for more than a week over this thing!

light flashes at the start then just runs ms dash

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: darkwalk on January 07, 2004, 05:53:00 PM

Okay, this is what you do:

1. connect D0 to ground without chameleon. If it frags (xbox turns on&off then flashes diff. color), your D0 has good connection.
2. use a voltmeter to determine if all your LPC points have teh correct voltage.  Compare it to the LPC diagnostics tutorial.  Make sure they're good, before AND after you put in the pin header. Yes, the pin header is the best way to go. :-)
3. If 1 & 2 are okay, connect your mod and the D0 wire.  If it frags, then you either have no bios in that particular bank or its bad.  Switch around the banks to see if they work. also, make sure u're in mode 1.  OR it could mean that your xbox is v1.5.  The LPC tutorial can help you differenciate between v 1.4 and 1.5.
4. If you have a v1.5, solder in 3.3 volt and ground?  I'm not too sure about this because I've never had to mod v1.5 before.

hope this helps. :-)

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: Malfunction on January 12, 2004, 12:24:00 AM

i have the same problem with the normal M$ dash booting but only in mode 0, however if i switch modes on the chip it will frag. so i know my d0 is good.  i have been doing some searching and reading for a while and i think the problem is the bios. i currently borrowed a executer programmer and have been trying to find a way to mod it or just get it to work with my chameleon.  If i reprogram it and it works i will let everyone know.

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: a94cobra on January 12, 2004, 04:34:00 AM

I know you can reflash with the MAtrix programmer.  Isit possible to do with any other kind?

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: vinnie5451 on July 02, 2004, 12:50:00 AM

i 2 am haveing the same problems the chip is in  i get one flash on the red light then the reg ms dash

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: vinnie5451 on July 02, 2004, 06:05:00 PM

well ive tried to ground the d0 wire and the xbox frags if i frag it with the chip in it the red light stays on but no cromwell  what could be the prob? do u think its because they didnt send me ne rivets?

Title: Chameleon Not Effecting Bootup
Post by: imamafackinhokie on July 13, 2004, 10:56:00 AM