Post by: davicoro on September 06, 2004, 05:34:00 PM
try to flash a bios on a 1.6 Xbox
1) YOU CAN'T FLASH A TSOP ON A 1.6 XBOX
2) THERE IS NO TSOP ON A 1.6 XBOX
3) IT IS NOT POSIBLE TO FLASH A BIOS ON A 1.6 XBOX
4) BUY A MODCHIP!!!
1.6 FAQ's
Q: Can i flash a 1.6 tsop?
A: NO!!!
Q: Were is the points that i have to bridge to flash the 1.6 bios?
A: NO POINTS!!!
Q: Were is the TSOP on the 1.6 Xbox?
A: NO TSOP ON 1.6!!!
Q: What do i need to flash the tsop??
A: ONE XBOX VERSION 1.0-1.5!!!
Q: Why you create this tute???
A: I JUST WANT THAT YOU DONT LOSE YOUR TIME ASKING FOR IT
Q: Is there another alternative that i dont have to use money to mod my xbox?
A: YES, GO TO THE EXPLOITS SECTION
Q: Can I...??
A: NO!!!
This tutorial will be update when I found other way to flash 1.6 bios. I hope this tutorial help you!!! :D
Can someone pin this just for some time??? PLEASE... :rolleyes:
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Post by: manatarms25 on September 06, 2004, 06:01:00 PM
I have been thinking the same thing <
Post by: davicoro on September 06, 2004, 06:06:00 PM
Post by: lordvader129 on September 06, 2004, 08:51:00 PM
Post by: davicoro on September 06, 2004, 09:16:00 PM
| QUOTE (lordvader129 @ Sep 7 2004, 03:43 AM) |
| im pinning this for a while, lol |
i hope it work!!! lol :lol: <
Post by: rb8720 on September 07, 2004, 03:28:00 PM
rb8720
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Post by: davicoro on September 07, 2004, 07:15:00 PM
| QUOTE (rb8720 @ Sep 7 2004, 10:20 PM) |
| Im not sure if i will be able to follow this tutorial, it just doesn't seem that clear. could you post one with some pics? B) rb8720 |
lol
New Pic Section will be add to this tutorial...
i will prepare my 500 Mega Pixel camera for it... :D <
Post by: atlanta800 on September 09, 2004, 01:37:00 AM
NO!!!!
DAMNIT
nice i was just kinda curious if you could because i read that the 1.6 didn't have tsop when it came out so i was like flash 1.6 tsop what? i need those pix to it might help some... <
Post by: Master-Chief on September 09, 2004, 05:54:00 PM
Post by: thesoundkid on September 10, 2004, 06:14:00 AM
Post by: cwindsor2003 on September 14, 2004, 06:00:00 AM
:D <
Post by: cwindsor2003 on September 14, 2004, 06:03:00 AM
opps ;)
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Post by: CoolMat on September 16, 2004, 08:32:00 PM
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Post by: sss on September 17, 2004, 04:20:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Q: What do i need to flash the tsop?? A: ONE XBOX VERSION 1.0-1.5!!! |
Do you mean "Own xbox version 1.0-1.5" <
Post by: ThA_PhReAk on September 18, 2004, 03:56:00 AM
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Post by: davicoro on September 18, 2004, 10:20:00 PM
| QUOTE (sss @ Sep 17 2004, 11:12 PM) |
| Do you mean "Own xbox version 1.0-1.5" |
No!... i mean:
you need to own one xbox version 1.0-1.5
Post by: AGENT_X on September 22, 2004, 02:15:00 PM
Post by: appleguru on September 22, 2004, 04:32:00 PM
Post by: noupadi on September 25, 2004, 05:29:00 PM
Some l33t guy's should research 1.6 motherboard how it should be done =)
Post by: limbfilter on September 26, 2004, 12:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (davicoro @ Sep 6 2004, 07:26 PM) |
| Thinks that you need to know before try to flash a bios on a 1.6 Xbox |
Don't you mean "Things that you need to know...."?
Post by: davicoro on September 27, 2004, 04:24:00 PM
| QUOTE (limbfilter @ Sep 26 2004, 08:44 AM) |
| Don't you mean "Things that you need to know...."? |
opss... yea... that is!!! i repair that mistake now!!!
Post by: spacefrog on September 29, 2004, 06:06:00 AM
damnit, u got my hopes up!
I'm glad that it hasnt been cracked yet, because I just bought 20 modchips
I really hope that you can flash the onboard bios!
Yeah this faq had to have been done! It seems that on every page there's some guy asking how do u tsop flash a 1.6?
Post by: Exige_ on October 01, 2004, 11:34:00 PM
Post by: vaga on October 03, 2004, 10:04:00 PM
Post by: WisheR on October 05, 2004, 05:49:00 AM
My email is [email protected]
thanks in advance
SOS ....
regards
Post by: deadeyes989 on October 05, 2004, 06:09:00 PM
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
XD
Post by: xboxhaxorz on October 06, 2004, 03:50:00 PM
Post by: davicoro on October 06, 2004, 04:19:00 PM
| QUOTE (vaga @ Oct 4 2004, 06:07 AM) |
| what if I installed a tsop then flashed it...? |
ok... you want to have a tsop on your xbox v1.6???... try this!!!
1 - install a cheap mod
2 - flash it whit the retail bios 1.6 and turn off your xbox.
...(at this point you have a custom tsop on your 1.6)
3 - turn on your xbox
4 - now do the 007 and flash whit a m8 bios!!!
congrats... you have flashed your custom tsop on your xbox v1.6
now you have two tsop on your box... one original and one custom...
Post by: xboxto on October 09, 2004, 09:20:00 AM
http://www.kanection...pininstall.html
If Somebody is really clever out there and can figure it out...Hurry Up!!!
All flashing software works upto the point of flashing.....there has to be a way!!!
Post by: Gumba on October 09, 2004, 11:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (noupadi @ Oct 9 2004, 11:57 AM) |
| Modchips aren't TSOP:s. |
Actually...
Most modchips have a TSOP.
A TSOP is a specific type of chip package, and most of the modern modchips use a TSOP style flash chip.
A cheapmod does not usually though.
Post by: Snout on October 11, 2004, 07:00:00 AM
Post by: davicoro on October 11, 2004, 09:23:00 PM
| QUOTE (noupadi @ Oct 9 2004, 11:57 AM) |
| Modchips aren't TSOP:s. |
why not??? just use yur imagination!!!
Post by: thewickedjester on October 11, 2004, 09:33:00 PM
Post by: Lamer123 on November 16, 2004, 05:26:00 PM
Post by: lordvader129 on November 16, 2004, 07:01:00 PM
| QUOTE (Lamer123 @ Nov 16 2004, 07:29 PM) |
| I know this isn't the correct section but maybe in your tutourial you should include a link to the soft mods for 1.6's . I mean its funny and all but as long as it is pinned maybe it could help some people out . Just a thought . |
edited, hopefully davi wont mine
Post by: davicoro on November 18, 2004, 09:39:00 AM
| QUOTE (lordvader129 @ Nov 17 2004, 04:04 AM) |
| edited, hopefully davi wont mine |
Post by: stuble07 on November 23, 2004, 10:29:00 PM
Post by: bucko on November 28, 2004, 03:01:00 PM
| QUOTE (redeath @ Nov 23 2004, 08:54 AM) |
| yer i flashed a 1.6 the outherday with a camera is that the same |
thats like when I was speaking to a mate on msn and I was on about flash (as in internet games etc) and she thought I was on about cameras. And to them n00bs up there from what I know (maybe wrong on this) the 1.6/b bios is in the the same chip as the EEPROM and video encoder chip which is the Xcyclops. So if you flashed a bios on that you would fuck up your entire xbox.
Post by: elrodri on December 02, 2004, 01:02:00 AM
Post by: kRaYzRaY on December 03, 2004, 08:45:00 PM
Post by: bucko on December 04, 2004, 03:26:00 PM
| QUOTE (flipstatus @ Dec 1 2004, 05:58 PM) |
| I jus got an xchip from easybuy2000.com (its a new release). then I installed it with a solderless kit. so then everything is working well. It boot me up on a bios. then I dont kno what to do. I jus bought the chip late Nov 2004. Then I kinda flashed the bios without any idea wat flash means. then when I turned it off and on. the green light turned flashing green n red. then i turned it off again then turned on it wont load me to bios menu. But when I connect my usb. then turned on the xbox then the xbox starts flashing red n green again. I need help.. PLZ.. FLashing means formating the bios?? how can I restored the bios menu?? |
This is a TSOP forum not an X-Chip forum! I feel you either didn't rebuild the LPC or you didn't flash Evox M8_16plus.
Post by: lordvader129 on December 13, 2004, 07:57:00 PM
| QUOTE (XLNC @ Dec 13 2004, 07:20 AM) |
| So is anybody going to figure out how to flash the onboard bios where ever it's located? |
its on the xyclops chip, since there is no part number on the chip we have no idea how to write enable it or if it is even writable, so i would have to say the answer is no, no one is ever gonna figure out how to reprogram the 1.6 onboard bios
Post by: lordvader129 on December 19, 2004, 11:34:00 AM
| QUOTE (largie @ Dec 19 2004, 12:00 PM) |
| So if the chip actually is a EEEP-ROM it is possible to rewrite it, right? I guess people with analyze tools may see if this is a PROM or EPROM right? |
yeah, however i dont think there is a way to just "analyze" the chip and find out data on it, we'd need a spec sheet, since it doesnt have a manufacturers part number on it basicly our only hope for a spec sheet is to get one leaked from MS
Post by: networkBoy on December 28, 2004, 04:20:00 PM
It has been tailor designed for the Xbox. My thoughts are that it is a microprocessor based design (possibly ARM, though unlikely) and has an internal Flash memory array.
Upon power-up the microprocessor in the ASIC boots from microcode stored in a protected array (flashed at chip manufacture), and presents all data needed on appropriate pins from it's general flash array (you want I2C data, these two pins provide that; LPC boot ROM info? that's over here on these pins). All in all it is actually emulating the devices it is replacing from information stored in the general flash array (likely programmed at time of Xbox manufacture).
While not as cheap as the components it is replacing, it is far more difficult to reverse engineer. The right way to look at this device is a Gen3 modchip and eeprom in a single QPF package.
Just remember: I know nothing, this is just my guess.
-nB
Post by: bbg518a on January 13, 2005, 04:39:00 PM
Post by: Leafz on January 20, 2005, 08:48:00 PM
Post by: lordvader129 on January 20, 2005, 09:58:00 PM
QUOTE(Leafz @ Jan 20 2005, 10:19 PM)
So, if theres no TSOP. Where does M$ put their bios?
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: tmcaninch on January 21, 2005, 11:50:00 AM
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can you flash the xbox's TSOP chip on a v1.6? If so how can it be done? do you have to do any sodering?
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: JohnnyHunng on January 21, 2005, 12:00:00 PM
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There's a pinned topic right at the top of this forum, before u post, read, u didn't even have to run a search....
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: tmcaninch on January 21, 2005, 12:07:00 PM
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yea i just relized that right after i posted.. my bad i should have read alittle more before i posted...
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: verawarez on February 20, 2005, 12:27:00 PM
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just jokin
lol
thanx for ur guide
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: verawarez on February 20, 2005, 12:29:00 PM
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Post by: tmcaninch on January 21, 2005, 11:50:00 AM
Post by: JohnnyHunng on January 21, 2005, 12:00:00 PM
Post by: tmcaninch on January 21, 2005, 12:07:00 PM
Post by: verawarez on February 20, 2005, 12:27:00 PM
just jokin
lol
thanx for ur guide
Post by: verawarez on February 20, 2005, 12:29:00 PM
QUOTE(tmcaninch @ Jan 21 2005, 06:56 PM)
can you flash the xbox's TSOP chip on a v1.6? If so how can it be done? do you have to do any sodering?
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: WhatsAModchip? on March 06, 2005, 11:12:00 PM
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wat iph i poot sauder on teh pointz and flash?
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: ghettoc401 on March 10, 2005, 06:55:00 PM
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Post by: WhatsAModchip? on March 06, 2005, 11:12:00 PM
Post by: ghettoc401 on March 10, 2005, 06:55:00 PM
QUOTE(WhatsAModchip? @ Mar 6 2005, 11:18 PM)
wat iph i poot sauder on teh pointz and flash?
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: jojo_nl on March 11, 2005, 08:57:00 PM
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I have an XBOX 1.6 ( b )
As soon as my warranty is due i am going to look at it.
Can anyone confirm if MS itself is able to flash the bios ?
no point in finding out if they can't either...
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: iwanttheagrocrag on March 15, 2005, 06:26:00 AM
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Jesus man, no it cant happen. Thats the short and the long of it.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: insanim8er on March 18, 2005, 03:57:00 PM
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I got someone telling me that it IS possible to flash a 1.6 Xbox ... I told him that it wasn't possible. I told him the only thing you can do is softmod it. Then he said that was true up 'til now... that they have new software that makes it possible to flash a 1.6
of course after looking for info on it, I can't come up with any... reading this makes it apparent he's full of shit... unless he knows something that no one else does.
???
doubt it ...
I keep asking him to send me info on how it is done, but he hasn't yet... so I'm sure he's full of it.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: acemilo on March 18, 2005, 05:36:00 PM
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Go to the very first post on this thread. IT CAN'T HAPPEN! You either have to softmod or chip a 1.6/b, end of story.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: insanim8er on March 19, 2005, 03:01:00 PM
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uh.. yeah I realize what it says. And I said he's probably full of crap, but things change...
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: Olipro on April 09, 2005, 05:28:00 PM
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ok, so there's no TSOP on a 1.6, which intrigues me to know as to where in buggery the BIOS is loaded from when you power up the Xbox.
there must be a discussion about it somewhere, hopefully I'll find it.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: RELIC on April 13, 2005, 06:00:00 PM
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Could the bios be being loaded off the hd? cus it must be getting it somwhere, if so couldnt using the 007 hack( or somthing like it) somone design a program to instead of flashing, rewrite the bios??
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: MaxWellPower on April 15, 2005, 11:55:00 AM
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A softmod does the same thing, why both then?
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: Mickerry enterp on April 20, 2005, 11:53:00 PM
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Post by: jojo_nl on March 11, 2005, 08:57:00 PM
I have an XBOX 1.6 ( b )
As soon as my warranty is due i am going to look at it.
Can anyone confirm if MS itself is able to flash the bios ?
no point in finding out if they can't either...
Post by: iwanttheagrocrag on March 15, 2005, 06:26:00 AM
Post by: insanim8er on March 18, 2005, 03:57:00 PM
of course after looking for info on it, I can't come up with any... reading this makes it apparent he's full of shit... unless he knows something that no one else does.
???
doubt it ...
I keep asking him to send me info on how it is done, but he hasn't yet... so I'm sure he's full of it.
Post by: acemilo on March 18, 2005, 05:36:00 PM
Post by: insanim8er on March 19, 2005, 03:01:00 PM
Post by: Olipro on April 09, 2005, 05:28:00 PM
there must be a discussion about it somewhere, hopefully I'll find it.
Post by: RELIC on April 13, 2005, 06:00:00 PM
Post by: MaxWellPower on April 15, 2005, 11:55:00 AM
Post by: Mickerry enterp on April 20, 2005, 11:53:00 PM
QUOTE(davicoro @ Sep 7 2004, 08:29 AM)
Thinks that you need to know before
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: lordvader129 on April 22, 2005, 12:19:00 AM
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Post by: lordvader129 on April 22, 2005, 12:19:00 AM
QUOTE(RELIC @ Apr 13 2005, 05:06 PM)
Could the bios be being loaded off the hd? cus it must be getting it somwhere, if so couldnt using the 007 hack( or somthing like it) somone design a program to instead of flashing, rewrite the bios??
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: xboxexpert on April 28, 2005, 05:20:00 PM
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I love this post....
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: ModdingManiac on April 28, 2005, 06:02:00 PM
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I find it strange that MS would store there Bios on a chip(Xyclops) that could not be reflashed/reprogrammed. So if the Bios goes corrupt for any reason and the xbox is under warranty, you send it to them, they will simply give you a New Xbox (becuase I doubt they are going to go throught he process of replacing the chip, it would probably cost more) ? Never new MS was nice and not greedy
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: lordvader129 on April 28, 2005, 06:06:00 PM
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Post by: xboxexpert on April 28, 2005, 05:20:00 PM
Post by: ModdingManiac on April 28, 2005, 06:02:00 PM
Post by: lordvader129 on April 28, 2005, 06:06:00 PM
QUOTE(ModdingManiac @ Apr 28 2005, 05:08 PM)
I find it strange that MS would store there Bios on a chip(Xyclops) that could not be reflashed/reprogrammed. So if the Bios goes corrupt for any reason and the xbox is under warranty, you send it to them, they will simply give you a New Xbox (becuase I doubt they are going to go throught he process of replacing the chip, it would probably cost more) ? Never new MS was nice and not greedy
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: lordvader129 on May 03, 2005, 09:30:00 PM
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Post by: lordvader129 on May 03, 2005, 09:30:00 PM
QUOTE(littlejonny @ May 3 2005, 08:12 PM)
actaully just to clear things up for the noobs and for those who know a little more but not enough..........
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: Stan Marsh on May 10, 2005, 01:34:00 PM
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Wow, I bet you feel real smart making a tut about something that everybody already knows!
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: TKramka on May 10, 2005, 07:13:00 PM
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Hmm, I wonder if a brute force attack could be tried on the Xyclops chip if this were true. Sure would make my life easier.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: lordvader129 on May 10, 2005, 08:38:00 PM
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Post by: Stan Marsh on May 10, 2005, 01:34:00 PM
Post by: TKramka on May 10, 2005, 07:13:00 PM
Post by: lordvader129 on May 10, 2005, 08:38:00 PM
QUOTE(sublime323 @ May 7 2005, 01:23 PM)
I have recently soft modded two 1.6 xboxes
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: TKramka on May 11, 2005, 12:45:00 PM
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True, but it would still be nice, then again, we don't even know if it is really flashable. Besides, 1.6s are crap compared to the rest of the revisions, ex. 1.1 (my favorite).
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: johnny.deathmatch on May 12, 2005, 04:18:00 PM
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This may seem like a stupid question, but has anyone tried distributed computing to crack the xbox private signing key? Or would that not work.... Is it the right kind of encryption? Just thougt I'd ask.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: TKramka on May 12, 2005, 04:44:00 PM
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Yeah, there is an active netowrk of computers trying to find the key, somewhere in xbins there's a program to help, but by the time they figure it out, its going to be 2008.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: lordvader129 on May 12, 2005, 05:41:00 PM
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Post by: TKramka on May 11, 2005, 12:45:00 PM
Post by: johnny.deathmatch on May 12, 2005, 04:18:00 PM
Post by: TKramka on May 12, 2005, 04:44:00 PM
Post by: lordvader129 on May 12, 2005, 05:41:00 PM
QUOTE(TKramka @ May 12 2005, 04:50 PM)
Yeah, there is an active netowrk of computers trying to find the key, somewhere in xbins there's a program to help, but by the time they figure it out, its going to be 2008.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: lordvader129 on May 26, 2005, 03:20:00 PM
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Post by: lordvader129 on May 26, 2005, 03:20:00 PM
QUOTE(membre999 @ May 26 2005, 05:21 PM)
Sad, that TSOP-Flashing doesn't work on 1.6-Boxes 
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: TKramka on June 05, 2005, 05:23:00 PM
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: bourke on June 23, 2005, 08:07:00 AM
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Post by: TKramka on June 05, 2005, 05:23:00 PM
Post by: bourke on June 23, 2005, 08:07:00 AM
QUOTE(lordvader129 @ May 4 2005, 05:41 AM)
hmm, thats very interesting, do you have links to this info? im not tryign to refute you or anything i would just liek to read about the revese engineering thats been going on
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: jameswalter on June 23, 2005, 10:25:00 AM
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Post by: jameswalter on June 23, 2005, 10:25:00 AM
QUOTE(lordvader129 @ May 12 2005, 04:52 PM)
thats a pretty liberal guess, lol, i figure it will be the year 5000 or so
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: 4everlearning on August 01, 2006, 12:29:00 PM
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I believe this could be arguably the best tsop tutorial on XS.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: dw5304 on May 10, 2007, 01:07:00 PM
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ok , just hear me out on this one.
i have not done this yet so it is purly speciation.
if u had a xbox 1.0 - 1.5 with all the tosp points together for flashing, couldnt u grab the eeprom chip from xbox v1.6 and solder it inplace from the older xbox and then flash it. or use a eeprom programer to write the data to the chip?
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: StrictPuppet on May 10, 2007, 04:13:00 PM
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The eeprom is not the same chip as a tsop. 1.6 boxes have an eeprom chip, that is flashable, but they do not have a tsop (where the bios is stored). The eeprom just holds info such as region, serial number, video mode, parental settings....etc
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: kirky1991 on November 25, 2009, 12:19:00 PM
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Old thread but hey.
The BIOS is in the MCPX I believe. I'm not sure if its hard coded in or just you cant write enable it because there are no points to solder to enable this.
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: lordvader129 on January 05, 2010, 11:27:00 PM
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the bios is loaded from the xyclops chip, along with information from some other previously separate chips IIRC
you can see it to the right of the IDE cable in this picture http://pictures.xbox...alibur_02xs.jpg
you cant flash it because unlike on previous its not an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable-Programmable Read Only Memory) so on an xbox the TSOP and the EEPROM are actually both EEPROMs, although the EEPROM is not a TSOP (confused yet? lol)
as for how it can boot without a TSOP, TSOP means Thin Small Outline Package, and refers to nothing more than the physical shape of the chip
well thats all the interesting but otherwise useless information for today
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Title: How To Flash A 1.6 Tsop.
Post by: tungxbox on January 08, 2010, 04:58:00 PM
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the bios is loaded from the xyclops chip, along with information from some other previously separate chips IIRC
you can see it to the right of the IDE cable in this picture http://pictures.xbox...alibur_02xs.jpg
you cant flash it because unlike on previous its not an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable-Programmable Read Only Memory) so on an xbox the TSOP and the EEPROM are actually both EEPROMs, although the EEPROM is not a TSOP (confused yet? lol)
as for how it can boot without a TSOP, TSOP means Thin Small Outline Package, and refers to nothing more than the physical shape of the chip
well thats all the interesting but otherwise useless information for today :)
I'm totally new, please forgive my ignorance.
My question:
I opened my box; it appeared to be 1.6 or later. There is an small EEPROM (probably 256x8 (2Kbits))
next to the Jtag sockets. The chip labeld: 4M90W L02.
I searched and found that it is likely to be an EEPROM (I2C interface) chip but couldn't find
any spec on this chip.
1. Could anyone happen to know what chip it is and where to find the spec?
2. I'm hoping that the HD key is stored on this chip. If I can read it out and
find the HD lock key, I hope I can prepare another bigger HD with HDD builder package,
lock it with the same HD lock key, and plug it in. After the BIOS successfully unlock
the HD, I hope it just gonna boot the new OS on the drive without halting...
Is it something reasonable to persuit or it's just plainly stupid and I shouldn't
try it?
Thanks.
Post by: 4everlearning on August 01, 2006, 12:29:00 PM
Post by: dw5304 on May 10, 2007, 01:07:00 PM
i have not done this yet so it is purly speciation.
if u had a xbox 1.0 - 1.5 with all the tosp points together for flashing, couldnt u grab the eeprom chip from xbox v1.6 and solder it inplace from the older xbox and then flash it. or use a eeprom programer to write the data to the chip?
Post by: StrictPuppet on May 10, 2007, 04:13:00 PM
Post by: kirky1991 on November 25, 2009, 12:19:00 PM
The BIOS is in the MCPX I believe. I'm not sure if its hard coded in or just you cant write enable it because there are no points to solder to enable this.
Post by: lordvader129 on January 05, 2010, 11:27:00 PM
you can see it to the right of the IDE cable in this picture http://pictures.xbox...alibur_02xs.jpg
you cant flash it because unlike on previous its not an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable-Programmable Read Only Memory) so on an xbox the TSOP and the EEPROM are actually both EEPROMs, although the EEPROM is not a TSOP (confused yet? lol)
as for how it can boot without a TSOP, TSOP means Thin Small Outline Package, and refers to nothing more than the physical shape of the chip
well thats all the interesting but otherwise useless information for today
Post by: tungxbox on January 08, 2010, 04:58:00 PM
QUOTE(lordvader129 @ Jan 6 2010, 01:27 AM) 
the bios is loaded from the xyclops chip, along with information from some other previously separate chips IIRC
you can see it to the right of the IDE cable in this picture http://pictures.xbox...alibur_02xs.jpg
you cant flash it because unlike on previous its not an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable-Programmable Read Only Memory) so on an xbox the TSOP and the EEPROM are actually both EEPROMs, although the EEPROM is not a TSOP (confused yet? lol)
as for how it can boot without a TSOP, TSOP means Thin Small Outline Package, and refers to nothing more than the physical shape of the chip
well thats all the interesting but otherwise useless information for today :)
I'm totally new, please forgive my ignorance.
My question:
I opened my box; it appeared to be 1.6 or later. There is an small EEPROM (probably 256x8 (2Kbits))
next to the Jtag sockets. The chip labeld: 4M90W L02.
I searched and found that it is likely to be an EEPROM (I2C interface) chip but couldn't find
any spec on this chip.
1. Could anyone happen to know what chip it is and where to find the spec?
2. I'm hoping that the HD key is stored on this chip. If I can read it out and
find the HD lock key, I hope I can prepare another bigger HD with HDD builder package,
lock it with the same HD lock key, and plug it in. After the BIOS successfully unlock
the HD, I hope it just gonna boot the new OS on the drive without halting...
Is it something reasonable to persuit or it's just plainly stupid and I shouldn't
try it?
Thanks.