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Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on July 19, 2004, 07:49:00 PM

This tutorial is to teach you how to make custom bios for use with the many bios loaders currently in use.

Step 1: Get Xbtool.

Pretty simple.

Grab the latest version of xbtool and install it. This can be done by various methods, but I just unrared it into my My Programs folder, and made a shortcut to it on my desktop (you may want to put it into your Program folder under your start menu.

Step 2: A trip the Usual Place

Optional: if you want to understand the process more: try loading a bios, notice you cant check the Convert to BFM box. This step is to fix that.

Log on the Usual Place and grab /PC/bios tools/XBtool/Config.rar

While youre at it, grab the bios of your choice (unedited, non-bfm, of course)

Step 3: Do it.

Now, unrar Config.rar into xbtools config folder (over write any files.)
Now you can open up your bios and make any changes you wish.
Note: You cant change the animation or other things. That would take place before the bios would load.
When you are done, tick the Convert to BFM box, and hit the save as button.

Now ftp it to your xbox, replacing your current bios file.

Note: You may not want to test this on boot (ie: as an app), unless you have a savegame exploit ready

Link:
XBtool
Sorry no support for X2 4982+ or m8!

(IMG:http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/v224/chickenscratchboy/xbtool.jpg)
Don't change the ones boxed in red. They won't make a differance, and you may crash the box
You must check the one boxed in green. Make sure the one above it is maked as "Multi" when loading most bioses.

Other people's tips! No need to scroll down and search!

QUOTE (RiceCake)

1) When you open the BIOS make sure its on Multi mode in the upper-right corner.
2) This isn't mentioned, but for Phoenix to work properly, you need to switch that box to Debug before you save your BIOS!
3) Probably also important, you should check the box that says 1024K in the lower righthand corner.

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QUOTE (Autrailian Rat)

I didn't do this and it booted fine on PBL-lite.

It did popup asking if I wanted the BFM flag checked when saving though.

Refering to:

QUOTE (RiceCake)

2) This isn't mentioned, but for Phoenix to work properly, you need to switch that box to Debug before you save your BIOS!

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This post has been edited by Chicken Scratch Boy: Jul 20 2004, 07:31 AM

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Australian Rat on July 19, 2004, 07:56:00 PM

Cool! Now no more stuff ups when making them.

This has been needed for a long time

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on July 19, 2004, 07:59:00 PM

QUOTE (Australian Rat @ Jul 19 2004, 05:59 PM)

Cool! Now no more stuff ups when making them.

This has been needed for a long time

thanks

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Angerwound on July 19, 2004, 08:21:00 PM

Added to Pinned thread. Thanks Chicken Scratch Boy for the superb job. Two tutorials down - A few to go.

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on July 19, 2004, 08:49:00 PM

thanks

i cant believe i'm "Excellent"

*beams with pride*

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Australian Rat on July 19, 2004, 08:51:00 PM

One little thing, just might want to mention that for the vast majority of BIOSes, the BIOS Type should be set to Multi. Otherwise you can't open bioses like x2 and evox. It's in your nice little picture but probably should be mentioned anyway

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: RiceCake on July 19, 2004, 10:44:00 PM

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on July 19, 2004, 10:47:00 PM

doesnt it automaticly bump it to 1meg after you choose BFM?

*tries*

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: ipodder2003 on July 19, 2004, 11:01:00 PM

Great work, CSB. I wanted to know this for a long time... thanks!

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: KingsGambit on July 20, 2004, 12:06:00 AM

Wow, made to sound so easy! Guess it is when ya know how! Thanks for the great walkthrough, very useful.

Shame M8 and 4983 aren't yet supported, but then, who needs em anyway?

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on July 20, 2004, 12:22:00 AM

only improvements after '79 was the live block

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Australian Rat on July 20, 2004, 12:22:00 AM

QUOTE (RiceCake @ Jul 20 2004, 02:47 PM)

2) This isn't mentioned, but for Phoenix to work properly, you need to switch that box to Debug before you save your BIOS!

I didn't do this and it booted fine on PBL-lite.

It did popup asking if I wanted the BFM flag checked when saving though.

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: RiceCake on July 20, 2004, 12:37:00 PM

Maybe BFM automatically switches it to the debug RC4 key?

I dunno. All I know is, switching it to a debug 1024k is what I've learned is the way to do it.

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on July 20, 2004, 12:52:00 PM

yes 1024k is nessesary

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: the_devil73 on August 01, 2004, 06:14:00 AM

I got it. nm

This post has been edited by the_devil73: Aug 1 2004, 01:26 PM

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: adil786 on August 01, 2004, 06:33:00 AM

thanks,

always wanted to know this

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: YoshiKool on August 05, 2004, 09:08:00 AM

I never change my BIOSes to 1mb and they've always worked for me...

X2.4981.fixed.rar
unrarred
open 4981.67.bin in xbtool
change led colors and dash order
check convert to bfm
save
click yes

256kb bfm bios working for me...

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: adil786 on August 05, 2004, 02:54:00 PM

QUOTE (YoshiKool @ Aug 5 2004, 05:11 PM)

thanks for that,

will have to try tomorrow!

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: dokworm on June 20, 2008, 09:21:00 PM

The image on page1 of the tutorial has disappeared

Title: How To Make Bfm Bios
Post by: ldotsfan on June 20, 2008, 10:46:00 PM

QUOTE(dokworm @ Jun 21 2008, 11:57 AM)

The image on page1 of the tutorial has disappeared

Why did you bump a 4 year old thread?
What exactly do you want to do?

You shouldn't need to use bfm bios anymore unless you are doing something exotic.