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[Jawaad87]

This is my config: my xecutor 2 bios (4979 repacked) I modified with xbtool. I made it a 1 meg file with D: blank 1st: C:avalaunch.xbe 2nd: C:evox.xbe 3rd: C:xboxdash.xbe
I left everything else blank. I made D:  nothing because I didn't want it to boot my dvds when I loaded my xbox each time (it loaded the game before the dashboard booted).

Now here is my avalaunch.xml

<avalaunch>
   
   <language>
      default
   </language>
   <clock>
      <sntp enabled="0">
         <server>
            10.0.0.1
         </server>
         <port>
            123
         </port>
      </sntp>
   </clock>
   <network setup="1" type="static">
      <ip>
         192.168.1.2
      </ip>
      <subnet>
         255.255.255.0
      </subnet>
      <gateway>
         192.168.1.1
      </gateway>
      <dns1>
         68.168.96.162
      </dns1>
      <dns2>
         68.168.96.165
      </dns2>
      <proxy enabled="0">
         <server>
            10.0.0.1
         </server>
         <port>
            8080
         </port>
      </proxy>
   </network>
   <hardware>
      <fanspeed>
         20
      </fanspeed>
   </hardware>
   <voiceserver enabled="1">
      <ip>
      </ip>
   </voiceserver>
   <ftpserver enabled="1" allowboostmode="1" showrootfreespace="0">
      <port>
         21
      </port>
      <pasvportstart>
         2048
      </pasvportstart>
      <pasvportend>
         32767
      </pasvportend>
      <maxusers>
         2
      </maxusers>
   </ftpserver>
   <quickstart>
      
      <enablelastrun>
         1
      </enablelastrun>
      <righttrigger enabled="0">
         <path>
         </path>
         <filename>
         </filename>
      </righttrigger>
      <abutton enabled="0">
         <path>
         </path>
         <filename>
         </filename>
      </abutton>
      <bbutton enabled="0">
         <path>
         </path>
         <filename>
         </filename>
      </bbutton>
      <xbutton enabled="0">
         <path>
         </path>
         <filename>
         </filename>
      </xbutton>
      <ybutton enabled="0">
         <path>
         </path>
         <filename>
         </filename>
      </ybutton>
   </quickstart>
   <user name="Default" password="">
      <skin name="Default"/>
      <mount>
         
         <F enabled="0"/>
         <G enabled="0"/>
      </mount>
      <preferences>
         
         <keyboard type="2"/>
         
         <ir-remote sensitivity="230"/>
         
         <window transparency="136"/>
         
         <led idle="green" busy="red"/>
         
         <screensaver enabled="1" delay="180"/>
         
         <apod enabled="0" random="1" explanation="1"/>
         
         <videomode enabled="0"/>
      </preferences>
      <sound>
         <backgroundmusic enabled="0" cdda="1" cdmp3="1">
            <path>
               E:music
            </path>
         </backgroundmusic>
      </sound>
      <newsfeed enabled="1">
         <source url="www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/xbox-scene.xml"/>
         <source url="www.xbins.org/xbins.xml"/>
         <source url="www.maxconsole.com/rss/xboxfeed.rss"/>
      </newsfeed>
      <launcher>
         
         <icons display="1" rotate="1" override="1"/>
         
         <videomode autoregion="0"/>
         
         <audioplayer enabled="0" path="C:xboxdash.xbe"/>
         
         <movieplayer enabled="0" path="E:appsxbmpdefault.xbe"/>
      </launcher>
      <irc>
         
         <font name="framd" size="12"/>
         <server>
            irc.homelien.no
         </server>
         <nick>
            Doomhem
         </nick>
         <altnick>
            Doomhemh
         </altnick>
      </irc>
      <telnet>
         
         <font name="telnet" size="12"/>
         <server>
            not defined
         </server>
      </telnet>
      <menu>
         
         <font name="menu" size="20"/>
         
         <item name="XBox Media Player" path="E:AppsXBMPdefault.xbe"/>
         <item name="MS Dashboard" path="C:msxboxdash.xbe"/>
         <list presetname="Games">
            
            <path scanlevel="2">
               E:Games
            </path>
            <path>
               D:
            </path>
         </list>
         <list presetname="Applications">
            <path>
               E:Apps
            </path>
         </list>
         <list presetname="Emulators">
            <path>
               E:Emulators
            </path>
         </list>
         <item presetname="File manager" function="FileManager"/>
         <item presetname="IRC" function="IRC"/>
         <item presetname="Settings" function="Settings"/>
         <item presetname="Restart" function="Restart"/>
         <item presetname="Shutdown" function="Shutdown"/>
      </menu>
   </user>
</avalaunch>


I think for the most part I didn't do anything wrong I'll highlight things that I think you may need to look at. Notice how i unmounted F: and G:? That's because i didn't upgrade my xbox yet, so I changed those to 0.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Jawaad87]

one more thing, ignore the lack of s they are INCLUDED in my avalaunch.xml.

[Big Lou]

In your menu item, you refer to the MS dash file as "msxboxdash.xbe" when you refer to it everywhere else as "xboxdash.xbe".  You need to find out what the actual file name is, and use that, or the menu item will point to a file that doesn't exist, thus causing the reboot.  Also, you have your audioplayer and movieplayer set to "0", which is DISabled.  Hope this helps.

[Jawaad87]

 that was meant to be xboxdash.xbe.

But will the 0 on the audioplayer and the movieplayer do the thing?


I think it might be time thing because the xbox ms dashboard goes by 12 hours while avalaunch goes by 24 hours. Could this be it?

[Big Lou]

Have you tried going into the File Manager, finding the MS dash xbe, pressing start, and executing it from there?  The 12/24 hour thing should not cause problems.  Having your players set to "0" also shouldn't prevent you from starting the MS dash, but if the audioplayer is set to "1" it will boot the MS dash when an audio disk is inserted.

[Jawaad87]

Yeah I tried using the file manager also, it doesn't boot from that also.

[PuddWakkr]

Alrighty then, if you disable the chip does it boot to MS dash correctly. I'm guessing it doesn't, probably just goes to a black screen. Sounds like some files relating to xboxdash.xbe are either missing or corrupted. Have you tried replacing your xboxdash files with a backup from your PC? Not just the .xbe but the fonts and sounds and data folder as well. If you don't have a backup of your C:\ you can get the files from the slayer's disc.

[Jawaad87]

I turned off the mod chip and it goes to the ms dashboard fine. Then I tested it with bios protection off and also with bank1 selected and bank 2.

I have all the backup files for C: and I've reinstalled the entire C: for the xbox several times through evox. Whenever the ms dashboard stops booting from avalaunch, one way I can TEMPORARILY remedy it is by booting the evox cd, ftping to the evox dashboard and wiping out the entire C: (so I can delete that framdt.tff file which  can't be deleted while connected to avalaunch [read only perhaps?]). Then I do a fresh install of avalaunch and ms dashboard link works fine again.

The ms dashboard link works through the file manager and the link I created on avalaunch. It loads to it and works but then after a day or two, it stops working! It just goes to ms xbox logo and reboots to avalaunch.




BTW, I don't know if this would be the problem but I have an xecutor 2.3 plus mod chip. It has a 1 meg memory on it and there are two banks. When I flashed my bios, I made the image 1 meg. Do I have to make them 512kb images each? Could this be the problem?


Update: I don't think its the bios, because I reflashed it with the evox bios and it still didn't do anything.

However, I notice that if I get rid of avalaunch.xbe and avalaunch.xml, and replace them with a fresh copy of them (with default settings) it STILL doesn't boot to the Ms dashboard through the file manager and/or the ms dashboard link.


Furthermore, if I boot through evox, and delete all the files (meaning all the avalaunch files ALL OF THEM) and do a fresh install of avalaunch (with all the files), the ms dashboard works fine again.


Perhaps I can format the C: partition to fix this? Is this hdd damaged?