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[der_ray]

i have a 1.5 with xbit and when I boot my xbox i have no picture, no sound and the LED flashes red... The Cromwell-Bios didn't work for me any ideas why?

[amirxbox]

QUOTE (skorchir @ Feb 11 2004, 04:48 PM)

hmmz 4977 should boot on a 1.0 no problem. You sure its a 1.0? Also some people say it works some say it doesnt. i havent tested 4977 with a toast eeprom myself. Why not try package 3? use the cromwell to reflash a good eeprom

My mod is 256K so if i will flash it with the recovery kit i could'nt reflash it.
Allso i can't understand why i get #4 and before reprogram my bios #3
and yeah i'm sure it 1.0 box because  4974 and 4977 and evox 2.2 worked for me long time ago.

[Itzgizz]

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i have a 1.5 with xbit and when I boot my xbox i have no picture, no sound and the LED flashes red... The Cromwell-Bios didn't work for me  any ideas why?

Did you not read this thread before posting? The "cromwell-patched" does NOT work on 1.4/1.5.  You have a paperweight untill a solution arises.

[skorchir]

Well ive thought up an alternative to fixing a 1.4/1.5 eeprom.

its not easy, not hard, but not impossible, but still risky

I have not tested this but im am almost 100% certain this will work

What You Will Need: !

Another MODDED Xbox 1.0 - 1.3 With a spare bank
SOLDERING SKILLS
A Soldering Iron
A EEprom Image from a 1.4/1.5 System
Cromwell Eeprom Reflash Bios Kit (Package 1)

Step 1> CREATE A EEPROM BACKUP OF THE MODDED SYSTEM AND UNLOCK HARD DRIVE (Perferrably with Config Magic)
Step 2> Create a Cromwell bios image using the 1.4/1.5 eeprom
Step 3> Flash to a bank on the modded system. *DO NOT BOOT THIS IMAGE YET OR ELSE YOU WILL HAVE TWO FUBARD XBOX's*
Step 4> Desolder the eeprom from the broken xbox
Step 5> Desolder the eeprom from the working modded xbox
Step 6> Solder the bad eeprom into the other system
Step 7> BOOT CROMWELL EEPROM FLASHER
Step 8> Eeprom should be programmed now. Desolder it and solder it back into the other system
Step 9> Boot up both systems after re-installing eeproms and check. *MAKE SURE NOT TO BOOT THE CROMWELL BIOS OR YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM*

Good luck. if you try this lemme know how it works out

Here is a picture of the EEPROM Circled in Orange

[Zappo]

@skorchir

That's really a nice idea, I come up to step 7:

Just to test, I reprogrammed the EEPROM from my V.1.5 in a V.1.1 with an V.1.1 EEPROM and to this step it works!

I did not try to flash with a 1.5 EEPROM, because
1st: I still get none (but maybe this afternoon)
2nd: I don't know, if EEPMOD (from tools-section) does support V.1.5 EEPROMs

So before I flash it and solder it back, I would like to get some info, if EEPMOD or LifeInfo supports V.1.5 EEPROM values, because I want to have my old serial no.

In this moment, I do steps 8 and 9, I give you immediate infos about.

I forgott: I don't want to flash another mod-chip with a second cromwell-eeprom-bios, so I remembered, that ConfigMagic can restore EEPROMs to.

So it should be possible to copy the V.1.5 EEPROM to E: of the V.1.1 XBOX, then let ConfigMagic load the EEPROM and then shut down the box and solder the EEPROM-chip back to the V.1.5.

What do you think?

But to be true: I don't understand this four EEPROM menus in Config Magic:
Load XBOX EEPROM
Load XBOX EEPROM from .BIN File
Build XBOX EEPROM from .CFG File
Update XBOX EEPROM

Can anyone explain (without guessing), what this menus do?

[unleashx]

Load XBOX EEPROM -Reads EEPROM from the Xbox
Load XBOX EEPROM from .BIN File -Reads EEPROM from a .Bin file (your backup)
Build XBOX EEPROM from .CFG File --Reads EEPROM from your config file, if you happened to edit it with the right values.
Update XBOX EEPROM -Writes whatever values it holds in memory back to the EEPROM. You do this after editing your EEPROM on the fly. Your HD must be unlocked for it to succeed.

You can restore your orig SN by editing on the fly.

[Zappo]

Sorry, when I ask stupid, but I didn't get it:

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Load XBOX EEPROM -Reads EEPROM from the Xbox

From where to where? Not the HDD to EEPROM?

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Load XBOX EEPROM from .BIN File -Reads EEPROM from a .Bin file (your backup)

This seems the same to me as the first one... but if I do so (with the previously saved EEPROM by "create Backup Files") all values on the screen are blank or zero (I'm still working on the V1.1 xbox!):

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Build XBOX EEPROM from .CFG File --Reads EEPROM from your config file, if you happened to edit it with the right values.

Same as above...

[unleashx]

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QUOTE Load XBOX EEPROM -Reads EEPROM from the Xbox From where to where? Not the HDD to EEPROM?

It reads the values from the EEPROM chip and displays it on screen. It isn't save to anywhere yet, it just read it. You can't use this since yours is hosed.

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QUOTE Load XBOX EEPROM from .BIN File -Reads EEPROM from a .Bin file (your backup) This seems the same to me as the first one... but if I do so (with the previously saved EEPROM by "create Backup Files") all values on the screen are blank or zero (I'm still working on the V1.1 xbox!):

You must have created a backup previously and the location should be set in the ConfigMagic.ini.

Taken from the said file above:

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[INPUT_FILES] #NOTE ONLY Drives C, D, E, F are supported !! #Remember that D is always the normal relative App Path !! EEPROMBinFile  = "D:\data\eeprom.bin" EEPROMCfgFile  = "D:\data\eeprom.cfg"

The third one will read values from "eeprom.cfg". This file should contain everything, as if it was the .bin file.

After you edited some of the values on screen, then you can use the "Update XBOX EEPROM" option to write this back to the EEPROM chip.

[redgob]

I had a related problem :  I changed the eeprom.bin path in the ini but it didn't work, so I made a cd without modify the ini and with my eeprom.bin in D:\data\ it it worked !

[Zappo]

What will happen, if I return the 1.1 flashed EEPROM in the 1.5 xbox?

[Zappo]

My big thanks goes to Skorchir and UnleashX!

To the first for his great idea, to the second for immediate help with Config Magic.

I will start a new topic, telling everyone an how-to - with © to skorchir  

New topic titel to search for: Reflash an V.1.5 EEPROM with a V.1.1 XBOX

[skorchir]

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New topic titel to search for: Reflash an V.1.5 EEPROM with a V.1.1 XBOX

this should actually work with any xbox thats not 1.4/1.5  


Good job!  

[Zappo]

You're of course right, but V.1.4/1.5 are the only one, which need this action - or?

[Hansi]

I just finished fixing up a customers XBOX with a corrupt EEPROM.

This is a quite easy way to do it, but you need a SmartXX or Xenium modchip and a working XBOX with a compatible EEPROM.

1: Fit the modchip in the working XBOX and backup the EEPROM to the chip using the chips built-in menu system

2: Fit the modchip in the "broken" XBOX and restore the EEPROM from the image stored in the chip

3: Use Config magic to write another EEPROM.BIN (use one from the recovery packages in the beginning of this thread) to the fixed xbox, this is only neccesary if you want to use the first XBOX on LIVE.

4: Backup the EEPROM to the chip again (If you want to keep the chip to fix other xboxes in the future, I know I want to have that chip around for the next time)

If you were lucky enough to have a hard disc that was locked using evo-x dashboard or config magic, find and download ATAPWD.EXE and put it on a bootable floppy. Make sure you know where on the IDE chain you put your hard disc (if it is primary master, primary slave, secondary master, secondary slave).

Unlock HD steps:

1: Start atapwd
2: Choose the correct disc, press F5 to rescan if it does not appear. PM=primary master, PS=primary slave, SM=secondary master, SS=secondary slave.
3: Choose "Unlock using master password" and enter TEAMASSEMBLY
4: Choose "Disable using master password" and enter TEAMASSEMBLY

Good Luck!

[Rainy]

I have flashed my x2.3b lite chip with the cromwell-patched bios with my eeprom imbeded but its flashed the whole chip?  bank 1 and 2 are displaying the linux boot screen asking for a boot cd?  is there a way to restore my bios from this boot screen?