Here's something interesting. After finally getting the XBIT chip working (4-5days until finally discovering that installing nay other method but POGO doesn't work on two different XBox's. Ok, maybe chip is partially bad.) I noticed it boot's original cd's just fine, but as soon as i put in a backup that works fine on my friends mod'd system, and also mine at 1st when i added a PC DVD-Rom as secondary to test. But without it, using the original XBox DVD-Rom, it didn't read. If i copied all the same files over to the XBox hard drive, it loads the game just fine.
I'm guessing on 2 different xbox's, it's the chip. Now this, I happen to have a brand new Samsung 616t PC DVD Rom drive sitting around the house (got real lucky it was the same model needed to do a COMPLETE swap of factory drive.
This is the drive i mentioned a sec. ago i used as a secondary one to test. I only plays backups, but it DID work fine. Loaded 007-Agent Under Fire just fine. Then I proceeded to mod the drive (solder the 4 lead wires coming out of the drive patched in to the yellow ribbon cable of the original drive, and reversing the motor inside.) It is slightly faster loading then the original (nothing abnormal since i already read this advantage.) But it also isn't picky at all about reading any brand/media i can throw at it (MAIN REASON I USED THIS DVD MOD) even normal CD-R's!!!
But today i tried to play a backup (not from the drive this time, which i believe is the 1st time i tried a backup since the past couple days.) it load's right into the Avalaunch 'Loading screen' then does to the M$ dashbaord with a not correct dvd (or something like that.) Does this with any copied DVD's also. Can't figure this out.
When i go into avalaunch and go to the file manager, d drive shows 0kb (strange). But then i put it in my PC Rom recorder, and it shows all the files just fine. Even copied the files over to the xbox hard drive, and it plays just fine that way. So, sure, it does play original's, and i could always (120gb hard drive) copy everything over since the mod chip is working THAT way. But there's gotta be something to this that's not right, is the mod chip definitely having issues?
Between 2 xboxs (both 1.5) having the exact same problem, and even a mod'd Samsung PC drive (brand new working fine with everything else) And i do want to mention that when using a SlaYers CD burned on both a cd-r and cd-rw boot up just fine, what else could cause this to possibly happen?
? Anyone???
And again, copied DVD's aren't loading/seen either as well as a game that worked fine on my friends' machine, as well as my own when using as a slave player. Hopefully someone here has had this happen, and found a fix.
If all else, i'll use it with the hard drive and (DVD2Xbox) to play originals and copy other stuff to the hard drive to play, but the IS one of the important features i got the mod chip for in the 1st place. That's why i think the mod chip is faulty(no other install other then POGO works.) I will prob. use this Xbit chip, and later get the better ones that are about to roll out down the road, and rid this problem. I almost wished i bought the Executer 2 pro as my friend to date has never had any problems AT ALL, with backups, nor install problems, AND NO FLASHING PROBLEMS either. Thanx for reading all this, and thank's for any help or suggestions.