Installing a 2.6CE into a v1.1 box for a friend. i've installed several mod chips before and never had a problem. I got everything soldered in correctly but when I went to boot up the box it was not recognizing my chip. The led's came on on both the chip and the switch. I redid my d0 point thinking it was probably the cause but this did not help. I took my 2.3 chip out of my box and hooked in the wire for d0 and the ground point and the box recognizes my chip. The strange thing is that as long as I keep my 2.3 hooked up to ground and d0 i can get the 2.6 chip to boot up properly. If i unplug the connector for d0 and ground from the 2.3 then the 2.6 will not boot. I'm guessing it has something to do with a faulty chip but has anyone seen this before and know of a way around it without sending the chip back? Thanks
2.6ce d0 problem
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Why would you say it is a bad chip if you can get it to boot by grounding the D0 point? It sounds like the problem is either your D0 solder, or the D0 wire is bad. Did you check the wire with a multimeter? It is possible that it has a break somewhere.
i would say its yer solder mate!
prolly a dry joint!
recheck and may be resolder, and this time use some flux!
prolly a dry joint!
recheck and may be resolder, and this time use some flux!
Had tested the wire with multimeter previously and found it to be good. I just got around to looking at it again and tested from the d0 point on the top of board to the solder point where the connector for the wire harness that contains d0 solders onto the 2.6 board and that tested out ok. That would mean my d0 solder point was ok but its still not recognizing the chip. if i hook both my old 2.3 chip and the 2.6 chip i'm trying to install to the same d0 and have the 2.6 chip on the pin header the 2.6 chip will boot but if i disconnect my 2.3 chip and leave the 2.6 chip on the header it will not boot. since my d0 point tested out ok I believe the only thing left would be a problem with the 2.6 d0 somewhere on the chip itself. Not sure who my friend bought it off but going to get in touch with them.
My friend doesn't play on live so turning the chip on and off isn't really an issue. I'm not positive how d0 works but would it be possible to just ground d0 to get it to recognize the chip? thanks
My friend doesn't play on live so turning the chip on and off isn't really an issue. I'm not positive how d0 works but would it be possible to just ground d0 to get it to recognize the chip? thanks
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I grounded the d0 and the chip booted up fine. The hdd and lan activity also doesn't work so something is probably wrong with the connector on the 2.6.
sounds like the chip isn't grounded well
I bet if you grounded the HDD and LAN LED's they'd work well too.
I bet if you grounded the HDD and LAN LED's they'd work well too.
Since I have no ground hooked up to the chip except what comes from the pin header wouldn't the chip be grounded? If it wasn't grounded through the pin header then it wouldn't work at all would it?
try pressing down on the pin header,
make sure all pins r the same height!
make sure the bottoms of the pin header is not tourching case. use a bit of electrical tape over the areas u solder!
may just need to press on chip to get a better connection!
make sure all pins r the same height!
make sure the bottoms of the pin header is not tourching case. use a bit of electrical tape over the areas u solder!
may just need to press on chip to get a better connection!
Well since the chip works i don't think its a problem with the pin header. I've tried every fix for every common problem I've found and none of them fix the problem of the chip not being recognized. I hooked the d0 point up to ground and the chip boots fine so I would assume the pin header is installed correctly since the chip does work. Everything I've done leads me to believe there is something wrong with the connection of the d0 to ground on the chip itself.
Since I have the chip booting up now its really not that important to me that I get it hooked up the way its designed. I don't need to be able to turn it on and off and the bank and write protect switches both work so I have all the functionality from it thats wanted. I'm just trying to make sure that I haven't overlooked something simple and from everything i've read and tested it seems like i've hooked it up correctly.
Since I have the chip booting up now its really not that important to me that I get it hooked up the way its designed. I don't need to be able to turn it on and off and the bank and write protect switches both work so I have all the functionality from it thats wanted. I'm just trying to make sure that I haven't overlooked something simple and from everything i've read and tested it seems like i've hooked it up correctly.
hmmm this is a tricky one!
Are you in the UK?
If you are, Y not send ur chip to me to test or, take it to a mates xbox and try it in that!
i guess thats the only way!
sorry not had this problem like u have before so trying to rack my brains!
up me rep then give us some rep!
Are you in the UK?
If you are, Y not send ur chip to me to test or, take it to a mates xbox and try it in that!
i guess thats the only way!
sorry not had this problem like u have before so trying to rack my brains!
up me rep then give us some rep!
I think there is a flaw or compatability problem with the 1.1 xbox and the 2.6CE chip.
I have three of them here and they all do exactly as you describe. None of the are detected until I have a 2.3blite connected as well. Grounding d0 causes the chip to be detected and everything works. Just can't turn it off without unsolder the lead.
I have three of them here and they all do exactly as you describe. None of the are detected until I have a 2.3blite connected as well. Grounding d0 causes the chip to be detected and everything works. Just can't turn it off without unsolder the lead.
yep thats exactly my problem...took the 2.6 i installed out of my friends 1.1 box and tried it in my 1.1 box and had the same problem. i fragged my 1.0 box or i'd test it in it to see if it was the chip or version of box. anyone else having problems with the 2.6ce in a 1.1 box?
odd, I have modded several 1.1 with the 2.6 and never run into this at all
sounds more like you need to check your connections, but then again I hate pin headers anyway because you cant look under them to see if you screwed up with a cold joint or not
sounds more like you need to check your connections, but then again I hate pin headers anyway because you cant look under them to see if you screwed up with a cold joint or not
the thing is if the connections on the pin header are bad then the chip wouldn't boot when you ground the d0, but my chip is booting. its not the d0 solder point either since using the same d0 wire i can get my 2.3 to boot. I've checked and double checked all my connections and they all are good. Its not caused by the flash bios that comes on the chip...after i got the chip to boot by grounding d0 i flashed with 5032 and reconnected the d0 the way it should be and the chip is still not getting recognized. I don't know if its problems with the 2.6 and the 1.1 box or if i just got a bad chip. Since you have gotten several to work on a 1.1 box I would be more inclined to say that I just received a bad chip.
I have 3 chips here and they all do the same thing. I'm using the same pin header for the 2.6CE and the 2.3blite so I don't think it's the pin header solder job.
Also, works fine. I just soldered a D0 to the 2.6CE and a D0 line the the 2.3blite. I just mounted the 2.3b to the wall of the xbox out of the way for now. I'd like to know if there is a more permanent solution.
I tried running a line from D0 to a ground point, but that didn't seem to work for me. I just soldered the old D0 wire from the 2.3b to the same D0 as the 2.6CE and used put the board mounting screw through the eyelet. Didn't work for me though so I just plugged the 2.3b chip back in.
Also, works fine. I just soldered a D0 to the 2.6CE and a D0 line the the 2.3blite. I just mounted the 2.3b to the wall of the xbox out of the way for now. I'd like to know if there is a more permanent solution.
I tried running a line from D0 to a ground point, but that didn't seem to work for me. I just soldered the old D0 wire from the 2.3b to the same D0 as the 2.6CE and used put the board mounting screw through the eyelet. Didn't work for me though so I just plugged the 2.3b chip back in.