Bad BIOS flash, need help!

Bloaf

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Oct 19, 2004
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Minnesota
Hey guys, I need your help on this one. I installed a 2.6 lite chip into a v1.6 xbox. I've done 2 X3 installs into v1.6 xboxes and both worked beautifully. When I installed this 2.6 chip, I used the X2.4983.06 bios into bank 1 which has worked great for me in previous installs in older xboxes. Now, I know that the 1.6 is a different animal and that you need a special bios. I checked the documentation for the bios and it said that it worked with all xbox versions including 1.6 and 1.6b. After I installed the bios and rebooted the xbox, it frags. I know that the chip is physically fine because I put it into a v1.2 xbox and it booted up beautifully. It's also not due to a bad solder job because it booted into the initial bios loader with no issues... it only fragged after I put this bios on it.
How the heck can I get this bios off of this chip and install an approved bios in it's place? I thought that if you held down the white button while booting that you'd be taken to the FlashBIOS screen, but nothing happens. How do I correct this? Thanks in advance for any help you're willing to give.
 

nartac

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Oct 31, 2004
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USA
if you are asking about X2.6 bios, then for v1.6, you need Evox bios M8plus 16. It's pretty picky with it's location too and need to go to bank 2 (banks 3+4). You can reflash if you still have flashbios. Otherwise you need a programmer, FlashX (from usual place) or hotswap.
 

Bloaf

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Oct 19, 2004
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Minnesota
Yep. You're correct on the bios version. I've already acquired the M8 Plus bios, I'm just hoping there's a way to clear the X2 bios off the chip and replace it with the M8 bios without having to buy the reprogrammer unit.
 

Bloaf

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Oct 19, 2004
4
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Minnesota
You access FlashBiOS by holding down the white button while booting, correct?
 

Bloaf

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Oct 19, 2004
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Minnesota
Should have known. :) Guess I'm buying a programmer unit. I really should have one handy anyway. Thanks for all the swift responses, I sincerely appreciate the help.