BIOS problems

[d3t0x]

I've got a v1.6 Xbox modded with an Xecuter3CE. It's installed with the Xapt3r solderless adapter. The installation went well, and I got the Flashbios 3.01 screen easily. I flashed with X3_3294 with the switches in on/on/off/off/off. Now I get 3 quick boots terminating in a FRAG. From reading around, I've read that I probably flashed with the wrong BIOS, that I'd need X3_3294_v16. One problem is that I can't find that bios on #xbins.

Can I flash this chip with an entirely different BIOS? Like EvoX for example? I don't need the X3 bios do I?

Another question is... Is that BIOS bank nuked now, is there any way to flash over that particular bank again, or do I have to switch to the other bank and hope I don't nuke that one too?

Thanks for the help

 

[d3t0x]

Hmm, can't edit..

I found the the V16plus BIOS, silly me, it was in the same .rar LOL

A little more info that I meant to add to the first post. I can get to Flashbios 3.03 without a problem, and I can also get to the backup by pushing both power and eject at the same time. So I guess I just need to know if my default BIOS bank is nuked, and how to get it patched up if it's not.

 

[islander223]

If you can access flashbios 3.03 like you said, you can just re-flash the correct bios over to the 1st 1mb bank which is "on on off off off" switch position.

First, boot with your back-up rom and then re-flash with this switch position.

 

[d3t0x]

Yup, I booted to the backup, then flashed it with the correct BIOS with the switches in the same position. Works fine. Now I just need to install a dash, and see if I can figure out why the switch doesn't light up. It lights up red when I boot with the chip disabled like it's suppose to, but doesn't light up any other timea... Oh well, that's for a different day and a different place, it's certainly not a BIOS problem.

 

[shagga]

Sounds like the blue LED is faulty. If it doesn't light up purple in the backup bios then you know its definately the LED. I did a friends box and his wouldn't light the red LED but we just left it and its been fine for over a year.