Can't boot to orignal dash

[Martin C]

You don't even need your HDD or DVD-ROM to test the motherboard. You should see the flubber screen even with just the board and power supply.

If it still won't boot, then it's definitely damage to the d0 point.

Martin

 

[disco^dave]

you probably formatted the hdd. try reinstalling all your sw again.

 

[Martin C]

you probably formatted the hdd. try reinstalling all your sw again.

How? Even with the HDD removed, the Xbox should boot to *something*.

Martin

 

[ducatista]

I've tried to boot my XB with removed HDD and DVD and it showed me error 7...of course with the modchip on. When I turn my modchip off it frags 3 times etc...

I suppose you will say D0 is damaged?Do you? :?

My D0 looks very good and I didn't found any damage on the track.

 

[Martin C]

I've tried to boot my XB with removed HDD and DVD and it showed me error 7...of course with the modchip on. When I turn my modchip off it frags 3 times etc...

I suppose you will say D0 is damaged?Do you? :?

My D0 looks very good and I didn't found any damage on the track.

Here's a simple test for the d0: connect the chip but leave the d0 point disconnected.

Enable the chip and switch the Xbox on. I have a feeling it will boot at least to Xbox flubber.

If this is the case, then there's definitely something still wrong with the d0 point.

Martin

 

[ducatista]

Here's a simple test for the d0: connect the chip but leave the d0 point disconnected.

Enable the chip and switch the Xbox on. I have a feeling it will boot at least to Xbox flubber.

If this is the case, then there's definitely something still wrong with the d0 point.

Martin[/quote]

I tried this allready and it fraged it didn't load to the xbox flubber. I'll try it on more time to see what it does now.

 

[ducatista]

I just tried it with D0 disconnected and modchip on and it fraged 3 times and eject button was flashing red/green.

 

[rh387]

i know what your gonna say, but it really does sound like your d0 trace is damaged. we arent trying to make you do something that we wouldnt check ourselves. check both top and bottom and test the trace with a multimeter if you can.

 

[ducatista]

Ok, I will try to figure out if it's the trace.
Another question.How do I repair the trace if it's damaged? Do you have any pic or is on the web any tutorial on this?

Thank's to all who are helping me with this problem!

 

[Martin C]

There are repair guides on Xbox-Scene.com - however, they're not for the faint-hearted. If you're not skilled at soldering I wouldn't bother trying - take it someone who is!

At least your Xbox works at the moment. Worst case scenario you can flash a bank on your chip with an Original MS Dash BIOS, which should enable you to use Xbox Live when booted from it.

If you manage to screw up the trace repair, you may lose your Xbox for good.

Martin

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

Is there a site that hosts the original xboxdash.xbe and other files?

I accidentally deleted them using the retarded cuteftp on my hdd and im not aware of a restore prog...im only missing the files kept on the root C:\ for MS dashboard...i found a ftp site with all the dashboards and original bio's (all .bins which are quite usless to me) but no original .xbe files

 

[freakzilla3333]

I would copy it and send it you, but I can't ftp (don't ask). So anyone who can could help you, ask, theres plenty.

 

[Martin C]

Slayers 2.6 autoinstaller has the dashboard files on it for you to restore the MS dashboard.

Martin

 

[ducatista]

Hi, it's me again. I've uninstalled the pinheader from my xbox and installed a xapter with my old modchip. I have still the same problem (doesn't boot ms dash with modchip off...and frags....).
I've also tried to load a game through evox but it frows me constantly back to evox dash and it won't load the game.

I,ve checked the D0 trace at the backside and it was ok.

Does somebody have an idea what to do or to check?

Thanks.

 

[ducatista]

Hi to all. I've made a test to my LPC and figured out that something's not wright with the voltage. On LFrame there is no voltage and I have an XBox v1.4 and on LRst there is cca 170mV and that's not enogh because on both point's there should be 3.3V!

I'm really askin for help, please.

 

[Martin C]

Re: Can't boot to original dash

Hi to all. I've made a test to my LPC and figured out that something's not wright with the voltage. On LFrame there is no voltage and I have an XBox v1.4 and on LRst there is cca 170mV and that's not enogh because on both point's there should be 3.3V!

I'm really askin for help, please.

If you're booting to a BIOS with the chip on, then I'd say that at least it's working in part.

If you remove the Evox dash for the time being and boot the Xbox to the std MS Dash, do original games work (chip on remember)? If so, do backups work?

Leave the 'chip off' thing for the time being...


Martin

 

[ducatista]

Re: Can't boot to original dash

Hi to all. I've made a test to my LPC and figured out that something's not wright with the voltage. On LFrame there is no voltage and I have an XBox v1.4 and on LRst there is cca 170mV and that's not enogh because on both point's there should be 3.3V!

I'm really askin for help, please.

If you're booting to a BIOS with the chip on, then I'd say that at least it's working in part.

If you remove the Evox dash for the time being and boot the Xbox to the std MS Dash, do original games work (chip on remember)? If so, do backups work?

Leave the 'chip off' thing for the time being...


Martin

Hi, nothing is working. It only loads the Evox dash and there are running a fiew programs and some of them I can't use because my controler is not working. I can run MS Dash only through Evox Dash but my controler doesn't work so I can not select any game to play. When I switch the chip off my xbox frags...
I've tested the LPC points with a voltmeter and figured out that the points nr. 3 and 5 do not have enough electricity. LFrame (nr. 3) has 0 volts and Rst (nr.5) has aproximately 170 mV. Both of the points should have 3.3 V but they don't..

Thanks a lot for helping me!!

 

[Martin C]

There's nothing wrong with the pinheader / voltages.

If you're booting to Evox then your chip is working fine.

What files do you have on your C drive (excl. folders)?

Martin

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

I actually found another replacement of xboxdash.xbe and it works fine when booting from any other dashboard like Evox or Unleashx - but if i disable the chip and have it boot byitself it gives errors - 21 was the last one i saw...
D0 has been professionally soldered so i know its nothing to do with any soldering work since everything works perfect when chip is on - its only if i wanna boot to it with chip disabled -

i also know it USED to work before i deleted the C:\ root directory files by accident with a retarded ftp program - so maybe im missing more then the xboxdash.xbe?

Its not a MAJOR issue coz i can access it as a app via other dashboards but would be nice if everything was working...am i missing anything like settings?

 

[apprentice]

I'm not sure if this will have anything to do with your problem but is your hard drive locked, if not your system wont boot with out the chip on.

I would send you the hard drive files on a cdr but my xbox is v1.6
maybe some one else would do that for you.

That way you could remove the hard drive from your xbox and connect it direct to your pc and copy the files over from the disc.
remember you would have to unlock your drive first