dead after writing xell/xellous

[raptor700]

right i have a jasper 512, dumped the nand ok .no bad blocks,
2bl , 6723

when i write xell , the console acts as if its dead , ie nothing happens when eject, is pressed, or power button,
original nand works when i write it back ,
ive used jtag tool v1.76 v2.0 v 2.1
ive used big teds tutorial
http://team-xecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54531
ive tryed the xell jasper, files that manwithnoname has on his sig
still a dead console
heres some soldering pics

 

[M AzeeM K]

The same thing happened to me once. Try updating XeLL to XeLLous using NandPro and see if the console boots then.

 

[raptor700]

tryed that on big teds tutorial , still no joy
just tried writing xell with jtag tool the updating to xellous with nandpro still no joy,
im gonna try some new diodes ,as ive tryed 2 different sets of diodes , so i might have a faulty batch,

 

[manwithoutname]

Raptor, from your pictures you seem to be using the standard JTAG points for HDMI board but my xell files are made to use the alternative points (AUDIO_CLAMP & OPEN_TRAY signals). If you used my xell with the setup showing in your pictures this could be a possible reason why it did not work.

 

[raptor700]

any wiring diagrams for that,

 

[BGAMods]

check the tutorial by M azeem K for the alt smc. thats the wiring that youll need.

 

[PureVVater]

Also if you use manwithouname's premade xell files, you will have to shrink them from 16 mb to 1.28 mb. If you need help with that just post here

 

[manwithoutname]

I think what Purewater meant is Unarchive them as I used WinRar to compress them. But I'm sure ratpor would have figured that easily. I'm surprised at how small the end file was considering their original size was over 48mb.

 

[raptor700]

grrrr someone give me a hammer
still dead even with the alt smc ,
only works on original nand ,
any other ideas i could try ,

 

[manwithoutname]

I wouldn't know what to suggest next, but maybe you want to do some experimenting around and try view versions of xell, upgrade xell to xellous, etc. I wouldn't just give in.

 

[jhgerm7300]

Ay if your using jtag 2.0 that will happen to you always ... To get rid of this little problem get jtag tool 1.74 and it well boot after you remove xell and write it again in jtag tool1.74 thanks me if i helped ypu bro

 

[jhgerm7300]

Change to jtag tools 1.74 thats all and then install xell
It will boot

 

[manwithoutname]

He's already tried other versions of xell, so it wouldn't make a difference if he uses an older version of jtag tool unless he's skipped something.

Also be weary of double posts, edit your last posts if you want to add something more to what you said rather than post a new reply.

 

[raptor700]

cant get it to write xell/xellous or original nand , all i get is could not detect nand controller
i know its not the nand x as ive tryed it on another 360 and it reads that one ok,
just not this one , i think its really deaded, knackered,kapputt, f**ck*d
this happened after i wrote xell with manwithnoname xell files then updated to xellous after that its completely deaded

 

[manwithoutname]

The 'could not detect flash controller' symptom has been very common lately and it is console related in my opinion.

Try the NAND shortening trick. What's the background history of this console as well?

 

[raptor700]

just been reading up on that ill give it a go after
http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-152/how_to_recover_from_a_bad_nand_flash_dead_360-826514/
ill not be beaten , even if it means sending it half way round the world ,

 

[PureVVater]

I think what Purewater meant is Unarchive them as I used WinRar to compress them. But I'm sure ratpor would have figured that easily. I'm surprised at how small the end file was considering their original size was over 48mb.

No not at all, your xell files are 16mb which should be 1.3 mb. So just open nandpro and extract the first 50 blocks....

 

[manwithoutname]

My files are 16mb because they have been modified using updatemysmc tool. If you use the tool to change an original xell image it will change the file from 1.4mb to 16mb. As this worked for me flawlessly on all the HDMI consoles I jtagg'ed I decided to stick with it.

 

[PureVVater]

My files are 16mb because they have been modified using updatemysmc tool. If you use the tool to change an original xell image it will change the file from 1.4mb to 16mb. As this worked for me flawlessly on all the HDMI consoles I jtagg'ed I decided to stick with it.

I know you use updatemysmc, it said in the program that it will make xell files 16 mb and to to run it through nand pro to read the first 50 blocks. I also put the premade 1.28 mb xell files in the Jtag tool's directory.

 

[raptor700]

tryed the nand shortening trick still no joy .
what next ?