Flash 3.03 won't boot??

[fobboi]

i have a 1.4 xbox, and i got the x3ce i tripled checked everything and when i turn on the xbox the flash 3.03 wont boot up and then i disable it it showed the MS dashboard can anyone tell me whats wrong with it.


thank you,
cs

 

[nartac]

What color is the x3 control panel? briefly press the power button will enable the chip and the cp turns blue. is the eject button flashing?

 

[fobboi]

red on top, white on the bottom. The blue button came on but no screen. when i disable the chip the ms dashboard came on and i can play regular games.

 

[nartac]

are you using stock a/v cable?

 

[fobboi]

yes

 

[nartac]

This is a recap of what you have done: You installed X3CE and I assume by pin header? You used a stock a/v cable and stock controller. You removed all dvd dongles and such except for 1 controller on port 1. You configured the switches so that they are on on off off off. You then tap on the power button and the X3 cp turns blue and you don't see flashbios, am I correct?

 

[fobboi]

yes sir

 

[nartac]

if you can, can you take off the top of xbox then look through the side then turn on the power button, do you see blue lights under th chip? I just want to see if you have power.

 

[fobboi]

yes it it showing a blue and red color under the chip. I turn on the xbox blue light on the switch but nothing on the tv and when i disable the chip it works like normal. could it be the chip??

 

[fobboi]

the site i bought it from said it has a 256K Backup Rom with Cromwell FlashBIOS v2.2.7. is there a way how i can get into that
??

 

[nartac]

that is impossible since even the earliest released X3 has flashbios v3.0.0. Try this. Can you press both power and eject buttons at the same time until the X3 cp turns purple? That should get you into backup flashbios.

 

[fobboi]

what should my setting on the switch be??

 

[nartac]

if all that don't work, my only suggestion is to take your xbox apart again and double check on the solder work and resolder if necessary. There is a remote possibility of a faulty chip but it's like less than 1% while soldering problem is more than 99%

 

[nartac]

switches should be on on off off off

 

[fobboi]

alright i will recheck the soldering points this may take a while is there any way where i can get a hold of you easier??

 

[nartac]

i'll pm you my email. I don't like using chat programs so none installed on my computer. I'll answer your emails asap but it's 10pm here so don't expect me staying up all night

 

[fobboi]

hey nartac, you can go ahead and get some sleep ill probably be workin on it and ill email you tomorrow. dont want to keep you up. soo ill talk to you tomorrow.

thanks for helping me out

 

[ArtificialIntel]

press Eject and Power at the same time

 

[ArtificialIntel]

oops. ignore me. I was replying to an earlier post in this topic without looking for replies first (so unlike me LOL)

 

[TokenUser]

press the power and eject button together on startup.

[edit: woh - only twelve hours too late ... wonder why the other posts didn't show up until after I hit reply?]