flashing x3 bios

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koolguy

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one of my friends just got his solderless x3ce in and i helped him install it and everything work fine except when i try to flash http the browser tell me the mod chip is being flashed but when i go to the xbox to make sure the screen says "get bios over http 1048576 bytes unknown flash! haulting"
 
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Its probably the wrong file.
It is checking if the bios file is exact 1MB (1024KB or 1048576 bytes)
Make sure you have the correct file, it should be a .bin file

extract the rar file if it is istill compressed.
There should be two .bin files
X3_3294.bin (Xbox 1.0 - 1.6)
and
X3_3294_v16plus.bin (Version 1.6) <-- I guess you should be using this.

Also check that you can get to the backup bios and check your switch settings.
ON ON OFF OFF (Flash Protect OFF)
 
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the file is 1mb and yes i am using the [font=verdana, arial, helvetica] X3_3294_v16plus.bin (Version 1.6) to flash
the flash pertection is off but w/ the banks being on on off off i cant get cromewell but i can w/ just off on off off and off off on off
[/font]
 
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ok i pulled out the mod chip and checked the solderless connection and reinstalled the chip and i got it to flash know i have a new problem the flashing get to a certain point and stops loading if i turn off the xbox in the middle of flashing process it ill mess it up that i know so what can i do to get it to finish?
 
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koolguy

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right know its in the middle of flashing is there ant way to reset the chip and clear everything out and start over
 
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koolguy

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ok i turned the xbox off and know i get 3 short on and off and then the xbox flashes green and red know how do i fix this
 
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so i did some research and i think i did a bad image does anyone know how to fix or clear out a bad image
 
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koolguy

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ok let me explain clearly my friend bought the solderless x3 chip for his v1.6 and we installed it and i got it to flash last night but during the flashing process it froze or stopped i left it flashing the whole night so the next morning i turned it off hopping i could do the flash over w/ the same bios that i got for my x3 but the problem is that when i load banks off off on off the xbox restarts 3 time and on the 3rd time it flashes red and green so know i cant get into the blue screen(cromewell) that lets me flash via hppt:/ is there any way i can clear out the bios to set it is back to the original state so i can flash it w/ my bios that i used on my xbox

also when i set banks on on off off that xbox just has a blue screen that acts if the cable is not conneted to the tv and im unable to get to cromewell from that bank also
 
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you must have a v1.6b xbox if you flash chip with switch setting off on off off off then you have flash over flashbios 3.0.3 the only way to fix this if your backup (power eject at same time) dose not work is a hotswap
http://www.x-scene.com/articles/flash-dead-modchip.php
or asking were you bought it if they will reflash it with flashbios again
You allways flash x3 with switch settings on on off off flashprotect off
 
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koolguy

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yes i got it to work damn
so i toke his mod chip out of his xbox and flashed it inside mine the restarted it and it worked then i put his mod chip back in him xbox and got everything running good thats for your help DJBOOBY
 
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