i installed executer 2.6ce and i have Xecuter2_Build.4978.03_512k bios on the chip and it launches avalaunch find and boots up games but when i play a game for a while it will sometimes just frezee or keep doing some funny noise repeating wat happened last on the screen it's weird somebody help me.
games freezing when i play them
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Martin C
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sounds like youre dvd drive is on its way out.. try cleaning the lens or trying another drive if you have one and see the difference?- samsung drives are the best drives to have in a xbox
if you cant do any of the above then do this -im assuming you have a stock harddrive? if so copy a game to the harddrive preffebley a small game like 3.5 gig or the game youre having trouble with
using dvd2xbox then run the game of youre harddrive and see if its still freezing!
if dvd2xbox cant read youre game then youre dvd drive is gone
if you cant do any of the above then do this -im assuming you have a stock harddrive? if so copy a game to the harddrive preffebley a small game like 3.5 gig or the game youre having trouble with
using dvd2xbox then run the game of youre harddrive and see if its still freezing!
if dvd2xbox cant read youre game then youre dvd drive is gone
I'd say it's worth it to follow Martin's advice first. X2CL 5035 is the latest Xecuter 2 BIOS, the most stable and packed with features. Since your box is already modded and flashed you can easily flash this BIOS to your chip with the FlashX utility available on xbins. The 5035 BIOS is also available there.
For testing the DVD drive jafster does have a good suggestion. The app DVD2Xbox (again, available on xbins) does a good job of copying games from DVD to the HDD, both in busting through problem read areas and reporting errors if it can't. You'll be able to see if the app has problems reading the disc and later test if it plays fine from the HDD. Generally if you are having a read error (failing drive) you'll get a dirty disc error I think.
3.5GB for a small game? That's getting close to a full single layer DVD. 4.5GB is approximately a full single layer, 9GB for a dual. Some small games to test with would be Pure Pinball (200MB), Metal Slug 3 (200MB), Pinball Hall of Fame (250MB) or Grooverider Slot Car Thunder (100MB). Just found the "calculate used space" feature in the UnleashX file explorer... nice.
-Whoopin'
For testing the DVD drive jafster does have a good suggestion. The app DVD2Xbox (again, available on xbins) does a good job of copying games from DVD to the HDD, both in busting through problem read areas and reporting errors if it can't. You'll be able to see if the app has problems reading the disc and later test if it plays fine from the HDD. Generally if you are having a read error (failing drive) you'll get a dirty disc error I think.
3.5GB for a small game? That's getting close to a full single layer DVD. 4.5GB is approximately a full single layer, 9GB for a dual. Some small games to test with would be Pure Pinball (200MB), Metal Slug 3 (200MB), Pinball Hall of Fame (250MB) or Grooverider Slot Car Thunder (100MB). Just found the "calculate used space" feature in the UnleashX file explorer... nice.
-Whoopin'
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i am having the same thing with a 1.0 box to, and i will tell you its proberly not the dvd drive been there tryed it, wasent on mine but its still worth a try, but im confident its not,i know thinking of it it, does sound like the obvious thing but this is pickleing my brain to, will let you know when i sort it,or if you get there 1st let me know what it was and likewise 
right i have narrowed it down to the hdd "unlikely" or the motherboard,it is more likely to be the motherboard for sure,i am trying a new board tonight so will let you know if it is,this one is a real pain i know but we will crack it
found out it is a faulty board, there is a firm that fix's them, but mine getting striped for sprare's,dont rule out your hdd though,hope you get it sorted.