Help with x2.6 installation

[BillyB]

Help, I'm very new to chipping, and I am struggling with an x2.6 soldered installation for a friend which has been a problem since I started it.

I have soldered in the chip and wires and it booted up to the cromwell bios. After failing numerous times to flash the chip with various versions of BIOS from my PC (it looked like it was flashing on screen but then booted up again to the cromwell BIOS) and eventually killed bank 1 altogether (black sceen on boot), however, I booted up from bank 2, switched to bank 1 and tried to flash it from my laptop and it seemed to work okay first time, i.e. I get the Xecuter Rox My Box logo on bootup now, however, I'm then taken into the MS Dashboard. I have an X3 in my own box and that boots up to a different dash, which I thought was installed with the chip/bios, so not sure why this one isn't the same. I appreciate that the startup will be different as it's a different version of BIOS??

Before the Xecuter Rox My Box logo appears, I get a message on screen indicating X2 Config Live is loading.

I can't boot up from any dash's burnt to disc, have tried DVD, CD, DVD+RW and all are ignored, but these work on my own xbox so I know the discs are okay??

Any ideas???

Thanks

 

[DJBOOBY]

the x2 bios don,t have a config dash you have to edit a x2config.ini file then ftp it to xbox E:/
were did you get x2 bios(xbins??)
some xbox dvd drive are picky with some brands of dvd-r and cd-rw
are you useing Auto installer deluxe 3

 

[BillyB]

Problem is, once it's booted to the MS dash, I can't FTP onto the box, so can't transfer anything to it - is there a BIOS which supports FTP, as I could then flash the chip with that BIOS and transfer a new dash across?

Thanks

 

[DJBOOBY]

make a evox boot dvd that will let you ftp to xbox
get Auto installer deluxe 3.10 that will install dash for you no ftp needed
x3 bios is the only bios i know of that has ftp option but it will not work on x2 chips

 

[BillyB]

"make a evox boot dvd that will let you ftp to xbox
get Auto installer deluxe 3.10 that will install dash for you no ftp needed
x3 bios is the only bios i know of that has ftp option but it will not work on x2 chips"

I can't boot from anything other than MS DVD's as per my previous posts??

I'm about to put my own DVD player into this xbox to see if that works

 

[Riao]

You need to properly create an xbox-compatible ISO before burning. Use Quix to create the ISO then burn with Nero.

The problem could also be the media. Try using a better DVD-R rather than the cheapest disks available. There are some pretty crappy xbox DVD ROMS out there.

If all else fails, swap the DVD ROM with your own (you know yours can boot from other media).