Minor BIOS emergency

makkie

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Feb 8, 2006
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Wales
Hiya Chaps

Ok, got my shiny new Xecuter 3CE chip this morning, install seems to have gone fine (Solderless, but hey, what can i say, i'm lazy :D ).

Ok.. come to flashing of the mod, i got X3_3294 from xbins and flashed it on 1Mb bank 1 ( on, on, off, off ). Http flash went ok, Xbox went through the gubbins then shut down, when i press power, the Xbox light and the blue mod light come on for about 2 seconds then it shuts down.. This repeats..

So, i tried to install the same bios on 1Mb Bank 2 ( off, on, off, off ) with the same result..

Now thankfully, due to the quality of the mod chip i still have my backup bios available... but i am scratching my head as to the cause of the X3 problem.

I also tried switching to a 256k bank and installing Evolution X M8. Now this worked and I got the Green flubber screen with the Evox splash in the top corner...

Mod chip itself seems to be installed fine.. There are a couple of Blue LED's on the mod and a Red one for the flash protection.

its a v1.4 Xbox if thats any help.

Obviously i would prefer to use the X3 bios if i can..

Any help would be MOST appreciated.
 

makkie

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Feb 8, 2006
4
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Wales
In the archive was X3_3294.bin and X3_3294v16Plus.bin...

I installed the X3_3294.bin...

Cheers

Makkie
 

makkie

Noob Account
Feb 8, 2006
4
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Wales
ok.. Mod Chip peeps...

I have read some of the other posts on this forum...

Despite the fact that all seems well, is it possible that my Solderless installation isnt spot on, or that there is possibly a fault with my X3..

Should i pull out the Xapter and solder the pin header in...? do you think that would help..

If not, does anyone know anybody in Wales or Lancashire that I can take my XBox to and get it sorted..

Cheers

Ian