n00b Flashed BIOS won't boot (checked soldering)

möbius

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Ok, I checked and double checked my soldering, so lets get that out of the way.

I got the 3029 bios for my version 1.0 xbox. I have a xecuter 3 ce modchip. I got it installed using the pin header. It boots into the bios flash screen fine. When I first flashed, I had all the banks left (off I think), so that might be part of my problem. I then tried with off on off off. But anyways, here is the problem, after I flashed the bios from a cd-rw, my xbox boots, but then shuts off right away. Sometimes it comes back on, and then shuts off again. I can still get into the flash bios screen if I hold both eject and power down, but if I try to disable the chip, it turns on and turns off very quickly.

Does anyone know what could have caused this? I have checked my soldering repeatedly, hoping that that might be the problem. All the solder points look like volcanoes, and the are kinda shiny. So, I would really appreciate any suggestions!

Another thing, that might or might not be releated. If I try to do the flash by http, it tells me my ip address, but from any of the machines on my network, I can't ping it, or go to the webpage. I am not a novice to networking, and it leads me to believe there is something funky with my hub, or with the xbox. I don't think it is the hub, because I have tried different cables in different ports. My router doesn't list the xbox as an attached device, so I give up.
 

möbius

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UPDATE: Flashed with 2914 and everything is peachy. So, does that tell anyone anything? Is it possible to put 3029 onto my xbox?
 

möbius

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UPDATE: Last update. Ok, so I tried booting to the original M$ dash, and the xbox frags. I totally disconnected the modchip, unplugged everything from it, and unhooked the power switch part from the front, and reconnected the original. STILL FRAGS! Did I totally screw up this xbox, and make $150 door stop? I hope not because that would suck.
 

blind42

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Yeah

When you INstalled your chip your hard drive comes with a lock\unlock feature you probally unlocked it your xbox will frag if you try to run ms dash with it unlocked go into the config live and make sure its locked.
 

nartac

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blind42 is absolutely right. You didn't mention but my guess is you upgraded your hd after adding your modchip. Thus in order for you to boot to MS dash with modchip disabled, you need to lock your hd by either using flashbios, X3 config live or configmagic. Of course you have to have a hd that is lockable in order to do that. If you are unlucky enough to have gotten a hd that is unlockable, then you can't boot with modchip disabled.
 

möbius

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I didn't upgrade the hard drive - yet. I was planning to get the bios updated and what not, and then install the drive.

I made sure the drive was locked, and I unlocked it and locked it back again, but the machine still frags if I hold down the power button. Would a broken trace cause this?
 

nartac

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many possibility can cause frags. bad hardware, bad solder, broken traces, etc.
 

möbius

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But would it be a frag if I can load the 2914 bios, but not 3029 or the original m$ dash?
 

nartac

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unusual if it runs on one bios and not another. Only thing I can think of is you may have made a mistake and load the wrong bios for your xbox version or the bios that causes frag is bad or corrupted.
 

möbius

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Also, I know I used the right bios, because I didn't use the plus 16 one, and I got it from xbins.