Newbie needs help... what kind of chip do I have?

[dimspark]

Hi everyone, sorry for this being a bit basic but a guy I used to work with modded my xbox a couple of years ago (with an executer chip, version unknown to me). It's always worked in the early days but now when I switch on the XBox the power button goes green flashes red after a few seconds and a screen comes up telling me to conatct "Customer support" so I phoned microsoft... na only joking I didn't!

I guess the first thing to do before any fault finding is to ascertain what kind of chip have... how do I go about doing this? I got a feeling it's version 2 of some variety or any other help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[DJBOOBY]

how many switch on the outside of xbox (chip bios switch
3 = x2
5 = x3
what error number on service screen??

 

[dimspark]

Hi

Thanks for the speedy reply, mine has 4 switches on. There is nothing obvious that shows an error code on the screen other than in the top left hand corner the number 16 appears.

Does this help with the fault finding?

Thanks

 

[DJBOOBY]

16 - dashboard - Other files to do with dashboard / dashboard settings (specific dashboard error)
have you got a hacked dash installed
maybe fix
reinstall ms dash as well as hacked dash

 

[dimspark]

Yes I have got a hacked dash installed, how do I go about overwriting it? Where do I get the files from?

Thanks

 

[dimspark]

Also to add to the fault finding if I start it up with a game in the drive then I get error code 5. Where can I get the BIOS's from and how do I flash it?

Thanks

 

[DJBOOBY]

try locking your hard drive

Where can I get the BIOS's from and how do I flash it?

you dont need to reflash chip
auto installer deluxe 3.10 has a ms dash you can use as well as hacked dash
format hard drive then reinstall dash MS / HACKED

 

[dimspark]

Thanks once again! I'm downloading auto installer deluxe.
About locking the hard drive I noticed when I was googling this people mentioned this but I promise I have never touched the settings on it atall how would I go about unlocking / locking it?

Also you mentioned formatting the hard drive, is there a specific file system / software I need to use or will FAT32 / NTFS do?

Thanks again for all your help, I can almost see the (green) light at the end of the tunnel!!!

 

[DJBOOBY]

flashbios and auto installer deluxe 3 will lock unlock hard drive
format with auto installler deluxe 3.10 it will do it for you then use to install dash