hey guys,
I have modded a bunch of <1.6 xboxes, but this was the first 1.6a xbox that I have modded. The MOD went fine, the the bios flash went weird.
First, using http, I flashed BANK1 with the xecuter multi version bios and kept bank 2 as the flashbios as it was already preloaded onto there. (rev 6.05.2002). This loaded perfectly fine with the original harddrive, but when I replaced the HD with a 120 gb (that was previously formatted with an xbox, i was jus swapping it in), the screen would get stuck on X2 config live loading ... and then the light would flash red/green.
I looked up some information and heard that bank2 is better for xbox 1.6, which doesn't make sense, but so I tried to do a 1 mB flash with flashbios on bank1 and xecuter multiversion on bank2, but then I believe it was a messed up flash as I get the screen stuck on the same X2 config live and then bank 1 doesn't load anything (the screen is blank).
So thennn, I decided I should try the m8plus bios from evox. I have a programmer and the chip detects fine on my computer. However, when I try flashing or try reading the chip, I get a SYNC error (0x0f) saying that it is usually caused by a bad printer cable. I am connecting the programmer directly to the computer (there is no cable) so I don't see this as an issue. Is a cable necessary? Anyone have any thoughts? Is the chip fried?
any thoughts on the problem with the HD would be great too. I defintely want to try the m8 bios.
thanks!
thebeen
I have modded a bunch of <1.6 xboxes, but this was the first 1.6a xbox that I have modded. The MOD went fine, the the bios flash went weird.
First, using http, I flashed BANK1 with the xecuter multi version bios and kept bank 2 as the flashbios as it was already preloaded onto there. (rev 6.05.2002). This loaded perfectly fine with the original harddrive, but when I replaced the HD with a 120 gb (that was previously formatted with an xbox, i was jus swapping it in), the screen would get stuck on X2 config live loading ... and then the light would flash red/green.
I looked up some information and heard that bank2 is better for xbox 1.6, which doesn't make sense, but so I tried to do a 1 mB flash with flashbios on bank1 and xecuter multiversion on bank2, but then I believe it was a messed up flash as I get the screen stuck on the same X2 config live and then bank 1 doesn't load anything (the screen is blank).
So thennn, I decided I should try the m8plus bios from evox. I have a programmer and the chip detects fine on my computer. However, when I try flashing or try reading the chip, I get a SYNC error (0x0f) saying that it is usually caused by a bad printer cable. I am connecting the programmer directly to the computer (there is no cable) so I don't see this as an issue. Is a cable necessary? Anyone have any thoughts? Is the chip fried?
any thoughts on the problem with the HD would be great too. I defintely want to try the m8 bios.
thanks!
thebeen
