Hi
I'm totally new to this board, but I'm only a moderate n00b when it comes to mods.
I've got the X3 chip, with the solderless adapter. They are both installed, and the chip was flashed with the X3 Bios found using mIRC #xbins.
Here are my XBox's symptoms, and maybe someone out there can explain what is going on because I can't figure it out.
The XBox worked fine, "Xecuter Rox my Box" and all that. The next day, FRAG. I try "purple mode" to reflash thinking somethings wrong, and nope. Won't even allow me to go into that mode on the chip. So I hold in the power button and my XBox turns on just fine, just no chip enabled. So it's not the XBox that's messed up. So I put in an actual bought game, and play. When I'm done, I take out the game and turn off the XBox. Just on a whim, I try the chip again. IT WORKS. "Xecuter Rox my Box." So I'm thinking it was a weird glitch. I decide to try "purple mode" and yup, works fine. So I reflash the chip in case something was up and that's it. It reflashes, then turns off. I turn it back on and the chip is enabled and everything is fine. Whew. I go to bed.
The next day, I turn on my XBox and FRAG. Grrrr I say. I put in a movie this time, and watch something on DVD. When it's done, I take out the movie, turn off the XBox, and again on a whim try the chip. Yup, turns on just fine. So I play a burn... um, I mean backed up game
for a while and then turn it off. Turn it back on, and the chip still comes on. So I'm confused but thinking maybe it sorted itself out.
Today, I turn on my XBox and FRAG. So I'm really confused. I played with it for a bit, turning it on and off, and one time the chip actually came on. It works like maybe one out of every fifty times I try it.
Ok, for the obvious questions. Yes, Flash Protect is off when I reflashed the chip. But the second flash protect inside is set to on. Is that the problem? I'm not getting the Flash halted message, I get the yellow bar saying its flashing so I'm assuming I'm doing it right. The internal flash protect is just for the backup bios I thought.
The X3 Bios I'm flashing is 1024K so when I flash, the first two switches are on, and the other three are off. Yes?
I have the bios, and it's the bin file not the rar file on disc, with a big +100MB file. The bios is named bios.bin and all that.
I just don't understand what's going on. I'm going to go play a bought XBox game, and then try the chip. Betcha it works when I'm finished playing. But it'll only work until I turn it off for over 5 minutes or so. Grrr. Can someone help me figure this out?
I'm totally new to this board, but I'm only a moderate n00b when it comes to mods.
I've got the X3 chip, with the solderless adapter. They are both installed, and the chip was flashed with the X3 Bios found using mIRC #xbins.
Here are my XBox's symptoms, and maybe someone out there can explain what is going on because I can't figure it out.
The XBox worked fine, "Xecuter Rox my Box" and all that. The next day, FRAG. I try "purple mode" to reflash thinking somethings wrong, and nope. Won't even allow me to go into that mode on the chip. So I hold in the power button and my XBox turns on just fine, just no chip enabled. So it's not the XBox that's messed up. So I put in an actual bought game, and play. When I'm done, I take out the game and turn off the XBox. Just on a whim, I try the chip again. IT WORKS. "Xecuter Rox my Box." So I'm thinking it was a weird glitch. I decide to try "purple mode" and yup, works fine. So I reflash the chip in case something was up and that's it. It reflashes, then turns off. I turn it back on and the chip is enabled and everything is fine. Whew. I go to bed.
The next day, I turn on my XBox and FRAG. Grrrr I say. I put in a movie this time, and watch something on DVD. When it's done, I take out the movie, turn off the XBox, and again on a whim try the chip. Yup, turns on just fine. So I play a burn... um, I mean backed up game
for a while and then turn it off. Turn it back on, and the chip still comes on. So I'm confused but thinking maybe it sorted itself out. Today, I turn on my XBox and FRAG. So I'm really confused. I played with it for a bit, turning it on and off, and one time the chip actually came on. It works like maybe one out of every fifty times I try it.
Ok, for the obvious questions. Yes, Flash Protect is off when I reflashed the chip. But the second flash protect inside is set to on. Is that the problem? I'm not getting the Flash halted message, I get the yellow bar saying its flashing so I'm assuming I'm doing it right. The internal flash protect is just for the backup bios I thought.
The X3 Bios I'm flashing is 1024K so when I flash, the first two switches are on, and the other three are off. Yes?
I have the bios, and it's the bin file not the rar file on disc, with a big +100MB file. The bios is named bios.bin and all that.
I just don't understand what's going on. I'm going to go play a bought XBox game, and then try the chip. Betcha it works when I'm finished playing. But it'll only work until I turn it off for over 5 minutes or so. Grrr. Can someone help me figure this out?