I've been helping my friend chip his xbox (v1.6) and we're having FRAG issues even after loading the bios. It seems the x3 1959 bios loaded ok (all the steps on the screen worked as in the guide), but when restarting, he's getting a black screen. Both blue LEDs are on.
Now I've read all the last 100 posts...I realize the issue is very likely the soldering...I'm hoping someone might be able to help direct me to the likely soldering points that might be the issue.
When I power on, this is what happens:
the eject button goes green, the external panel shows red, then blue, and then the unit shuts off. It does this one more time. Then it turns on and goes FRAG.
I am able to load up the backup Flash bios (3.0.1) by holding the power and eject keys. I haven't tried starting it in non-chipped mode because I've already plugged it in to a new 120GB HD. Should I try this? (How would I do that again?) Would it help diagnose the problem?)
Here's the 'Save of the Day' part (we hope)...my friend was soldering and put too much solder on the LAD 3 circuit board point. So he was using the desoldering braid and when removing it he actually pulled up the circle LAD3 point and the circuit line/wire attached to it about 2cm part way off the circuit board. The gold line is still attached properly, so HE DECIDE TO SOLDER THE CIRCLE DIRECTLY TO THE LAD3 PIN HEAD (no wire to connect to the points). It was off the green motherboard just enough that it could stretch to touch the pin head. Does the circle point still have to be on the motherboard and connected with a wire? Does our 'save' make sense? It seems like it would, but man, he was freakin out when it happened.
Any help appreciated.
-Chris
ps. Having an Xecture 2.3 chip myself, I thought this was going to be a snap...my friend though has a v1.6 xbox so he bought the X3 chip...the x3 is definitely a little tougher install.
Now I've read all the last 100 posts...I realize the issue is very likely the soldering...I'm hoping someone might be able to help direct me to the likely soldering points that might be the issue.
When I power on, this is what happens:
the eject button goes green, the external panel shows red, then blue, and then the unit shuts off. It does this one more time. Then it turns on and goes FRAG.
I am able to load up the backup Flash bios (3.0.1) by holding the power and eject keys. I haven't tried starting it in non-chipped mode because I've already plugged it in to a new 120GB HD. Should I try this? (How would I do that again?) Would it help diagnose the problem?)
Here's the 'Save of the Day' part (we hope)...my friend was soldering and put too much solder on the LAD 3 circuit board point. So he was using the desoldering braid and when removing it he actually pulled up the circle LAD3 point and the circuit line/wire attached to it about 2cm part way off the circuit board. The gold line is still attached properly, so HE DECIDE TO SOLDER THE CIRCLE DIRECTLY TO THE LAD3 PIN HEAD (no wire to connect to the points). It was off the green motherboard just enough that it could stretch to touch the pin head. Does the circle point still have to be on the motherboard and connected with a wire? Does our 'save' make sense? It seems like it would, but man, he was freakin out when it happened.
Any help appreciated.
-Chris
ps. Having an Xecture 2.3 chip myself, I thought this was going to be a snap...my friend though has a v1.6 xbox so he bought the X3 chip...the x3 is definitely a little tougher install.
