X2 4981 - 4983

[craigweb]

Hey all.

Probably a simple question, but my search yielded no relevant results.

At the moment I have the X2 4981 bios on my XBOX, which is fine for my 120gb hdd, but it doesn't support the huge hard drives, so I want to update.

I've downloaded 4983 which does support large hard drives, but how do I install it? I have 4983 and a dummy bin file on a DVD-R, but when I first installed 4981 cromwell pretty much did it for me so I'm a bit miffed as to how I update the bios now.

Any help would be appreciated.

Also my xbox specs are as follows:

XBOX 1.4
Maxtor 120gb hdd
Xecuter 2.6 lite

I have 4983, but is this the best upgrade available to me also?

 

[digthebox]

you really want to use the 5035 bios now. it's a 512k bios

a full tutorial for flashbios is linked from the main page.

 

[Big_Whoopin]

First suggestion, scrap the 4983 and use the new 5035 BIOS. The 5xxx series has been dubbed X2CL as it is the X2 BIOS with "Config Live" options. Things you normally would have needed to edit your BIOS and re-flashed for, such as color changes or default dash boot order, are now all contained in an ini file kept on your Xbox E or F drive. It is also the most reliable BIOS yet. There are two versions in the archive, one for 1.5 and earlier Xboxes and one for 1.6 and up. Since you are running 1.4 Xbox you will want to use the BIOS named "old."

Note that the default configuration for the 5035 BIOS is that it is set for "F gets rest" for partitions. I believe this is a huge drive setting. You may first need to edit the BIOS to the "F to 137GB" setting in order to see your current drive entirely. I'm not 100% sure on this, but if you don't have the BIOS set right it won't hurt anything. You just may not be able to see all (or any) of your files on the F: drive. Depending on how you are planning on doing a drive upgrade you may want to first backup all your data from the current drive, then flash the BIOS, then install the new drive and partition. If you get your existing 120 drive to the point where you don't need anything more from it and then flash, you don't need to worry about changing the BIOS setting. You can leave it a default and install your new drive. When you partition and format it will give the F partition all the space that remains after the normal Xbox partitions.

Since you already have a mod BIOS loaded I would recommend you use the FlashX application to flash your BIOS. Download this app from the usual places, drop it on your Xbox and run it. You will see that it prompts for a BIOS location, C:\BIOS, D:\BIOS, E:\BIOS etc. You will need to put have the BIOS file you want to flash residing in one of these locations. The application is pretty straightforward.

-Whoopin'

 

[Big_Whoopin]

Digthebox, just had to jump in with the quick response while I typed up my thesis, huh?

-Whoopin'

 

[craigweb]

Hey guys, thanks for the fantastic responses, just what the doctor ordered