X3 Banks

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robin2005

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Sep 25, 2004
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I want to know what the banks on X3 are for? Please don't get angry with me. I just want to know so I don't ruined my modchip.
 
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halomaster7777

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May 23, 2004
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The banks are 256KB sections of the chip on the X3. To flash a 1024KB X3 1959 BIOS you would set all the switches on the control panel to the left.
 
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robin2005

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Sep 25, 2004
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The purpose of the banks is to flash it with bios?
 
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tonylott

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Oct 29, 2004
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Here is one of my old posts..
If you look at the link that gives you your switch settings
http://www.teamxecuter.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=16102

You will see that the first lot of settings relate to 256K banks- -Banks 1 to 8

The chip has 2Mb Memory and 8 x 256k = 2Mb

So you can select any of the 8 different 256k banks (or memory blocks) by setting the 4 switches as per the list

e.g - if you wanted to flash bank 3 with a 256k BIOS you would set the 4 dip switches to On Off On On (Switches numbered 1 to 4)

if you wanted to flash bank 6 with a 256k BIOS you would set the switches to Off On Off ON (switches numbered 1 to 4)

As most of the BIOS are around 1MB (X3), selecting a bank of 256k would not be enough - Cant get a gallon into a pint pot. So the list carries on to give the setting for 512K, 1Mb and 2Mb banks (or memory blocks)

SO- if you wanted a 1 MB bank to flash the latest X3 Bios you would have 2 choices (as the chip is capable of 2 Mb of storage)

Chioce 1 would be using banks 1 to 4 (4 x 256k = 1MB) which you would select by setting the switches to On On Off OFf

or Chioce 2 - Banks 5 to 8 by setting the switches to Off On Off Off.

You will notice from the table that no switch settings on that list are the same - They are all different to enable you to select different options.

Hope this helps

Its all in the forums m8.
Click to expand...
Although Halomaster7777 was partially correct when he said you can flash a 1 MB BIOS with all switches to the left, this isnt the "proper" way to do it... This just selects a 2MB memory bank, as if the switch panel was not fitted.
 
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blanka2k3

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Nov 23, 2004
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if you would want to unpdate FlashBIOS to 3.0.3 would i have to set the banks to 256k? and which one should it be set to?
 
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HoBoZ

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Sep 24, 2004
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don't update the flashbios unless you have a 1.6b mobo.

if you do then go into the x3cl bios screen and go to bios tools and select flash backup bios and flash to the 3.0.3
 
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dipole

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Nov 11, 2004
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something that is not really clear to me. If I use livebios w/X3, how can I flash the backup bios? (banks 5-8, 1mb)?
Do I boot into the livebios, and then flip the dip switched so that it is Off On Off Off? Or do I leave the dip switches alone and just attempt to flash?

Also, from within livebios, it says I can flash the backup, but only has a 512k option? (I'm not in front of my xbox right now). So, when I browse to my F: to look for the bios, it can't find it.

Also, I tried booting to flashbios 3.0 (which is currently on banks 5-8), and doing it, but now it seems like I only get "unknown flash " or something. Flash protection is disabled, so not sure what is up there....thanks.

Tried reading some posts on all of this, but I get more confused every time I read it.
 
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tonylott

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Oct 29, 2004
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Cripes!!!!!

Just think of each 256k bank (all 8 of em) as 8 beer glasses....

You get a pitcher of beer (This is your BIOS)..... In this case your BIOS is the Team X 1959 which is a 1mb BIOS - -SO your pitcher holds 4 glasses of beer (4 x 256k Glasses).... So you select the glasses you want to fill (i.e banks 1, 2, 3 and 4) and you fill em..... If you want to use this BIOS (DrinK this beer) then you must have them selected - No use in picking up an empty glass!!.

You now have 4 full glasses and 4 empty ones... or 1 MB of memory left on your chip (4 X 256K)

If you want to put another BIOS onto the chip you must put it into the other EMPTY glasses,,,the first ones are full!!!!!!!! So you select the other glasses and put your second lot of beer (OR BIOS) in them...VIA THE DIP SWITCHES.


If you try and fill the first 4 glasses again you are going to get wet bollocks
 
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Ginty™

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Nov 1, 2004
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www.google.co.uk
Dont forget that you have a flash protect on the chip as well..........










Ginty™..................
 
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Hudson

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Jul 4, 2004
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...that'd be like cling film on ya beer glasses :)
 
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kpatria

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Nov 15, 2003
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ASUS M3A JungleFlasher compatible?

Hello,

Im just wondering if the ASUS M3A is compatible with the BenQ and Jungleflasher


thanks for your help :D
 
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GodZilla

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Oct 31, 2003
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Re: ASUS M3A JungleFlasher compatible?

would need to know the chipset of the southbridge!
try cpu-z (google it)
then look at mainboard tab for southbridge!
 
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kpatria

Junior Member
Nov 15, 2003
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Re: ASUS M3A JungleFlasher compatible?

i am not at home at the moment but i googled it and found this

Southbridge: AMD SB600

I have searched google and on some non english website i found this and it has my M3A on there but I dont want to end up breaking my Drive.

paquitosolo:
placas compatibles compatible boards
ABIT AV8 3rd Eye (VIA K8T800 Pro / VT8237) ABIT AV8 3rd Eye (Via K8T800 Pro / VT8237)
ABIT Fatal1ty fh-190hd (NB ati 1250 SB amd sb600), (En la BIOS cambiar Legacy IDE si está activado por IDE normal) ABIT Fatal1ty fh-190hd (NB amd ati SB600 SB 1250) (In the BIOS change Legacy IDE if enabled by normal IDE)
ABIT KN9 (NVIDIA nForce 570) ABIT KN9 (NVIDIA nForce 570)
Asrock 4Core1333-FullHD Asrock 4Core1333-FullHD
Asrock 775 Dual 880 Pro (Key desde Windows. Flasheo desde MS-DOS) Asrock 775 Dual 880 Pro (Key from Windows. Flasheo from MS-DOS)
Asrock 777 Dual VSTA (Todo perfecto desde windows) Asrock 777 Dual VSTA (All perfect from windows)
Asrock 939 DualVsta (ULI M1689/M1567) (Key desde Windows y Flasheo desde MS-DOS) Asrock 939 DualVsta (ULI M1689/M1567) (Flashing Key from Windows and MS-DOS),
Asrock 939 NF6-VSTA Asrock 939-VSTA Nf6
Asrock AliveNF5 esata2+ r3.0 ALiveNF5 Asrock eSATA2 + R3.0
Asrock AliveNF6G (Extracción de key mediante puerto COM y flasheo en MS-DOS) Asrock ALiveNF6G (Extraction of key flashing through COM port and MS-DOS)
Asrock G31M-S (Perfecto desde MS-DOS) Asrock G31M-S (MS-DOS Perfect)
AsRock P4I65G P4i65G AsRock
Asus A7V880 (VIA VT8237) (Perfecto desde Windows) Asus A7V880 (VIA VT8237) (Perfecto from Windows)
Asus A8N-E (Perfecto desde MS-DOS) (No Necesita Puente en el Lector) Asus A8N-E (Perfecto from MS-DOS) (No Need to Bridge in the Reader)
Asus A8N SLI Asus A8N SLI
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (desactivar opción del chip silicon en BIOS y desinstalar drivers Nforce4 Serial ATA que instala Win para flashear en Win) Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (silicon chip disable option in BIOS and uninstall Nforce4 Serial ATA drivers to install on Win Win for flashing)
Asus A8V Deluxe (VT8237) Asus A8V Deluxe (VT8237)
Asus K8V-X Asus K8V-X
Asus M2-r32-mvp Asus M2-r32-mvp
Asus M2N SLI Asus M2N SLI
Asus M2N SLI Deluxe Asus M2N SLI Deluxe
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition (Key desde Windos y/o MS-DOS. Flasheo desde MS-DOS) Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe / Wireless Edition (Key from Windos and / or MS-DOS. Flasheo from MS-DOS)
Asus M2V (VIA K8T890) Asus M2V (VIA K8T890)
Asus M3A Asus M3A
Asus M3N78 Asus M3N78
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
Asus P4P800 E-Deluxe Asus P4P800-E Deluxe
Asus P4S800D-X (Lee la key pero no puede flashear) Asus P4S800D-X (Read the key but can not flash)
Asus P4V800D-X (No lee la key, pero puede flashear) Asus P4V800D-X (not read the key, but can flash)
Asus P5E Deluxe (Desde Windows) Asus P5E Deluxe (From Windows)
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP (Todo desde Windows) Asus P5K Premium / WiFi-AP (all from Windows)
Asus P5K31-VM (Bien desde Windows y/o MS-DOS) Asus P5K31-VM (either from Windows and / or MS-DOS)
Asus P5KPL-AM Asus P5KPL-AM
Asus P5KR Asus P5KR
Asus P5L 1394 Asus P5L 1394
Asus P5LD2 SE (Perfecto desde Windows) Asus P5LD2 SE (Perfect from Windows)
Asus P5LD2-X/1333 Asus P5LD2-X/1333
Asus P5N-T Deluxe Asus P5N-T Deluxe
Asus P5P800 (Perfecto desde MS-DOS. Imposible desde Windows) Asus P5P800 (Perfecto from MS-DOS. Imposible from Windows)
Asus P5Q-E (ICH10) perfecto desde DOS, imposible abrir el jungleflasher desde windows (xp y/o vista, cuelgue instantáneo) Asus P5Q-E (ICH10) perfect from DOS, since jungleflasher impossible to open the windows (xp and / or view, instant crash)
Asus P5QL-E Asus P5QL-E
Asus P5W DH Deluxe (Extracción de Key y creación del firmware en Windows XP. Borrado y flasheo desde MSDOS) Asus P5W DH Deluxe (Key extraction and creation of the firmware in Windows XP. Erasing and flashing from MSDOS)
Biostar P4TSP-D2 (ICH5) Biostar P4TSP-D2 (ICH5)
Biostar P4VMA-M (VIA VT8237) Biostar P4VMA-M (VIA VT8237),
Conceptronic Combo Conceptronic Combo
DFI LanParty P35 Dark (ICH9R) DFI Lanparty Dark P35 (ICH9R)
DFI Lanparty ut icfx3200-t2r g (Chipset AMD RD600) (Todo desde Windows) DFI Lanparty ut-T2R icfx3200 g (AMD RD600 Chipset) (all from Windows)
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (Leer key desde Win y Flasheo desde MS-DOS) ECS-M2 AMD690GM (Read key from Win and flashing from MS-DOS)
ECS ELITEGROUP C51GM-M (Perfecto desde MS-DOS) C51GM-M ECS Elitegroup (Perfecto from MS-DOS)
ECS ELITEGROUP P4M900T M2 (VIA 8237 S) EliteGroup ECS P4M900T M2 (VIA 8237 S)
ECS KV2 Lite ECS KV2 Lite
Foxconn Winfast 6100WMA Foxconn Winfast 6100WMA
Gigabyte GA-8iPE-1000G Gigabyte GA-8iPE-1000G
Gigabyte GA-8IPE775-G Gigabyte GA-G-8IPE775
Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 (ICH7) Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 (ICH7)
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Gigabyte GA-965P-S3
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4
Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQD6 (Despues de leer la key hay que reiniciar el PC) Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQD6 (After reading the key is to restart the PC)
Gigabyte GA-k8NF-9 (nforce4) (Key en XP, flash desde DOS) Gigabyte GA-k8NF, 9 (nForce4) (Key in XP, flash from DOS)
Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939
Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4
Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 (Perfecto desde MS-DOS, no se ha probado desde Windows) Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 (Perfecto from MS-DOS, has not been tested since Windows)
Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2
Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H (keys en Windows y flasheo en MS-DOS) Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H (keys in Windows and MS-DOS flash)
Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 (Perfecto desde MS-DOS) Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 (from MS-DOS Perfecto)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (Todo desde WinXP) Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (All from WinXP)
Gigabyte GA-X48 DS5 (ICH9R) (Despues de extraer la key, quitar el lector del modo by continuar flasheando) Gigabyte GA-X48 DS5 (ICH9R) (After removing the key remove the reader as by continuing flashes)
Gigabyte MA69GM-S2H (Todo desde WinXP) Gigabyte MA69GM-S2H (All from WinXP)
INTEL 915P INTEL 915P
INTEL DP35DP (Lectura Key OK. No se ha probado a flashear) INTEL DP35DP (Reading Key OK. It has proven flash)
INTEL D945gnt (Perfecto desde MS-DOS) INTEL D945gnt (Perfecto from MS-DOS)
INTEL DG31PR (Chipset P35/G33/G31 ICH7) INTEL DG31PR (P35/G33/G31 ICH7 Chipset)
MSI K8N NEO4 PLATINUM MSI K8N Platinum NEO4
MSI K9N Platinum MSI K9N Platinum
MSI K9N6GM-V MSI-V K9N6GM
MSI K9N6PGM-F/FI (CHIPSET MCP61) MSI K9N6PGM-F/FI (CHIPSET MCP61)
Nvidia geforze 6100 biostar (nforze 4) (Todo desde Windows) Biostar Nvidia 6100 geforze (nforze 4) (all from Windows)
PCCHIPS P23G (VIA P4M800Pro / 8237) (Perfecto desde MS-DOS) PCCHIPS P23G (VIA P4M800Pro / 8237) (Perfecto from MS-DOS)
lo del puerto com es lo de menos what com port is the least
ck3 pro tiene conexion usb CK3 is connected usb pro
 
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kpatria

Junior Member
Nov 15, 2003
13
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Re: ASUS M3A JungleFlasher compatible?

Ok i attempted it, now my drive will not eject and the green light on the power on button is flashing.

I removed the drive and left it on my desk whilst I reinstalled XP.

Also its not recognised by the SATA.
 
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