X3 boots, no video

[ScorpionMimic]

OK, so here's the deal.

I purchased a brand new XBOX (manufacturing date of 9-04) and installed the X3. Followed the instructions in the LPC rebuild to the letter, and the pictures provided match my install job exactly.
However, when I power on the system, the display panel glows blue, the chip has both blue LEDs on, but there is no signal being sent to the TV, and the eject button does not function--the DVD-ROM drive just makes noises.

When I hold down the power button, the display glows red and the chip disables itself. The XBOX then boots fine, runs normally. as does the DVD-ROM drive.

When I hold both the power button and the eject button down, the display glows purple, and the system behaves in the same manner as when I boot it with the chip enabled.


Thinking it was a bad solder job, I rechecked everthing. No fix there. I had another XBOX I purchased (same manufacturing date) and another X3--I did the same soldering job--something which I've gotten pretty quick about--and the same exact results occured. I swapped the chips, same thing. It appears to be a trend.


I'm missing something, I know it. Is there a step that's not in the installation guide that I'm not doing? Others have gotten installs to work correcltly, has anyone done so with a board as new as mine?
I'm fully willing to admit stupidity on my part if I have forgotten something--but I do know that the sodlering is not to blame...kinda hard to mess up the same thing on TWO deparate systems.

If anyone has anything they can tell me, I will be forever grateful.

 

[gamersha794]

what kind of ram do you have?
if it's not samsung go check in the 1.6b forum

 

[lightning10101]

Im pritty sure it is your soldering if it has been 2 xbox's so just check that u arnt doing anything wron like step by step on the tutorials. im not critising you or anything just trying to help

 

[tehsoul]

also, are you using the standard a/v cables?

 

[stealth3481]

You are not alone.... I'm having the exact same problem. This is the first post I've come across with the same symptoms.

 

[Luv_N_Xbox]

Do you know what version of cromwell your X3 shipped with? From what I understand, a 1.6b box will work with 3.03 and a 1.6 box needs ver 3.00 or 3.02. Other posts suggest re soldering pins (i think) 13 and 14 for video problems and it works everytime. search the posts to verify what pins to check :? . Just my 2 cents. good luck

 

[Xecuter]

You are not alone.... I'm having the exact same problem. This is the first post I've come across with the same symptoms.

the first post ?

you must be drunk then - try looking in the v1.6b forum there are hundreds

 

[Xecuter]

Do you know what version of cromwell your X3 shipped with? From what I understand, a 1.6b box will work with 3.03 and a 1.6 box needs ver 3.00 or 3.02. Other posts suggest re soldering pins (i think) 13 and 14 for video problems and it works everytime. search the posts to verify what pins to check :? . Just my 2 cents. good luck

v1.6 needs v3.01

v1.6b needs v3.03

 

[Luv_N_Xbox]

I ordered my chip the other day from modchipman. They said ver 3.02 is what bios they ship their chips with. They were very persistant when saying ver 3.02 is the correct bios ver for a 1.6 box. WILL 3.02 WORK OR NOT? I will be very pissed if it does not work because I do not have another XBOX to flash to 3.01. Can anyone verify this please.

 

[tehsoul]

afaik, every version from 3.0.0 will work on a 1.6 box, only 1.6b needs 3.0.3
(i flashed my 1.6 with flashbios 3.0.0)

 

[HoRnEyDvL]

Find a way 2 flash new bios on teh chip its ram issues.

 

[cornz]

Same thing here. Soldering checked, re-checked and then tested with a MM.
Hynix ram, excalibur chip set.
No video but boots if i hold switch down (only to MS Dash)
Seems this is a far more common problem and "blind" flashing by pressing down down then "A" DOESNT work.
Awaiting any suggestions.....

 

[armyx03]

Help flashing to LT on liteon 74850c

I have decided to go to LT over my current 1.5, but i need to find a tutorial for DOS, all the info i can find is using jungleflasher, but that won't work as the machine i have to flash with only has Win98 on it and jungle needs xp or higher doesn't it? If i try to use my normal machine as soon as i turn the DVD on it freezes the pc.

Anyway my problem is I assumed that i'd just do it the same way as last time, firmtool dummy.bin hacked.bin (i.e hacked.bin being the new firmware) But when i try this i get a no valid version found in hacked.bin,

what should i be doing???? I'm using file ix-lt-748.bin as the hacked.bin file. any help would be fantastic.

 

[mosely]

Re: Help flashing to LT on liteon 74850c

Run the dvd drive from a molex power supply separate from the computer's. That will stop the freezing.

 

[strucdown]

Re: Help flashing to LT on liteon 74850c

have you updated the ixdef in iprep or updated to newest dosflash

 

[armyx03]

Re: Help flashing to LT on liteon 74850c

think i've sussed it i got jungle to work on my main pc so saved the modified firmware out to file, I will just upload it from dos now, cheers for the info about the seperate molex, I was wondering if it had been resoved yet.