X3CE and Xbox 1.0 - Will not boot with chip disabled - FRAG's

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chester_9

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Feb 11, 2005
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Hi all,

I finally got around to modding my Xbox. I'm having a problem that I've seen mentioned here and on a few other forums. The X3 mod chip works great. I was able to flash it to the latest BIOS and get it on my network. The problem I'm having is booting with the chip disabled. When I hold the power button down for the 3 seconds, the Xbox will cycle on and off then frag. When I boot with the chip enabled, I go to the option to reboot with the chip disabled, it reboots, flashes red for a second, then boots with the chip enabled.

I've read and tried all the suggestions I could find. Voltages are good, solder joints are good (soldering was my profession in the service) no solder splashes - I even went to the point of getting a magnifying glass and looked the complete board over - nada

Is it possible that the original bios got thrashed?? Is the on board bios on a flash and can it be re-flashed? Where would I get the factiory BIOS?

Any help would be appreciated as I play my son on Xbox live and would like to continue.

Thanks in advance!

chester
 
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Bad2bones

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Jun 12, 2004
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Hawaii
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Did you upgrade your HD? if so it must be locked and the original dash on the HD

also if you go onto xbox live make sure you create a new account.
 
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chester_9

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Feb 11, 2005
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Bad2bones said:
Did you upgrade your HD? if so it must be locked and the original dash on the HD

also if you go onto xbox live make sure you create a new account.
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Nope, using the stock H/D and I made sure its locked.
 
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chester_9

Junior Member
Feb 11, 2005
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Ok, heres a new twist on my porblem...Yesterday I spent all day trying to get it to boot into the MS bios, checking connections etc....I gave up and the Xbox sat over night. Today, I decide - WTF I'll see if it boots with the chip disabled. I hold the button down a low and behold - I get it to boot WITH THE CHIP DISABLED!!! But here is the mystery, I'm like OK great! lets see if I can repaet it. I shut it down, boot to the chip - works great! Now try to get it to boot with the chip disabled and it won't go - hold the button turns on - shuts off - turns on with the chip enabled. So now I'm wondering - could this be the signs of a WEAK power supply??
 
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