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XBOX FLASHES RED AND GREEN AND SHOW NO VIDEO
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electwire
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23. December 2004 @ 10:13 |
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Bomber_UK - what is ur prob ith your box im pretty good with the 1.6 mods write back i might be able to help you
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dougr944
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23. December 2004 @ 10:47 |
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electwire, don't bother reading up 1/2 a screen please. You might see bomberman say this:
I just chipped my v1.6 xbox with Execute 2.6 chip.
Everything was going fine until i tried to flash the
bios. I used the executer dhcp bios 1MB and now the
darn thing is doing that boot/shutdown then flashes
green/red cycle.
Neither of you guys (bomberman and 147789) indicate that you really know which X2 or Evox BIOS you're really using. The version can be pretty important. In particular, Bomberman, I wanted to know from you because you stated that you used a 1MB BIOS on an X2. X2 BIOSes are 256K, X3 BIOSes are 1MB. Sounds like the wrong BIOS, but I haven't seen it implicitly stated that it won't work. Generally speaking, new platform drivers aren't backwards compatible.
Tumashi, do you honestly think that the screw problem is applicable to everybody in here having frag issues? I never have used the solderless install and MJ696969 didn't either. Same problem. It's not like there was a lot of text to cover to figure that out.
For me, it was always the LPC connection. Same problem as the loose screw but very different scenarios.
Currently, my favorite solution to this problem is a pin-header install with a Xenium ICE. My 2nd favorite is the pin-header install with the Xecutor.
I have not modded 1.6b, only 1.1, 1.5, and 1.6a. Pertaining to the differences in the mod, take what I say with a grain of salt.
I make multiple D0 connections when I first install the chips. Once, I connected them in parallel, other times I just leave an extra wire routed from the bottom D0 in case I need it. Contrary to what logic would dictate, I have better luck with the top D0 point.
I believe that problems with new installs fragging are caused by LPC, D0, and the BIOS, in that (rough) order of popularity.
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shuukuroo
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23. December 2004 @ 22:30 |
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I recently installed a X-bit 1.5 and adapter onto a 1.6 version. I am only getting 3 start up attempts and FRAG. I took the xbit out and still the same function. I don?t know what to do. I decided to install the newest spider mod chip, it is currently installed but I am still getting 3 start up attempts and then the FRAG. Can I get some definitive guidance? I no longer get the original dashboard. I get nothing. I am so lost with all the info I gathered. I don?t know where to do to clean up this mess. I may not really know where the D0 points are and what purpose they serve. Yea in fact i don't. Can some tell me specifically where those are located on the 1.6 xbox.
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Bomber_UK
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23. December 2004 @ 23:29 |
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dougr944, thanks for the reply. I did install a 512Kb Cromwell first of all (thinking it should work even if it did not allow me to muck about with dashboards etc).
So, What I am coming to the conclusion of is that I flashed with the wrong bios and my soldering is ok.
Problem is now, I cannot flash it again as neither banks will boot. So what am I to do? Is there an application I can boot from cd to flash the bios on the chip, or do I have to seek out a chip programmer to fix it?
More importantly, I hope you are going to tell me that its the bios and not the soldering that is at fault, as it did boot into the flashbios on either bank before i updated the bios.
Colin Smith
aka Bomberman
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electwire
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24. December 2004 @ 07:24 |
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I had that same prob with my 1.6 flash it with 1493 this will work good for you... about the flashing issuse on Xecuters site foums u will get the help you need form support good luck
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BigAzn
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25. December 2004 @ 11:57 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25. December 2004 @ 12:03
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Tumashi
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27. December 2004 @ 19:13 |
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Hi dougr944
Did I say everybody was using solderless install - NO
Did I say everyboy was having th same problem - NO
Did I pass this information on so that it gave people information on my experience on what was happiening with my machine - YES.
The information prrovided was purely relating to the connections not being reliable and therefore giving the error seen.
If you don't think it is useful for your problem then fine don't bother reading it but otherr people who do have this setup may find it useful....
Justin
Scotland (UK)
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coldd
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29. December 2004 @ 14:38 |
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I had this same problem happen to me today. I'm using a xenium ice solderless, and it's been working great up until recently. I manually soldered the d0 point with another wire to ensure it wouldn't come undone. It was working fine for about 2 months and today it's giving me the 3 boots and red/green flash.
I tried then to disable the mod chip and it boots up fine it seems, but it hangs on the xenium splash screen. It displays my HDD properties and says no MBR found, after about a minute of flashing orange, it turns solid red.
Could my motherboard have been damaged somehow even though it's been working flawlessly for 2 months?
zzz
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llongtheD
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29. December 2004 @ 17:32 |
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bomberuk, you need to use a bios compatible with a version 1.6 xbox like one of the evox m8 bios', depending on weather or not your box is a 1.6, or a 1.6b. Or I believe you could also use the new x3 bios, but you should check with xecuter on that. The cromwell bios is just a legal linux based bios and you will not be able to load a dash like evox from that.
If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.
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dougr944
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5. January 2005 @ 08:01 |
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Tumashi, if you read your post, you say this:
"The reason you get the red/green flash is because the main xecutor chip is coming loose because the screw that you tightended it to the main board is not holding all the pins into place."
You say that without defining and audience. You SAID THAT TO EVERYBODY.
Would you like to revise your bullshit statement?
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dougr944
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5. January 2005 @ 08:04 |
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Bomber_UK, I think your problem is the BIOS..... however, afaik, you're out of luck. :(
Contact the Xecutor folks and see if I'm correct though. Since you have no Cromwell and no way to boot any removable media, I can't see a way to get around your problem without replacing the chip.
Since I've been gone so long, I hope you're already found a solution! Let me know!
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dougr944
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5. January 2005 @ 08:14 |
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coldd, a lot of people have had problems with solderless mods coming loose. It was a big problem a year ago, but they've become much better.
I never have done a solderless for that reason, but I know a handful of people that have never had solderless problems and only 2 that have had solderless mods come loose.
If you haven't already, just check the LPC connection and see if that helps. If it doesn't, check D0.
I don't think your motherboard is damaged if you haven't been mucking with the xbox internals since the modchip install, but extraneous things could have happened (e.g. voltage spikes unrelated or related to the modchip). It would be an outside case though.
What confuses me is why your Xenium splash screen tries to come up with the chip disabled. With the chip disabled, the box should boot with whatever is on the TSOP, which would be the MS Xbox BIOS unless you had soft-modded the box as well. Do you have anymore feedback on that?
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dougr944
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5. January 2005 @ 08:17 |
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bigazn, how the hell did you break that off!!! :)
Were any of the physical electronics on that board damaged?
With the simple functions of that board, I would assume that the PCB is dual-layer, so it *probably* can be mended if you can follow the traces, uncover them, and bridge the breaks by soldering a short piece of wire across them.
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coldd
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5. January 2005 @ 11:36 |
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dougr944- I did not have it softmodded before. The only thing I can think of is that I might have corrupted the original bios somehow. I checked the lpc points and the d0 point and I'm 99% sure they are both where they should be. It's almost like the xenium bios has replaced the original one.
The problem happened right after I backed up a game to the HDD, I went to go play it and then the whole system crashed and that was it.
zzz
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llongtheD
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5. January 2005 @ 16:27 |
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coldd, what bios did you have installed before you started having these probs, and what game were you trying to back up?
If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.
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coldd
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6. January 2005 @ 07:16 |
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llongtheD, I was running the evox M8 bios
zzz
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InrDmons
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6. January 2005 @ 20:42 |
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Hey, I got the same problem. Xbox has been working fine for the past 2 months and suddenly starts going nuts. I got it profesionly installed and like I said, it has been working great. I was playing today, shut it down to go for supper, come back and it wouldn't boot up. I checked inside thinking it could have been loose ide cables etc but nothing has worked. I'm thinking something has to have gotten loose but if that is the case, I am definatly not cable of sauldering things and finding out which cable could be loose. On the other hand, I am glad to hear I am not the only one with this problem. E-mail me @ dereklar@hotmail.com if u think u could help me with my....problem
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rcade
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6. January 2005 @ 23:42 |
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This is One of the most common problems with Flashing a modchip. It usually happens when you try to reflash it. There are several ways to fix it. If you have a Xecuter 2.X you can buy the programmer and reflash it every time it messes up. But Other modchips like the Duo or Aladdin require you to do something else. I would tell you how to fix it but I forgot how to do it since I haven't had that problem in Years. I am going to look through the tutorials you guys should too. This problems happen more frequently with those auto installers that people use.
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erfon
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6. January 2005 @ 23:46 |
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Inrdmons - I was having the same problem and I found out why. I installed the chip myself using the instructions Xecuter provided on their page. Those are the instructions everyone followed who installed one.
Well, it turns out Xecuter had an important step missing from their instructions for about the first 2 months they were available. They have since added this step.
There is a metal piece that comes off the chip that is needed if you do a wire rebuild on your xbox. It is silver and L shaped. You would only need to use it if you had a verson 1.6 xbox. If not, this metal piece needed to be taped up with electrical tape. Without the tape, if this metal piece touched any other metal on your motherboard, it would slowly but eventually short out your ship. This is what happened to mine.
I eventually figured it out when I saw a burnt circuit raised and blackened on my Xecuter chip. I soldered that circuit back down, and put some electrical tape on that metal piece I mentioned, and now it works great again.
E Dogg
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erfon
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6. January 2005 @ 23:47 |
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Inrdmons - I was having the same problem and I found out why. I installed the chip myself using the instructions Xecuter provided on their page. Those are the instructions everyone followed who installed one.
Well, it turns out Xecuter had an important step missing from their instructions for about the first 2 months they were available. They have since added this step.
There is a metal piece that comes off the chip that is needed if you do a wire rebuild on your xbox. It is silver and L shaped. You would only need to use it if you had a verson 1.6 xbox. If not, this metal piece needed to be taped up with electrical tape. Without the tape, if this metal piece touched any other metal on your motherboard, it would slowly but eventually short out your ship. This is what happened to mine.
I eventually figured it out when I saw a burnt circuit raised and blackened on my Xecuter chip. I soldered that circuit back down, and put some electrical tape on that metal piece I mentioned, and now it works great again.
E Dogg
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InrDmons
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7. January 2005 @ 11:01 |
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ok, I opened everything up again, lifted the chip out from the board and I think I found the L shaped thing you were talking about. You are saying that if I put some elec tape around that, it should work again? I will try it. Another thing, I noticed a white switched on the bottom of the chip, what exactly does this do. I am assuming it shuts your chip off and if so, should I do this and see if my Xbox turns on after doing so or should I leave it alone? Like I said, I have not sauldered anything since high school and would not attempt to do so myself. I have the option of going back to the compufest or whatever I went to in Toronto again in March. I am hoping the company who did it for me could maybe fix it, but I would rather not have to wait 2 months with a broken machine.
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calcium
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24. January 2005 @ 12:46 |
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i have just installed a xecutor 2.6 and all it does is boot boot boot and flash flash flash its really srartin to annoy it does the same proplems as all urs with the red and green so someone plz tell me wot the heck is happenin!!!!!!!!!!!!! :'( and i followed all the instructions right for my 1.1
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calcium
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24. January 2005 @ 12:51 |
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and could someone plz say wot the xecutor site is coz i ve forgoten
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llongtheD
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24. January 2005 @ 15:52 |
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The site is www.teamxecuter.com
And you should definitely visit there site because your mod is not connected properly if your are getting a flashing red and green light, also known as FRAG.
If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.
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calcium
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25. January 2005 @ 07:36 |
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cheers
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