Help with flashing my Spider Chip
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sunce
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23. January 2005 @ 20:30 |
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sunce
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23. January 2005 @ 21:25 |
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they should have the xeniums. those sites are the official retailers of xenium.
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bagong
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25. January 2005 @ 15:08 |
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hi sunce, do u know what should i do wiht my spider chip how to fix it? I pay like 50 bucks for that ... i dont want to throw it away....
wuii
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sunce
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25. January 2005 @ 15:12 |
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give me a little time to look it up and see what i can do.
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bagong
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25. January 2005 @ 15:15 |
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man, YOU ARE AMAZING GUY EVER... THANK U
coz i will spent my time during the weekend wiht this F*** chip....
wuii
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ValisX
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25. January 2005 @ 22:27 |
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Looks like I'm having the same issue with flashing the bios. This damn machine just doesn't like my media. I've tried TDK CDRW, Memorex CDRW, and even FUJI DVDRW. None of them work. Tried using my Toshiba, Sony, and Philips burners. Sometimes I get the normal error of no bios found that SpiderChip mentions, other times I get that problem of it just not really doing anything and ejecting the tray after a while. Chip is installed properly and got the blue light and the crom bios screen. Anyone who actually got this thing to work wanna post what brands they used? Or hell, I'm one step from offering money to buy someone's working media with the bios on it.
Chip: Spiderchip 1.0
XboxVersion: 1.6
Bios: m8plus_16.bin
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bagong
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26. January 2005 @ 06:20 |
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so, if just fraging..,,when the chip on my xbox is not working at all.... just frag( green n red light). While it is off, it works like the original xbox. if i want to make my spider chip working what should i do then?....coz i dont see any bios no more.
wuii
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bagong
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26. January 2005 @ 12:12 |
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hey guys do u know what kind of mod that could play PAL/NTSC ?
wuii
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HeLLSaTaN
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27. January 2005 @ 16:41 |
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lol i was thinking the same thing ValisX. I've tryed a few cdrw/cdrs/dvdr and nada. ne1 wanna sell me a working 1? cuz im tired of wasting cds and i dont wanna go buy packs of different cdrws and try them all just 2 flash my chip... So much hasle just 2 mod xbox O.o
Chip: Spiderchip 1.1
XboxVersion: 1.6
Bios: m8plus_16.bin
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warlox
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28. January 2005 @ 06:15 |
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ok. i also have thif f'd up spider chip. version 1.1. can't flash the bios to save my life. 2 days on this shizz. after figuring out that the wire connections are wrong according to the directions on the site. i can at least pull up the flash bios-blah blah blah. since it can't read cdrw's for what ever reason. can you unlock the hard drive and FTP the files to the drive and then read it from the hard drive (including the dash board) then have it relock the drive?
this is a theory...help guyz.
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warlox
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28. January 2005 @ 06:19 |
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or...unlock the drive and put it in my computer and load the files to the drive? then put it back in the xbox AND DO IT THIS WAY?'
p.s. if i wanted to only see pretty blue lights, i would knock off a bank and wait for the cops!!
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Reliq
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28. January 2005 @ 09:29 |
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Yea, thats what I did, its alot easier, just make sure you have the right bios for you xbox version.
Remember though, flashing that chip will not make any visual difference, all it will do is put the little pink Evox logo in the upper corner of the MS XBOX logo screen. The MS Dash will still come up and work the same...although now it will read backups, which is a prime opportunity to just throw in an Autoinstaller. I reccomend Slayers.
Then you are good to go.
DO NOT TRY TO UPDATE YOUR BIOS!!!
Once you get it working, leave it!
Its very picky about the BIOS it wants. M8Plus_16 for v1.6x, and M8Plus for 1.0 - 1.5.
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warlox
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28. January 2005 @ 11:21 |
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how did you unlock your drive. i can't do it...arrrrghh!!!
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Reliq
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28. January 2005 @ 12:37 |
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You know, I wrote a Tutorial for this, but apparently they dont accept tutorials from "Noobs" at xbox-scene.
HAHA, I have been modding since the friggin SegaCD, I dont wanna hear noob shit.
Here's the method I use to hotswap. I've found this to work the best for me.
1. Open the Xbox and set it close to the PC. Plug it in.
2. Open the PC and make sure an IDE cable is free and can reach the Xbox HD.
3. Turn on the PC.
4. Before the PC BIOS looks for hard drives, hit the Pause/Break key. It should pause.
5. If you are planning to use xboxhdm, insert the CD to your PC CD-ROM drive. (Make sure you haven't unplugged the IDE cable to your CD-ROM drive!)
6. Turn on the Xbox.
7a. When the MS logo appears under the big X, remove the Xbox IDE cable and quickly plug in the PC IDE cable.
7b. If the MS logo doesn't appear, then swap just before the error screen shows up instead.
8. Hit space bar to continue booting the PC. If it takes a long time to boot (several minutes), then the HD has not been unlocked.
Here's the method I use for hotswapping while in Windows. I've only tried it in XP.
1. Open the Xbox and set it close to the PC. Plug it in.
2. Open the PC and make sure an IDE cable is free and can reach the Xbox HD.
3. Turn on th PC and start up Windows.
4. Turn on the Xbox.
5a. When the MS logo appears under the big X, remove the Xbox IDE cable and quickly plug in the PC IDE cable.
5b. If the MS logo doesn't appear, then swap just before the error screen shows up instead.
6. Go to Device Manager (Control Panel -> System -> Hardware tab -> Device Manager) and go to Action -> Scan for hardware changes. If it takes a long time to detect (several minutes), then the HD has not been unlocked
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Troa
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28. January 2005 @ 12:43 |
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If you are having problems flashing a bios, I found what helped me was changing the hard drive. Either change it back to the original Xbox HDD or try putting a new one in, which ever is needed in your situation.
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jsellnow
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28. January 2005 @ 13:09 |
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How do I get a bios for my Spider Chip? I've looked around on-line, but I can't one. Can anyone help?? Thanks!
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HeLLSaTaN
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28. January 2005 @ 15:20 |
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yo Reliq. the spider chip has a unlock/lock hdd in the setting cant i just do that instead of doing all that?
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warlox
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28. January 2005 @ 16:39 |
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oh it gets worse guyz! i hooked my burner up to my xbox (ide cable to xbox, power supply of computer.)and low and behold it loaded the frigging bios!! buuuut, upon loading the stinking bios, in this god forsaken chip, the instant it flashed-blam!!! the screen went blank and the xbox cut off. i turned off the chip and turned on the xbox. the green screen comes on (the one that says xbox), but there was no microsoft. it gets better than that...3 seconds later i get error 7, which means there is a hard drive error. wtf??!! what can i do? will hotswapping help me reload the bios?? HEEELLLP!!!!
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warlox
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28. January 2005 @ 16:43 |
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not the bios-i meant the microsoft dash board
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osanekun
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30. January 2005 @ 00:57 |
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warlox,
sounds like you successfully loaded the Bios if you get the green blurb animation. What Bios did you load? X2, M8?
The reason you got the error is because you dont have a Dashboard loaded yet (like Evox). The easiest is to use an auto installer. I suggest the Auto installer from xbox-hq, you gotta pay a donation of $5 but its well worth the cost especially all the other things you can download, another choice is the Slayers Auto installer.
Also a few questions, what version xbox do you have and did you put in a new hard drive or do you still have the original HD in there?
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warlox
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30. January 2005 @ 07:42 |
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the chip must be dead, because when i turn it on, it blanks out 3 times then gives me flashing red and green eject button, with it off-error 7. i took it out, still get error 7.
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bagong
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30. January 2005 @ 09:32 |
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btw how do u guys know that the hardist is unlok or lock...sorry kind of noob here.
wuii
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HeLLSaTaN
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30. January 2005 @ 13:22 |
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Ok i used the modchip 2 unlock the hdd.. and my comp found it.. I tryed flashing and it sits at found bios... the thing just hanges..
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1. February 2005 @ 10:17
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Trotsky37
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12. February 2005 @ 11:35 |
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I have the spiderchip 1.1 on my brand spanking new 1.6 box and it works fine. The wires were a little fragile and one of the pogo pins I had to finesse to get it to extend out all the way but other than that installation was a breeze. My box has the samsung drive and it read my bios.bin, the evox m8+_16, off of a Memorex CD-RW burnt in ISO9660 mode off my ND-1300a DVDwriter using Roxio EZ CD Creator 6, with no problems. I must admit I tried one of my cheap CD-Rs first and it wouldnt work. So, all in all I'd give the Spiderchip a thumbs up.
Got the chip in the mail on Friday morning and I'm playing backed up games today on Saturday afternoon.
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issati
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12. February 2005 @ 20:52 |
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hey
I have a xenium 2.0 and i used the instant boot from hard drive. now i dont know how to uninstant boot it. I DONT LIKE THIS THING AND I HAVE TO FORMAT MY C DRIVE BUT I CANT, because i cant get to that red screen. Dose anyone know how we can go back to the norman form? how to turn of the instant boot????
PLZ HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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