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Spiderchip Nightmare
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slautterb
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15. June 2005 @ 06:31 |
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Hello, I installed the spiderchip v1.0 to an XBOX v1.6
The Enhanced Cromwell Bios appeared upon startup.
I chose to unlock the HD thinking it would benifit me later on.
I used the Xecuter 4389 bios to flash the chip.( because the instructions said use any bios you want)
When the reboot process finished the XBox would not reboot.
The XBOX would start and stop a few times then displayed
an error screen telling me the XBOX needs service.
Obviously I did a bad flash.
The error code at the top left of the screen was 05 which I believe is for the HD.
I purchased the Spiderchip Programmer, however it did not come with connection instructions, or any instructions.
Also I believe I'll need the Enhanced Cromwell Bios to
Reflash the chip and relock the HD.
The trouble is I don't know where to find the Cromwell Bios, or the instructions I'll need to put everything back to
where I started.
Can you offer any suggestions?
I'm thinking I should have just purchased another Spiderchip and reversed my steps.
Can anyone help?
The error screen remains even after uninstalling the chip.
XBOX All JACKED UP
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hazmat22
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16. June 2005 @ 04:57 |
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From what I've learned after I used X2 v4981 on my spider chip, it doesn't work on 1.6 xbox's. I have another thread going looking for any way to fix this without buying the external programmer, since i want to avoid spending more if i can. The external programmer should do the trick on it's own for updating the bios, and the one you want to use i think is the evox m8_plus 16. as for instructions for it, try google for info if the included ones aren't good enough. where do you live? maybe i can buy your programmer off you when you are done =)
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mdsup
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16. June 2005 @ 09:31 |
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Flashbios(cromwell) can be found at xecuter's site...as for the correct hacked bios to flash, you have 2 options.
1. m8 or m8plus
2. x2_5035 v1.6 (will only work if the spiderchip allows a 512k bios)
@hazmat the only option you can try without a programmer is hotswapping the chip with another modded xbox...however, the best and simplest solution is to use a programmer...maybe next time you will do your homework and find out which bios will work with your xbox.
1.6 xbox
x3
dual hd's
seagate 300gig hd
seagate 100gig notebook hd
lots of led's
Halo2 LE(the blue case)
1.4
x3/x3 control panel/x3 lcd
400gig seagate
blue/green eject light
white controller port lights
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hazmat22
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16. June 2005 @ 14:36 |
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Yeah, I know hotswapping is an option, but I don't feel like having to ask a friend if I can tear open their xbox too. Already ordered the progammer anyways. I was doing my homework actually, but due to the nature of this pursuit, there is a lot of outdated and contradictory information out there, so what I was reading misled me. It seems like a pretty common problem from the posts on other sites, since spider is a cheaper chip and doesn't have any extra memory banks or backup options. Live and learn.
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jn420
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17. June 2005 @ 12:02 |
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I bought the programmer and It doesn't come with any instructions. After a hour of connecting and reconnecting the programmer cords I got it to read the chip.
To be able to make the programmer work you need to first plugin the usb cord. Open up the SpiderChip programmer program. Then you need to restard you computer and plug in the chip. If your computer won't reconize the chip try diffrent variations of the chord set up.....
I would never suggest to anyone to buy anything from spiderchip. Their product sucks......
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slautterb
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17. June 2005 @ 14:37 |
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Well I'm Stuck with it.
The one thing I'm worried about is I unlocked the hard Drive when I had the Enhanced cromwell Bios screen.
I'm hoping I can find that exact Bios to reflash the chip with
in order to relock the hard drive because I think thats where the error
screen is generated from.
I'll try doing everything this weekend.
Thanks Dudes
If theres anyone who has anything to
Add, please don't hesitate.
Keep rockin the Box!
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mdsup
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17. June 2005 @ 15:09 |
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i told you where you can get the Cromwell(Flashbios) bios at...go to xecuter's site, and in the downloads section you will find the cromwell(flashbios).
1.6 xbox
x3
dual hd's
seagate 300gig hd
seagate 100gig notebook hd
lots of led's
Halo2 LE(the blue case)
1.4
x3/x3 control panel/x3 lcd
400gig seagate
blue/green eject light
white controller port lights
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slautterb
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17. June 2005 @ 16:03 |
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Will It Be The Enhanced Version allowing you to unlock and relock your Hard Drive?
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williewon
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17. June 2005 @ 20:06 |
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i can't get the programmer to recognize the chip either.
which position does the red wire in the switch to chip harness go?
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slautterb
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18. June 2005 @ 15:54 |
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Well, I've obtained the cromwell bios from the Team Xecuter site.
The programmer is detected in the programmer software.
The programmer software is displaying the ceomwell 2.4 Bios.
I have connected the patch cord plug to the programmer, then to the go
between on off switch that came with the programmer.
I pluged the white end connector of the cord containing the male end
for the pin header of the Spiderchip, to the other side of the on off
switch go between board.
Finally I pluged the male end of the cord to the Spiderchip pin header
connector.
The three blue lights are on.
"The Spiderchip is not detected" is the message I get when I try the verify or write buttons of the software.
I have tried all possible connecting configurations that I can see availible here.
Maybe I should say a prayer over the whole mess.
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hazmat22
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18. June 2005 @ 20:41 |
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i will get my programmer on monday or tuesday i think, and after i give it a shot i will let you know how it went. That's pretty bad that it doesn't come with instructions though.
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williewon
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19. June 2005 @ 06:32 |
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slautterb that's exactly where i am.
very frustrating.
i can't find ANY instructions ANYWHERE for this thing.
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hazmat22
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20. June 2005 @ 13:41 |
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so far i've got the programmer hooked up using the on/off board in the middle, and i've tried plugging the male header connection in both ways, even though doing that made me nervous. same thing everytime, chip not detected. does the xbox with your chip need to be on during this process? also, has anyone tried the anti static shielding method they have on the website? I don't want to try it unless I have to, since it was hard enough to get all those wires in the first time, I never want to do it again. i sent an email to them today, and also to the place i bought it from, hopefully someone will bother to answer with some help.
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slautterb
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20. June 2005 @ 15:03 |
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Well I don't have the chip installed at this point.
I took it out when I got the error screen.
I was hoping that would restore the Box to its original state.
If I could get the Cromwell Bios back into the chip I think I can reverse my steps and straighten it all out.
Of course all the hair like filiment wires have broken off at this
point but I have an alternate solution for that.
"Detect already, Damn chip"!
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sga91
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20. June 2005 @ 17:00 |
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Get a xenium ice chip, insatll, your done.
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hazmat22
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20. June 2005 @ 17:25 |
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helpful advice when you already own a chip you'd like to get your money's worth out of
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Hitman122
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21. June 2005 @ 20:53 |
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i need help i can not get evox on my xbox after i flashed the bios
can someone help me !!!!!!!!
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tyche7
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22. June 2005 @ 07:07 |
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The easiest way to get Evox on an Xbox if you're not experienced is to use Slayer's Evox Autoinstaller 2.6 (most recent version to date). Otherwise there are guides out there on how to install it using an Evox install CD. Either way you'll probly need to burn it on a CD-RW and boot from that CD to install it.
Brent
"Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral. "
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Hitman122
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22. June 2005 @ 11:19 |
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i can not find it where can i find it
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jn420
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22. June 2005 @ 11:51 |
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I got everything to work but the vairfy part. The read of the chip took 20min and the write took 8 hours. Not to mention 2 hours just to get windows to reconize the usb programmer. I haven't put the chip back in to see if it works but I hope that this will help some of you.
What finally worked for me was plugging in the USB cord with nothing attached. Restart your computer and open the Spiderchip programmer software.
Then attach the programmer to the on/off switch and the spider chip to that switch.
Then plug it all in to the usb cord at once. All three should have blue lights on. If not something is hooked up wrong.
The program will see the programmer but not the actual spiderchip. At this time unplug the actual mod chip and plug it directly into the programmer chip(removing the on/off switch). Then you should be able to read and write to the chip(very long process).
I couldn't get verify to work and haven't tried to put the chip in to my xbox to see if it works. Hope this helps..... It took lots and lots of trial and error for me to figure this out.
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slautterb
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23. June 2005 @ 04:13 |
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Ok I'll Give Your Method a Try. Thanks
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hazmat22
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23. June 2005 @ 10:58 |
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I've never had a light come on on the spider chip itself, unless the xbox is turned on. you have your chip out of your box, and you're getting the light on the spider chip itself to go on, so i think that's part of my problem right tehre. i'm trying your method anyways right now, and the programmer is sitting there now, eating 100% of my resources, so i don't know if this is going to happen. divineo finally answered my email and said to contact spider directly, because they haven't received any guide themselves. spider hasn't answered, and eveyrone says they never do on the boards i've been on
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jn420
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27. June 2005 @ 20:23 |
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I did have my chip removed from the xbox. I have emailed spiderchip several times to no aval. Ive been to busy to try and reinstall the chip but I will try it tommorw.
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mikebo911
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29. June 2005 @ 05:26 |
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Alright, so I've successfully programmed my chip. Let me say, this really is much harder than it should be. The good news is, once you actually get the software to detect the chip, everything runs pretty smoothly (even though it did take several hours for it to write a 256kb program). Anyway here's what I did:
-remove the mod chip from the xbox
-make sure you have a bios ready to program (i used m8)
-The other guy's idea worked for me, which was to first plug the programmer in with the on/off switch connected. It's hard to tell which wires go on which side of the switch, but re re-arrange the configuration until when the switch is on, the blue light on the switch and the mod chip and the programmer are all on, and when you turn the switch off, the light on the switch and mod chip turns off. Make sure you also have that small wire that is used to connect the spider chip to it's on/off switch is plugged into the programmer's on/off switch.
-Once you have this result, take the on/off switch OFF so that it's just the usb cord, the programmer, and the mod chip. At this point, it becomes more of an art than a science. It's hard to tell which orientation to connect the pins to the chip itself, but it the correct configuration is the one that makes the blue light on the chip shine bright. Even then, your computer may not recognize the chip and give you an error message when you try to read or write. Keep plugging and unplugging things and making sure everything looks right and retrying the software until you get it right. It took me about 15-20 minutes of plugging and unplugging stuff and switching cables and crap until it started to work.
-I don't think there's any point to reading the chip, so don't waste your time with anything but the writing. That alone took several hours, which i believe is less than 1 byte per second. Pretty pathetic. Why couldn't the makers have included some instructions, or at least have something on their website? All in all, the spider chip is not worth the 30 bucks you save as opposed to other chips.
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mikebo911
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29. June 2005 @ 08:07 |
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Also, for some reason Divineo.com sent me an extra USB programmer for the spider chip. If anyone wants it, I'd like to get rid of it for $20. E-mail me at mikebo911@yahoo.com
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