We are proud to announce the first public build of the long anticipated X3 Bios. Not only is X3 very powerful - its also a lot of fun to use. Those who like toying with their bios will absolutely love using X3 Config Live.

We won't be making any bold statements like X3 will revolutionize the Xbox scene, but we will say this mod is of the highest build quality, has undergone the most extensive development and beta testing of any Xbox mod to date and of everything we've ever done in the scene is the best work we have ever done. Everyone who has tested the mod tells the same story - that its not only easy to use, fun to play with but also the best Xbox modchip experience they have ever had with every option you would ever need (All X3 Beta testers also tested competitors mods to give a fair assessment of quality difference).

There is so much more we are going to add to the bios in future - as we have always done for you in the past, not to mention the expansive windows based software that is also being developed to make your mod experience even better.

We are also developing many quality hardware addons, all with our famous quality and design procedures direct from our factory in Asia. We have already shown you the "Pro" switch design for X3 which will be shipped shortly. However due to our extensive manufacturing capabilities we have also designed a complete replacemnt front panel for the Xbox dubbed the "X3 Control Panel".



X3 Control PanelIncludes a customized LCD screen, all switches, LED's and Infra Red control - all built into a redesigned Xbox front panel which simply unclips from the Xbox. The X3 CP is entirely plug and play - no soldering at all is required. See pictures below for our original 3D drawings - expect it to be on shelves shortly too.

We have worked so hard on the quality of X3 in the last few months - we sincerely hope that you enjoy our efforts. Here is the list of current features. You will be playing with this within the next week - look out for many testers own experiences over the next couple of days - they will be received by many many testers and competition winners over the next couple of days.

2MB Flash Rom With 15 Bios Storage Options
Dedicated 256K Backup Rom with a new Linux based bios (Can be upgraded to any bios you wish)
i2c Bus for X3 Config LIVE!
New Enhanced I/O Bus for Full LCD support (and other future hardware addons)
All LCD modules to be custom made with adapters so no soldering required
2 Modes Flash Protection Control (On Switch and on Mod itself)
Mod Enable - Quick Press reset to boot from 2Mb
Flash Rom (External LED will indicate Blue X3 Logo)
Mod Disable - Press reset >1 second (External LED will indicate RED X3 Logo)
Quick Press Power+Eject >1 second to boot from 256k Backup Rom (External LED will indicate PURPLE X3 Logo)
HDD Activity LED
LAN Activity LED
D0 Control (Disable Mod Via Software)
Wire Install Adapter (New design that plugs into pin header)
Pin Header Install (Pin header supplied)
High Quality external switch with changeable facias (different colors and logos)
X3 works perfectly fine without the external switch. We give YOU the option without forcing the choice.
New X3 Bios with X3 Config Live OS - Supports v1.0 - v1.6 (Current version)
Supplied with all adapters & cables

Bank Modes:
256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/
512k/512k/512k/512k/
1024k/1024k
2048k

X3 Config LIVE!
All X3 Config Live! features are displayed on screen
* All works direct from new X3 on any new install - settings stored to the mod not Hard Drive.
* Select which bios bank to boot via software
* Switch to either retail bios mode or FULL debug bios mode
* Option to reset Xbox with X3 disabled
* Display / Edit bios names from each bank
* X3 Auto names bios banks from filename of bios
* Full DHCP & Static IP Support
* Built-in FTP Server with Boost Mode (Over 11,000kb/sec !!)
* Built-in Webserver
* Flash BIOS via HTTP
* Flash BIOS via FTP
* New FTP Based Bios Storage System
* Control all BIOS / Mod functions and settings from HTTP & PC App
* Enhanced BIOS flash speed (Between 22 and 25 seconds - Erase/Flash/Verify)
* Built-in Onscreen Keyboard
* Built in incremental screen shot capability (White + Back - E:X3screenshots dir)
* Boot to X3 Config Live from any dashboard without resetting
* Quick Reboot feature on the gamepad (Black + back)
* Customize all features of the bios on-the-fly
* LBA48 Live Control (Select Standard Xbox Drive, Nghtshds Saved Partitions, F Gets All, F gets 137GB G Gets the rest)
* Supports Nghtshd's New Saved Partition Tools
* IGR Live Control (Enable or Disable)
* Quick Launch Feature (Select Xbe to boot on startup by holding a trigger)
* Customize startup animation colors on-the-fly (New Active Color Picker System)
* 6 Xbox Logo color presets
* Customize startup flubber colors on-the-fly (New Active Color Picker System)
* 7 Flubber Color Presets
* New 3D X3 Logo embedded into startup animation on bootup to sho easy recognition of X3 Booting
* Cool new animated "3" graphic that zooms in onto the X Logo on startup (Colors can be customized)
* Change Camera Angles of the startup animation (select between 15 options or choose random)
* Enable / Disable Wireframe flubber
* Enable / Disable TM Symbol on Xbox Boot Logo
* Change background colors of the startup screen
* Custom startup logo (x3logo.bmp on E drive - 256 colors 180x50)
* Reset Xbox with gamepad (black + back)
* Password your XBOX for extra security
* Change your power LED color on the fly
* Set your Internal Fan Speed on-the-fly
* Enable or Disable Reset on eject hack
* Boot to original MS Dash
* Boot to original MS Bios
* Load Bios from HDD C, D, E, F and Flash (both 2mb Flash Rom & 256k Backup Flash Rom)
* Load Bios from DVD-ROM and Flash (both 2mb Flash Rom & 256k Backup Flash Rom)
* Format & Partition HDD
* Install & Partition Brand new HDD (ready to FTP in less than 5 seconds!)
* Lock / Unlock HDD
* Create a data file (x3data.txt) on E drive with all your Xbox's settings and information. Also includes all your flubber / logo color information for sharing.
* Set / Display Video Mode
* Progressive Scan Control (480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i)
* Set widescreen / letterbox
* Set / Display Game Region
* Set / Display DVD Region
* Display HDD Password
* Display All Xbox Live Configuration
* Display All Network Configuration
* Display all Eeprom public and encrypted data
* Display Xbox Version
* Display Video Encoder Version
* Display all temperature readings (v1.0 - v1.5)
* Save XBOX EEPROM to X3
* Save XBOX EEprom to Hard Drive via FTP
* Restore XBOX EEPROM from X3
* Restore XBOX EEprom from Hard Drive via FTP
* Option to Format the X3 Eeprom and revert to defaults)
* Auto Save EEPROM to X3 on first install
* Save Settings to EEPROM
* Set default dashboard
* Setup custom dashboard selection (5 Different Dashboards - You choose)
* Set drive to boot dash from (C E or F)
* Auto Fix of corrupt date / time
* Jump straight to X3 Config Live from any xbe (Use IGR then press white button)
* Many Warning dialogue boxes to make it difficult to do something wrong.
* X3 Software Integration to other dashboards
* Brand new X3 Bios Manager for the PC - MANY new features including full BIOS configuration via built in webserver

LCD Features
* Custom text Display on boot
* Display X3 Config Live Version
* Display Dip switch selection
* Display Soft Bios Selection
* Control brightness level from 0% to 100%
* 100% XBMC Compatible
* New Avalaunch(info) LCD displays

FlashBIOS v3.0.0 Features (Supplied Linux Based Bios)
* Flash Bios via Webserver
* Flash Bios via Hard Drive
* Flash Bios via DVD-ROM
* DHCP & Static IP Support
* Lock/Unlock Hard Drive
* Supports all video encoders (v1.0 - v1.6)

Features currently in development
* Display XBE names on LCD
* Custom Flubber.x and Xboxlogo.x to be stored on the X3 mod itself (not HDD)
* Extensive PC app still in development (Ready Soon)