Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:25 am Post subject: To which BIOS should I update?
Hi there,
my Xbox was modded by a dealer in mid 2005 with, according to what he told me, an Aladdin XT chip. The box boots into the microsoft dash when powered on with the eject button or with a short touch of the power button and into XBMC with a longer one. In the latter case, the box displays "XECUTER2" instead of "Microsoft" on the bottom screen border. The box is equipped with a 80 GB hdd which is filled to the max.
I'm neither sure of the chip nor the BIOS since they dont get recognized:
Quote:
XBOX BIOS CHECKER 5.0 - By CrackJack (www.darkmoon.org)
I want to update my BIOS with AID 4.02. However, I don't know which one I should choose.
Thanks in advance for your recommendations!
Last edited by tdefpcdqylav on Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:48 am; edited 1 time in total
Mathgammon Xbox-HQ Enthusiast Xbox Version: 1.0, 1.6 Modded: X3CE, Duox2GS
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:12 am Post subject:
Surest way to know is to crack your box. If you see a chip, compare it to pictures you find online, or snap a photo and post it here for someone to identify for you if you're unsure. I'm by no means an expert, so perhaps those hash strings you posted will mean something to someone else and opening your box will be unnecessary...
Likewise, my experience with modding has largely been restricted to hard mods (chips), although I did help a friend soft mod his box, so I am unsure whether a soft modded box would respond to different power button presses the way a chipped box does. It does not strike me as all that unlikely, however. Still, considering the cost involved in having a dealer chip your box for you, the first thing I would have done upon recieving it would be to test it to make sure it worked...the second thing would be to crack it open to check whether the dealer had actually chipped it or merely softmodded it and pocketed the difference. So long as you don't do anything stupid, there is next to zero risk of screwing anything up if you open your box and peek around inside.
tdefpcdqylav Xbox-HQ Newbie Xbox Version: 1.0, 1.6 Modded: X3CE, Duox2GS
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:
Thanks for your reply. I have to clarify here that I'm very sure that the box is equipped with some modchip - in fact I stood beneath when it was fitted into my box. It also looked very similar to this and I got an invoice stating an Aladdin XT.
I'm just not sure if it's a genuine chip since it's identified as 'homebrew'. Same applies to the installed BIOS - my understanding is that the identification utility should know about a chip and a BIOS which were sold at least a few hundred, if not thousand times alone by that sole dealer.
This is why I'm looking for someone more experienced than me to assist me in the task of flashing a more recent BIOS.
boobs Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.6 V1.3 Modded: X3CE
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject:
can tou get it to a flashbios screen try both eject an power at same time or holding eject then tapping power
Mathgammon Xbox-HQ Enthusiast Xbox Version: 1.0, 1.6 Modded: X3CE, Duox2GS
For versions 1 to 1.3 any bios except the specific 1.6 bios types.
For versions 14 to 1.5 any Evox Bios M7 or Later. Any X2 Bios from 4979 onwards. Earlier X2 bios files do not support the Focus video encoder
For versions 1.6 M8.16 or M8+.16 (Any custom variant as long as it is the 16 type) Not X3
This means that your bios choice depends largely on your Xbox version. Do you happen to know what version your box is?
boobs Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.6 V1.3 Modded: X3CE
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject:
x2 5035 is the newer build off is x2 bios
x2 5035 for v1.0 v1.5 xbox
x2 5035 v16 plus for v1.6 v1.6b xbox
the above bios are as old as the one you allready have on chip
Mathgammon Xbox-HQ Enthusiast Xbox Version: 1.0, 1.6 Modded: X3CE, Duox2GS
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:08 am Post subject:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Aladding XT a 256k chip? The X2 5035 bios, at 512k, is too fat for it. If he goes with an Xecutioner bios, I believe the X2 4981 (256k multi-version) would be a better fit.
boobs Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.6 V1.3 Modded: X3CE
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:31 am Post subject:
yes the bios must be 256k in size
this part mislead me
512k BIOSES:
1. Bios > Unknown
MD5 Hash = F1FAABE21BC1D4F204E318FC4453A9B7
2. Bios > Unknown
MD5 Hash = F1FAABE21BC1D4F204E318FC4453A9B7
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