Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject: help
i have a modded xbox,which i sold to this guy and it worked great then he calls me and says its not working,so i go to pick it up,and it not working......the problem is when you hit the power button the green light flashes and keeps cutting off,then when it does stay on the light flashes green to red,i get no picture,but you can here the drive going ,if anyone has any idea what can be wrong ,i would be thankful.and like i said i had no other problem before it worked find.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject:
That sounds like a typical frag. You can probably hear the machine turn on and off two times or so, before it flashes green/red.
Did this person do anything to the machine?? Of course they usually say they don't. I love when I sell a machine and two days later they email me to say that something is wrong with it. When I ask what they did, they are like, 'nothing dude, I just came home and turned it on". Then after I troubleshoot I find that they deleted the bios off the chip or something, which can only happen electronically...meaning they were playing around and wiped it clean...lol. I let them blame it on their dog.
It sounds like you have one or two things happen. First, I'd like to know is how long was this mod stable before you sold it?? Did you have it working for a day, a month, a year?? Like Shark said, how is it modded? YOu ahve to give us quite a bit more info.
If you machine is chipped and the chip was soldered, I'd check to see if the bios is okay. Can you boot the machine without the chip?? If the machine was chipped and a soldereless chip was used, I'd check the alignment of the chip.
If your chip requires an external bank select switch, make sure he's selecting the correct bank, try a different bank and see what you get.
If this is a quick solder chip, after the machine heats up and cools a few times small solder imperfections can come about causing a frag. Simply just hit the points again with your iron and see if all goes well.
As you can see, so many things can cause your exact symptoms. Until we know more about your setup, we won't know which fits best.
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drizzt55 Xbox-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: thanks guys
thinks for the iam going to have a friend who mod boxes look at this weekend,
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject:
Did I start drinking too early or is this more of a Jar Jar Binks kind of reponse.
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drizzt55 Xbox-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject: lol
sorry guys...lol...what i was trying to say a friend of mine who installs chips is going to look at it...lol......but if my chip is wiped can my info be put back on it...
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:
Yes, if the chip is the problem it can be reflashed. But, that may not be your problem, I was just throwing an instance out there.
It could be chip placement. Also, how do you know that this person didn't open the box up to look inside and see how it was chipped and scratch something??
If a trace was scratched, it could cause the problem to.
There should be a way for you to narrow down if it is chip related or motherboard related. There should be a way for you to launch the Xbox with the chip disabled.
Meesa Thinks...thatsa good ideasa...
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