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LoL! I got a TSOP fragged Xbox too. The Xblast method only works for 1mb TSOP which is basically same as the three wire method. Or on the 256KB MS Bios. Any custom bios Fragged on the TSOP the m7.TSOP will not boot. Wish you the best of luck and I hope you succeed on the TSOP Programmer method so you can write a tutorial for us Noobs!

Did you receive the Xblast modchip and give that method a try?

I am sure it will not work, as an LEDs only pupose is to emit light and does not have any voltage regulator in it. If you are in Canada search for BC Robotics as they have all the supplies you will need to build your eeprom reader under $5. Again I am no expert in electronics it might be possible maybe some other member can clarify this better.

Thanks Sweetdarkdestiny, I have that version. But I have read that there is clock issue with that version which is reverting it back to Default factory date on every boot and it is fixed now in the SID6. The max clock date in ernix.xtf was set to 2019/06/06 . In SID6 it fixed until 2099 date. Dave said he might have the new version and he is going to look for it.

Thank you so much Dave.

Anyone here has copy of the new Softmod Installer 6 Deluxe plus the USB version (SID6) that they can share?

I don't know the answer to that but I remember my early days when I was installing pin headers for mochips my success was only 50% so every other modchip job was a frag and had to reflow and test again. Later on a electrician friend advised me to start cleaning the LPC port from both sides with alcohol, add little flux and tin both sides of LPC port (without any solder) before inserting the pinheader for soldering. Success rate became 100%.

Please don't take this project seriously, I know you are very dedicated to it, but health is very important in this pandemic period so look after yourself and your loved ones and be safe. There are many alternatives for all of us for xbox needs, so we can all wait patiently. Wish you a quick recovery.

Download the Hexen Xbox Engineering Disk for now and use that to flash TSOP/Modchip. Or the best is if you have your xbox softmoded then FTP XBlast and your choice of Bios to xbox and use that to flash.

The older first generation Garmin GPS Works the same way. May be other brand GPS works as well.

Bro, thanks for sending me the link. I burnt the DVD and flashed the winbond with all three bios in the options IND, Xecuter and Evox. All flashed Fine with Xblast. I did not try the UX and Special Bios, may be too chicken to do that! Evox I flashed the Nodvd And YesDVD and it flashed fine did not try the speacial and UX. And I was fine with the Blue X when I saw it with no music and flubber! Thanks for the Readme note regarding the Blue X without NO music and flubber. I am sure it was the New version of Resctook that caused the problem, because I used the previous one to flash the same Winbond it flashed it fine in the OGXBOX 1.1.6 disk.

Please go with the Xblast flashing method in your next release. I requested this previously too. Xblast can erase, flash and resize any bios file.

I got two Winbond TSOP xbox. Should I try the same bios on them? I got pin headers intalled on them in case TSOP fails and I will snap in a modchip. That way we will know for sure. But the Xblast TSOP recovery does not work on a 256kb TSOP that has a EVOX M8 or Xecuter bios fragged on them. The M7_TSOP bios simply will not boot the to TSOP to run the DVD. I tried it many times. Please share the method if you succeed.

Its been pleasure checking out this kick ass disk. Let me know please how else I can help. I have 14 xboxs in my collection and have various brands of modchips to test. I don't care If I screw up any xbox or modchip as this for fun and a side hobby. There are plenty more on sale around where I live in the $25-30 range!!

And It has been tested on with a DuoX2 Modchip as well.

Sweetdarkdestiny, yes I have tried flashing the NO-DVD Bios to TSOP, OpenXenium, Xenium Ice, Xblast lite and to a Aladdin modchip. The 2TB Green HD booted just fine and I was able to cold boot DVD Drive. I disabled the Head Parking feature on them using the WDIDLE3 Utility. Maybe put a link to the Ultimatebootdisk download page that's what I used. The disk comes with various other useful tools and lots tutorials on youtube how to use the disk and WDIDLE3 which is on the disk. Maybe if you can please include the two tools (Ponyprog and Liveinfo Beta) used for eeprom reading, writing and modifying they can be very handy. I have them but can save time for other users.

Dave, I maybe didn't clarify myself. TSOP_m7 will not boot it self flashed on a modchip if the tsop that is fragged has a Xecuter or EvoxM8 bios flashed onto it. I tried this by connecting d0 and A15 to ground on a Xenium ICE modchip and also a Xblast Lite which has A15 and D0 solder points on the modchip. TSOP recovery methods are only good for 1MB flash motherboards. Motherboards that have a 256KB TSOP flash can only be recovered if the the TSOP that is fragged on them was a MS original Bios. If trying to recover a bad flash on a 256kb motherboard that has a M8plus or Xecuter will not recover, TSOP_M7 will not boot. If someone had luck with this plz let me know how.

The best way to use the WDIDLE3 Tool is to download the Ultimatebootdisk. Its free boot disk https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ . Boot it from a PC and access the Utility from within the boot disk. Super easy lots of tutorials on youtube regarding this and takes only less than 20 seconds to disable Head parking feature on the green drives. Thanks again Dave for pointing this out.

Great work Sweetdestiny! I have tested the Installer on all my Xboxs TSOPs and Modchips. Works great for flashing and Hard Drive upgrades. I don't think anyone gonna ever complain about not having a certain bios! But they sure will complain about getting lost in the so many BIOSs. LOL!! We are going to need map now to find our way in and out of the Bios choices!! Great work.

I have a Xblast Lite and TSOP_M7 flashed to one of the banks. I had a TSOP Fragged XBOX that I tried it on to recover the TSOP. TSOP was flashed with a M8plus that fragged on it. M7 Bios would not boot. It only boots to recover a MS original TSOP or a possibly a IND 2004 on some xbox versions, It will not recover any other messed up BIOS on the TSOP. I tried this for countless hours. I tried booting the TSOP.M7 on M8Plus, Xecuter, IND Bios flashed TSOP bioses. It will boot none of them. Only one it booted fro me was the MS Genuine TSOP and I was able to flash that one. All others it did not boot. Wish I had read this quote from the creator carefully! "- There is a chance this BIOS will not boot if you have previously flashed a hacked BIOS on your TSOP. From personnal experience, M8+ and X2 5035 are problematic across all revisions. IND-BIOS 5004 works on my 1.2 and 1.4 but not on my 1.0(probably an RC4 key issue)."

Many thanks to Dave for pointing out this tool. Here is a download link to the tool. Took me a while to find it. Software and Firmware Downloads | WD Support (wdc.com)

Dear friend I narrowed it down to the WD Green 2TB HD. Its not compatible with the no DVD Bios. Both Xboxs that I tried the M8 NODVD bios had the Green 2TB with SATA Adaptors made by kingwin. Its not the BIOS its the WD Green Crap. I tried an IDE WD 500GB Blue and a stock Xbox drive and both xbox boot fine with the NODVD M8 Bios. But weird thing is M8 with DVD Support, IND and Executer have no problems. Please add the WD Green 2TB as a culprit to the NODVD Bios list lol!!

Dave the DVD Drives are fine, As soon as I flash the TSOP with EVOX DVD Support bios they work. Also all the other bios work fine too. Its just EVOX NODVD Bios I am having trouble with.

Sorry to be a pain but I tried all this, I have no clue what I am doing wrong but soon as flash a NoDVD evox bios my Xbox wont boot. Will just freeze on X logo. As Soon as I Unhook the IDE Cable from the DVD Drive it boots fine. Tried flashing a TSOP on Winbond and Hynix. Same story on both. Happy New Year!!!.

Dave Sorry I did not clarify my self. I meant EVOX M8 Plus with DVD Support.