sidocious

May 10, 2022

6 minutes ago, sweetdarkdestiny said:

For Winbond TSOP's use the XBlastOS flasher of this disk. It will flash your W29C040T just fine. And EvoX can't flash the Winbond TSOP's.

Copy protection.

Thank you, I will try it.

May 10, 2022

Hi,

Can I flash my W29C040T BIOS with this flash disc? Because I have an Xbox v1.2 with it.

I do not find this Winbond W29C040T in evox.ini just this one: "Flash = 0xda46,"Winbond W29C040",0x40000".

And I got error message with other flash tools (Size error)

Thank you in advance!

April 8, 2021

13 hours ago, KaosEngineer said:

Can you post some pictures of the mod for the MSI DVD drive?

Verify with a multimeter that the eject signal connected from the Xbox to the LG 8163B drive is actually changing state when the front panel button is pressed.

MSI DVD is not important, but your idea was the key of the solution.

The guy who made that "MSI" mod, pulled out the eject pin from the power on/eject board's (pin4) and put it back to the empty pin (pin10). So I rebuild it and than now works well.

BIG Thank you again!

April 7, 2021

Hi Friends,

I'm here to ask your help again.

My friend ask me to repair his xbox. When I opened it I seen the following.

Xbox 1.6 with an MSI DVD/DVD RW drive. The dvd drive was soldered to the eject button's board. I do not know this type of DVD MOD cause I always use LG 8163B drive.

So the plan was the following. Soldering in an Aladdin XT modchip and change this unknown DVD mod to other --> LG 8163B (it was tested in some other xboxes and worked well) and change the HDD to a bigger one.

Okay, chip soldered in, works well. DVD drive changed to 8163B, and here is my problem, the eject button won't work. I can open the DVD tray only with the eject button of the 8163B. I not tested the eject button before the changes.

I checked the traces on the motherborad with multimeter, everythings fine. I checked the Poweron/Eject board, there is no problem with it.

So, if someone has any idea what I have to try to fix it, that would be great.

Thank you in advance.

January 4, 2020

18 hours ago, SS_Dave said:

I had to laugh at the pic's in that TUT fitting a $2 cheap mod to a flashable Xbox.

Well I suppose it gives a use for the 49LF020a chips replaced by the 49LF080 chips from the Aladdin upgrades and if you are supper cheap don't use a IC socket just solder to the legs of the chip

Cheers

SS Dave

Those that can Hard-Mod. Those that can't Soft-Mod.

Yes, it is one of the oldest "modchip" but I do not like to waste my 10 pcb and 49LF020A And the solder the legs is disgusting I know that is works (or I think that is works) but really ugly

January 3, 2020

33 minutes ago, nikeymikey said:

Don’t know about the cheapmod but you can get a working Aladdin chip for a few dollars nowadays......

Hi, thank, usually I bought many of them, and yesterday bought 15 of them on Ebay

But I have 10 of CheapLPC so if that is possible, I'd like to use them too And it is an experience for me...

January 3, 2020

Hi All,

I found many different informations about the CheapLPC MOD (CheapMOD) and I try to install it to v1.4 and v1.6 versions. But I think I made a mistake or something else the problem, that is why I have questions.

This was the first step. eurasia.nu cheapmod (web archive). I used it to create the PCB. SST 49LF020A in it. Flashed with evox.m8.v16.bin (256KB).

The question, is there any REAL and usable diagram to soldering and wiring it in any version of xbox?

Can I use the mentioned bios version?

I would like to use the PCB version of CheapMOD, not the wired one.

Thanks for any help!

January 2, 2020

Hi All,

It is solved. Got a spare PSU and that works well.

BB

January 2, 2020

Hi All,

Happy New Year all of you!

Finally I've got some 48LF080A so, I used @samspin MuppetX bios to flash it. But that is failed again... Soldered out it again.

I tried some other bioses with aladdin modchip. Failed, failed, failed. Than I flashed aladdin with the oldest EvoM8 (not plus!) bios. Than the xbox started with this bios. Do not ask how it is possible, but this bios is the only one which is works in this xbox.

Weird and interesting...

Thank you all for so much help.

November 19, 2019

Hi Friends,

OFFTOPIC: Sorry for the late answer, it will be not too tech like, divorce is in progress in my life.

So, I will back when I will be ready for "soldering" again...

October 31, 2019

3 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

Link the cut trace and boot from the Aladdin mod chip is the led steady green?

if so is the Xbox listed on your network and can you FTP into it?

SS Dave

Before I cut the trace, the led was steady green and tested the FTP connection too, but there wasn't any new device on my DHCP list

On the next week (because today our family go to holiday) I will test again.

Have a nice weekend for you!

October 31, 2019

Hi Friends,

Yesterday I tested everything. Desolder everything, cleaned the mobo, solder a new pinhead, built a short wired LPC fix, as @KaosEngineer show, soldered the Aladdin which is flashed by BIOS from @SS_Dave but it is failed again. Than cut the trace and tested again, failed. Just now Xbox give the "christmas light" effect... So, thats it

When 49LF080A will arrive, I will try it again with the MuppetX which was in it before... But I'm really hopeless now

Thanks for every help!

October 30, 2019

58 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

I know it should have worked but the same with my version 1.0 it should have worked with both of the BIOS's that where in the DUO X2 chip at the time and the chip and both banks where working fine in a 1.2 box that I have not re-flashed yet.

I am clutching at straws with my Xbox that had no video may be it was interacting with the on-board bios even with the D0 grounded as the on-board bios was corrupted by me flashing a 256 kb to a 1 meg chip.

It seems computers have a mind of there own and no amount of input from us can make it change it's mind

SS Dave

Those who can hard-mod, Those who can’t soft-mod.

You"ve helped me more than I imagine... And of course KaosEngineer too... Afternoon I wil try every new idea, I will use your bios, I will desolder everything from mobo and clean it up, so than solder LPC fix with short cables and reheat everything, cut the trace... If all of them fail, I will burn the whole Xbox and drop out from 4...

Thank you for everything. @KaosEngineer thank you too.

October 30, 2019

1 hour ago, SS_Dave said:

Don't worry about re-soldering or cutting the trace.

I had a version 1.1 that did the same it'would only work on the version 1.6 BIOS in a DUO X2 mod chip and I found that it was still active on my network and was able to FTP in to it.

Try flashing this to you Aladdin chip and give it a go.

Just remove the ver 1.6

ver 1.6 bios.bin 256 kB · 0 downloads

SS Dave

Those who can hard-mod, Those who can’t soft-mod.

Thank you, I will test it and will inform you.

October 30, 2019

1 hour ago, KaosEngineer said:

That makes no sense to me. If Cromwell boots and has video output, so should Evox's M8+ BIOS. As @SS_Dave mentions above, are you flashing the correct version of the M8+ BIOS to the modchip. There are two different dot bin files. One for 1.0-1.5, m8plus.bin, and another for 1.6, m8plus16.bin, revisions of the Xbox.

Once more, which video cable are you using and TV model and region (PAL or NTSC)?

Is it the stock composite video cable that has a Yellow RCA jack for standard definition video out along with Red and White RCA jacks for analog stereo audio out?

And again, yes, I know it. There different bios for v1.0-1.5 and v1.6 and yes, I used the correct version of them.

I use original Xbox RCA (Yellow, Red, White) and that is works well, I have 6 of xboxes here now, so every other one work with this cable.

I have a PAL LCD TV, but I never found any problem to use any region of xbox on my TV.

October 30, 2019

4 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

Am I correct so far.

SS Dave

Those who can hard-mod, Those who can’t soft-mod.

Yes, you are correct.

October 30, 2019

3 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

I would normally use the D0 on the bottom of the PCB but the last one I did I forgot to run the wire and refitted the mobo so I cut the trace it's next to the text U7C1

SS Dave

Those who can hard-mod, Those who can’t soft-mod.

I will check it (or test it). Thanks

October 30, 2019

5 hours ago, KaosEngineer said:

I think for the MuppetX, it needs a 1MB (49LF080A) EEPROM instead of a 256KB (49LF020A) EEPROM. Its banks are 512KB (2x256KB) for a BIOS flashed it). I'm not sure if it will load a BIOS file properly with the smaller EEPROM installed in it.

The Aladdin XT chips use the 256KB (2Mbit - 49LF020A's).

Cromwell is a 256KB BIOS as are the modified/hacked EvolutionX M8 and M8+; Team Xecuter X2 4981 and 4983; and iND-BiOS 5003 and 5004 BIOSes. I don't see why any of these others flashed to the modchip would act any differently - no video output.

Yes, all of that crystal clear for me.

But I can't explain it better way. If I use 256KB m8+ in the aladdin, there is no output. If I use it with cromwell I got output on TV.

October 30, 2019

10 hours ago, SS_Dave said:

HI Sidocious

I this pic one of the solder joints looks suss some more flux and a bit more heat for a fraction longer is needed

Are you using a D0 wire or have you cut the Lframe point?

SS Dave

I will do what you recommend... ANd will back to inform all of you.

Usually I use D0 wire on the bottom of mobo.

October 29, 2019

22 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said:

Shorten the LPC rebuild wires. Make them just long enough to reach in a straight line without any loops in them. (I've also read they should not crossover each other.)

~~On the top side, looks like pin 11 of the header is busted off or at over half of it looks to be gone, is it?~~ I took another look. Optical illusion on the last picture makes it look broken off but I see it is not.

The pin header solder joints need to be reflowed/reheated as most of the solder is sitting on top of the pin. It has not flowed down around the pin and inside the feedthru hole on the motherboard to make a good electrical connection.

Everything have been reflowed. The LPC fix, what you see, I built it so many times and never made issues... And, as I said in my first post, it is worked with MuppetX and with the "old" LPC fix... Gave video- and audio output. Just my "clever" friend flashed that chip to fail... And than started this horrible story...

Another interesting thing, if I flash aladdin (49LF020A) with cromwell or some other modchip OS, than this xbox can give video output. When I flash the modchip from network or from a dvd, that will be fail and do the same issue...

So...

I can soldering out everything, cleaning it out, but I have hundred bucket for that, it will do the same error

I checked the whole motherboard with magnify but do not found any "bridges"... Checked connections with multimeter, I do not know what more I can do.

I'm near to retreat...

October 29, 2019

On 10/23/2019 at 4:51 AM, KaosEngineer said:

I don't think the MuppetX will work with a 256KB flash chip. Maybe the previous owner swapped flash chips with an Aladdin XT plus 2 when attempting to mod it to an Aladdin-XBlast modchip.

I'm at a loss that a new Aladdin XT+ doesn't boot either. In most cases that I've helped someone fix a FRAGing modchip installed Xbox, the problem arose from a bad connection between the LPC bus and the modchip - a cold or improper/poor solder joint of one or more header pins connected to the LPC Debug port. Possible fix: Reflow (reheat/solder) all the connections and try booting the Xbox again.

Post a picture of the pin header soldering on the back side of the motherboard. Seeing it will help to determine if the solder joints are the possible problem area.

Hi,

Sorry for the late answer, but my work ate me

So.

I try to explain again and of course I will attach a picture about the LPC fix.

I soldered out everything from the motherboard. There is no LPC fix, no modchip. Than I plugged it in and when I turn it on, than the green light blinking two short times and four long times. Than the HDD (and the whole system) turned on and spinning up. I tested it without HDD (cause its "sound" so sick), but the issue is the same again.
But there is no video/audio output.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCJqh7Y2aqI

Resoldered the LPC fix (the last one was good too, I checked all of them with multimeter) and put the aladdin in it. The situation is same.

So, that is why I totally confused about this issue... I do not understand, why I can get video output with some modchip OS, but can't got V/A ooutput with a fully working Aladdin...

October 23, 2019

9 hours ago, SakisTheDrifter said:

Are the orange wires reading 3.3V?

Yes, all of them 3.33.

October 22, 2019

20 hours ago, samspin said:

Slightly non-related but I do remember that the Muppet-X chip used to have a website at the domain "muppetchip.com" very briefly. (see http://web.archive.org/web/20050205015147/http://www.muppetchip.com/ from 2005 advertising a PS2 version, followed by an Xbox version here a couple of months later: http://web.archive.org/web/20050420041329/http://www.muppetchip.com/ ) A WHOIS lookup reveals that that domain is now owned by Disney, presumably because there is a Muppet called Chip from The Muppets. I reckon Disney complained and the modchip manufacturers handed the domain over. That might explain why these particular modchips don't turn up very often! It doesn't help that entering the site shows a Muppet character as the logo!

Thanks.

It is so sad And many of the good webpages and community archived

October 22, 2019

21 hours ago, KaosEngineer said:

MuppetX Pictures on the Wayback Machine captured from xbox-scene.com

http://web.archive.org/web/20060522115014/http://www.xbox-scene.com/modchips/muppetx_pictures.html

MuppetX Installation Diagrams:

v1.0-1.1

v1.2-1.5

v1.6

Thank you! I had all of them. But it is do not solve my problem, I think. So I bought 3 pieces of 49LF080A and waiting for arrive it...

But... The most interesting situation is, when I put the Aladdin XT+ in it, I can't use it. The problem is same.

October 22, 2019

20 hours ago, Benur75 said:

Hello,

Does the xbox works properly when you switch it on ?

Can you confirm that this is the original PSU ? If yes, check with a multimeter if all outputs are correct. The most iimportant is the 5V, it has to be set between 5 and 5.1.

Is it a foxlink or a delta PSU ?

Could you share a picture without HDD and CDROM installed ?

Bye

Hi,

When I plugged the power cord in, the Xbox turn on, the fan speed up, and when the boot process started, the fan went down to the normal speed. I fixed the "automatic turn on" witk a 22k resistor. But... That is not solved the "fan" problem.

So, I got another v1.4 Xbox and tested the motherboard with it. With that PSU it works like a charm. I think I have an issue with the PSU.

Attached the pictures from PSU. I think it is Delta. Checked the voltage and I measure 5.34 on all RED output and 10.64 on YELLOW.

Thanks for your help!

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