Dwean Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Hi, I bought an OG Xbox witch came with Aladdin Avance chip installed, I tried to update the BIOS but it failed so is unusefull. Reading and watching some guides I decided to obtain a programmer to recover it. Here comes the problem, everywhere I watched said the the BIOS chip is "SST49LF020", so in the programmer software I selected this chip but I'm getting an error. Will post the chip and error photos. Thank you very much and sorry for my English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 When in the Xbox, what software did you try to use to reflash the chip? What was the error it displayed? Try Evoxdash's Flash BIOS menu option. It will display the device's Manufacturer and Product ID values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 For the Xgpro software, press the ID Check icon. The device's type should be displayed. It may be an SST49LF020A instead of SST49LF020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Hmm, did you buy the adapter from XGecu with the programmer or later from somewhere else. I don't know if XGecu's adapter is a simple PLCC32 to DIP32 adapter. From the programming software screenshot, it looks like it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 15 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said: Hmm, did you buy the adapter from XGecu with the programmer or later from somewhere else. I don't know if XGecu's adapter is a simple PLCC32 to DIP32 adapter. From the programming software screenshot, it looks like it is. I received one of these adapters with my XGecu, so I would say so, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said: I received one of these adapters with my XGecu, so I would say so, yes. Ok, I don't have an XGecu programmer. I was not sure which PLCC32-DIP adapter they provide/use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgsmods59 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Hi, I had the same problem with a Tl866ii and an adapter purchased separately After trying everything on the software side I redid the soldering but it didn't change anything. I decided to be radical, I unsoldered the plcc32 support and the pin connectors then I resoldered new pin connectors and a new plcc32 support. After testing everything works now. This is my experience if it helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 3 hours ago, Bgsmods59 said: Hi, I had the same problem with a Tl866ii and an adapter purchased separately After trying everything on the software side I redid the soldering but it didn't change anything. I decided to be radical, I unsoldered the plcc32 support and the pin connectors then I resoldered new pin connectors and a new plcc32 support. After testing everything works now. This is my experience if it helps. So you're saying you basically rebuilt the whole PCB? @KaosEngineerAfter looking more closely, I see that this is not the SAME exact adapter. https://i.postimg.cc/BZCp1fRL/17051263863151292668913809702721.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 29 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said: So you're saying you basically rebuilt the whole PCB? @KaosEngineerAfter looking more closely, I see that this is not the SAME exact adapter. https://i.postimg.cc/BZCp1fRL/17051263863151292668913809702721.jpg It does still look like a simple PLCC32-to-DIP32 adapter. Nothing fancy or special about it. Edit: However, as @Bgsmods59mentions, he had problems with his adapter like the OP's. There may be some bad solder connections between the PLCC32 socket and the adapter PCB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 12 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said: It does still look like a simple PLCC32-to-DIP32 adapter. Nothing fancy or special about it. Edit: However, as @Bgsmods59mentions, he had problems with his adapter like the OP's. There may be some bad solder connections between the PLCC32 socket and the adapter PCB. It's possible, I'm sure. Thankfully mine worked... I suggest the OP either try resoldering things or maybe just try to find an adapter identical to mine. It's probably cheap, although it may take a couple weeks to ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metel Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Try the SST49LF002A chip selection. I have successfully flashed Aliexpress chips with this name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgsmods59 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 On 13/01/2024 at 07:11, Bowlsnapper said: Donc vous dites que vous avez essentiellement reconstruit l'ensemble du PCB ? @KaosEngineerAprès avoir regardé de plus près, je vois que ce n'est pas exactement le MÊME adaptateur. https://i.postimg.cc/BZCp1fRL/17051263863151292668913809702721.jpg yes I just kept the pcb and rebuilt everything. They may not be the same but the connections remain the same 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwean Posted January 19 Author Report Share Posted January 19 (edited) Thank you everyone, I bought the adapter separatley , I tried to resolder all but nothing happened so I just ordered a new adapter to try again. Aswering @KaosEngineer , I flashed it with ZBXInstaller and after reboot it never worked again. So I will try with the new adapter and check what happen. Edited January 19 by Dwean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwean Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 Hi!! The problem was the adapter with the new one I flashed the BIOS and is working again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 3 hours ago, Dwean said: Hi!! The problem was the adapter with the new one I flashed the BIOS and is working again. That is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgsmods59 Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 (edited) il y a 4 heures, Dwean a dit : Salut !! Le problème était l’adaptateur avec le nouveau, j’ai flashé le BIOS et fonctionne à nouveau. When I re-soldered mine it didn't change anything either. I think it was the fact of replacing the Plcc32 support with a new one that it worked. My hypothesis is that the Plcc32 supports installed on these cheap adapters do not come into contact correctly with the legs of the read/write chip. Edited January 26 by Bgsmods59 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylverReZ Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 On 1/26/2024 at 1:40 AM, Bgsmods59 said: When I re-soldered mine it didn't change anything either. I think it was the fact of replacing the Plcc32 support with a new one that it worked. My hypothesis is that the Plcc32 supports installed on these cheap adapters do not come into contact correctly with the legs of the read/write chip. The cheap PLCC32 DIP adapters have a poor-quality socket, which doesn't latch onto the pins correctly. Normally, I would have to slightly bend the pins on either the chip or the socket to get it to work. Most of the early Aladdin chips often use a 49LF020 chip (not A or B), later ones do have the A or B variants of those chips. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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