v1.0 I Think I Have a Coma Xbox V.1.0

[bulkchart32]

i recently obtained a broken xbox and i'm having 2 weird problems with it. (not the weird part)1st off, the power supply had a bad solder joint that i fixed so now the system powers on. (weird parts) 1. there is no picture on the tv screen at all even though the the eject button light turns solid green telling me that it detects the a/v cable. it flashes green/orange when the a/v cable is unplugged. but there is absolutely no change on the tv screen. 2. the disk drive does not eject even though i can take the top off of the drive and see the spindle turn and the laser move reacting to me pressing the eject button. i know a stuck dvd drive tray isn't uncommon on these system but i have tried 2 different drives in it that eject fine in another xbox. the only change i have made to the mobo is that i removed the clock cap which appeared to not even have leaked onto the mobo yet(i did this before testing the xbox which i wish i wouldn't have). the system also has mild rust on the tray underneath the mobo which suggest it's had moisture in it(even the dvd laser has rust on the metal around the laser lens). btw, it's a version 1.0 xbox. any idea what the heck is wrong with it? thanks for any advice.

[SS_Dave]

It is sounding like it. I would fit a modchip hand see what happens.

You could try the 3 wire hack and see if it will boot of the 2nd half of the BIOS chip as I believe the BIOS is 4 copies of the same thing in bank 1,2,3,4 

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
 

[bulkchart32]

9 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

It is sounding like it. I would fit a modchip hand see what happens.

You could try the 3 wire hack and see if it will boot of the 2nd half of the BIOS chip as I believe the BIOS is 4 copies of the same thing in bank 1,2,3,4 

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
 

how do i reflash if that does work?

[SS_Dave]

You should be able to load up the new 1024kb (1meg) BIOS and just before you commit to the flash disconnect the links and then complete the flash .

If you have booted from a modchip then you will need a special BIOS in the modchip and 2 links that will be removed in the correct time and order to flash the on board TSOP chip.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.