[email protected] Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) All, I just recently ressurected my old xbox, and upgraded it to a 2tb drive. I had to upgrade the bios on the chip in order to properly have the system see all the new space. I did so by using the hexen disc. So this worked, but now if i use the Xecutor bios, it takes a little over 10 seconds for it to get to the boot animation screen. If i use evox, its a little quicker, but not by that much. Anything i can do to increase the speed? On the old xecutor bios it was instantaneous. Thanks in advance! Edited September 26, 2020 by [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 What BIOS did you use? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 X2.5035 / evox m8plus from the hexen 2020 dvd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, [email protected] said: X2.5035 / evox m8plus from the hexen 2020 dvd The X2-5035 will be looking for the config file on C drive and that will slow it down heaps if it can't find it The Evox M8 Bios is one of my favorites. Try flashing this version evox_m8+_67_NO-DVD.bin or putting this in the root directory of C drive x2config.ini Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladin Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 After trying several I found Evox M8 the best also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted September 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 you were correct about the ini file for xecutor bios. It was on the E drive. i moved it to the C. No noticeable difference. I will flash your bios for Evox. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 8 hours ago, [email protected] said: you were correct about the ini file for xecutor bios. It was on the E drive. i moved it to the C. No noticeable difference. I will flash your bios for Evox. Thanks I have found the EvoxM8 bios the quickest booting. The X2-5035 and iND-5004 both need to see there associated config file to boot correctly but that causes a delay as the config is on the HDD. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBaby Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 SS_Dave, hope you can help me as well. I also have an Xecutor2 mod chip and I've recently performed the hard drive upgrade to 500GB with Hexen. In the Hexen menu, it shows the full 480GB or so available on F drive however once it loads up normally, I've also got the issue of have an old BIOS not recognising the larger drive. Issue is, my chip seems to be locked / protected and I cant flash it. I've had a look at the chip and I cant seem to find any switches on it to 'unprotect' it. Is there another way that I can flash my BIOS to something newer and in turn get the full 480GB showing? thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, GooseBaby said: SS_Dave, hope you can help me as well. I also have an Xecutor2 mod chip and I've recently performed the hard drive upgrade to 500GB with Hexen. In the Hexen menu, it shows the full 480GB or so available on F drive however once it loads up normally, I've also got the issue of have an old BIOS not recognising the larger drive. Issue is, my chip seems to be locked / protected and I cant flash it. I've had a look at the chip and I cant seem to find any switches on it to 'unprotect' it. Is there another way that I can flash my BIOS to something newer and in turn get the full 480GB showing? thanks!! Can you post pic of the mod chip and the switches if it has any. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBaby Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Hi SS Dave. Thanks for replying. I finally worked it out. I have 2 LED's at the front of the console, one green the other red. Red is usually always on when it's in 'chipped' mode so I held in the power button for 10secs while it booted and then both the red and green LED's lit up and behold, chip is flashable. Have now flashed and is recognising the larger HD as it should so all good now. Once I turn off and turn on power normally, it 'protects' itself again from accidental flashing. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/6/2021 at 4:21 AM, GooseBaby said: Hi SS Dave. Thanks for replying. I finally worked it out. I have 2 LED's at the front of the console, one green the other red. Red is usually always on when it's in 'chipped' mode so I held in the power button for 10secs while it booted and then both the red and green LED's lit up and behold, chip is flashable. Have now flashed and is recognising the larger HD as it should so all good now. Once I turn off and turn on power normally, it 'protects' itself again from accidental flashing. Cheers Can you please post a picture of these LEDS and the modchip? I'd like to see which modchip it is as I don't recall a modchip requiring such a scheme to enable flashing. Well that last statements not quite true, some Aladdin modchips required holding the power button for 5+ seconds to enable flashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBaby Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Here you go. The chip and the XBOX in 'flash' mode. I'll post another pic with the XBOX in 'safe' mode. Also note that I had this box chipped back in 2003 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBaby Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 In 'safe' mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 I think it is a Pandora 2 chip Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBaby Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 thanks. Been so long that I have no idea what it is. Always assumed it was an Xecutor2 as that was what it booted up showing. I guess I now know that it's simply the BIOS it's running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 It is basically a cheap mod and back then the executer bios was the latest out and i did read some where it was $39 usd around 2004 The TSOP on that board has the same bios size (256kb) Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBaby Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 thanks again. Good to know what I've got under the hood Has worked flawlessly and does the job. And the fact I can still flash it after all these years is a bonus!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 7 hours ago, GooseBaby said: thanks again. Good to know what I've got under the hood Has worked flawlessly and does the job. And the fact I can still flash it after all these years is a bonus!! You may be able to flash it. All depends if they've connected the appropriate pin on the SST49LF020A to Write Enable the chip. Not all versions of a cheapmod-based design did so. Do you have more pictures inside the console showing all of the connections to/from the mod? Where do those LEDs connect? Can't see all the connections from the flash chip to the motherboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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