Kup Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Hello, Got a v1.1 Xbox today that i wanted to TSOP flash, but it has some issues, before doing anything the console was tested. The hard drive is making some loud whirring sound, but it manages to boot to dash, this will be replaced with a bigger drive. The DVD ROM was locked solid, so after opening the console and the DVD ROM, and giving it a good clean, that is now working again. But when i tested the DVD to see if it ejects, which it does, every eject press the console now appears to soft reboot, i mean it restarts but doesn't power cycle. Anyways i soldered the points on the mobo, and continued to flash which was successful, but the problem still remains with the eject. The console hadn't been opened before today, as far as i remember it didn't reboot on eject when i 1st turned it on to test and was trying to eject the tray. Have tried an alternate power/eject board but no change, also the console boots with no DVD drive connected also with no change, so i am out of ideas. Has anyone experienced this, or know of a fix ? any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Kup said: But when i tested the DVD to see if it ejects, which it does, every eject press the console now appears to soft reboot, i mean it restarts but doesn't power cycle. On a stock Xbox that's called reset on eject and on a non stock bios that's disabled 2 hours ago, Kup said: Anyways i soldered the points on the mobo, and continued to flash which was successful, but the problem still remains with the eject. What bios did you flash as the X2 and Ind bios file need a config file 2 hours ago, Kup said: also the console boots with no DVD drive connected also with no change, so i am out of ideas. All the non stock bios's have a no DVD feature unless you enable it in the config file along with the rested on eject feature. 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...
Kup Posted June 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) Hello SS Dave, So the Xbox is resetting when i push eject, and it was doing this i think before it was flashed, can this be disabled ? 1 hour ago, SS_Dave said: What bios did you flash as the X2 and Ind bios file need a config file The bios was X2 5035 - 0xb8f6da5b60f9ac5b775e28e86a493ca0 Edited June 18, 2021 by Kup Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousxaros Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Maybe your mobo has trace corrosion. Check this thread for more details: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 42 minutes ago, Kup said: Hello SS Dave, So the Xbox is resetting when i push eject, and it was doing this i think before it was flashed, can this be disabled ? The bios was X2 5035 - 0xb8f6da5b60f9ac5b775e28e86a493ca0 Did you put the X2config.ini file on E: drive x2config.ini Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kup Posted June 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Hello Mousxaros. It could be that, but the motherboard was amazingly clean, when i removed the clock cap there where no signs of leaking on top of the board. Have taken this pic of the bottom, don't know how well it will zoom, it looks OK to me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kup Posted June 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Hello SS Dave. Thanks for the file, its late now and i will have to put the motherboard back in, so i will check in the morning and let you know if it has worked or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kup said: Hello Mousxaros. It could be that, but the motherboard was amazingly clean, when i removed the clock cap there where no signs of leaking on top of the board. Have taken this pic of the bottom, don't know how well it will zoom, it looks OK to me ? Looks OK to me as well. Have you removed the clock cap as the legs are still there? Trace damage will normally give power on when you plug in the AC power or random resetting/ejecting and or no LED operation and no power/eject button operation. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Kup said: Hello SS Dave. Thanks for the file, its late now and i will have to put the motherboard back in, so i will check in the morning and let you know if it has worked or not. There is a line like this in that file . ; do not reset when pressing on eject noResetOnEject = 1 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...
Kup Posted June 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, SS_Dave said: Trace damage will normally give power on when you plug in the AC power or random resetting/ejecting and or no LED operation and no power/eject button operation. Hello SS Dave. From the small amount of time i have used it, i have experienced none of the above, not once, it just soft resets when eject it pushed. Its ever so strange and i am hoping that config.ini will fix the problem, thanks for your help and i will let you know tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kup Posted June 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Morning, so i have tried the config, and unfortunately it doesn't fix the eject problem. So i re flashed a new bios (evoX) and still it reboots on eject, next i tried 2 old HDD's, which where taken from old soft modded Xboxs, before they where upgraded, and they both gave error 13 (something to do with the kernel). Finally found an old blank 80GB HDD and formatted it to stock, then added evoX dash. Still the DVD reboots on eject, if i boot with the tray open, wait for dash to load then press eject the tray will close without reboot, but when pressed again then it reboots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kup Posted June 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 So just swapped to a background picture that displays drive status and....... The dash says ejecting constantly until hard reboot, so if i press eject before dash loads then status = ejecting, or when dash loads and it soft reboots then tray status = ejecting. When the DVD drive is not connected tray status = open, if eject is pressed then system hangs on reboot (maybe because its waiting for the tray to close ?) Is this a hardware fault that can be fixed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Sounds like a dud DVD is it a Philips brand? If you add a link in the DVD power connector like this it will tell the SMC (System Management Controller )chip on the board the DVD tray is closed and no disk is present this is looking down at the connector on the board Can you post a pic of the top of the main board? I have found that using a picture share site like https://postimages.org/ you can post the link it generates here works well as you are not limited to a small file size. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kup Posted June 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Hello SS Dave, The DVD drive is Samsung, The problem persists with the eject button, even when the DVD drive is not connected, so will the above solution help me ? Here is a pic of the top of the board (right click on it and open in new window, then click zoom) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 The DVD mech is supposed to hold pin 7 (Tray-in) logic high(3.3 volt) and if the main board see's logic low(0 volt) the it assumes the DVD tray is out (open) and in a lot of cases the main board will randomly think the tray is open if the DVD is removed Pin 4 (Neject) is held logic high (3.3 volt) by a 10k ohm resistor on the main board and is pulled logic low by the SMC (pic chip near the DVD connector) for 1/2 second when ever you tap or hold the Eject button which in turn tells the DVD drive to open the tray. so by adding the link pin 7 is held logic high by pin 4. By temporary adding the link in place of the yellow lead in the pic is posted before should fix the issue you are having and if it does then you need a new 2nd hand DVD drive and if not the the problem is on the main board. Or you could just leave the link and not have a DVD drive. If you test the eject pin in this pic at the plug on the main board it should have around 3.3 volt unless you press the eject button then it should read 0 volt and the same with the pin marked power Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kup Posted June 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Hello SS Dave, So pin 2 is reading 4.8v and pin 4 is 3.13v and that is when the console thinks the tray is open. Also connected pins 4 & 7 both before boot & after but the console still says tray open. Its like the drive status has somehow become reversed ? The only time the DVD drive works properly is when a disc is in, and you hard reboot, but so at this point its not reversed ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Try unplugging the connector coming from the switch board and then short pin 2 ( the one marked as power )to ground Also what reading are you getting on the gray arrow? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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