Xecuter 2.6 without bios

[Bowlsnapper]

3 hours ago, MadMartigan said:

Finally got this POS to flash. It was nothing I was doing wrong the entire time. It was the damn switch. Once I figured out the little trick, it took maybe 5-6 times and a very sore fingertip. Nevertheless, it has accepted M8plus and now I just need to get a dash back on there and all that good stuff. Sorry for the headache and thanks tremendously for the support. I bet you guys were thinking I'm an idiot and not performing the instructed tasks.

I was about to suggest that you just solder/jump the switch, since it started to seem like that was the cause of your issue. In fact, maybe you should wire a different switch on, if that's even possible, just to avoid future PITA situations. Way to stay at it and get it done, dude.

[MadMartigan]

Personally, I don’t think it’s worth all the trouble. Once I was finally able to boot, I formatted everything and used OGXBox installer to flash a different bios and it worked just fine. Not sure if Flashbios just didn’t like my switch or not, but I think I still have a groove in my finger from holding the switch so hard to the right lol. Can’t believe that’s all it was the whole time. Should’ve known. 

On a side note, after I was able to relax and not pull my hair out, I realized the entire board and seemingly the psu also has been recapped. Someone spent some time on this thing and kept it amazingly clean. Thanks again Goodwill 

[Bowlsnapper]

5 minutes ago, MadMartigan said:

Personally, I don’t think it’s worth all the trouble. Once I was finally able to boot, I formatted everything and used OGXBox installer to flash a different bios and it worked just fine. Not sure if Flashbios just didn’t like my switch or not, but I think I still have a groove in my finger from holding the switch so hard to the right lol. Can’t believe that’s all it was the whole time. Should’ve known. 

On a side note, after I was able to relax and not pull my hair out, I realized the entire board and seemingly the psu also has been recapped. Someone spent some time on this thing and kept it amazingly clean. Thanks again Goodwill 

You found that at the fucking goodwill? How are people around here always finding rare-ass xbox hardware at thrift stores? I never find shit like that.

[MadMartigan]

I keep Goodwill going, buying these things from them. As I mentioned before, this is probably the cleanest board I have ever picked up. Judging from the condition, lack of dust, and it having two extremely outdated bios files on it, my guess is the owner modded it back in the day and never played it much. Had it sitting around in a closet or something, then clean out day finally came around and I scored.