Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:52 am Post subject: Aladdin live programmer wont verify
When I flash my chip with the Aladdin Live Programmer 1.0 it will write but it will not verify. I get this error: “error at : 0x00000”. I’m pretty sure this is the only reason I cannot get it to work. Was pretty easy to physically install. I have been checking all the forums I can find, done google searches and it seems nobody is having the same problem as me. I tried flashing it with Aladdin16.bin, and m8_16.bin. Both did the same thing, would write then that error when it tried to verify.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:55 am Post subject:
This was a reply by Aladdin to some people that were having problems flashing. I don't know if it applies to you or not, but here is the response from him:
Quote:
Hi guys,
sorry for not getting to reply any sooner, but I've been down with a bitch of a bug.
Today I managed to reply to most of my PM's before in my infinite wisdom I pressed delete all, well I was on the second page and had answered all on that page and thought no need to mark them as the whole page is done... but it deleted the unanswered messages on page one too.
I answered the older questions first so if I ignored your PM I apologize.
But anyway on to the solutions.
The problems quite a few people have had is because there is actually two different versions of the 1.6 box, the techie calls them A & B.
The Aladdin XT as with original Aladdin Live works fine with 1.6A, but with 1.6B a switch is needed on the XT. For the Aladdin Live a plus version was made. The factory did not tell me they shipped me the Live+, I didn't know therefore I was shipping it to my customers. For this again I apologize.
The solution to make the Aladdin Live? work perfectly on every Xbox as it should can be found at www.aladdinlive.com/mod. It requires only one wire between programmer and chip, then use the programmer to load one of the BIOS from the website. It won't matter which version of Xbox you have, you'll have to flash the Aladdin Live+ this way to make it work.
After which you'll not ever have an Aladdin problem again.
For those of you who don't have a programmer there is a new version of the Live+ coming within the next week. This chip doesn't need this extra wire method and I will happily replace any mod.
Hope this helped.
Aladdin
There has been a lot of people having problems of one sort or another with Aladdin chips so make sure you check all the other posts if you haven't already as I think they were all addressed.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:06 pm Post subject:
Yeah, tried the extra wire thing, still no go, however I did get a different number in my error. I also read pretty well every post on this forum and a couple others that referred to programming the chip with no solutions yet. Could also be that I got a bad chip though.
Thanks for the reply.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:20 am Post subject:
No problem man. To be honest, I really don't know what it could be since I have no Aladdin experience, nor do I intend on getting any
I have seen too many posts with issues. Now, logic says the more chips that are out there, the more likelyhood of issues cropping up just because of the shear amount of users, but I know that there are a lot of Xenium, Xecuter, and other chips being sold and it seems they are all doing well.
I never want to talk shit about a chip or anything because I don't want to insult anyone who has purchased, or provides them but it just seems like the Aladdin Live chip has all of a sudden got the brunt of issues, and mind you it's mostly with 1.6 owners. Whether the problems are user error or possibly just that they are difficult to install is unknown to me. What everyone should do is definitely post their concerns, and praises, if they have some.
Could you have a bad chip? Sure, it could happen to anyone, whether you have a Xenium, SmartXX, XChip, or Aladdin. But, it's impossible for me to say. By the sounds of it, you got your head screwed on straight and you know more about the install of that chip than I do, so I would venture to say that you have done your homework. It seems that some of the cheaper modchips have slightly more hoops to jump through than the other, maybe you could be just missing one hoop..HA. Who knows.
Have you tried to PM Aladdin or email the site you purchased at for any tech support? Sorry to hear that you are still having problems. I really hope you get them sorted soon. In the meantime, I hope anyone else out there who got theirs going could lend a hand with some solid advice.
I have seen some Aladdin users that are really technically sound modders!
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:02 pm Post subject:
OK, going through the whole tech support thing with www.xbox-modchips.com now. Sent them my 1st post here and got this back:
"Check your parallel port settings. Make sure it's not bi directional but ecp."
Did that, didn't work, and I sent this back:
"tried that, still same thing. Any other suggestions? Somebody on another forum suggested flashing it with the 1.5 bios then the 1.6 but that also did the same error. I would even just flash it when it is installed in the xbox but I already screwed up the cromwell that it came with when I tried to flash it with M8 so that is no longer an option. Thanks for the quick reply."
I'll keep you all posted (don't know if somebody else is having this problem or not)
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:03 pm Post subject:
Man..that's a lot of work dude. Hope you get it soon. Suddenly, I don't feel too bad after my 1.6 M8 bios nightmare lastnight...HA.
The chip only took me about an 1.5 hours or so to solder and rebuild the LPC, getting the chip flashed with a M8 bios that would recognize and format a HD Larger than 137GB's (7th partition) was the big problem!
At least I know why some bios' say .06 after an some say .67
.06 means only 6 partitions and will only handle 137GB and less HD's
.67 means it will do both 6 and 7 partitions putting the rest of the HD memory in the 7th partition (G Drive).
I never knew what the numbers meant after..HA.
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:45 pm Post subject:
AN UPDATE:
Got this back from tech support:
"Sure. Make sure the chip writes. If it doens't verify it's okay. It shd still work. Unless your file is damanged. I don't see a problem with the m8 bios. Cause i`ve just programmer my aladdin live and it seems perfectly fine. "
And I wrote him back this:
"This morning I got impatient and soldered the chip back into my Xbox after programming it with the m8 bios again (still got the verify error) and I still get the same thing. Flashing green and red light on Xbox. I looked it up and it means the chip isn't programmed properly or a corrupted bios. I will admit, I am a newbie with the Xbox stuff but I use to mod playstaions and I still mod satellite receivers so I can solder ok. I know for a fact that there are no broken traces or dripped solder. The only reason that would make sense to me is that the chip will not accept the bios properly. It could be my PC too I guess. (I formatted and installed a fresh copy of XP pro just to be sure) I don't have another PC here to try it with. I took a screenshot of the error www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dump I don't know if that will be a help or not. I can't see it being a corrupt bios that I downloaded because I have about 5 copies of various bios versions that all give the same error. Anyway, I took the chip out of the Xbox again and I await your reply.
Thanks again"
And I wait more
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:51 pm Post subject:
Man, what a bunner. You think you got a bum chip maybe? I have seen another post where someone was having problems getting their chip flashed and they got a new chip and now fine.
Also, what size HD are you putting in? This isn't your problem, I am just curious. If you are putting in HD larger than 137GB then you may need a different bios after you finally get it up and running. Of course this isn't anything to worry about now, you just need to get to first base before you move any further!!
Good luck with it. I hope you get it sorted soon. It really sounds like you have done everything correctly.
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject:
I have a 100 gig drive for it, but as you said above, not much sense trying to cross that bridge yet. I think I have a bad chip or programmer, but instead of yelling and screaming I think I will let the tech support thing take its course. If that comes to and end with any kind of an FO then I will stink about getting a replacement. Still havn't really found anything like this in any forum, only one other in this forum and buddy said that by flashing the chip with a 1.5 bios then flashing it with the 1.6 it would resolve the problem. Didn't really make sense to me why this would work but I tried it and still a no go.
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:24 am Post subject:
I agree, that doesn't make any sense. That's like taking a step backward just to get ahead...
Let me know what tech support does for you, as I am curious to your issue.
If I already asked or you already stated disregard, but did you use a pin header for your solder install?
I know with all the Xenium documentation I have read they all say you must use a Pin Header for the 1.6 install. Now, Aladdin Live may be different, I don't know. Just thought I would ask. For my chip it specifically says you cannot use quick solder method. I also had to rebuild the LPC area with five wires, here's a pic of the most recent 1.6 I have done.
That is the underside of the MB obviously.
Here is what it looks like with the chip and LFRAME wire connection.
Let me know if you change your mind with chips...PM me or email me at sales@themodgod.com
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject:
Yeah, I used a pin header. If for no other reason it makes for a neat install. I'll probably give this guy a couple more days to come up with a solution and if not I will probably lose my patients and talk to you about getting one....
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:37 am Post subject:
No problem bud, just give me a yell.
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject:
OK, they determined that I got a bad chip. Thought I would drop that here in case somebody runs into the same headache. Thanks for your input. I'll let you know how the install goes once I get a WORKING chip. Thanks.
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:04 pm Post subject:
Sorry, last post was me, forgot to log in.
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:15 am Post subject:
Cool...glad you figured out what it was.
Let us know how the new install goes.
later
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