X2 5028 BIOS GOES GOLD !
Date: Friday, April 22 @ 09:15:04 UTC
Topic: Xbox Bios


It's been over a year since we last did any X2 work but after a gazillion requests went back to visit an old freind.

Over the last week many users have contributed to a heavy amount of Beta testing to iron out any obvious (and not so obvious bugs). We now feel this is a rock solid release and ready for general consumption and Team Xecuter is proud to present X2 Config Live 5028.

All your favourite functions are here including the very important v1.6+ support - now with the ability to tweak all your bios settings much like the X3 Mod / Bios in a simple ini file - no patching of your bios required whenever you want to change a simple setting, be it startup colors, fan speed, dashboard priority, bootable partition, debug mode and much more !

The only option you will need to patch is the LBA48 option - and we have coded the bios in such as way as it does not need unpacking in anyway - a simple 1 byte patch and away you go ! (We have included a bullshit simple app for you to do this patching if you have no knowledge of winhex - all details included in the release)

There will be a very nice PC app similar to NghtShd's Xbtool giving you all the options to auto create your ini files and also to patch your LBA48 options. Of course we will also release an XBE so you can have something similar to the X3 embedded application to config all your settings - plus much more to come.

We will concentrate more time on this bios in future so you can be sure the features will grow and of course as its 512k and has no specific hardware requirements you can use this bios on ANY modchip. That's right, Xecuter even has love for Xenium and Smartxx users too

For all bug reports / help / suggestions please visit:
http://www.teamxecuter.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64

Enjoy another fine and free Xecuter Release

Here is a brief rundown of the current features (expect lots more very soon !)

Works on all modchips (that support 512k Bios)
Works on Xbox versions v1.0 - v1.6b
Boot All Originals
Boot All Unsigned Code
Boot All Backups
Boot Debug XBE's
Macrovision Protection Disabled
No Patch Hack
No Reset On Eject
Hard Drive Swap Hack
LBA48 Hack
Custom Partition Hack (Auto Detects!)
In Game Reset (EMBEDDED) (IGR)
- (LT+RT+BACK+START) or (LT+RT+BACK+BLACK)
- Use IGR after pausing the game for best results
Customized Error Screens
No DVD Rom Hack
No AV Cable Hack
Media Flag Auto-Patcher (All Versions)
Conexant / Focus / Xcalibur Video Support
Clock Check Skipped / Error 16 Fix / Boot to DVD ROM even if clock is corrupt
Disable Access to Xbox Live
Disable Access to Xbox Live (Extended Version)

*New* X2 Config Live Features
- Set debug mode enable / disable
- Set IGR enable / disable
- Set boot partition of dashboard (c, e, f, g)
- Display Flubber Animation enable / disable
- Check for DVD Rom enable / disable
- Rest Xbox on Pressing Eject enable / disable
- Set Dashboard Priority (5 Options)
- Set Xbox Logo Colors (Xlip,XlipHighlights,InnerWalls,InnerGlow,XboxText)
- Xbox Live Mod Enabled Connect Protection enable / disable
- Check system clock for errors enable / disable
- Set Flubber Colors (Blob,BlobGlow,GreenFog,FlubberScene,FogGlowStart,FogGlowEnd)
- Set Random Flubber Animation enable / disable
- Set Flubber Animation Sequence (15 Options)
- Set Xbox Fan Speed
- Set Flubber in wireframe mode enable / disable
- Display the TM logo enable / disable
- Set the Flubber / Xbox Logo background color
- Stop bios from booting DVD's (d:default.xbe) enable / disable
- Set Xbox LED Color (green,red,orange,cycle)
- Custom Boot Logo (180x50 256 Color BMP stored on E: drive as x2logo.bmp)

LBA48 Partition Modes:
This value is now taken from patched byte at offset 0x1b04

0 = Standard partitions
1 = F: gets all (Default)
2 = F: up to 137gb, G: gets rest
3 = F: up to 137gb, no G:
AutoDetect = Custom partions (Xbpartitioner Tool)

X3 Bios Update:
There will be a bug fixed rls in the next few days - for those who are having crashing problems in X3CL - simply go to X3CL Skins - select Default Skin and reboot - all will start working correctly - this is fixed in next release.

Xbox Trainers Update:
We have started to put our full weight behind the XORED team. They are releasing some fabulous trainers for your Xbox games but you can use these with ANY dashboard! You do not ned to be tied to Evox to use their trainers. We will be helping with their code so be sure to see some exciting releases very soon !

News-Source: http://www.teamxecuter.com





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