Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:45 am Post subject: A real Newbie Question, easy for you Die Hards!!!
Hi all, I have myself a XboX ver 1.3 and has a mod chip in it alladin something. I have a 250GB HDD and all working fine, i let a 15 year old solder the chip on it. But i have only 128Gb as my F drive, the bios it is using is Evox_m7 if i am right. I see a lott of talking about biosses and i want to know wich bios i can use for this mod. chip, or are biosses independant from the chips. If somebody can clear this up from me then i can try to flash it with a new one so i have also the G drive with the remaining HDD space.
xboxhacker_uk V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 120 Location: Coventry, England
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:17 pm Post subject:
You need to flash the chip with a different bios. With a hard drive as big as your the xbox only uses a small part of it, I can't remeber exactly. Unfortunatly I am not currenty at home. I'll post again when I am and let you know the exact bios you need to use. If you can't get hold of it I could email it to you but I don't know how big it is. _________________ V1.4 Xbox
Xenium Modchip
X2 4983.67 Bios
Evox V+3935 Dashboard
Maxtor 250Gb HDD
2 Front USB
Custom Jewel lit by blue cold cathode
Blue controller port lights
Blue/Red Front LED
Internal IR Reciever
mennom Xbox-HQ Newbie
Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 4
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:34 pm Post subject:
Thanks xboxhacker_uk, if you could send it to me or a link were i can download that would be greatfull. Also don't forget i am a newbie in this, i have good understanding in PC stuff but xbox flashing needs little bit of help, but if i see you reply i can rely on that
kevinjonesjr V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 40 Location: Tigard, Oregon, USA
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:
Check the bios section in VIP Downloads. Most likely you will need to get the latest Evox Bios. Most of the new bios have features in them now to help break the 127Gb barrier. Getting a new bios along with an updated dashboard will allow you to not only partition an F Drive but a G Drive as well. _________________ Halo SE Xbox
160GB Maxtor HDD
Soon to be: SpiderGX
schirmk V.I.P. Member Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 615 Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject:
Alright I would suggest donwloading DJB's xbox-hq autinstaller for the VIP downloads section. It has a couple differnt bios in there and you get to pick which one it installs. Makes life very simple and that one you want should say installing larger HDD with G: or something along those lines.
Hope this helps. _________________ XBOX v1.0:
Solderless Chameleon
Evox M7 Bios
160GB Maxtor HDD
EvoX 3921 Dashboard
Avaluanch Dashboard
TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject:
With all the positive reviews on DJB auto-installer, it makes me just want to update my xbox with it!!
I can't wait to use that installer. _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
Bad Deals: None Yet
Pending Deals: Vanguard
xboxhacker_uk V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 120 Location: Coventry, England
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:58 pm Post subject:
I would agree. When I did my xbox I didn't have an auto installer and it was complicated to say the least. From everything I've heard it is good so I would suggest using that as it would be much easier than doing it manually. _________________ V1.4 Xbox
Xenium Modchip
X2 4983.67 Bios
Evox V+3935 Dashboard
Maxtor 250Gb HDD
2 Front USB
Custom Jewel lit by blue cold cathode
Blue controller port lights
Blue/Red Front LED
Internal IR Reciever
mennom Xbox-HQ Newbie
Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 4
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 11:36 pm Post subject:
Okay, Guys, I downloaded and burned that iso, and flashed with the EvoxM7+G and works perfectly. Have my G drive and all the rest of the bytes i was missing. Again thank you all for the info and i have to say it was worth it to pay a small amount to become a VIP member.
If i run into new things i will post again.
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XboX ver 1.3 with Alladin mod. and Bios EvoX M7+137G
250GB Hitachi Deskstar
Linksys Wireless Game adapter 54G
DreamBoX Satellite Tuner running on Linux with 300GB HDD with streaming to XboX
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TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:30 am Post subject:
Awesome man, glad it worked out for you! _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
Bad Deals: None Yet
Pending Deals: Vanguard
schirmk V.I.P. Member Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 615 Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 1:25 am Post subject:
Great to hear it worked out for ya!
And from the sounds of it you have to biggest hdd installed of the xbox-hq members, conragtes to that aswell.
YOu'll have to let me know how the 250 GB HDD works for ya and how the heating situation is. _________________ XBOX v1.0:
Solderless Chameleon
Evox M7 Bios
160GB Maxtor HDD
EvoX 3921 Dashboard
Avaluanch Dashboard
xboxhacker_uk V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 120 Location: Coventry, England
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:18 am Post subject:
Great to hear you got it to work.
If you wanted to know about the heat schmirk, I wanted to be on the safe side as I know they cause a lot of heat so I fitted a 20mm fan in one of the small squares under the drive. _________________ V1.4 Xbox
Xenium Modchip
X2 4983.67 Bios
Evox V+3935 Dashboard
Maxtor 250Gb HDD
2 Front USB
Custom Jewel lit by blue cold cathode
Blue controller port lights
Blue/Red Front LED
Internal IR Reciever
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject:
hey mennom,
Good on ya. Easy wasnt it..
It never used to be!! .. It was a nightmare when i first got my xbox way back in 2002.. I wish i had a autoinstaller then..
Keep hanging around the site.. You may be able to help now you have done some basics...
schirmk V.I.P. Member Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 615 Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:01 am Post subject:
I've read some stuff on people adding fans when they put in a bigger HDD, a 120 GB is fine with out, but good to knwo that it helps.
How big is your HDD? and how hard was it to fit the fan? _________________ XBOX v1.0:
Solderless Chameleon
Evox M7 Bios
160GB Maxtor HDD
EvoX 3921 Dashboard
Avaluanch Dashboard
schirmk V.I.P. Member Xbox Version: Xbox V1.0 Modded: Chameleon
Joined: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 615 Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:03 am Post subject:
I guess I could have read your sig. to find the size of your HDD, 250GB, everything work alrtight for ya? _________________ XBOX v1.0:
Solderless Chameleon
Evox M7 Bios
160GB Maxtor HDD
EvoX 3921 Dashboard
Avaluanch Dashboard
mennom Xbox-HQ Newbie
Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 4
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:43 am Post subject:
guys it works fine with this HDD, heating show no problem and the plastic frame is still not melted
It is a 7200 RPM with 8MB Cache
Before this i had the maxtor maxline II 300GB but this was a 5400RPM and 2 MB cache. Little bit slow.
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.. It was a nightmare when i first got my xbox way back in 2002.. I wish i had a autoinstaller then..
