Flashing The Xbox’s TSOP with a gen1/2 modchip (v0.6)
Tutorial
Written
By : SniperKilla
This
tutorial
will explain
how to
flash
the xbox’s
onboard
tsop without
removing
it.
What
you need
:
Xbox
with
any
modchip
installed
(you
need
a classic
(29/11
wire
modchip)
, you
can
NOT
flash
the
onboard
modchip
when
you
have
a LPC
modchip
(openxbox
, x-ecuter
, xodus
, ...)
installed).
Evolution
X Installed
to the
xbox’s
harddrive
Soldering
iron
2 SPST
Switches
Allright
the first
thing
you may
ask why?
Well if
you have
a modchip
currently
installed,
and want
to use
a bigger
harddrive,
your only
option
is to
remove
the mod,
reflash
the eeprom
with the
evo2.2
bios,
then reinstall
it.
Untill
now,
This way
will show
you how
to flash
the xbox’s
onboard
tsop with
the evo2.2
bios,
allowing
you to
remove
your mod
completely.
First
thing
you need
to do
is open
your xbox,
and on
the top
of the
board
look for
a area
that looks
like this.
(ignore
all other
points
and text
on the
pictures)
top
v1.0 /
v1.1 xbox
top
v1.2 xbox
with Winbond
Where
the arrow
is pointing
(v1.0/v1.1
picture)
or in
the red
circle
(v1.2
picture),
there
are 2
small
squares
of solder,
you want
to bridge
the 2
squares
together
by dropping
a small
amount
of solder
between
them.
Or you
can connect
them with
a wire
, eventually
with a
switch
if you
want.
(so you
can easily
disable/enable
TSOP write
access).
Also
notice
the brand
of chip
above
these
points,
as you
can see
the one
in this
picture
(v1.0/v1.1)
is a ST
chip.
Now do
the same
for the
bottom
of the
board.
bottom
v1.0 /
v1.1 xbox
bottom
v1.2 xbox
with Winbond
chip
WARNING!
If you
have a
v1.0/v1.1
with a
Sharp
TSOP (brand
of the
chip)
, you
have to
do an
additional
link on
the back
of your
xbox motherboard
(link
TSOP.p11
to +5V).
That
will enable
write
access
to the
tsop.
Now you
will need
a way
to disable
the modchip
while
the xbox
is running,
my suggestion
would
be to
install
a switch
to each
wire listed
below
so that
the modchip
can be
easily
disabled.
For Xtender,
install
a switch
on wires
10 &
19
For Enigmah
install
a switch
on wires
15 &
21
For a
homemade
modchip,
install
a switch
on wires
16, 32,
and the
wire you
link to
32
Leave
Both Switches
Closed
or “on”
so the
mod functions
normally.
Now your
ready
to flash.
Load
up evolutionx
1.8.2594.
Ftp to
your xbox,
and upload
your bios
.bin file
into /C/Bios/
it must
be a 1mb
bin.
Restart
your system,
once evox
has loaded,
flip the
switches
or cut
the wires
to disable
the modchip,
then go
to system
utils,
then Flash
BIOS.
You will
be presented
with a
list of
the .bin
files
in /C/Bios/
pick the
one you
want to
flash
with.
Then you
will see
one of
the following
screens.
If
you see
the top
one, your
jumpers
aren’t
don’t
correctly.
Go back
and recheck
them.
If you
see the
bottom
one, your
clear
to go,
hit Y,
it will
say erasing,
that will
take about
30 seconds,
then it
will show
a progress
bar, after
that finishes
it will
say your
xbox will
now be
shutdown.
Once it
shuts
down leave
the modchip
off and
turn on
the xbox
to verify
it works.
If you
followed
everything
you should
have a
xbox that
will now
play backups
without
a modchip
installed.
That’s
all
SniperKilla
(pgh.cop@verizon.net)
Thanks
Goes to:
^101,
Nghtshd,
Bender12
and visor
who all
helped
me with
this information.
Tutorial
Written
By : SniperKilla
