Xbox 1.2 Corrupted Tsop Options

[MrMajst3r]

I tried today about fifty times to boot Xbox with tsop_d6 on DuoX2. Only once I got blue logo and Evox loaded. But I wasn't able to flash TSOP, i got message "flash not writeable".

[Movax]

Sounds like bad soldering.

[MrMajst3r]

I have 1.1 motherboard with dual-bios. Can I desolder the tsop and solder it on 1.2 mobo? Is there points A19 for dual-bios too?

[AZImmortal]

I tried today about fifty times to boot Xbox with tsop_d6 on DuoX2. Only once I got blue logo and Evox loaded. But I wasn't able to flash TSOP, i got message "flash not writeable".

You're sure that your TSOP write points are properly bridged? Regarding transplanting your TSOP, the 1.1 TSOP is 1mb and the 1.2 TSOP is 256kb, so the answer is pretty clearly no, but honestly, even if you could do it, that's a lot of trouble when you can just buy a cheap modchip and have a perfectly fine working console.

[MrMajst3r]

Bridges are good. I tested it with a multimeter following by this http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/davi...OP/points12.jpg

[AZImmortal]

Assuming your bridges are indeed good, then make sure that your evox.ini contains your flash ID. You can get a comprehensive list of flash IDs from the evox.ini in HeXEn.

[MrMajst3r]

I think flasher isn't a problem. Rather this metod is not working in every case of corrupted TSOP. Maybe i will try with 1/2 gen modchip or eventually i put in console LPC modchip.

[MrMajst3r]

Hi again. And again the same question. Can I use this modchip to repair a TSOP?

[Heimdall]

No. That's a standard LPC chip. You need a 29 wire chip, one that sits (logically) on top of the TSOP, not one that connects via the LPC.

The TSOP_D6 BIOS method works on 1.2 Xboxes. Testing with a multimeter doesn't guarantee that your TSOP bridge soldering is good. Remove the solder, clean the pads (scrape very gently with a craft knife), and use lots of flux when you resolder.

[MrMajst3r]

Hi Heimdall.

I resolder the bridges, checked it with a multimeter via lines on picture.
I boot console from tsop_d6 and run your great installer (HEXEN).

I tried to flash with Evox, but I still get "flash not writeable".

I can resolder it again, but, there is any chance that is a problem with soldering?
Maybe the TSOP is broken?

Is there any sens to try with 1gen modchip?

I remember, that when I want to flash it first time (when it works), I made bridges, and in EvolutionX in most of bioses I get "bad bios file" or something like this. Only on some kind of Evox M8 or M7 it flashed TSOP, and now it is corrupt...

Oh, I remember also that EvolutionX seen TSOP as Winbound, but it is Hynix.

[Heimdall]

Oh, I remember also that EvolutionX seen TSOP as Winbound, but it is Hynix.

That almost certainly means that the soldering still isn't right. What is the error message when you try to flash?

[shambles1980]

i never saw a hynix tsop chip on a 1.2 before.. (live and learn i guess lol)

[MrMajst3r]

EvolutionX saw Hynix as Winbound at the first time, when I broke TSOP... Now, it says "flash not writeable".

I can give you a photo of TSOP and screen from HEXEN with info that it's Xbox 1.2

[Heimdall]

EvolutionX saw Hynix as Winbound at the first time

It's Winbond, not Winbound, and I can guarantee you that whatever it said on the screen the chip hasn't changed. It was reading from an incorrect Evox config file, one that was written by an idiot about 10 years ago, that incorrectly put the text about Winbond against the error code 0x0900. 0x0900 means chip not writeable, and in HeXEn I fixed the text so it now tells you something that is correct and useful.

I can give you a photo of TSOP and screen from HEXEN with info that it's Xbox 1.2

HeXEn uses UnleashX, so the identification of the Xbox as a 1.2 is only as good as the UnleashX detection routines. I've never known them be wrong, but the only guaranteed way to identify the Xbox version is to use one of the walkthroughs where you look at the video chip, the PSU etc.

[MrMajst3r]

I read again all the topic about fixing TSOP with DuoX2 and tsop_d6.bin and there were another people who can't flash the TSOP with blue and white X logo. I think I will try with 29-wire chip, but for a few weeks, when I will have more time. I have a few more questions about it, I will add new topic before I start Thanks for your help.