FrostyTheSnowman and Xman954's X2 5035 VGA BIOS v1.0 (fixed) Options

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FrostyTheSnowman and Xman954's X2 5035 VGA BIOS v1.0 (fixed) Posted by XanTium | September 15 18:48 EST | News Category: Xbox

From readme/nfo: [QUOTE] This is not an official Team Xecuter BIOS release. This is an unofficial, 100% VGA-compatible release of the X2 5035 BIOS by myself (FrostyTheSnowman) and Xman954. We are not affiliated with Xecuter in any way, and this release is not supported at all by Team Xecuter. Version 1.0 *fixed* * Supports Conexant Encoders * Supports Focus Encoders * Supports all HD resolutions, including 480p, 720p, and 1080i. * Supports 'green screen' games! * Supports ALL 480i Games and Applications! * Supports .06 and .67 Partitions! Known Bugs: - Not compatible with v1.6/v1.6b XBOX Consoles - Not compatible with PAL XBOX Consoles (Switch to NTSC for VGA) - This BIOS only supports Mode 2+3 VGA cables and Component-to-VGA cables - This BIOS does not support mode 1+3 VGA cables (switch the mode to mode 2+3 to use these cables with this BIOS) [/QUOTE] Official Site: n/a, by FrostyTheSnowman and Xman954 Download: n/a (might be illegal under DMCA/EUCD) Full Readme: xbins.org

[FrostyTheSnowman]

You can find this release in the 'usual places' under this path:

\XBOX\Console Based Applications\bios\Frosty

NOTE: This release is guaranteed to work properly when flashed to a modchip. I have tested this BIOS myself on both my TSOP and 2 other modchips.

Enjoy!

This post has been edited by FrostyTheSnowman: Sep 16 2007, 01:22 AM

[nitussi]

Anyone know if this can be used on a TSOP flash?



Nevermind I see you have mentioned it. For some reason the forums post are not being displayed normally.

Good work, Im going to give it a try!

This post has been edited by nitussi: Sep 16 2007, 07:05 AM

[the soul poet]

Anyone know where I can buy said custom VGA cable?

[africamagical]

check the bst, allz i know is the one i made i definately couldnt get to work on any of my lcd panels,
it was liberachi gay

[bucko]

Yay for Xbox 1 homebrew.

[jherre6]

Thank you kindly sir!!!!

jherre6

You can find this release in the 'usual places' under this path:

\XBOX\Console Based Applications\bios\Frosty

NOTE: This release is guaranteed to work properly when flashed to a modchip. I have tested this BIOS myself on both my TSOP and 2 other modchips.

Enjoy!

[TheSpecialist]

This sounds nice ! But I have a few questions, hopefully someone (frosty ?) can answer them:

Not compatible with PAL XBOX Consoles (Switch to NTSC for VGA)

I guess you mean 'not compatible with PAL MODE' ? So if you switch a Pal console to NTSC mode it should work ?

This BIOS only supports Mode 2+3 VGA cables and Component-to-VGA cables

Do these cables actually exist or do you have to build one yourself ?

Does XBMC support 720p mode ? Is the original xbox even fast enough to decode this realtime ? Doesn't XBMC decode 720p resolution to lower resolution automatically ? And if this all works perfectly and we can now watch 720p format on 720p true resolution, why would we need XBMC on the 360 ? Or did I miss something ?

Thanks, and congratulations on your nice job !

This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: Sep 16 2007, 10:28 PM

[philbee]

thanks frosty, this looks great.
now for the questions...........
i have a spare vga cable and a spare conntecion for the videoout on the xbox so that covers the making of the cable but i have a softmodded xbox how can i get this bios working on my softmod without having to boot it from hd as an app? Also, for testing purposes can i burn this to a disc and have it boot?

thanks again.

[FrostyTheSnowman]

I guess you mean 'not compatible with PAL MODE' ? So if you switch a Pal console to NTSC mode it should work?

If you use any tool like Enigmah's NTSC-PAL selector to switch a PAL console to NTSC, this BIOS will work just fine. (ConfigMagic should be able to do it too)

Do these cables actually exist or do you have to build one yourself ?

Well, at the moment you can only build the Mode 2+3 VGA Cables... but I am actually having some of these cables manufactured by a small chinese company, and I expect them to hit places like Divineo (and others) just before Christmas.

NOTE: I am not personally profiting from these cables. I have simply provided this company with the diagrams and design ideas to make these cables, and they will be the ones profiting from any and all sales.

Does XBMC support 720p mode ? Is the original xbox even fast enough to decode this realtime ? Doesn't XBMC decode 720p resolution to lower resolution automatically ? And if this all works perfectly and we can now watch 720p format on 720p true resolution, why would we need XBMC on the 360 ? Or did I miss something ?

My BIOS doesn't give the XBOX the ability to decode 720p video at all. This BIOS simply forces all games and applications to display properly on a VGA monitor in all their supported resolutions. (i.e. 480p/720p/1080i games and applications can display in hi-def on a VGA monitor)

thanks frosty, this looks great.
now for the questions...........
i have a spare vga cable and a spare conntecion for the videoout on the xbox so that covers the making of the cable but i have a softmodded xbox how can i get this bios working on my softmod without having to boot it from hd as an app? Also, for testing purposes can i burn this to a disc and have it boot?

thanks again.

My VGA Boot Disc would be the best option for your situation, you may want to give it a try.

NOTE: This boot disc contains all the exact same features of my VGA BIOS except in boot-disc form.

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=620760

This post has been edited by FrostyTheSnowman: Sep 16 2007, 10:59 PM

[Dra60nSlayer]

is it possible to embed eeprom data to the BIOS??

that way you could force PAL boxes to NTSC and enable the HD modes

[TheSpecialist]

Thanks for clearing that up Frosty !

[johannesleung]

Frosty I already use the pack you released the load your vga bios on pbl but I could not load the new bios you released on it. Is there anything that need to be changed to boot it on pbl. The previous bios version I can load sucessfuly. any help would be much aprecciated.

[FrostyTheSnowman]

You mean my old PBL-Pack version of my X2 5035? (released like 3 weeks ago)

In order to load this BIOS in a PBL, it will need to be converted first...

Or, you could simply extract the files from my VGA Boot Disc v1.0 and put the xboxrom.bin file from the boot disc into your PBL directory. (VGA Boot Disc v1.0 and X2 5035 VGA BIOS v1.0 have the same features)

[philbee]

thanks frosty