i heard from somewhere that there was a patcher that would let you do this

tell me if im wrong, but if there is a patcher, would an X3 bios work on a v1.6 xbox?

Yeas there is.
This patcher makes an 1mb bios files, so only modchips that let you use 1mb banks can use it.
Only Smartxx, Xenium & Xecuter allows this today.

New cheapmods will be on the market soon we hope.

works on any chip that has a 1mb bank on it you can use it on the x2.6ce

I have yet to find this patch i want it i have been looking for it for awhile now......xbins wont host it for obvious reasons...

Since you guys dont find the app, i have uploaded it for you
http://drikk.julebr.us/X3_Patcher_Beta_1.1.rar

can i somehow make the 1mb bios into a 256kb bios?

Thats pretty clear,
NO

Like i said you need an modchip thats able to handle 1MB bioses

Or, maybe a 1mb TSOP would work, but who knows...

wouldent be much point thou as config live is unavalable in the patched ver and x2 bios work's great on a 1.0/1.1 .

whats Config Live?

I tried the patcher, but it crashes when ever I try to load the BIOS.

WTF?!

NEW "X2 Config Live" bios due out in a couple days... it's already finished and in final testing phase

read about it here... http://www.teamxecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28936

Xecuter said... "Full details will be released shortly but it is done - it is finished - we are simply putting it through some final testing. We hope for it to be released in the next 48 hours. Stay tuned."

They have no problem posting hacked original BIOSes... but posting a patch for a hacked BIOS is bad. Right...