RE: FYI: Xbox 'upgrade' info

["Graeme M. Thomson" <tmw2n@xxxxxxx>]

if anyone is willing to send me their mem card and return postage i'd be
more than happy to put any of the hacked save games on it for them.  mail
me off list if you're interested.

Graeme
At 01:20 20/08/2003, you wrote:
>Several options...
>
>You use another (already hacked) xbox and ftp the files straight over
to the
>mem cart.
>You use an action replay type mem card.
>You buy a xbox -> usb converter lead and use a usb mem drive.
>
>THT
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Sean [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: 19 August 2003 19:18
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] FYI: Xbox 'upgrade' info
>
>
>
>   OK so how do you get he hacked savegame on a memory card?
>
>   Do you use the action replay card or is there another way?
>
>   Sean
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Justin [mailto:justin@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: 19 August 2003 16:00
>   To: UKHA
>   Subject: [ukha_d] FYI: Xbox 'upgrade' info
>
>   my brother received his Chocollect Xbox last week and immediately
passed
>   it
>   over to me for 'sorting out' ;-)
>
>   I thought I would pass on my experience...
>
>   To date I have upgraded several ver 1 & 1.1 boxes by flashing
the
>   onboard TSOP,
>   this one however was a 1.2 which complicated the issue! If you are
going
>   down
>   the same route, hopefully this info will save you some of the hassle
I
>   had!
>
>   I would be using the 007 agent under fire hack so needed to solder
some
>   points
>   on the mobo, but being a 1.2 box these points have moved! The ones
on
>   the top
>   of the board are solder pads and were bridged with a single strand
of
>   tinned
>   wire, this was easy enough.
>   The points on the underside of the board are now 2 vias, which were
a
>   little
>   trickier to bridge. If you are doing this hack, make sure you follow
the
>   traces
>   to the next via or component and check for continuity. By eye, it is
>   very easy
>   to think the points are bridged when they aren't!
>   Having said that, this hack is still *much* easier than installing a
>   modchip
>   IMO and if you can borrow all the bits you need, free!
>
>
>   *Important*
>   The 1.2 Xbox only has a 256k EEPROM, whereas previous versions had a
1Mb
>
>   version. This means I had to replace the 1Mb BIOS image in the 007
>   savegame
>   (needed for the hack) with a 256k version. I chose Executer 2
>   (Xecuter2_4976.02_MultiVer_256k). If you are planning to use Slayers
1.2
>   you
>   will need this BIOS version (or newer).
>
>   The first attempt to flash the on board TSOP with the new BIOS
failed,
>   this
>   turned out to be because the "savewithraincoat" executable
(which is
>   part of
>   the 007 savegame hack) was incompatible with the 1.2 box. After
locating
>   a
>   newer version (0.501), all was well.
>
>   The next step was to install a bigger hard drive, and then run
Slayers
>   1.2,
>   which was a breeze.
>
>   Only having a 256k EEPROM means you can't fit switches to a 1.2 Xbox
and
>   have
>   multiple BIOS' (which is doable with 1 & 1.1 versions), this
means you
>   won't be
>   able to use the Live service, but there are other ways of online
gaming
>   with
>   your Xbox...:-)
>
>   Justin.
>
>   P.S. If you break you're legs, don't come running to me!
>
>
>
>
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