RE: Re: XBox problems

["Sullivan, Glenn" <gsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's actually a f'load easier if you have an X3 chip...

The x3 chip comes with a utility that allows you to specify the filename
of the program that you want to load as a dashboard.  It even allows you
to specify a full path to the file name.

So, if your xbmc.xbe is located here:
C:/apps/XBMC/xbmc.xbe

Then set your boot drive to c: and your bios name to /apps/xbmc/xmbc.xbe

Then go to X3 Config Live -> Configure X3 Bios -> Autostart to X3
Config
Live = Disabled.

The system should boot directly to XBMC.

If you want to get back to config live to change something (if it
doesn't work) hold down the white button on a wired controlled attached
to port 1 while booting the xbox.

HTH,

Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dave Marley
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:01 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: XBox problems

Marcus Warrington wrote:

> That's an interesting point... I have an Executer3 chip in my xBox but

> it never came with a manual of any sort !

> Does anyone know how I can get my xbox to auto boot directly into XBMC

> when I turn it on.

> At the moment it boots into the Executer bios dash, I then have to
> select (using the controller) "reboot to dash", this then
takes me to
> the Evox dash and from there I select XBMC. The xBox is being used
> purely as a mediabox not a games machine so I don't like having to
> have a controller plugged in.

Yes, you can set xbmc as the default dash. You need to make some changes
to xboxmediacenter.xml to set things like the HOME directory. You then
put the xml file and the xbmc default.xbe in c:\. You have to rename the
xbmc default.xbe that you put in c:\ as evoxdash.xbe, or whatever an
executor 3 boots from by default.

> Does anyone know if its possible to modify the M$ IR dongle to turn
> the xbox on/off by trhe remote ?

No, you need to modify the box. I think I used one of these -
http://www.chiptech.de/content.php?rad_id=221

Dave