Ahhh! Somebody Help Me!
 

wow
im severely pissed right now
ive paid a total of 350 bucks
for two xbox
i paid 210 for the first, and 105 for the second... the first broke cuz the stupid guy i got to solder it, did something and it doesnst work.....
the second one now,
was workin just fine witht the modchips
i did everything i needed for it
it worked just dandy
and yesterday
i tried the xbox
and it didnt work
it booted up flashing green, then stopped, booted up green then stopped, then booted up and started flashing red and gree.... with no visual,. nothing......
what the hell is going on here!
i mean
this is soo frustrating
350 for two non-woroking xboxes!
somebody please help me
i mean it was working fine
i think i here somethin rattling inside the xbox, but it could be a dillusion...
i know the modchips working because when u dont put in the visual/audio, it flashes orange and green, so i know it recognizes it
somebody please tell em whats going on
and
if possible
my first xbox, did the same thing, except the x2 didnt work, and somethin happened with it, and its doing actually the same thing as this... except its flashing red and green without any modchip
somebody
everybody please help!
this is so frustrating but theres gotta be some solution.
yea i know this is alot to read, and hopefully it makes sense, but im just soo frustrated i need some solution!

which chip was in the xbox, x-ecuter 2? And are you using the bios it came with?

And are you using a pogo pin adapter?

yea x2 lite
no pogo pins
the first box has no x2 on it at the moment
but the second still has the x2 on it
i need help
this is soo infuriating
PLEASE

Send it back to the people you bought it from have tell them you want a new one.

what do u mean?
i got it from best buy or somethin
and warranty's gone
my friend soldered it
i dunno if that has anythin to do with it
but yea
help!

i had the same prob, sounds like a sour mod or bad image.

try flashing your mod and see what happends.

doubt it was that
cuz the x2 lite worked fine
for like a week
then all of a sudden
jsut f*ed up
i dunno what it could be

Open your XBox up, and unplug the X2 from the wiring harness. Then power up your XBox. If it boots like normal, you know its the chip, if it doesn’t, well then its your XBox.

Actually it's neither. I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM NOW. What it is, is the damn video cable. I usually unplug my video cable and replug it back and oddly enough, it works like normal. There might be a short somewhere that causes this. I really don't know. I have X2 Lite installed. If anyone else knows what's going on, please post a reply. Also mine worked for a week before starting to do that. Thanks in advance.

wait,
howd u get it to work?
cuz if i can do that
ill be good

hmm
ima get some torx today
and mess around and see wassup with the xbox
ill tell yall what i find, if anythin
but pika, still tell me how u get it to work

I unplugged the video cable from the back of the xbox and plugged it back in. I'm thinking it could be a faulty video cable but I could be wrong. Try it and tell me what happens. Also try using another video cable. It seems it is very picky when it comes to the video cable.

yea i know u unplugged it
but when?
like did u turn it on, unplug it, then plug it back in?
or did u just take it out turn it on then plug it in?
ill try to get a new cable or somethin
ill let yall know after i take a look inside

I think the Xbox flashing signal means there was a problem loading the bios. Double checking all connections (plugs AND soldered) would be a cheap and easy start to find the problem.

I'll bet my money on needing to reflash the bios on both though.

reflashing the bios of the x2 lite?
y?
is that possible?
but the previous bios was workin, y not now?
that makes no sense

lol it makes sense from the signs of it - if that flashing means bios problem ...its probably a bios problem.

yes - programs can get corrupted over time by usage - Windows is a great example

hmm so u think its the bios?
well how could i go upon fixing that?
and how does pikas box work if its relatively the same problem, if not the same?
thanks man
i need all the help i can get
this hassle has gotta end

Thats just my guess but you don't have anything to lose if you flash it again anyway since its already screwed up.

I think pika narrowed it down to the video cable having a short - in that case its possible the cord only shorts when its moved

hmm
but how would i be able to flash the x2?
would i be able to use the same linker as the matrix?
if not then how?
and....
if the cord only shorts when it moves? then how could u make it no short? not move it? but then it dosnt work..?

I'm not experienced with flashing X2 but I know it's possible. Dig around on xboxscene and you will find the procedure.

Yeah haven't you ever seen a speaker wire or something where the sound cuts out if you shake it. Its a reasonable explanation for pika's problem getting fixed. Unplugging the cord didn't fix or change his bios.

Make sure you check all the connections of the modchip too. When electrical devices aren't grounded properly they can do weird things.

yea dude i beat ya to it
i got my torx today
opened the xbox up
and i looked at the box
turned it on
didnt see any malfuntion
checked out the x2 lite
all the points were nice and sturdy
the d0 point
was a lil lose
i touched it
it came out....
then i turned my xbox on with the d0 point off, usin the normal bios
and it worked just fine
i mean
it turned on fine
but i didnt have a screen on to see what it says
but it is a hacked hdd with a normal bios at the moment, so i could figure somethin
but heres the hypothesis
one of two
it could be either that the point wasnt on well enough and just came a lil lose which is why it didnt work later on
or
it could be that the bios is corrupted and i needa reflash it
somehow
anybody got any suggestions?

okay
so iif yall see my other post i found out some reasons as to why the box does the reboot and flash
but i still need anythin i can get as to y mine specifically...
thanks turkey for all the help so far
just get me to the finish line and ill be a happy guy

Did you get it fixed yet? I would put that D0 on the alternate point this time and make sure its on good. If your Box works fine with the D0 off its either the modchip connections or the bios so try making a better connection. If that doesnt work its the modchip bios and I'm not sure there's an easy way to flash the X2Lite without taking it apart and doing some engineering.

not yet dude
thats what i was planning to do
redo the d0
ill tell u how it works out

DOH!!! Now mine doesn't start up. I think I'll bring it in tomorrow to get it professionally looked at. I have no idea what the problem could be. I'll ask the guy and see what he says. I'm totally thinking it could be one of the solder points.

damn
dude that sucks
y did it stop working?
u could check the d0 point too
...
ill probably get mine taken care of today
ill let yall know then

Extremely wierd. I moved it and replugged my video cable in and started it. Oddly enough, it worked. Then it stopped working. In any case, I'm going to my guy tomorrow since he hasn't had time to look at it today. I'll tell him to make sure all the connections solid for the chip. I will ask him what the problem could be and report back.

Actually, I have a hypothesis of what is happening. I think it could be the chip isn't grounded properly which is highly possible because if the behavior is much like a PC, it wouldn't start if some parts of the mobo touch the case. Or it could be that the D0 connection is loose. Mine seems to be that since it starts up sometimes and doesn't start up other times.

yea
my guess was also the d0 since mine was loose
ill gets to doin it soon
probably tomorrow actually....
it could be a possibility of not be groundin right
but
that would make it just not work it all
so it is a slight possibility, but hey, who knows

AX: The reason why the xbox is doing that is none of the above reasons!!! IT IS BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH POWER!!! I was playing around with it and then hooked my xbox to another tv in another room with no power connections but just the TV and it worked. No problems at all. Started up first time everytime. Moved the cable around and tested everything. It is for sure the power. That would explain why it worked sometimes and not other times. I will see if anymore things affect it.

Damn, it's back to acting up again. It worked before but now it's messing up again. Well, off to the shop tomorrow.

Mystery solved!
 

Took it to the store and finally solved the mystery of why the xbox does that christmas lights thing. The reason is that the chip sometimes moves out of alignment and hence the ground wire is perhaps detached. The installer said that this happened to many xbox's already. The simple fix is to make sure you solder the chip and make sure it's grounded. Only me and AX seems to have this issue so it seems like an isolated issue. Just make sure the chip is properly grounded. Also check all the connections just to make sure.

After the chip was grounded for sure, the xbox started up fine everytime. AX, tell me if you still have problems!