Help required DuoX 2 Cromwell/FlashBios Edition

[kosmiq]

Sorry to destroy your great suggestion here Quall but I would recommend to NOT use the X2 5035 bios on a DuoX2... There have been several problems reported using that bios on a DuoX2. Some had luck and got it working other found themselves in a tough position and had to get a programmer to reprogram the flash to get it started again...

Personally I like the iND bios series... Especially the iND-5003beta, that simply makes my day...
Works like the X2 5035 bios with a config file but is only 256kb instead of 512kb, thus you can have a very reliable backup bios on the other bank (like EvoX M8 or similar). If is is an 1.6 xbox I would say get the EvoX M8+ bios and use that.
If it is not get iND or the X2 4983 (tough I prefer 4981 as they are editable).
Other than that I think the DuoX2 is a great chip and comes at a small price.

[FTM]

Thanks for the advice the xbox is a version 1.4 with orig h/drive. I will use the bios i already have as it is very hard to find. One point, as the banks are 512k would i have to load two sets of 4983.06_256k.bin using programme X2BM v2.3 or just one set?

cheers

[kosmiq]

I think that you should change the size on the binaries so that they fits your banks... Meaning you will have to convert from 256kb to 512kb if that is the size of the bank.
There is a program made to do that, gotta see if I can find it and give you a link to it.

Should not be any problems to post that link here right? It should not be illegal in any way... or?

[FTM]

Finally cracked it, loaded two sets of the same bios, works ok. thanks for good advice

F.T.M.

[kosmiq]

Originally Posted by FTM

Finally cracked it, loaded two sets of the same bios, works ok. thanks for good advice

F.T.M.

Happy you got it working...
Remember to use your new chip for legal reasons only...