New BIOS from Team Xecuter

[rms2001]

Xecuter Proudly Presents: X2 4979
Date: 15 November 2003

Well folks it's been a long time in the making but we finally
cracked it. As most of you know the new v1.4 and v1.5 Xbox had
a new FOCUS video encoder (FS454) which replaced the old Conexant
version (CX25871) and video output could no longer be generated.

Evox implemented their old hacks to the new 5101 kernel and that
all worked fine, however Xecuter doesn't patch the MS kernel, we
use source code to develop our advanced patches and hacks, but
without the source code for the Focus encoder we were pretty much
stuffed. After many weeks of hardcore low level hacking we have
successfully developed the Focus source code from scratch and are
pleased to announce a fully working X2 bios with Focus support
embedded for your enjoyment. Now you can use all the extra features
you've all come to expect from Xecuter

Another couple of features include the skipping of the MS Dash clock
check which has been requested many times. This enables you to boot
from DVD correctly when setting up a new hard disk without any
problems or errors. This gets rid of Error 16 problems.

We have also intergrated OzPaulb's fantastic LBA48 hack which we had
to painstaiknigly convert from Assembly to C source. This is now
embedded into our X2 source so you can use two versions of our bios.
One for LBA48 6 and one for LBA 48 6+7 (LBA48 6 is one large F
partition - recommened for new HD installs, and LBA48 6+7 is for
those who want to extend your current F drive to its larger size
without losing any data). For those who dont know you were
previousley limited to a 137GB drive - now you can have up to 2 TB
(2199023255040 bytes) or 2000 Gb for the *ahem* uninformed.

We've also added a "fix" section in this nfo that solves many
crashing problems that some of you maybe experiencing with your
games / apps - check it out.

X2 4979 will most likely be the last bios in the X2 series, as well
as the X2.3 hardware design (with new power adapter). We thank you
all for your generous support over the last 2 years and we will be
seeing you soon with the feature packed X3 hardware and software.

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS - SEE YOU IN 2004 !!!!

Features Summary
=============

Universal Bootloader - Works on ALL models (v1.0 to v1.5)
Boot All Originals
Boot All Unsigned Code
Boot All Backups
Boot Debug XBE's
Macrovision Protection Disabled
No Patch Hack
No Reset On Eject
Hard Drive Swap Hack
LBA48 Hack*
Embedded In Game Reset (IGR)
- (LT+RT+BACK+START) or (LT+RT+BACK+BLACK)
- Use IGR after pausing the game for best results
Disable IGR
- Copy x2_IGR_disabled file to E: partition
Customized Error Screens **
No DVD Rom Hack ***
No AV Cable Hack
Media Flag Auto-Patcher
Embedded XBE Capability
- We can add any XBE into the bios to boot on-the-fly
Dashboard Boot sequence Hack
- 1. evoXdash.xbe
- 2. avadash.xbe
- 3. mxmdash.xbe
- 4. xboxdash.xbe
Change colors / boot sequences / fan speeds / Animation Patches / E-F Boot ****
Conexant / Focus Video Support
Clock Check Skipped / Error 16 Fix


* Thanks to OzPaulb
** Thanks to Superfr0
*** Thanks to Santmat
**** Use XBTool - Thanks to Nghtshd

See http://teamxecuter.com/modules.php?n..._Encyclopedias for more bios info
See http://home.alltel.net/nghtshd/xbtool.html for Xbtool info and download

Changelog
========

Changes 4978.03 - 4979
- Added Focus Video Encoder Support
- Embedded OzPaulb's LBA48 Hack
- Added MS Dash clock check skip
- Removed embedded FTP (was simply a proof of concept anyway)
- Resized and optimized back to 256k
- Clean up of code and some general bug fixes
- 4979.06 = LBA48 6
- 4979.67 = LBA48 6+7

Changes 4978.2-4978.3:
- Fixed IGR function which made 4978.2 hang on game startup
- Tested on pro & lite with evoX and a couple of games
- Maybe drink less coffee next time before releasing :-p

Changes 4978-4978.2:
- Squeezed to 512k with FTP server still functional (this is done by implementing heavy compression algorithms)
- no functional changes

Changes 4978 Bug Fix
- Fixed 1MB incompatibility problem with X2.x Lite

Changes 4977-4978:
- Added FTP server, IP: 192.168.10.123, Mask: 255.255.0.0, login/password: x3/x3
- FTP server starts up if you keep the 'A' button pressed on bootup, otherwise the dashes are run
- Dashboard sequence changed to: evoXdash.xbe, avadash.xbe, mxmdash.xbe, xboxdash.xbe

Changes 4976.02-4977:
- Permanent No Reset On Eject - Finally got around to adding this - HATED to have it reset in xbox media player :-)

Changes 4976-4976.02:
- Unfortunately the 4976 hangs if people have a "debug" xbox and the default dash is set to launcher (xbsetcfg /l),
this release fixes this problem

Changes 4975-4976:
- Disable IGR Feature
- Removed No AV Cable Check (for Lan whores etc - Requested Feature)
- Superfr0 Nice Error Screens (Credits to Superfr0 - should have added this as default a long time ago)

Changes 4974-4975:
- Auto Patcher for new media flag on new games - no need for patching !
- No DVD Drive Check - no longer throws Error 11 (Credits to SantMat)

Changes 4973-4974:

- ROM is now compatible to v1.0 and v1.1 Xboxes in one 256K image

Changes 4972-4973:
- Fixed "Non-Boot" Problem (tested on Silent Hill 2)
- Fixed "only needed one trigger for reset" bug
- Added S-Type IGR Reset (LT+RT+BA+BL)


Notes
====

You should be made aware of some issues that we discovered and
has probably had some of you tearing your hair out.

If you have games like GTA, GTA Vice City and Fifa 2004 etc and
they are crashing during the game then you will find they operate
and AUTOSAVE check which uses your system clock. Now if your system
clock is corrupt then it will crash a number of titles which use
AUTOSAVE. One clock we found corrupt had a date/time setting of
15/11/8097. The second the clock was fixed in the MS Dash all the
games that crashed worked just fine with no problems whatsoever.

You should also be aware that some apps especially FlashX v1.2 are
also crashing - this is down to the EVOX IGR. You should disable all
EVOX IGR and this will get things moving nicely.

If you have any questions / bug reports / success reports please
post in this thread:

http://teamxecuter.com/modules.php?n...wtopic&p=29655

Disclaimer
=======

This piece of software will most likely destroy your XBOX if you
don't now what you are doing! We will not be held responsible for
any damage or screw ups.

For those that keep asking about FRAG (led Flashing Red And Green)
means you flashed your **** wrong or installed your mod wrong.


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Cracking is fun. We enjoy it and we know you enjoy using
the **** we make so let's keep the scene fun as there
have been too many idiot elements recently. If you
don't like us that's fine, but it won't stop
us doing something that we enjoy.
This is a problem for some
and we feel very sorry
for these people.

-/- Xecuter - Rocking the box since 2002 --

Resized and optimized back to 256k

Good thing for people like me who have the Matrix

[AXmichigan]

hehe sweeeet
yea i hear that rms
gotta love the matrix
im probably gonan get this
cuz i have the 4977 and im sick of having to have the av cable in whenever i transfer stuff
and the reseting thing is way too annoying
id say we should wait a couple days or somethin
because team xecuter once released a bios which caused nothing but problems because they forgot something
but it looks real good

[HANS_COBBO]

Just flashed mine earlier today, seems to be very stable enough, no problems as of yet.

[rms2001]

Ya I'm going to wait a few days as well. There were alot of bugs in their 4978.03 BIOS so...

[HANS_COBBO]

I know, yet i was gonna wait a while myself but i said what the hell take a chance this time. However, i have two xbox's so if one fails i have the other one to fall back on...

[rms2001]

LOL I couldn't wait. I went ahead and flashed it. Seems evey thing is fine.

[HANS_COBBO]

lol

[AXmichigan]

hehe nice
maybe ill get it then

[AXmichigan]

i just forgot what iw as doin
when using xbins
under x2 bios
i go for multi for the newest bios, for the matrix chip right?
i think it is...
and also
i should go for the 4979.67 over the 4979.06 right?

[rms2001]

In XBins go into XBOX > BIOS > Xecuter and you will find it there.

[rms2001]

A group of individuals using a current setup of a LBA48 bios with
a large F partition have been posting that all the data on their
F data dissapeared when updating to the 4979.06

We totally had no idea why as we've tested this on many many setups
and works perfectly every time.

Then it hit us - one very drunken member of Xecuter packed the
release of 4979.06 incorrectly. It's actually 4979.67 - DOH !

So apologies to those who've been scratching their heads over the
last 24 hours heh. Don't worry using this bios wont effect your
drive - simply use the correct 4979.06 in this re-packed release.

Here is why the F data dissapeared:

This ONLY affects users with these setups: If you had a bios with
LBA48 patches before and had one BIG F: drive (partition 6 only)
and the drive was above 137 gig

If you then use 4979.06 you would get an F: and a G: - this would
cut your F: to 137 gig and therefore make your directories table
invalid bringing you an empty F: drive that is smaller than before
and some space behind that could be a G: drive

Moral to this story - less alcohol when coding and packing

Moral to this story - less alcohol when coding and packing

LMAO. I knew there was gonna be a bug some where...

[AXmichigan]

hehe i knew it!
it always happens
good thing i didnt update my bios yet...
i looked under xecuter 2 and went to multi and found the bios
but im unsure as to which one to load..
ill wait till things are sure

[rms2001]

"Multi" I knew I forgot some thing.

Well this "BUG" the found it seems it only matters if you had a big HDD over 137GB that this happend to.
Still gonna go back to 4977 until the repack is out.

[DLock]

Look at there site, and u will see that they say the guy who packed these files was drunk and made a mistake. both files are 4979,67.

[HANS_COBBO]

Lmao