Problem after problem ....

Okay, she cr@pped out on me. I was in the middle of a game of KoTOR when it just locked-up. I powered it down, waited a few seconds and tried to power up again and it lockes up a couple of seconds into the XBOX animation. Another attempt to power down and power back up and she does nothing: no vid, no aud... just 3xBOOT and FRaG. I checked the motherboard for broken traces, couldn't find any. Took the x2.3 lite+ out, and still FRaG. Reassembled the whole thing and was pretty much resigned to go out and buy a new one, but she started up again... only to lock up and frag after about 20 minutes of play.

Also, in the Evox settings, it says xbox version 1.0, but on the motherboard, its got the 1.2-1.5 "d0" pinhole, so accordingly, my x2.3blite+ is set to 1.2+. Could this have anything to do with it...?

[AXmichigan]

for the 3 reboot then flashing red and green
did u check every possibility in my sticky?

Hi axmichigan,

Yeah, I believe I did everything that was in the sticky. But if I have a solder-less x2.3lite+, are there other places that I should check? I don't use a header-pin, but it looks like all of the pogos make good contact. And I've inspected the board over and over looking for scratched traces. Plus, I've verified, erased, reflashed and verified my mod.

How about over heating?

[AXmichigan]

if its over heating.. it wouldnt do the 3 reboots.. just be a solid red one..
another slight possiblity for one would be the solid green with no audio or visual.. which is what u experienced if i can recall
double check the traces...
how long was ur system on for?
around what temperature is it there?
i think u said it did that with the chip out right?
could be a hardware failure.. thats usually what the flashing means...
answer my q's and ill let u noe what to do

Thanks...

It was on for about 3 hours.
That day it couldn't have been more than 72-74 degrees F.
It did it with the mod removed as well.
Hmmm. Am I forgetting anything?

Just to get everything covered.
V 1.4-1.5 (according to xbox-scene's ID scheme)
X2.3b Lite +
120GB Maxtor
Phillips DVD
x2 4983(?)

Used heavily for the last month with lengthy play times.

[AXmichigan]

hmm
thats not that hot
but add that with the heat of the xbox and maybe
hmm...
3 hours aint much though
it could do some damage
do u ever check the temp in like evox or xbmc?

I've looked at the temperature before, but in most of my research, I've never come across operating temperatures or overheat temps to be aware of. Also, I've gone for longer stints than 3 hours.

[seaneyb2003]

format the xbox drive should work.

But how do I format the HDD if I can't even get evox to boot?

[seaneyb2003]

yea maybe try reformat it i donno? caus it will prob work maybe the hd has died maybe that got to hot?

[AXmichigan]

oo
wait a sec
u said the xbox didnt work with the modchip out?
of course not
cuz its an updated drive
is the drive locked?
if not then try the original hdd
if that works.. then we gotta reflash the bios on the chip cuz its a corrupted bios
or somethin
thats what i was thinkin
i just couldnt remember
forget the hdd format
do my things and lemme noe
(no offense seaney )

[seaneyb2003]

no worrys i aint had any troubles with my xbx yet

[AXmichigan]

hehe lucky
yea do what i asked then tell me

[seaneyb2003]

just gotta fit my duox at the weekend ekk i be cool though my buddy got me this install disk for me should be hell lot easier to install evox.

[arriej44]

Little off the subject but...

What's the high temp when you should start getting concerned? I watched a DivX movie yesterday and the Xbox CPU temp was 143.2 F. Is that getting close to too hot or is that okay?

Thanks!