Xecuter / Psilocybe Proudly Presents: X2 4981

Format: XBOX BIOS

Date: Jan 15 2004

Release Information

X2 4980 had a lame bug. It looked for msxboxdash.xbe instead of
xboxdash.xbe - so if booting to a drive with no hacked dash you
would get an error 13. Apologies for this - was a dumb ass typo.

Also changed the dash boot sequence as follows:

1. avalaunch.xbe
2. evoxdash.xbe
3. mxmdash.xbe
4. nexgen.xbe
5. xboxdash.xbe

Psilocybe - one of our support staff made the relevant changes.
We didnt actually do anything so credit goes to him for posting
this. Also credits go to some of the guys at xbox-scene.com for
playing with the kernel and coming up with some ideas of their own.

Main X2 4981 XBL Disable Hack Info page:
http://www.teamxecuter.com/x24981_xbl.htm - We advise you to read

We hope you enjoy what is now most definatley the last X2 bios
release. Our advancements in the Xbos hacking scene have driven
development forward in many areas over the last two years and
your support has been fantastic. We look forward to serving the
community in 2004 with many exciting new developments and new
partnerships.

This bios is designed to work with all modchips as a BIOS. It is
our parting gift to the scene from the X2 Family. However it may not
work with some other mod's extra functions - but it works as a whole
like it's supposed to.

Now on with the show. Post all your feedback & test reports in here.
http://www.teamxecuter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=36105

This is not a "How to flash my bios" forum. This is for people with
test results on using the X2 4981 Bios :)

Enjoy !

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. avalaunch.xbe
- 2. evoxdash.xbe
- 3. mxmdash.xbe
- 4. nexgen.xbe
- 5. xboxdash.xbe
Change colors / boot sequences / fan speeds / Animation Patches / E-F Boot ****
Conexant / Focus Video Support
Clock Check Skipped / Error 16 Fix
Disable Access to Xbox Live *****

* Thanks to OzPaulb
** Thanks to Superfr0
*** Thanks to Santmat
**** Use XBTool - Thanks to Nghtshd
***** Thanks to Smo for his ideas

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

Evox.ini MD5 Hash Entries

Rom = "x2 4981.06",0xca25c9b3721da8c96c4770515dbcda07
Rom = "x2 4981.67",0xb6eb9fb7b79795c962b7f998ee4a8694

Changelog

Changes 4980 - 4981
- Boot sequence fixed
- No more error 13

Changes 4979 - 4980
- Disabled Connecting to Xbox Live
- 4980.06 = LBA48 6
- 4980.67 = LBA48 6+7

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)

Creating a FlashBIOS (Cromwell Disc)

Visit our forums for help and tutorials:

http://www.teamxecuter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=40

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://www.teamxecuter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=36105

Also in case you didn't know X2 Bios Manager v2 Final was also released.
It's now extremely reliable and supports flashing both the Lite and
Pro X2 mods. It even has a new Internet Updatable MD5 bios listing.
Another extra is to be able to flash the X2 pro using a lite programmer
if you ever needed to. Get it from here: (Need to be registered)

http://www.teamxecuter.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=6

We also encourage you to use the lastest Avalaunch Dashboard along with
the fantastic Qwix Windows App. We won't explain what Qwix is just try
it out for yourself. We've seen whats coming in the new Avalaunch, it
will most definatley be the dash of choice this year.

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 incorrectly or installed your mod wrong.

Thanks to #xbins, #xboxhacker and xbox-scene.com for their
support. Special thanks to Team Avalaunch and Worldxbox.co.uk
We should also mention maxconsole.com and xbins.org

Cracking is fun. We enjoy it and we know you enjoy using
the shit 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 -\-