New X2 bios (final?) released

[nimbles]

hey guys team xecuter have released a new x2 4982 bios- which should be the last x2 bios release before they start on x3.

from xbox scene:


>> A new build of the Xecuter2 Bios has been released.
What's new/fixed (since 4980 - 4981 was an unofficial rls):
* fixed boot order and dash names
* made igr, xbl hack, clock check hack and no reset on eject hack configurable with files
* used files:
-x2_IGR_disabled
-x2_NROE_disabled
-x2_XBLC_disabled
-x2_CEC_disabled
* added x2config.xbe configuration app
* added app to verify if release is genuine (md5)
* some minor fixes done
* 4982.06 = LBA48 6
* 4982.67 = LBA48 6+7

From nfo/readme:

Hello again from Team Xecuter. Here is yet another release of the scene's most advanced feature packed Xbox Bios. I know we said there would be no more so I guess we should apologize for that statement, no doubt the usual haters will jump on it no doubt :)
There was a few bugs with 4980 that simply shouldn't have been missed. It was hacked a little by members of the scene and 4981 became an "unofficial" release. Looking at this we decided to build and official release of 4982 with a few adjustments and fixes.

First of all we seem to have many support issues with users of our bios that are in fact using one that has been edited or not the actual release that was tested working, so we have now included a new Bios checker that will confirm that the bios you have downloaded or acquired is indeed the correct and official version. It's a simple dos app that can be run from the command line. This new release checker is included with this release.
Other features we have added due to requests from reading posts on
our forums, xbox-scene.com and worldxbox.co.uk
- Added ability to disable the No Reset On Eject Hack
Reason: Most Requested Feature
- Added ability to disable the XBL Live Check Hack
Reason: Some people report issues when they have an older dash version
- Added ability to disable the Clock Error Check Hack
Reason: Some people report issues with clock constantly resetting

All of these features including the "Disable IGR Hack" can now be enabled / disabled by a simple XBE app which is included with this release.
If anyone wishes to use the XBL Check Feature we STRONGLY recommend you update to the latest dash version (Live 2.0 5659.03) as the patch does not block a game accessing the live service to upgrade if you have an older version. Games like Sega GTO have the file Dashupdate.xbe You can either disconnect your mod and update or rip the file from the game and run manually after FTP'ing to your box.

[Mr Snatcher]

Have they found a bios to fix that scrambled screen?

[Neo]

Have they found a bios to fix that scrambled screen?
Wasn't that only a problem in Pheonix Bios Loader? And not the bios itself? And why isn't it in xbins yet?

[nimbles]

i think its up there now- when they packed it they forgot the to add either the xbe file or the bios verifier- from a thread in xbox scene it seems they've now rectified it and put it back up there

[Neo]

Yep, just checked and its there. Were do you put the xbe file? Root of C:\ ?

[nimbles]

ok seems to be probs with people using x2 4982 bios- so flash at your peril-

apparently the reported problem seems to be that it loads your dash fine but wont launch other xbe's

doesn't seem really bad but could be if your dash of choice doesn't have a way of flashing bioses from the dash (avalaunch/unleashX/MXM)-

No mention of what happens if you try and load a dash from cd/dvd

so possibly no easy way of rectifying the problem if you have a cheapmod (will need something like a hotswap)

From team xecuter's site:

There seems to be many people who cant get X2 4982 to boot any XBE from dash. One sympton is that in Avalaunch the Slave Drive in Hardware Info is displayed corruptly.
We cant seem to duplicate this at all and we do have many others with no issues - so those with problems we have found that it may be possible you flashed with Cromwell and it corrupts in some way.
Can you please try to flash with FlashX 1.2 or with EvolutionX ?
Also if you use Ava boot the dash with no disc in the drive - see if this fixes the corruption.

If you can post your results to X-S forums or Team Xecuter forums we'd appreciate it - need to pinpoint this.

[nimbles]

ok 4983 is now out with a little bugfix:


We were testing some X3 code in the 4982 bios and there was a part of our loader sequence that was not fully compatible with the X2 Lite mod. Therefore 4982 only worked on X2 Lite if you used it as a 1MB bios or on the second 512k bank of the mod. Users could not load XBE's from their hacked dashboard due to this bug - it's now been fixed. If you had this problem simply boot from disc with FlashX or EvoX to flash again - it WILL boot the disc even tho XBE from dash crashed beforehand.

Thanks to those who informed us of this error.

[Neo]

I had no problems with it, Although I just TSOPed flashed it.
But ill reflash again then....

BTW, were do you put that .xbe file???????

[pepsik]

I had no problems with it, Although I just TSOPed flashed it.
But ill reflash again then....

BTW, were do you put that .xbe file???????root of c: but I think they will have to release a bug fix for the this to

[Neo]

Didn't it say that you can hold A at boot up and it will launch the menu for you... Didn't work for me, is that what you mean by the bug fix?

[pepsik]

yeah it didn't work for me, but i'm not using evox which I read is what it loads from.