Why should I upgrade my bios???

[BigSteel]

I have a TSOP flashed xbox. I am not sure what version bios it is, it simply shows as "unknown" on my Evo-x dashboard. Can I even upgrade the bios with a TSOP or do I need a modchip to do this. I seem to be able to run everything fine as it is now, so why would I want to upgrade?

[nimbles]

the reason its unknown- is cos your version of evox doesn't have the hash for that bios- that can be easily corrected if its a major issue for you- may be as simple as updating your version of evox- but its not a major issue

I think it is possible to flash the TSOP again with a new bios, but if you are happy with the way everything is set up then don't bother- if it ain't broke don't fix it as they say.

there's not much that you can do with the bios- just change the colour of the X logo, remove the flubber animation at the beginning and maybe eventually change the colour of the animation.

the reason i changed it was to move all my modded stuff onto my f drive (so have to make the bios look for my dash on the f: drive as opposed to c:) so my xbox looks like a normal xbox (for live purposes) don't even know if it really even matters at the moment- seeing as you are using a TSOP flashed xbox this bit is probably pointless anyway.

If i were you i wouldn't bother unless any of the points i made actually affects you. Plus something like a TSOP mod if flashed incorrectly is pretty terminal (i think). If you have a multibank modchip, and know what you are doing, you should always be able to recover from a bad flash fairly easily. I f however you have space to accomodate 1 bios (as with a cheap mod or no modchip exploit) then the ability to recover while not impossible is alot harder.

HTH

[pepsik]

Be careful flashing your bios, you need to know what version xbox you have. v1.0 + v1.1 xbox have a bios of 1mb and all other versions(1.2,1.3,1.4) have a 256k bios. Use xbtool to resize the bios image to the appropiate size and good luck. If it ain't broke, don't fix it - unless your curious like me ;)

[Neo]

Raincoat .7 does most of the work for you. Resizing the bios file. And if you do screw up some how, you can always get a mod chip.