| If you're having
trouble flashing your X2lite that came flashed with the Cromwell 1.8 bios, then
PLEASE READ this. Ok,
here we go. You'll
know you installed your x2lite correctly when you boot up, and the DVD ROM ejects
automatically and the LED flashes red once, then goes back to green. That's cromwell
doing its thing. First
make sure you're using an RCA connecter. An RF, S-Video, or HDTV pack usually
won't work with the Cromwell 1.8 bios. You'll get a blank screen with a slight
wave. *This is
what an RCA connector looks like* 
You
should now see the Linux dashboard. This is what follows:
1.
Download the OZXchip file (Get It Here). It will let you flash your chip with
any bios you choose. Now burn the the OZxchip.iso image to a CD/RW in nero. **note**
Its already in an ISO form so you don't need to create an ISO Follow
these steps when burning an image with nero: Open
Nero, click on "File", scroll down to "burn Image...", then
locate your "ozxflashcd.iso" and select that file and click open. Now
select the lowest possible write speed(2x if possible) then select the "disk
at once" write method, then click the "write" button and let nero
do it's job. Now
mark the CD/RW as disk 1 and set it to the side.
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2.
You'll need X2MB (Get
It Here) also so you can save your bios image as a 1024 bios bin, instead
of a 256 bios bin. The read me that comes with OZXchip says use 256 bios, but
dis-regard this. It MUST BE A 1024 bin bios. Now
run X2MB and click the "Image Size" button, click the "import"
button. A new window will open up, choose your up to date bios that you downloaded
(try bios X2 4976.02 or X2 4976.02 Coloured). Continue to import the SAME bios
to all four banks, until all banks are loaded with the bios. It should look like
this when you start out:
After
you've imported the SAME bios to all banks, then click the save button, and save
the bin as "bios.bin". It must be saved as "bios.bin"... all
lowercase. If not... you're going nowhere. Now this bin should be a 1024k bios
saved as "bios.bin". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next
download UltraISO here.
Now
you'll need to create an ISO for your bios. To do this you'll need to add your
"bios.bin" (the 1024k bios bin you created with X2BM) to the ISO you're
going to create. You will also need a "fluffing" file. This adds size
to the ISO so the Cromwell bios can mount it. So you'll need to ad a zip file
to the ISO. I used
Nero.exe, and converted to zip form using winzip and added it to the ISO. So now
you should have "bios.bin" and "Nero.zip" in your directory.
NOTE.... The "bios.bin should be listed on top of the "Nero.zip".
Click the "save" Icon, and save the ISO and save it as "biosflash.iso" Now
you have an ISO bios file. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Burn
this image to a CD/RW with Nero using these steps: Open
Nero, click on "File", scroll down to "burn Image...", then
locate your "biosflash.iso" and select that file and click open. Now
select the lowest possible write speed(2x if possible) then select the "disk
at once" write method, then click the "write" button and let nero
do it's job. Take
the CD/RW out Label it as disk two. ----------------------------------------------------------
Your
almost done now. Boot
your Xbox into the Cromwell 1.8 Linux dash. The DVD ROM should auto eject. Put
in disk one. WAIT UNTIL IT SAYS "Please Insert CD" before you close
the drive. Looks like this:(thanks chris76rs for the pics)
 The
code should execute, just follow the on screen messages. The drive will open by
itself prompting for the bios disk. Load disk 2 and let the drive close by its
self. It will then proceed in flashing your chip.
 Remember
the DVD ROM will open and close by itself during the process. Do not manually
close or open the drive or you have to start over.
 WHEW!!!
DONE!!!
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