Falcon , running Xell / XBR

[jelle2503]

Hi I have Falcon unit, from 2008, with dash 6683

please bear with me as I just started getting into this. I have read a lot on this subject, and am very capable doing most of it by myself... First time I even soldered anything to an Xbox 360 that still worked Just ran into some trouble and don't know if that's me.. or something else.

I got everything ready to go:
- 2 identical nand dumps, read OK in flashtool, compared in Winhex
- Got CPUkey after having ran Xell (line 4&5)

Pic of nand in flashtool 0.90:
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6121/nand.png

But when using XBR for Falcon it does not work, as per following instructions i get instant 3RROD on powerup.. errorcode 0022... sometimes it seems to go for a bit, then the fans spin faster for a millisecond a few times, then goes to RROD after about 10 seconds.. if i power it up, then eject using the remote... it'll light all 5 leds green on the RF panel, even when i power it off

anyone knows how to boot to xell using the dvd remote on XBR? sandungas said to use the DVD remote for booting into Xell but didn't specify which button (i suppose the power button).. I don't have a wired controller.
Anyway i tried to boot with keyboard and windows key... Tried to use DVD remote.. both do not work to get into Xell when having flashed the proper prepared XBR image..

Anyone has a clue what's going on? Or is the unofficial release of XBR for other models just someone looking to get rep by releasing non tested files maybe? Maybe it's just me f***ing up , but i very much doubt it... Done everything according to instructions..

As of now i'm flashing back my nand dump, to get the 360 to work again.

[Gazcoigne]

plug a usb controller into the rear USB port then press the xbox button to get xell loaded

AFAIK the XELL needs manually updated also so the one included may not even boot correctly at this stage

[jelle2503]

just found this from tmbinc:

there is a way to boot back into the "backup xell" (there are two xell versions in flash, the normal one, and the backup one.) Usually the normal xell is started, but you can start the backup one by either:
 - Attaching a wired controller on the back USB port, and pressing the X button to powerup the box, or
 - Pressing the windows-button on a remote control to powerup the box.

i just flashed back my original nand, works fine

just had a rather strange experience with the Xbox 360 which nerved me up pretty badly

I had left the 360 running for about half hour just stationairy in the dash on my TV.. So far didn't experience any issues yet.. Until i wanted to update it to 7371 dash... I turned it off.. Shoved the usb stick in, and turned it on it showed instant 3ROD code 0020.. I thought wtf.. I'm running original nand now, everything was ok... Pulled the usb stick out and booted it ten times , everytime 3ROD code 0020.. I thought I had stuffed my 360 lol

Until i disconnected the dvd drive and it booted into dash again? I'm thinking what is going on I pull the dvd drive and now it works again? Anyway with the 66xx dash now booted, I update to 7371 using USB.. turned it off, plugged the drive again... and again it showed me instant 3ROD code 0020 on powerup... I was baffled...

So i'm thinking the dvd-drive is stuffed causing 3ROD everytime because the nand is untampered with (i had just restored it).. Here's how I "fixed" it, I booted into dash without DVD drive, then I hotplugged the DVD drive.. After that the 360 rebooted without showing me 3ROD... It also now works fine with coldboot... no more 0020.. WEIRD or what? IDK what was going on maybe there's an explanation but i would not know xD


I get RROD as soon as I press the Windows button on the DVD remote apparantly current Xell work on Xenon only... Could i just take a known working nand image, and use nandpro like this to get a working xell image? :

nandpro 7371.bin: -w16 falcon_hack_updxell.bin 0

and then do this:

So if you have a working xell image t for your hardware:

First:
nandpro WorkingXell.bin: -r16 XellFw.bin 0 40

Then:
nandpro XBR.bin: -w16 XellFw.bin

Inject the config blks, and kv, good to go

[ww735215]

XBR_Falcon_8955_1.bin have released,you can try it.

[jelle2503]

Yes the newer 8955_1 for Falcon works ... i can use Windows button on DVD remote to boot into Xell ^^

i'm getting errors all around me when using XBR.. E71 with usb hdd attached.. E79.. and 3RROD xD its nerving me up badly... but pull the powerplug once and it's all good again

sometimes it errors out on the xbox boot logo with E79 or E71... pulled the powercord and all good.. weird.

whatever it works fine.. this is great

[ww735215]

Yes the newer 8955_1 for Falcon works ... i can use Windows button on DVD remote to boot into Xell ^^

i'm getting errors all around me when using XBR.. E71 with usb hdd attached.. E79.. and 3RROD xD its nerving me up badly... but pull the powerplug once and it's all good again

sometimes it errors out on the xbox boot logo with E79 or E71... pulled the powercord and all good.. weird.

whatever it works fine.. this is great

i still no success for falcon8955_1.
every times just chrismas light .i suspect my kv is damaged .how to rebuild it?

[GhaleonX]

I have a system I just did that was working fine, but just started doing this. I power cycled a few times, and it booted just fine, again. RRoD (0020) seems to randomly come and go, and only needs to be power cycled to be avoided. I can still play for hours and no rrod/freezing. Weird.

[jelle2503]

well there's obviously something weird about xbreboot seeing all the errors i'm getting thrown at

i too can play for hours and nothing is the matter... but a coldboot doesn't seem to work good everytime

I have seen E71... E79 < if I'd get this error, next reboot I'd have to go through the Initial Setup of the Xbox 360
3RROD happens quite often on coldboot but rebooting solves all these problems

also my 360 has booted perfectly, while showing the bottomleft, and the top right LED in red... I've also seen my 360 boot fine with the 2 bottom LED on green as well.. In both situations these LEDs would burn constantly, and not show any other activity at all.

xbreboot is great tho =) i'm absolutely liking it and can't wait to see what some of these talented guys can come up with

[tinchote]

Hello. I also have a falcon xbox 360, flashed with xbreboot 8955_1

I also get random e71 errrors. Sometimes when I exit xexloader or mame360 with the home button. Other times when I exit live arcade games.

Another rare thing is that if vibration mode is activated, the xbox 360 sends a turn off signal to my wireless controller. Happened with bayoneta demo and ikaruga.

Also, braid shows a loading screeen, then it goes straight back to the nxe menu.

Sometimes I may get 3 red lights, but I turn off and on the xbox and it is gone.

I read somewhere here that it may be a bad flashing (couple of bad blocks flashed)

Anyone has these experiences?

[jelle2503]

cygnos soldered in .. first mod chip i've done:

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4667/p1612092113.jpg

will move the resistors tomorrow to upside of board

thx icekiller for this cygnos i love it

[rkkman]

Looks nice.  Good job.