Upgrading dash & bios

**JimM** · 14th January 2004

Hi guys

I'm currently running Slayers 2.5 dash (A version of 3921) and the M7 bios. I want to upgrade to the latest Evox dash and Xecuter bios but not sure how I do it.

I think I need to do the Evox first as once I get the new Evox I would have an option to upgrade the bios which is missing on the Slayers.

Cheers
Jim

**chizh** · 14th January 2004

If you FTP your selected bios image in c:\bios or e:\bios (dependant upon your curent setup) you should be able to flash the bios thru' your current evox. My option to flash is in System Settings but I used another installer not Slayer's.

You'll also have to check whether your bios is flash protected (again depending on your choice of modchip).

You can also run a flasher right off a cd-rw. Head on over to xbox-scene tutorials section for all the info you need.

Evox can also be simply FTP'd across from your PC. No real need to install from a disc.

**JimM** · 14th January 2004

Cheers Chizh, but I don't have an option for flashing under System Settings, presumably because it is a slayers install.

Can you confirm that all I need to do is overwrite the current Evox files on the hardrive with the latest ones I've download and that will that allow me to boot up with the latest Evox. I can then access the flash program.

Thanks
Jim

**4me2** · 14th January 2004

Im still running 3921 too , use my ini then you can flash your bios .

Just make sure you change the IP settings to your own Ip numbers when trying to access per ftp.

**JimM** · 14th January 2004

Cheers 4me2

Edited your ini and copied across, flash program worked fine and I now have 4980 bios.

Thanks again

Jim

**4me2** · 14th January 2004

nice one m8.

**chizh** · 14th January 2004

Glad the flash went well. Should have told you to go to Management not settings tho' - thx 4me2 :thumbs

Can confirm overwriting evox worked for me, so there's no reason it shouldn't work for anyone else. FTP it across and then reboot. Don't FTP everything tho' as you only need the xbe.

**wol** · 15th January 2004

I'm in the same situation, have 4980.06_256k.bin bios and just got the Flash option thanks to 4me2 :thumbs , but was wondering if I need to alter the size of the BIOS file before attempting to flash? The tuts I've read suggest that I alter it to a 1MB file. What do you guys say?
TIA

**4me2** · 15th January 2004

no they dont need to be 1MB .

**{{909}}** · 15th January 2004

you only need to alter the bios size if you have an old v1 xbox and you arnt flashing with evox, if u have a 256k bios and u try to flash a 1meg chip with evox it will sort it out for u

**cncity** · 15th January 2004

also in evox if the option is not there to flash bios, check your .ini file and make sure it is not edited out with the # before it.(if it is it will not show just remove the # to make it show)