hey guys, i am getting a modchip and i was checking out some sites and i want to know if the aladdin advance modchip is a good 1. which chips are better, and what are the goods/bads of the aladdin chip. i would thank ur help since im a newbie
Hi your choice of modchip is a good enough one for "every day use" takes a 256k bios which is nearly all most of us need the chip can be turned off easily too.and the newer ones have a pin header install which is nicer for the noob to install with. all in all its a chip that "does what it says on the tin" no more no less Regards
I just got my Aladdin live chip and programmer. I installed the chip and all the solders are good and the Xbox still runs when I use the turn off the mod feature but it seems to have come to me unflashed. I figure no prob that is just the reason I got the programmer. Well when I plug in the programmer the blue light on the mod comes on but the program to flash the chip says no device detected!?!? has anyone had the same problem? It does not matter if I use LPT port or the USB still no detect. I know what you are thinking why doesnt the dummy just flash with a disk but as I have a Thompson drive it seems every disk I have gotten will just not read and spits it back out. Thanks for any help!!
Hi According to the data from the chip makers website http://www.aladdin-chip.com Instructions from their web site _________________________________________________ 1.start the alladin live pro software programme. 2.attach your alladdin live modchip to the programmer using the header pins. 3.In the software windowchoose the menu: MAIN then choose SETUP.In the setup window select your LPT port that you wish to use to connect the alladdin live programmer. 4.Connect your programmer via the serial connector to your PC (no cable is required). 5.Connect the USB cable to both the programmer & your PC. 6.Now look at the bottom left of the software window.If you have correctly installed the hardware you will see that the software has detected your modchip. ______________________________________________ Now we can try to make sense of what that all said :} When they talk about choosing the correct LPT port setting this can be obtained from your bios setting to assertain what you have set your lpt port to eg: 378 Also this setting can be set from within your operating system depending on what system your running E.G. Winslow XP (sorry windows xp) If the setting of that still fails to connect try changing the setting of the serial port to say "EPP" in your bios or vice versa I cant remember the other setting off the top of my head sorry. When they talk about No need to use a serial cable this is very good advice as the use of a serial cable in this type of application can lead to signal degradation due to long cables being used (read that as errors) just plug the programmer directly into the serial port of your PCthis will cut down on errors and leave you with a problem less to worry about. The reason that the programmer uses a USB cable is that the programmer is obtaining its powersupply via USB and therefore IS required to be plugged in. Some PC's are fickle about opening up the LPT port I have found that on some PC's they will open up a route no problem but the next one no matter what you try the bugger will just not talk to the programmer, in this respect I have found that for some odd reason a programme called "winlpc" can "force" open a route to the lpc for you and is worth a try. I hope this helps you and if you require further assistance please P.m Me and I will try my utmost to assit you in any way I can. Regards
do not know if you got help on this or not, it's a bit old. anyway, i got here through google so i thought i should help other people who get here the same way. the correct way of setting up the programmer is to follow this image: http://www.project-design.com/aladdin/download/BTtoGND.jpg if you put the programmer on your paralell port, insert the usb-cable for power and have the chip turned the wrong way nothing will happen. if the chip is turned the right way the blue light on it will turn on. (though the programmer software will say "No detected" if you haven't soldered a wire between BT and GND as the picture showed) you HAVE to add that BT to GND wire yourself. just take a thin wire, put the chip on the programmer as the image shows, solder one end on the wire at the point on the chip that says BT and the other end on the programmer on the previous solder at the number 25. I still haven't tried to put the chip in my box, i'm terrified that i will destroy it by soldering (i'm not exactly a soldering-ninja). But i have updated the bios on the chip and i have verified that it works so i'm confident that i've done things right so far
