FrostyTheSnowman's VGA BIOS Patcher for XBOX Disclaimer: I take absolutely no responsibility for what may result from the usage of this patch. By using this patch, you are agreeing to be held accountable for what may result from the usage of this patch. Use at your own risk. Version 0.7 ----------- *Supports Conexant Encoders *Supports Focus Encoders *Supports all HD resolutions, including 480p, 720p, and 1080i. *Supports all current hacked BIOSes, including new X3 BIOSes. NOTE: You NEED your HD settings enabled in your Microsoft Dashboard for this patch to function properly. Known Issues: 1. When using IGR, the screen will turn green on your dashboard until you select another game, or reset your XBOX. (This is caused by the current IGR methods not resetting the GPU before loading the dashboard.) 2. Games that do not reset the GPU before executing will be green. (Morrowind, Splinter Cell 1 & 3, Jade Empire, etc.) 3. 480i games (interlaced games) are not supported in VGA mode. 4. When using a video cable OTHER than a VGA cable, the colors will be incorrect. It is advised that you use a Dual BIOS setup, consisting of a VGA patched BIOS, and a standard BIOS so that you can still use your XBOX on a regular TV. VGA Patcher v0.7 Tutorial ------------------------- Tools Required: XBtool (Newest Available Version) 1. Open XBtool and click on 'unpack'. 2. Select the BIOS file, (5035.bin, or whatever your BIOS filename is) and click open. 3. XBtool will immediately extract the BIOS into a folder named after the BIOS file itself in the same directory as the BIOS file. Example: Original BIOS file is 5035.bin, so the folder with the extracted BIOS files will also be called 5035. 4. Copy VGA Patcher v0.7.exe into the EXTRACTED BIOS's folder. 5. Open VGA Patcher v0.7.exe and UNCHECK the 'Make Backup' option, and then click patch. If all went well, it should show the following: *START PATCHING* [SEARCH & REPLACE PATCH] loading file: xboxkrnl.img file patched! ...done! *PATCHING DONE* 6. Delete the VGA Patcher v0.7.exe file, and all you should have left in that directory should be: 2bl.img, remainder.img, & xboxkrnl.img. NOTE: If there are any other files in here other than what was extracted by XBtool, then XBtool will probably fail when packing, due to the fact that XBtool adds all the files in this directory into the BIOS image. 7. Open XBtool and click on pack, then browse to where the extracted BIOS files are and open up xboxkrnl.img. 8. You will be immediately asked where to save the new bios, and what to name it as. You can save it anywhere, but personally I would just save it to the desktop as 'vgabios.bin'. 9. After saving, you will be back at the XBtool screen. Just click quit, and flash your new BIOS. Credits ------- Dr. Oldschool - Created first Softmod VGA Solution masticism - Fixed the 'purple' tint problems in NKPatcher v10-vga10 DVADER - Created first 'Multi-BIOS VGA Patch' (My patcher is roughly based on his work.) Textbook & leeloo5 - For their great VGA cable tutorials Beta Testers ------------ ChickenBOX180 - Conexant Encoders Foe-hammer - Conexant Encoders dav-coms - Focus Encoders