FrostyTheSnowman's Evox M8+ VGA Patcher for XBOX
Disclaimer: I take absolutely no responsibility for what may result from the usage
of these patches. By using either of these patches, you are agreeing to
be held accountable for what may result from the usage of this patch.
Use at your own risk.
Evox M8+ VGA Patcher (Based on VGA Patcher v0.7)
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*Supports Conexant Encoders
*Supports Focus Encoders
*Supports all HD resolutions, including 480p, 720p, and 1080i.
*Supports ONLY the Evox M8+ BIOS
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.
Evox M8+ VGA Patcher Tutorial
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Tools Required:
EVtool 1.0.9
1. Create a new folder on your desktop.
2. Open EVtool and click on 'Open'.
3. Browse to where you have the Evox M8+ BIOS file saved, and select it. (Usually 'M8plus.bin')
4. Set all the options the way you want them to be.
5. Once you are done setting your options, click 'Save As'.
6. Save the new Evox M8+ BIOS as 'M8plus.bin', and place it into the new folder you created on your desktop.
7. Exit EVtool.
8. Reopen EVtool and click on 'unpack'.
9. Select the new Evox M8+ BIOS file you just saved. (M8plus.bin in your new folder on your desktop.)
10. EVtool will immediately extract the Evox M8+ kernel, and produce a file named M8plus_kernel.img
in the same directory as the Evox M8+ BIOS file.
11. Exit EVtool.
12. Copy the two VGA Patcher files into the new folder on your desktop.
('Kernel Patcher (Patch 1 of 2).exe' and 'Final BIOS Patcher (Patch 2 of 2).exe')
13. Open 'Kernel Patcher (Patch 1 of 2).exe' and UNCHECK 'Make Backup', then click on 'Patch'.
If all went well, it should show the following:
*START PATCHING*
[SEARCH & REPLACE PATCH]
loading file:
M8plus_kernel.img
file patched!
...done!
*PATCHING DONE*
14. Exit Kernel Patcher (Patch 1 of 2).
15. Open EVtool and click on 'Pack'.
16. Browse to your new folder on your desktop, and select 'M8plus_kernel.img'.
17. You will be presented with a new window, just browse again to your new folder on your desktop,
and select 'M8plus.bin'.
18. You will be presented with another new window, just browse again to your new folder on your desktop,
and save the new file as 'M8plus_VGA.bin'.
19. Exit EVtool.
20. Open 'Final BIOS Patcher (Patch 2 of 2).exe' and UNCHECK 'Make Backup', then click on 'Patch'.
If all went well, it should show the following:
*START PATCHING*
[SEARCH & REPLACE PATCH]
loading file:
M8plus_VGA.bin
file patched!
...done!
*PATCHING DONE*
21. Exit Final BIOS Patcher (Patch 2 of 2).
22. Your Evox M8+ BIOS is now fully VGA patched, and you can go ahead and flash the 'M8plus_VGA.bin'
file onto your Modchip/TSOP.
Credits
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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
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HandledOut - Beta Tester
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