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Old Xbox I updated with new HDD. Changed leds also when I first cracked it open. Sent fra min NX551J via Tapatalk

https://archive.org/details/distribution.xbins.org i believe this to be the entire xbins ftp in one torrent. may need confirmation. it is broken down by console so you can choose to download just the 10GB of xbox stuff. i didnt find it terribly useful (i likely would have at one point) although there are some otherwise difficult-to-find things (ram de-limiter etc..) yes there are easy ways to still access this ftp but this is convenient.

the method using a pin and a soldering iron that floats around the net is unsustainable. i recently acquired a couple dead boards and one of them has samsung ram which my 1.2 had stolen from the bottom when i upgraded my 1.1 and ran out of new parts. so i said screw it im gonna put the 2 i need on this board. this is a way better homebrew than the pin. i made a small 'puller' out of a very thin piece of wire (the type thats inside of cheap cheap twist ties you get for the garbage bags. twisting the loop over top adds a subtle tension to keep hold of the chip. lots of flux applied to pins (not applied in this pic) each end is bent over and tucked under the row of pins, use a small enough gauge wire you arent jamming it in. heated slowly on low setting with a cheap heat gun (the econo brand heat gun) then one good blast at high once warmed up and it pulled right off. lots of movement of the gun and very delicate pressure when pulling. beautiful. they laid down on the other board with ease tack the corner on X & Yaxis, then line up pins and do another x & y. then just apply slight pressure with finger on chip and hit each pin with the iron. the unit fired right up. this solution originally came from removing a botched install.... removing i didnt want to accidentally scrape one of those small caps/resistors off. and i had already made a decision that hot air had to be the solution to removing these. handling the chip becomes most important once the solder goes molten. 20180318_183738.mp4

Yes it is 100% posible that you fix it with a modchip , also remenber when installing a modchip on a 1.6 you have ro rebuild the lpc port Enviado desde mi SAMSUNG-SM-N920A mediante Tapatalk

I did paint the hdd The power for the leds are from the hdd power. Used a molex splitter with fan connection on it. Soldered the mate fan connection on the leds. Sent fra min NX551J via Tapatalk

I thinks yes ,to repair one of my 1.1 xbox that was missing a hard drive , id softmoded my 1.6 , unlocked the drive (maked my 1.6 useless at the same time ) after I finished repairing and upgrading the 1.1 and installed the modchip in the 1.6 and my 1.6 was back to normal Enviado desde mi SAMSUNG-SM-N920A mediante Tapatalk