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Decided to post about my ATX to Xbox adapters as i've been contacted about them a couple times now. I won't build more of them in the future as it's quite a time consuming process but you can order the PCBs and build them yourself. The bill of materials is printed on the bottom layer and assembly is pretty straight forward too. The solder work isn't hard to do so even a beginner is able to get it done! You can order the PCBs here: Rev1.0-Rev1.1 Rev1.2-Rev1.5 The ATX Port and Cables can be reused from a dead (or unused) Xbox PSU and motherboard. The end result might look like this 2 examples here:

This HDMI mod replaces the AV port completely and offers an HDMI port instead for convenience. The Installed HDMI mod does look like this: The HDMI mod does offer 5.1 sound through the HDMI port. If you don't need 5.1 (or your TV might not support it) you can simply disable 5.1 audio and get digital stereo audio instead. For those who want to add an optical output to there Xbox the HDMI mod does offer 3 solder points to add a TOTX178 optical transmitter. To get the HDMI mod installed you first need to get the AV-port removed. To get it removed you could either use a hot-air station or a heat-gun to remove it at once. But that would put a lot of thermal stress on the board! The better and recommended alternative is to disassemble the Port and remove it one part at a time. First desolder the Metal Tab holding it in place by heating them and prying the metal tab up to pull it out. When the metal tab is removed take a sidecutter and clip off all the pins from the video port as they are what keeps the Port in place. When they are clipped off you can take the port cover off by simply pulling it upwards. Next step is to remove the remaining plastic piece and desolder the rest of the pins and clean up the area a little. Position the first Adapter exactly as show in the photo. The red arrow marks the PTH that has to be alligned centered. Once Positioned solder all the marked points down and make sure they are properly connected before continuing with the second adapter! After soldering all the necessary points insulate the 2 soler points shown in green. A piece of kapton tape works well. You should do this to be sure there's no unwanted connection occuring between the 2 adapter pcbs. Next up is the second adapter. Just position it above the first adapter using the 2 big holes to allign them and solder down the marked points. Again check continuity before continuing with the next PCB! Last PCB is the HDMI mod itself. You need to position it slightly off centered on the second PCB. The HDMI ports pins will be position it correctly. Just solder down the points that are marked with the red arrows and the install is almos done! Last up is setting the Video mode. You need to add 2 small bridges on the bottom side of the PCB. Just solder in the 2 bridges and the video mode is set correctly! If you want to use the optical out you can easily add a toslink port to the HDMI mod by simply soldering a Transmitter to the 3 marked pins.

Simply one of my skins for UnleashX. xboe_1_2019_F.rar

hey folks, don't you forget about the games patched for 720p?

I would imagine something like this would work.. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Richer-R-Control-Selector-Switcher-Computer-default/dp/B07FYJ2NJB/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=sata+switch&qid=1555089301&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1 You would have to mod the supplied cables but it should work.

xboe_1_2019_G.rar also have one that supports the G drive

I had success with a 4 port SATA switch board. Before boot, just depress one of four buttons for desired drive and power up! I easily fit 4, 2TB 2.5 inch drives in case with the switcher. I think I have over 700 movies and roughly 300 Xbox games plus the Emulators. I keep it in bedroom on separate TV while the wife watches Housewives of WTF ever, lol. I’m never bored So yes, I’ll confirm multiple Hdd’s do work! You just need to ftp everything. But it becomes second nature after a while. I can’t remember the last time I had to pop the top to temporarily rip a game over. You obviously need to setup all 4 drives independently as if it’s the system operating master.

The translation is pretty rough, but pushing through google translate reveals enough to make it readable. 1) Start with a no DVD BIOS (so it’ll actually boot!) 2) install a molex Y-splitter for powering the second drive 3) Tie all grounds (black wires) together 4) Attach the motherboard’s red/yellow wires to the center poles of the switch (I think this is a 3-pole?) 5)attach the red/yellow wires of respective drives or either end of the switch 6) make sure both drives are set to master so the system will boot from either 7) Figure out how to mount the damn thing in your case ???? 9) Profit!!!! The LEDs are optional and basically just so you’re sure which drive you’re booting from. You could just as easily switch the color of your LED from the dashboard. If I get a chance soon I might actually make an English version of this tut, had a couple people broach the subject of multi drive with me recently. If only there were some way to operate these drives in a RAID setup. Haha. Bottlenecks :’(