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  1. trencherfield
    He is the true definition of a charlatan in every respect.
  2. trencherfield
    You could try the signal conditioner I suppose. Never used one myself. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1711411471 (not my stuff by the way)
  3. trencherfield
    Xbox won't do 480p over scart/RGB. 480i on RGB with maybe 576i on PAL. VGA is something else entirely.
  4. trencherfield
    Sounds like you are trying to boot an unlocked hard drive on the stock BIOS. The chip will boot it fine, but you can't boot stock BIOS with an unlocked hard drive, you need to lock it to the console for MS bios to boot it without error. Use Configmagic App or other app to lock it if you want to boot stock BIOS.
  5. trencherfield
    Yeah for FPGA we would maybe be looking at the FPGA chip doing the MCPX and GPU since the GPU is only 233MHz. The CPU however is too much, so we would need an intel CPU patching in, preferably of a higher speed of course and with good availability. RAM would be separate also. We are lucky since the Xbox was PC based designed, so it makes it somewhat easier than something like the PS2, which would be a nightmare and just not possible currently. I have the ZX Spectrum Next FPGA (3 clones inc N-GO) and because that's a really old low power computer you can have other cores too. You can also add 'accelerators' too to boards like these. Lots of options.
  6. trencherfield
    All gone. Will prolly make a few more shortly. If anyone finds the thread looking for a kit, then just feel free to PM me, saves me listing and updating here. :)
  7. trencherfield
    Whilst it would be great to have a new board, it's not really feasible. MCPX chip. Would have to be re-flowed to the new board. Graphics chip. As above. Could possibly adapt the Dev kit card one (rare) or something. Lot of added work and then compatibility issues. Even P3 chips are crazy prices these days. Parts are just a no-go in reality. Probably why he stopped on the board. Best bet would be an FPGA solution, which is the preferred hardware solution over an emulator, which as we know, generally suck to put it bluntly. Now that would be a great board. FPGA, 256MB ram etc etc with an updatable core. OG Xbox V2
  8. trencherfield
    You have to for the power eject boards unfortunately as they are short with different ended connectors. The rest are factory crimped, but still need assembly. Utter tedium.
  9. trencherfield
    I used to just cut the old molex connector off the Xbox power supply cable and solder the wires directly to the Startech adapter and heatshrink them for a neat finish. Less clutter. But since I have the crimping gear now for making X3's endless cables, I just fit the smaller molex connector for a totally factory look. They are dead cheap, but prolly only worth doing if you do a fair few consoles as you need a crimper tool.
  10. trencherfield
    SST flash. Whilst that's an easy 15 minute job for me to lift and flash, I wouldn't recommend it unless you are proficient at SMD work and have the correct tools. But, as originally advised, your option remains to just sell the two drives and get something else. Path of least resistance for you.
  11. trencherfield
    'Grabbed by the Ghoulies' was a laugh. Made by Rare of course.
  12. trencherfield
    Also as I said before, there are two OE firmwares for the 8163b from Hitachi/LG. See here ... https://jestineyong.com/obtaining-eeprom-bios-firmware-for-deadflashed-lg-gdr8163b-dvd-rom-drive/
  13. trencherfield
    Try either. Depends which flasher you are using and from where.
  14. trencherfield
    You have the wrong file name.
  15. trencherfield
    Here is the Xbox HQ one from the first page (last pictured) on my drive... Download Xbox HQ Special Edition v2.0
  16. trencherfield
    2200uf is 10v (your red) 3300uf is 10v (your green) 470uf is 25v (your blue) ----------------- The ones fitted are correct except the 2200uf & 3300uf are higher voltage rated, which is fine anyway. They will be slightly larger physically.
  17. trencherfield
    Yes that is a UK 230/240VAC power supply for the V1.6. Yes it will power a USA or JAP motherboard within the UK as well as UK motherboards, if functional.
  18. trencherfield
    I assume you read the following notice about the DOS flasher, which is the original sf8163.exe flasher, which also applies to the Xbox flasher of course. This refers to your PC motherboard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You should be able to flash the 8163b.bin back to the drives with the correct commands as follows; Usage: SF8163 [drive:][directory]filename [drive_No] [/f] [/c] [/p] [/o] [/i] [/l] [/s] [/m] [/r] filename name of the download file. [drive_No] drive location number you want to update firmware. drive location number is follows; 0:primary master 1:primary slave 2:secondary master 3:secondary slave If DRIVE_NO is omitted, the drive is detected automatically. [/f] diable revision check [/c] diable vendor ID check [/p] diable product ID check [/o] diable OEM code check [/i] interactive mode [/l] create log file [/s] for SLOT type drive [/m] No messages (silent mode) [/r] recover ucom from critical condition.(recovery mode) For example, to flash an 8163B connected as the secondary slave with the 8050L firmware from 8050L.dld: SF8163 8050L.dld 3 /f /c /p /o one or more of the "disable xxx" switches may not be needed, depending on the firmware already installed on the drive. If you get a message saying there is no CD/DVD drive, try the /r switch, but make sure you have specified the correct drive first and maybe use the /i switch so you get one last chance to confirm it. The bin file is not the same file within the other flasher utilities. You will need to rename it to .dld as well. It's in the folder, but see further below. You will need to flag the /f /c /p /o and best to include the drive location command. I can also tell you that there are two variants of the NAND chip on the 8163b and that the firmwares are NOT compatible with each other as the NAND's have different layer address's.
  19. trencherfield
    You could try some of the RPC1 firmwares at Dangerous Brothers here > https://tdb.rpc1.org ...and scroll down to here... and hope one of those may not perform a 'drive ID' before flashing. Doubtful. Failing that, if you still want to persist, then read this... https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23023 Other than that, you would have to desolder the firmware chip and reprogram it externally and then refit it. This is the last help I can give you on this subject as it does not really pertain to Xbox use at the end of the day and you'd find it easier just to sell them as is.
  20. trencherfield
    It's far away from complete unfortunately it's just a start, maybe 20% or less looking at it. It's not currently being worked on either as far as I know. https://github.com/maximus64/xbox_mainboard
  21. trencherfield
    This will be because it has been flashed to 8050 Xbox firmware, so the ID of the drive will now be wrong for the factory original flasher no doubt. This is not something as Xbox users that really concerns us on this forum to be fair. I can't edit the hex of the flasher to accommodate this either, or rather spend my time to resolve on your behalf. As already suggested by myself and seconded by Harcroft, you are better off selling the drives to Xbox users at this point and picking up another drive/s off ebay etc.
  22. trencherfield
    Quite a lot, but except the motherboard. This is as far as I know of (121 board) partly done only...
  23. trencherfield
    Original power supply fits inside to the right as pictured, though you could swap that out for one of the new USB-C open source power boards instead and use a USB-C charger.
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  25. trencherfield
    Re-read it. He wants to use the drives on his old PC, not for Xbox. Someone else flashed them for Xbox use. He wants to return them to factory state. Presumably for retro/DOS based games on disc etc. (Yeah it's a thing)

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