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  1. No, the DIP switches are correct. I tried multiple configurations, none of them worked. The modchip is on, I can tell because of the activity LED which is off when the chip is in stealth mode. I do have the original cable, the leads are going on a little connector on the chip itself. This is not present on the Xbit 1.0, which is the chip used in all of the pics shared here. This is the Xbit 1.5 which I have, You can see the connector in the middle of the PCB (next to the little chip, not the actel one):
  2. A quick update/follow up. I think, the Xbit is dead. I installed it on my 1.1 machine (Which I thought is a 1.4, but it's not). - Doesnt work. I connected all wires as shown in the Xbit 1.1 install diagram, flashed a pre 1.6 bios (exo-X M8), connected d0, it boots normally. But as soon as I connect the DVD drive supply cable (on page 4 on this pdf http://www.ogxbox.com/forums/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=1094), christmas lights... Without it, regular boot with original BIOS. Meh.
  3. Edit - it doesn't work anymore. Something is wrong. Sometimes I get the Christmas lights again, when I press on the lframe wire it works, but I don't see any video signal. And sometimes it boots just fine... I will check all connections and see if I need to resolder something.
  4. Oh my gosh. It works now LFRAME had to be connected to the point below the cut near the Xyclops chip. This is strange since I already did this and it did not work... But I also noticed, that my ground wire became lose. Maybe this is why it did not work the first time. Anyway, I'm happy! Xbox alive and modded. Now theres just the XBIT to test. I will now install this into the 1.4 box and see if it's dead or not.
  5. All I could still try is to ground lframe. Because now it's connected to the dedicated lframe pin of the chip. But in 1.6 boxes, lframe is used as or like d0
  6. Update... I achieved some kind of success, i guess? First - The xbox isnt dead. Hooray! Second - Even with the LPC mod and a m8 1.6 compatible bios on the LPC mod, it still wont work. But as soon as I connect the LFRAME (well the cut pins), the xbox boots, but gives me an error 7. I dont know if my BIOS has a custom logo on it, it looks like the original M$ one. Now I'm getting other, very strange issues. I connected a DVD drive with Hexen to the box (the drive is NOT from this machine) and also one of the original hard drives. That's the point, I'm not sure if the HD is locked or not. With one of the drives, I suddenly don't get a picture anymore whilst boot. I first see a picture, and suddenly its gone. With the other hard drive (i think it's the one that came with this xbox), I see the boot logo, but instead of Linux at the botom (which should pop up with Hexen, so it did with my 1.4 where the LPC mod was previously installed), I see MIcrosoft. That's it, nothing happens. But as far as I know, Microsoft only pops up, if the Xbox recognizes a game disc (let's just pretend hexen is a game)... So, part success... Meh.
  7. As already said, even if I restore the LFRAME cut it won't work. Edit: I'll now take a look at this xbox if it is even working anymore or I really killed it. First, I'll take out the XBIT chip, reconnect the LFRAME and take a look if it boots. If not, the box is dead. If it does, I'll rip out a cheap LPC MOD V2 from a working 1.4 box and install that in the 1.6, before that I'll flash a 1.6 compatible BIOS on the LPC mod. If it then works with the chip, the Xbit is dead. If it still won't work, I just need to wait until my Aladin XT chips arrive, they're definitely 1.6 compatible. I will then install the XBIT in the 1.4 console (where I can also observe, whether the chip is dead or not). If it works there, I'll leave it in the 1.4 box, grab another <1.6 box and install the LPC mod there. Whew. What a hustle.
  8. Nope, still nothing Im starting to getting tired... I checked all connections - Multiple times. I did absolutly everything according to the instructions you've sent me, flashed all bios banks with different Bios'es, measured voltages, tried it with the connection of LFRAME, tried it without - Nope. Christmas lights of death.
  9. wow. That's a lot of effort you put in there. Thanks! I now try the way from the PDF.
  10. I just saw that your wrong wire was d0, which I didn't solder at all. And I did solder at the holes for the pogo pins, which I removed earlier. It''s just interesting, why the xbox won't boot anymore at all, even with connected LFRAME... As said before, this could either mean, that it's fried (which I doubt) or the chip is kinda working and tries to inject the bios but has troubles to it due to some reasons...
  11. Yep, it's a 1.6A I have multiple bios'es flashed on different banks to try that out, but none of them work. I have a evolution-x m8 1.6 by yoshimitsu and a different one (don't know the name). But both are fully 1.6 and 1.6b compatible. I will resolder that wire and tell you what happens
  12. Thanks for your self made pinout. I connected everything according to your description. I used +5v from the power regulator and gnd from a screw hole Still won't work but this time it still boots 3 times even after I bridged the cut lframe signal... This either means that the Xbox is now completely fried or the chip is working in some kind of way, but the bios is wrong or something...
  13. What about the RST lane? Do I need to connect it somewhere?
  14. Hehe, a few years too late But then I will connect it to 3.3V. Besides that, I followed all traces, pin definitions and so on, and found out, that the LCLK Pin on the Chip gets connected to the LFRAME signal on the xbox with a 1.6. But they also used this strange little adaptor I'm missing... Let's give it a try
  15. I checked it with my multimeter, it is gnd.
  16. Hi, I don't know if you understood, where my confusion about 3.3v and GND came from. In the picture from the XBIT LPC restore, Pin 9 is not connected to anything. Makes sense, since the Xbit probably doesn't need anything from Pin 9 (if installed with Pin headers, im using cables btw). The LPC restore picture from SmartXX tells me, to connect Pin 9 to that pin, where probably a capacitor or resistor would sit. This point is definitely GND. You told me (so does the picture I posted last), to connect it to pin15, which is definitely not GND, probably 3.3V (see pictures attached). I need to find out, where I can attach the LCLK wire, but I think I'll figure that out.
  17. I'm currently reworking absolutely everything. But I found a HUGE difference which could even kill my xbox! In the picture you posted on eurasia on the LAD0-3 restauration for the SmartXX chip, Pin 9 is connected to GND, you said 3.3V... Then I found this picture: This also suggests to connect it to Pin 15, but this should be 3,3V. The one instruction tells me to connect it to 3.3 V, the other one to GND. This is a potential damaging risk in my opinion, shorting 3.3V to GND is an instant short circuit. What now? Besides that, what about the other pins of the XBIT chip? In this video at 8:30 mins you can see the XBIT Pinout, it has a D0, LFRAME and LCLK Pin. Should I leave them unattached?
  18. The point is, even if I rebuild the LFRAME signal and undo my cut, it still won't work. The xbox boots normally in the original BIOS.
  19. The Aladdin needs the BT tied to gnd, because the chip would be off otherwise. My Xbit anyway is turned on, which is being indicated by the LED on the usb breakout board being on. I'm jost not sure if I need to connect LFRAME/D0 to GND with the LFRAME cut, because I did not do this. I had a t first, but I had not cut the LFRAME at this point and probably flashed the chip wrong.
  20. Sorry, couldn't reply earlier. This is the thread (you can just translate it via google, but I'm sure that a lot of information will get lost or translated wrong): http://evo-x.de/wbb3/board546-konsolen-spiele/board586-oldie-konsolen/board212-xbox-classic/board8-xbox-hardware-modding/135760-lframe-d0-auf-masse-in-1-6er-box-zusammenfassung/ And the pin number differs. I need to take a look at all the pictures I've collected, I think I messed some things up...
  21. I have now soldered the 5v wire to the voltage regulator as in the picture above, all the other connections are identical to the 1.5 wiring diagram for the Xbit chip. Won't work still Edit: What confuses me, is, that some pins are labeled differently from different manufacturers. The Xbit manufacturers call a pin for the LPC Rework LFRAME, the other ones call it d0, some say an alternative d0 is on the top, but it's not connected to LFRAME or d0... I think here lies the problem somewhere, somehow. Besides that, I dug out an old laptop with Windows ME and successfully flashed a 1.6b compatible BIOS to bank 6, even verifying did not fail this time. I think, the chip is now finally flashed without errors.
  22. First - Thanks for that huge ammount of information! It's a bit confusing, but I'll try to figure it out. I don't know, honestly. I just found that information in a german forum which said, that you can actually use any modchip, even if it is not explicit 1.6 compatible, if you leave d0 unconnected, wire everything right after a full LPC rebuild, cut the LFRAME and use a 1.6 compatible BIOS. When I bridge the LFRAME signal, the Xbox will boot normally to the M$ Dash. Pin 4 is unconnected (no rebuild done to that and also no cable from the chip soldered in), and pin 6 is always 5V, even if the console is off but mains connected. 13-16 is also not connected. Edit: I have rebuilt the LPC port as shown in your .rar file, but also providing always 5V, which seems to be a problem with connecting my USB lead to the chip while the box is still powered but off (Windows shows, that the USB device may be damaged). Without mains it works...
  23. Wow Wouter, thats a lot. Maybe I'll get a few more @Sickk1 Stuttgart Just around the corner.
  24. Hello Folks, I try to intsall a XBIT 1.5 Chip in a 1.6b console. I was having a pretty bad time, since most of the information is gone due to forums and websites are not available in 2018 anymore... But thanks to the wayback machine, I managed to get some information about the installation process of the chip. Well, it looks like that the chip is/was only compatible to v1.0 to 1.5 and the 1.6 revision was not out when this chip was released (I've read somewhere, that there is a 1.6 adaptor board). Anyway, thanks to google, I found out that it should be possible to use that chip in a 1.6 console, but I'm unsure if they used the 1.6 adaptor. After rebuilding the LPC port, I installed the chip as usual (Double checked the pinouts from thechip and the LPC port), left d0 unconnected since I've read, that this is not necessary on 1.6 consoles and performed a LFRAME cut. I flashed evolution-x m8 1.6b bios to the chip with a virutal installation of windows xp (the softwate really sucks and won't work on WIN10...) Well, all I get is the christmas light (Console turning on and off 3 times and flashes red/green) without any video signal. If I bridge the LFRAME signal with tweezeers, the console boots as usual. This either means, that either the connection between the console and the chip is wrong or the chip is broken and I don't know how to find that out. I tried multiple thing, like reconnectnig the LFRAME, soldering in D0, used the 1.5 pinout for soldering, used the 1.6 soldering (but without the adaptor). At the time, I think the chip is broken, because flashing works, but validating the files gives me an error. As said before, I read on a german forum, that you can actually use any not 1.6 compatible chip with a 1.6 console by cutting the LFRAME and not connecting the d0 point. Won't work for me Has anyone some tips, help, suggestion for me? Thanks in advanve!
  25. Hello Folks, i just found this forum on google and I'm very happy, that the Xbox classic scene is still active! I recently dug out my xboxes and gathered a few new ones for modding purposes. I currently have 5 Xboxes, more to come All of them are modded, each in an individual style. Unfortunatly only one is case modded, that's something I plan for the other boxes too. Looking forward to have a good chat

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