RicoPicoUK

The link above uses some kit to install the board, I dont have that and have no thoughts of seaking one. Instead, I plan to solder directly to the connector on the base of the motherboard. I have found this, which I will use for a guide and simply connect the same wires that would normally be connected to the connector itself. I used Chimp with the hdmi connector, it defaulted to 480p which is fine. Its the image quality that I enjoy over the resolution (for this cost).

I have recently discovered the stuff you can do with a wii2hdmi adapter, where you can chuck an xbox video connector to the back of it, and have the xbox og output over HDMI. I have just completed this mod, and found it simple enough. The xbox connector itself is however a bit fidly. I think there would be enough room under the DVD drive to mount a board and get hdmi output directly out of the back of the console, which would be alot cleaner in style and easier to use (without having a huge dongle sticking out of the back of the console). Now in order to get video signals, I figured I would just solder to the bottom of the motherboard where the video output connector is connected. I havnt had much play with this connector yet, and had planned to attempt to map it out to the connector., Does anyone have this already, which would make my life a little easier. I am also mindful of the fact that the wires inside the Faraday cage of the xbox would be liable to interference, it is part of my plan to perhaps use cat6 or similar shielded cable between the connections. Has anyone got any thoughts on this?

Be careful with the sata -> pata adapter. Ive found quite a few to have exposed pins at the back of the converter, which easily short / damage wires. I few layers of electrical tape usually sorts it out.

Not aware of any such restriction. They have a discord that mentions that it will work on non modded xbox's, but only if you can extract system/hard drive keys from it first. I think the only restriction is that it cant use unlocked harddrive's / zero'd keys because this is an identification method (and everyone would have the same key). Their discord https://discord.gg/CWkdVdc

Not quite ready yet, but also worth mentioning Project Insignia https://youtu.be/5DVKwTtJtS8