[Hdmi]

31 minutes ago, corona2222 said:

where does it connect to on the xbox board?

It replaces the default AV out.

I pre-ordered one too. Very interested in this, and how the direct digital out will go vs component/custom hdmi adapters.

 

[Just Another Slim.]

Very nice, well done. Love the sleeved cables and the green glow is not too obnoxious. 

[Ide To Sata Adapter Comparison]

15 hours ago, the415giant said:

I bought the Kingwin adapter and the cablesonline ide cable both on amazon and I installed them successfully to upgrade my original modded Xbox v1.0  hdd to 2tb’s. No cloning just a fresh install and then I ftp‘d  my ISO’s. Used truhexen 2020, no issues. 256 bios for v1.0,  Ind Bios 5004 f and G. 

I'll give another thumbs up to the Kingwin (https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B002SZDOM6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) 
I have one that works great (with 80 wire PATA) with two more arriving in a couple days. I'll report back if I have issues with the next two.

[Modchip To Tsop Guide]

First time I've seen anyone poo poo the idea of backing up your own files. Interesting.

Are you saying that the softmod files are specific to that particular softmodded xbox?

Obviously they're not on a hard modded system. I can create as many unlocked HDDs as I want and paste my C and E partitions on them.

 

Yeah the reason I didn't leave the chip connected (sans D0) until after the TSOP flash, was purely to get all the soldering done at once. 

As in, de-solder mod chip, solder TSOP write and done. As opposed to de-solder modchip D0, solder the TSOP points, console halfway back together, flash TSOP, de-solder rest of chip.

 

Say old mate has no eeprom backup, never FTP'd any files to his PC, locked HDD with softmod about to attempt TSOP... stuffs up soldering somehow... You see where I'm going with this.

The amount of reading I've done lately where the title is "help I've bricked my system" is staggering. Should they be attempting the mod, or soldering the MB? Probably not, but if shit can go wrong it will.

As always I appreciate your insight though.

[Modchip To Tsop Guide]

Game saves, custom dashboards, settings? A backup of E couldn't hurt right? Takes only a few minutes to FTP over the whole C and E partitions.

If someone managed to brick the whole Xbox (if that's possible) by dodgy soldering, pads lifting or flashing the wrong size BIOS or the like, you could at least transfer all your gear to a new Xbox - Correct me if I'm wrong, still re-learning all of this.

 

[Modchip To Tsop Guide]

Yeah same same but different. If I was to do it again that's how I would do it.

This was just how it made sense to me after a long time out of the game.

[Assembly Failure]

Can you hear the hard drive boot up with the case on?

Is the molex power coming from motherboard out of the way of the top of the case and routed correctly?

What does your PATA cable look like? Can you post pictures so we can see the the folds and how they sit?

[Modchip To Tsop Guide]

This is a guide for anyone out there who may have an old mod chipped system and decides they want to Flash the TSOP and get rid of the mod chip.

For Xbox revisions 1.0 to 1.5 only.

 

I've had my v1.1 Xbox since almost launch (in Australia) the box has served me well for over 17 years. Had it modded by a guy we found in the newspaper.

Just some small maintenance along the journey - refurbish the DVD drive (Samsung), fix trace corrosion and remove the clock capacitor.

Now it was time to say goodbye to the Aladdin Advance.

 

This may not be the quickest way, but I think it would be one of the safest.

Full backup of all partitions on my PC
Backup of EEPROM (Through Evox Dash) - Send to PC
Backup of HDD EEPROM through Config Magic(different to the Evox Backup?) - Send to PC
Locked the HDD to the Xbox via ConfigMagic or Evox Dash etc
Softmodded with Slayers 3.3 - C drive no virtual
Removed Aladdin Advance mod chip - mine was soldered directly to MB so be careful when removing. I accidently broke off the C702 component and had to solder back on.
Soldered the correct TSOP write points for my Xbox revision  - For Reference https://www.ogxbox.com/forums/index.php?/topic/20-tsop-flash-guide/  
Checked BIOS with Bios checker on AutoInstallerDeluxe 4.5.3
TSOP confirmed writable. It will say 'TSOP?' up the top of the screen
Ran TruHexen 2020, flash bios the correct BIOS to TSOP depending on revision - v1.0 & v1.1 can support up to 1MB Bios, v1.2-v1.5 can support 256KB Bios - M8 Plus.67 is safest
Ran option 3.5.2 on TruHexen2020 - clean C after TSOP - To remove Softmod
Reformatted F and G drives with XBpartioner 1.3 - ensuring they show the full and correct amount in File Explorer/Your dash of choice
Delete contents of C and E partitions via FTP, and FTP over original C and E contents, reboot the Xbox
FTP all F and G data back to the Xbox.

For a video of the TSOP solder and flash process - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIw8k5areQg&t=126s

Hopefully this will help someone in the future.

Thanks

 

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Most bootable ISOs (for Xbox or not) will burn just fine in Windows 10 - Right Click on ISO 'Burn disc image'

[Aliddan Xt]

Thanks for the tip on the wdidle.exe @SS_Dave, definitely feels quicker/more responsive now it doesn't rest the needle, which I guess has stopped the clicking noise too.

[Aliddan Xt]

Back on topic with the OP, I did the TSOP last night and pulled out the modchip, underneath the chip it says "Aladdin Advance". Pretty sure I got it installed around 2003.

It has served me well all these years, but ultimately decided to get rid of it.

It wasn't the cleanest install of a chip, and with me messing around with the motherboard more now I didn't want to make it worse.

I'll put a walk through up of the process I used later, for anyone out there who may be in the same boat - Going from Hard Modded (Chip) to TSOP.

 

56 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

With the WD Green I would recommend you disable the power save(green) feature by using a PC program called wdidle3.exe and that will basicly make the drive a WD Blue drive

Yeah alright, so with drives already formatted for use with the Xbox, can I just throw the SATA drive in my computer (or use a HDD caddy)?

I'm assuming it won't recognize, then we have to use Xplorer360 or something?

OR

Do I need to fully wipe the drive, format it for windows, then run the wdidle.exe, then throw it back in the Xbox and partition it again.

 

56 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

kicker is it's still has the original 40 way IDE cable.

Interesting. I was getting artifacting on text in AutoInstaller when I was using the 40 wire, SATA/IDE adapter and 2TB drive.

 

Bonus question - Are you getting new old stock of 500gb  (or any size) IDE HDDs?

 

Edit: After researching wdidle.exe I can see that you need to boot into it, but the question still stands, will the drive need to be reformatted back to NTFS to do this?

Edit 2: Upon further research I don't think the drive will be wiped as the wdidle.exe is just changing settings on the HDD controller right? Not actually touching the disk/data itself.

[Aliddan Xt]

13 hours ago, SS_Dave said:

Try leaving the X Logo enabled, I leave it enabled so you can see that something is happening.

So I changed the M8 Plus.67 to have no flubber animation. Flashed it, reboot, no boot. Error 7. Put my old HDD back in, reflashed with Hexen.

Definitely an issue with my IDE to SATA Adapter I think, unless WD Green just takes an unreasonable amount of time to boot up? Pretty sure they're 5400rpm and my old IDE was 7200.

What IDE to SATA adapter do you use?

[Aliddan Xt]

2 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

Yes you still need it as the Xbox will not boot without it.

The gold clock caps used in the 1.6 and some 1.4's are going to fail and I have seen some that have bulging tops.

I have seen post where people remove the cap and add shorting link in place but I am not a fan of that idea and am thinking a 100-500 ohm resistor would be better.

Ahh I see, so 1.6s are the worst on all fronts then. 

3 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

Try leaving the X Logo enabled, I leave it enabled so you can see that something is happening.

Good point, I might give that a go later tonight.

 

Thanks again 

[Aliddan Xt]

Speaking of v1.6, I hear the clock capacitor may still leak, just less likely.

I picked one up the other day. If I hard mod the 1.6, do I still need the clock cap?

 

So here is my current M8 plus.67

I tried disabling the animation, x logo, trademark symbol and splash logo - when I did this, on boot it gave me Xbox Error code 7 (HDD took to long to get ready)

This was with the SATA/IDE adapter, 80 wire IDE and 2TB drive.

Swapped my old 80gig IDE HDD drive in, and reflashed back to the above.

So obviously a problem with either my SATA/IDE adapter, 80 wire IDE or 2TB SATA (WD Green). That setup takes about 20-30 seconds to boot.

 

With the IDE drive, it does the boot animation, takes an extra second to show "Microsoft", then (provided I have internet connected) straight into XBMC. Less than 10 seconds from hitting the buttom.

 

Thanks

 

Edit: The 80 wire IDE is obviously fine, cuz it still did the fastest boot with the 80gig IDE HDD.

[Aliddan Xt]

Thanks heaps. A lot of good info there.

I had been using X2 4893.67 for over a decade, moved to iND5003.67 after the 2TB install, but hated the extra long boot time with the reading of config file.

Also noticed a longer boot time by having the SATA adapter (kingwin) installed. Now running M8 Plus.67, but the IGR is iffy.

I'm keen to try the X2-5035.67.

[Aliddan Xt]

@SS_Dave

Hey mate, long time lurker here, recently got back into the scene and seeing as this OP is regarding the Aladdin chips, seems like a good place to ask a question or two.

I have a v1.1 with an old Aladdin (circa 2003/4). After reading a lot of yours and many other comments around the web, I've decided I want to TSOP flash it.

From what I understand,

• I need to bridge the relevant points on my MB to allow TSOP write access 
• transfer the softmod files to my HDD (I hear Rocky is the go to softmod? Any special install if already using a mod chip?)
• disconnect the Aladdin
• then run a boot disc (AID, Hexen, Slayers) to flash the TSOP with a 1MB BIOS?

 

Great to see the community still ticking along. I've been out for a while but have a little experience.

I had to repair a few power traces a couple years ago after not knowing to remove the clock capacitor and she leaked on me. At least I assume that's what caused the corrosion. And I recently upgraded to a 2TB SATA HDD and made a component cable (from the 360 component cable). 

Thanks in advance.