Shadow07

Sweet thanks to both of you. Can't wait to build one of these things.

Do you have a BOM?

Is there a way to look at these/purchase them somewhere other than facebook?

Negative, it remains zero despite the power buttons being pressed.

I can tell you that the voltage remains zero to the PowON line at the PSU before, during and after I press the power button as well as the PowOK line at the PSU. Whether or not the PIC is sending it at all I can’t tell you. There are several pins on the PIC that show 3.3V and drop to 0 when I press power and some that show zero and go up to 3.3 when I press power.

Which pin does the PIC send the PowON signal from?

I've got a 1.4 mobo that I purchased that's supposed to be in working condition. I have a known good 1.4 PSU. Clock cap was removed when I got it and there is no trace corrosion whatsoever and I've checked for continuity and correct voltages in all the correct places. I've replaced all the CPU capacitors. The motherboard looks pristine, however there is no response whatsoever to pressing the power button. I've even tried different power button boards. The PIC is getting the correct voltages to the correct pins when I press the buttons. What is left to check or repair?

Thanks I actually found this guy and ordered an RS232R off Amazon for $5. I was just hoping to find a way to flash XeniumOS via hardware too while I was at it, but plan to go this way if I can’t turn anything up.

I’m in the process of building a few OpenXeniums myself and I haven’t quite hashed out a game plan for programming the CPLD. I don’t have a Xilink or JTAG programmer of any kind but I do have a raspberry pi. The most clear instruction I’ve found for using the pi is here. I like that using this method I can supposedly flash xeniumOS at the same time so I won’t have to hotswap. Has anyone else tried this or is able offer any guidance for using the pi?

Got my massive bundle in today and got it installed. Fast shipping due to the stateside stock he currently has. Good communication through email despite the 15 hour timezone difference. 10/10 would buy again.

I paid for the DIY kit from either the first or second round of preorders, I can’t remember which. I got confirmation of my purchase but never any other follow up emails or the item of course.

So I paid to preorder an XOSVP like 7 months ago and never heard a word from Darren. I emailed him about a month later with no response. I just emailed him again like 4 days ago with no response. Has anyone dealt with this guy or does anyone have any advice on how to handle the situation?

I'm trying to forward and FTP session to my xbox using a raspberrry pi running psx-pi-smbshare. I've followed all the instructions given on the github readme. Has anyone had any success with this?

Drive was unlocked! Back in business. Thanks guys.

This link is dead now. Can anybody host a link somewhere?

Sorry to double post: if it is not unlocked, can I use a raspberry Pi and Piiprom to recover the eeprom from the dead mobo and then unlock it using xboxhdm?

Thank you I’ll try the WD pass and see if it works. I’ve got a few stock Xboxes. I’ll get one modded ASAP and hopefully the HDD is unlocked and ready to go.

I know the drive was originally formatted using Hexen. Does Hexen have its own master password as well?

So I TSOPed my Xbox and spent days building my setup, ripping games etc. I got a little too confident and tried to do a ram upgrade and trashed my motherboard. I’m planning to TSOP another Xbox and want to just stick this HDD in it so I can pick up where I left off before the fatal ram upgrade attempt. I’d like to think I had the foresight to keep the drive unlocked but I’m not sure if I did or not. Is there any guidance on how to best accomplish this?

Thanks for the tip. I messed up and ordered 2 ram chips initially instead of 4. When the next two get here I'll post how the installation goes.

Sorry for the double post, it won't let me edit my last post. Words of advice for anyone else doing this for the first time, be sparing with your heat if you doing the "drag" technique at 750F. I bent a few pins and lifted a few pads by dragging across the pins a few too many times too quickly. I had to do some wire repairs. I'm two chips in an no frags so far.

Worked like a charm. Thanks for the ideas.

aha you're brilliant. I'm going to flash an ind bios while the stock drive is in and then it will ignore the config when the 2tb drive is in and I can delete it and reflash X2. Thanks man.

That wouldn't help me with my 2TB drive that still has the funky x2config though.

I've got a v1.1 that I TSOPed with an x2 5035 BIOS and I installed a 2TB sata HDD. I was messing with the x2config file (to remove the stupid "Xecutor Rox my box" thing) and like an idiot, I checked "Disable CD boot". For whatever reason something about the config file results in a frag and I can't get the xbox to boot the hexen disc. Any tips? Xbox boots fine using stock HDD.