[3D Printed Case Fan Adapter (for 60mm Noctua)]

I would say @SS_Dave's comment is very accurate. The main benefit of using the Noctua fan is noise reduction and increased lifespan (potentially, haven't really had a stock fan fail on me ever though), and at 60-100% it's comparable to stock running at 20-30%. But even at 100% the Noctua is more silent in my experience.

Some more data points from: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4617648/comments#comment-5158371

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Thanks! And great question. There is definitely a pretty big reduction in CFM with the 60mm Noctua. The stock fan is, to my knowledge, around 23 CFW whereas the Noctua is ~17 CFM.

I don't have a proper benchmark to the stock fan but stock is definitely more effective. Such a comparison should take into account speed, dBm and temperature, at least. Off the top of my head I'd say 20% stock matches 60% Noctua, but that's not a linear scale.

But I'd say it performs OK all things considered. Now in winter time, my Noctua can keep the system at ~ CPU 56C / System 49C @ 60% speed while idling in XBMC @ 720p. In summer time I like to increase it to 80% and then the CPU stays at ~60C (or below). So I guess it's a question of what temperatures you're comfortable with your Xbox having?

I'd also say 70% is where you start hearing a little bit of the Noctua, but even at 100% it's not that significant, and more silent than the stock fan IMO. In my bios I have set the fan speed to 100%, so it spins up when I launch a game, but not really audible over the sound of the game. When I come back to the dashboard the system/CPU is usually more cool than before I launched the game, so at 100% the cooling pretty good.

Edit: For context, this is on a re-pasted v1.0 Xbox.

Hope this helps.

[Original fan is 12v?]

@sweetdarkdestinyI was wondering if you had verified it yourself. I have seen many claim it's ~6V but haven't gotten around to checking it. It also doesn't need to move much air because the heatsink by itself is almost enough. And if you change to the slightly larger GPU heatsink there's definitely no need for a fan.

Well, since you're sure, and SS_Dave is sure, I don't want to be one spreading misinformation. Unfortunately my multimeter has broken down, so I couldn't fully verify, the best I could do was an observability study and indeed it would seem to be 12V or close to it. Thanks for setting me straight!

[Original fan is 12v?]

18 hours ago, sweetdarkdestiny said:

[...] The tiny GPU runs always at 12v. [...]

Are you sure about this? To my knowledge the GPU fan doesn't actually receive the full 12V, it's closer to 6V as stated by op. This means it doesn't spin at full speed and you can't use a 5V fan because it will eventually fry due to over-voltage.

[OSSC XBOX Recommended Settings]

5 hours ago, AtariSoul said:

I would be interested how much better the HDMI looks, but I think its very expensive to ship to me in the UK?

The shipping for the XboxHDMI from MakeMHz set me back less than USD$15 (to Finland), the actual unit is $80. Not a bad price IMO. Although given the potential customs fee I'm guessing it could set you up for a total of ~$115 (based on UK 20% VAT)?

There's more info about the mod on the product page: https://makemhz.com/products/xboxhdmi and there are a lot of screenshots on the Discord if you want to get a feel of how it looks.

[3D Printed Case Fan Adapter (for 60mm Noctua)]

I wanted to switch out the stock fan for a Noctua and still retain some of the OG look and feel, this is the result. Maybe it will be of use to someone else as well.

The design is up on Thingiverse and PrusaPrinters, whichever you fancy. Print instructions are there as well. Enjoy.

PS. I'm also working on a design that's more compact and easier to print (in two or three parts), I'll post it if I ever get around to completing it. 

[BFM Bios Question]

3 hours ago, SakisTheDrifter said:

Thats what i wanted to do before even posting here for help,but the problems are that i have 3 xboxes so i dont wanna buy a chip for every console and also all of them have single bank tsops

OpenXeniums are pretty cheap to either build yourself or buy from someone, you should find them for ~$20. Or for about the same price you could build 5 yourself. 

3 hours ago, SakisTheDrifter said:

Thats what i see.... i really hope that someone someday will make BFM bioses do that too,it would be really helpfull

It won't happen because it needs to be done via Xcodes meaning it happens before BFM bios/kernel initialization. You can read some more about the Xbox boot process here https://mborgerson.com/deconstructing-the-xbox-boot-rom/

[OSSC XBOX Recommended Settings]

I went the OSSC approach and it works perfectly fine. There's only a few settings that can/need to be changed on the OSSC but I can't remember them off the top of my head, I'll check later today.

My reason for going this route was that I already had an OSSC and it was easy enough to get my hands on a YPbPr component video SCART cable from Retro Gaming Cables, so that's what I did. I tried one of those cheap component cables hooked straight to my TV and the quality was so, so bad... doesn't even come close to comparing to the high quality RGC cable.

Soon I'll be installing the  XboxHDMI , though .

[Compatibility of insignia project with nulled hard drives copied from a single source]

The information needed by Insignia is read from EEPROM, so there won’t be an issue cloning the drives. Insignia also doesn't care that they share the same HDD key. Keep in mind though that some DLC may stop working when you change HDD key, so you may need to reinstall those afterwards.