[Lo 1st Proper Post and Its a Biggy!]

Oh that board looks really burned. To much heat applied. That's also a reason why the pads got lifted.

Don't worry we all started somewhere . I suggests practice soldering on any other broken or unused boards first, web guides can't give the true experience.

You can also send me this 1.6 mainboard, I can probably still safe it!

 

 

[Wanted, 480p Force Bios Files]

Not every game supports widescreen, some can be patched others not.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HpxKGQ6wVTRevUdQ6_4rkuyF_ZugOgc2C4tXnZxBZCk/edit#gid=0 (Widescreen and/or 720p)

http://ps2wide.net/xbox.html (Widescreen only)

http://bmkeyscom.ipage.com/marvelousmirth/ogxhd.html (Patching Tool)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_with_alternate_display_modes (Native supports)

[1.6 XBox Frag After Aladdin Install]

3 hours ago, Flowlance said:

 

Edit: I tried the Aladdin modchip in a 1.4 Xbox, and it worked just fine there.

Did you flash correct Bios on your modchip that is 1.6 compatible?

 

From Reddit: "If you cut the LFRAME trace it completely prevents the stock ROM in Xyclops chip to be loaded. FRAG behavior (Reboot 3 times and Flash Red And Green) is then expected when no chip is inserted"

 

So I assume -> in your case, modchip bios is just wrong,

Want a working EvoX for 1.6 (my personal bios)? Just tell me how big your modchip flash block is and location of your dashboards

[Hi From Norway!]

Hi. welcome onboard.

better practise on some dead PC mainboards (with soldering flux) before working on Xbox MB.

Some tipps how it works great for me:

1. apply flux to point and cable | 2. Apply tiny amount of solder to your soldering iron | 3. Tap point once with it (The point should hold some solder now)

4. Apply solder to your wire too | 5. Remove rest of solder from your soldering iron with desoldering wick (It should be clean now) |

6. Hold cabel in position to point and tap it once again with your Iron

common mistakes:

Dont hold your iron to long, tip points just once or twice (thats enough as long its heated up properly)  | To long while to hot - Result: Lifing pads

Dont use to much solder -> less means more here

 

Dont worry, you will improve we all did start

[Team XEcuter Custom Hardware]

I have a Xecuter 3 CE with standard external switch & another xbox with a smartXX v2

Can someone please give me a quick price check?

[Console/Game Collections.]

On 20.7.2018 at 7:02 PM, Bobthefish said:

Any reason for stock piling so many Xboxs?

In my opinion most unmodified OGX will die some day in "customers" hands, either due cap leaking, hdd failing or general fault. And most of them customers will trash it when its broke, rather then getting it repaired by someone.

Im glad people like us clean, fix and improve these systems to extend ogx lifetime much more.

[My Old Pir8 Krew Softmod Tutorial From 2006, and a Slew of Rare Tools!]

AFAIK IDE HDDs are out of production for a long time now. Someday they will get more rare & expensive.

Sata HDDs are so cheap these days, 30-40$ for a brand new 1TB drive.

[1.0 Tsop Bios]

I like EvoX on TSOP because its very stable and there is no config on HDD to mess up. With EVTool its possible to edit the BIOS before flashing, setting its size, dashboard locations, flubber color and stuff like that.

If its a Winbound Flash I use Gentoox Loader for flashing, for everything else EvolutionX with proper md5 of that mod bios in evox.ini

[How to Build an EEPROM Reader/Writer]

A SOIC8 flash clip should work too. Just be sure the programmer has pins for it.

Then clip it on consoles EEPROM for read/write, no need to solder anything

[Screen Resolution]

Only that games who support 1080i, Others fallback to 720p or even 480p.

 

 

[My Old Pir8 Krew Softmod Tutorial From 2006, and a Slew of Rare Tools!]

that Xplorer360.beta6 file I have has the same detection. Its just Bkav and ClamAV, so I think its fine..Just false positive here, nothing to worry..

[My Old Pir8 Krew Softmod Tutorial From 2006, and a Slew of Rare Tools!]

Hi LinuxArcadeGuy. This shoudn't be a pillory. There is no drama from my side

Thanks that you going to fix it up tho.

 

[My Old Pir8 Krew Softmod Tutorial From 2006, and a Slew of Rare Tools!]

Hi thanks for the release, but...

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As always all files have been scanned for security threats by an online databases and scanners to rule out any contamination.

Sentence like this without a link always makes me curious. Therefore I uploaded zip's to virus total for you. (It support archives)

Pir8 Krew (ratio 3/60) https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/ac3e028bc06c24de0f7c80dd8f44e7729de03b6acfda2f0c874c01779939cd66/detection

Xbox tools (ratio 23/71): https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/442da2597d1276feda3a444a0b6f4b560cf61f50feb8d5e8c24e105c9a576952/detection

[Frag XBox With Dead Hdd?]

Yes it will do it, just order one preflashed

Rebuild hdd on console via hexen/slayers (like wikati mentioned) or on PC via xboxhdm.

[Frag XBox With Dead Hdd?]

I would solder a modchip to bypass the need of a locked drive.

Then creating a xbox hdd via xboxhdm.