Absolucy

November 29, 2021

I ended up finding some random screws that could fit just enough to push the controller ports down enough for me able to insert the controller plugs in all ports. Thanks though, y'all!

November 27, 2021

I got a 1.6 Xbox off ebay today. Still works (minus the dvd drive, but I got several spare dvd drives), but the case is absolutely fucked in and out. After taking the controller ports out, I can't even put them back in - all but one of the posts for screws that hold the controller ports in are broken! I can only hold controller port 4 in with the intact post, all the other posts have big chunks broken off.

Is there anything I could rig up to hold the rest of the controller ports down, or bolt it down, or should I just try to find an intact 1.6 case?

November 26, 2021

Just now, MadMartigan said:

Take the 8 ram chips too. You’re left with a lot of good replacement parts after that.

Don't have hot air, fucked up the legs on one chip trying to do a removal with a soldering iron

November 26, 2021

Just now, Lina_Inverse_ said:

Could be something graphics related or the RAM, or some other issue.

Good parts board if you have the tools or sell it as a parts board.

yeah, i just ended up using it for parts, mainly i just threw all the capacitors in a plastic bag

November 19, 2021

Sorry um... but I kinda gave up on this OG xbox. Of course, this was after I cleaned the mess around the LPC header and got rid of the trace repair in favor of just connecting the two vias directly.

I realized that this thing was probably never going to come on anyways, especially since this happened during the initial repair (and it never came on again without FRAGing afterwards):

(GPU might be fried somehow?)

the one time I got it to boot was probably just a lucky boot, because I didn't bother testing it any more afterwards.

Note to self: make sure any OG xbox I buy is not labeled as "untested" again

November 18, 2021

17 minutes ago, MadMartigan said:

Yep just the angle. I would try what Dave suggested and make direct links from point to point. You definitely have a lot of trace issue going on there. Have you tested continuity on them all?

the repairer said they checked with a multimeter to make sure none of the traces were bridging

i tried a direct link but no ball

November 18, 2021

6 minutes ago, MadMartigan said:

In that pic it looks like you have two traces connected together. Could just be the angle

November 18, 2021

17 hours ago, SS_Dave said:

The 2 red wires on the modchip what are they connected to? They don't need to be there as the D0 is grounded on the bottom.

It's probably not how I would have repaired the trace, I would have linked it from the 2 red arrows.

The way I would attempted to fix this is repair the damaged trace like above 1st then try powering on the Xbox board without the modchip connected.

If it works to the point of displaying something on the screen even if it's a error then link the D0 to ground like the like on the bottom for the board and plug the mod chip back on the board.

Can you post a close up of the trace repair?

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

The red wire on the OpenXenium isn't going to anything, I just didn't bother removing it from a previous install.

With or without the modchip, it still doesn't output anything over AV. However, it at least recognizes the AV port, as unplugging the AV cable will result in the red changing to orange until it's plugged back in. Also tried another composite cable, just to be sure.

Here's a closeup of the trace repair:

November 18, 2021

I have a 1.0 Xbox I got from Goodwill online. It smells like a smoker crawled inside it and died, and I ended up accidentally tearing off the alt d0 pad , but got someone to repair it. However, it still does not boot, as it FRAGs instead. Can't figure out what is wrong - tons of pictures attached below.

Things I've tried: