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RAM chip 3 was the culprit. Reflowed with lots of flux. It would boot with pressure applied to the top of the case. I was able to hold the pressure and test with xblast. #3 was giving me fits, but the no boot was due to a bad job on chip #1. Chip #1 had a slight bridge and would fail sporadically, and chip #3 needed a reflow. In the times I have done this, it definitely wont test or boot if the first chip isnt done right. So if you are like me and do all 4 at once and dont get a boot, check chip #1 first. Also, the boards I have done have been 1.0-1.4. Chips from AliExpress and drag solder with lots of flux.

I appreciate this. Thanks. I'll give it a shot. I found a workaround for now. I have cerbios.ini pointing to xbmc4gamers instead of the default Dragon dash. So it boots to XMBC4Gamers and everything now stays persistent until I go into Dragon. Which is fine. Dragon has all the offline emulator stuff. Does anyone know what the dragon dash is built on? Is it an XBMC variant? Or built on something else?

Anyone have luck with the 4tb Dragon build and editing network settings? Upon booting and pressing a thumbstick, I have options for static IP settings. No Auto/DHCP, or Default Dashboard. So I go to the MS Dash and try changing settings there. They dont stay persistent in any of the dashes that come with this build. Its like the Dragon build consistently overwrites the settings when restarting or rebooting.

Hey all. I am needed some help here. Box will boot fine sometimes, and other times, I get no video or audio. Weird part is I get no FRAG. Lights on the box are normal for the boot sequence. All green, no flashing colors. I have a 1.2/1.3 that I TSOP'd and installed the additional 64mb of RAM. RAM all checks out in xblast and in XBMC and clock cap was pulled. Other caps look fine, but replacements are on order. 4tb WD Blue and Startech with 80wire IDE. Just don't know what would be giving me inconsistent boots at this time.

If it still boots, then you can use xblast and ftp to flash it. FTP into the box, drop the xblast .XBE in your apps folder, put the latest cerbios in c:\BIOS, reboot the xbox, load xblast, flash new bios. Or you can use the netflash option in xblast as well. This would save you from having to put a bios file on the Xbox HDD.

Weeee. Really wasn't that bad with plenty of flux, a good iron, and a little hot air.

I got it. Just reflowed all 4 chips.

Hey all. I am doing an upgrade on a 1.2. Already flashed TSOP with Xblast. Put the first chip on and the RAM test wont run? Just hangs. I ran the test before placing any chips and of course it said "failed" across all 4 chips.

Back in my 20's I had my box hooked up to a projector with monster component and used the toslink/optical for a full 5.1 surround sound. I sold audio/video at the time. The setup was legit. 4 player death matches, but everyone still had a 55" screen. The 5.1 setup was friggen awesome.

This batch happened to be a group of buddies of mine. One guy wanted one, then word spread.

I have 4 boxes that I'm working on now and I have bites on $250-$300, but I have the 4tb image on mine. $200-$220 for no RAM mod. My buyers are all local though.

I think that is definitely fair. I think I picked up 4 for about $20 each almost 18 months ago.

If the caps were really bad, you might check for trace rot going to the front of the xbox. A lot of power on/off issues can be fixed with repairing traces. There are quite a few pictures out there for the common areas to check.

For anyone that decides to order, @locutus2000was very good at keeping me in the loop. I wanted a 4 controller version and I wasn't in a hurry. Parts took a little time to source, but I knew that going in. I got order updates and progress pics while I was waiting for mine. I don't doubt that he got it to me as soon as he could. Highly recommend.

Just received mine! Build quality looks excellent. Now I just need to print me a case and get a 360 receiver.