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The guy I bought it off of had definitively replaced the paste already and I already re-pasted it again after pulling the heat sinks towards the beginning of this adventure. I may have schmooed a little too much on there or not cleaned them well enough. I didn't have to pry at all to remove the heat sinks so I doubt I damaged the chips. From all the reading I've done on these systems, they seem to be surprisingly durable but also super finicky. Invisible trace rot, bad caps with no signs, stupid disk drives. It all seems fixable, but stupid hard to diagnose. I ordered more thermal paste and I'm gonna drown those chips in ISO soon

Idk either but thank you, I'll give it a shot ASAP. Gotta order some more thermal paste first. If that's all it ends up being, I'll be thrilled

No luck, desoldered that d0 point on the chip and and ran the wire from the back of the board to one of the screw posts. Same as before unfortunately

Dam, I was excited to get home and investigate. The donor 1.4 Xbox should be here by the weekend. I'm thinking of learning about proper reflow methods if the PSU swap doesn't fix things. I have no leads as to what else could be going on

Nothing else should be necessary, Extract the downloaded zip file Drop that "Toonami Aftermath for XBMC" folder into your Xbox's C drive, or any location that has space. Using the file browser in XBMC4Xbox, locate the folder and open any of the .strm files inside I'm new to this round of Xbox mods but back in the earlier 2000's there was a OS called Xbox Media Center (XBMC). It was the go to way to turn your Xbox into the center piece of your home theater. It had all sorts of addons to enable live TV, web streams, Youtube and loads of community content. XBMC evolved into what is now known as Kodi, and XBMC4Xbox was created to further XBMC on the og Xbox while Kodi branched off to every other device known to man. XBMC4Xbox was dropped around 10 years ago, and now we are onto XBMC4Gamers which only has the gaming focused side of the original XBMC4Xbox, but at least it's getting support I don't know how many, if any, of the XBMC addons work in XBMC4Xbox or XBMC4Gamers, but I do know of someone who is trying to update XBMC. Or maybe he's gonna rebuild it from scratch?

But why sad? Shouldn't it be exciting to see the OG xbox getting some new life? And yeah, you nailed it. Those files basically contain the URL to the actual stream location of https://www.toonamiaftermath.com/ Way back when, there was a XBMC addon that supported Toonami Aftermath more natively but using the file browser is the only way I found that still works. Toonami Aftermath itself is a recreation of Toonami from back in it's hey-day. It's got EST and PST streams that are identical except for the PST being a couple hours behind. I enjoy running it on a Xbox through a CRT for a extra nostalgia hit

If you all you wanna watch is Toonami Aftermath, you can dump the attached folder on your Xbox and use the file browser to open the .strm files Toonami Aftermath for XBMC.zip

Didn't realize how much traction this thread got well I was tearing it apart I did read up on the Stellar some more. I'm content with the Aladdin setup for now. Single bios and works for what I need. If I get into the 1.4ghz stuff, I will re-evaluate that decision. I could bath the board in ISO, I did already wash what ever I thought looked like trouble. If there's any other pics needed, let me know

Yeah, most don't like my ideas... Either way, I was looking at getting a budget hot air station. Unless you have recommendations, youtube is full of all sorts of crazy ideas. I'm well aware I can send it out but, in the long run, I'm gonna be better off learning this shit myself. I did try pulling the chip and disconnecting the d0 from it. Still same boot loop and red/green light I ordered a 1.4 donor xbox to play with too. Was gonna try swapping PSU's for the hell of it. Any points I should test with a multi-meter to get some ideas? Below are some board pics

Thank you for the software recommendation. I'll have to play with it. I currently have a SATA to USBC adapter but it doesn't have external power. Idk if it can handle a 3.5" HDD, I've only used it with SSDs. Unfortunately, I have a laptop and am without SATA ports. I was looking at the Stellar Modchip last night. Looks sexy and easy, but what recommendations do you have? As well, reflowing the LPC sounds scary. Whole mobo in the oven or just a harbor freight heat gun are the two options I have... To boot retail bios, would that be pulling the mod chip and putting her back together? If I plug a stock 1.6 HDD into this system, would it be able to boot up, provided that was the issue?

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Sorry, I should have clarified. Everything I know of Xbox modding has been whatever I've read in the last 72hrs. 1. I am confused, should be other error codes? See the attached video for what it is currently doing 2. What the hell is a TSOP and how would it be better than the chip? I was looking at LPC boards to make rebuilding it easier, any recommendations for this Aladdin chip? Do I need a certain one for a specific chip or are they universal? 3. I did not see any issue with any of the caps, I'll post some board pics tomorrow. It's getting too late to tear it apart tonight. See below for artifacting vid 73462655589__F704C7AE-2E9E-4B1E-BB75-CFA549B29FFC.mov

Hello all you smart people. I am a idiot who recently purchased a pre-modded Xbox without knowing anything of this community. The 1.4 Xbox has a Aladdin chip, Cerbios, XBMC4Gamers and a 3tb HDD. Unfortunately, Fedex rough housed the thing on it's way and it showed up with the back corner of the case cracked. I plugged it into my modern TV using a funky HDMI adapter, flipped the video from 720p to 4:3 NTSC, turned the box off and plugged it into my CRT using a 3rd party cable. Setup insignia, updated Halo 2, played 2 rounds, temps were reported as less than 65c, 40c at idle. I then backed out, created a new profile in XBMC and it needed to scan the HDD for content. It hit 40% and froze, then started artifacting some white static over the image. I shut it off, gave it a min, turned it on and it froze on the Cerbios screen with the same artifact pattern. Shut her off, opened her up, all new caps, pretty clean board and new thermal paste under the heatsinks but I still replaced it anyway. The chip seems to be installed as needed, with no visible issue. Put it all back together and it showed the artifacted bios again and froze. I shut it off, pulled the power cord, held the power button for 10 sec and plugged her back in. Now all she wants to do is FRAG. 3 boot loops followed by a red/green flashing ring. Picked up a set of OEM Composite cables today and it came with a free 1.6 Xbox that is stock. Super clean and works flawlessly. Unfortunately, the stock composite cables didn't fix the FRAGing. I'm not in the mood to add to the graveyard of dead systems and would greatly appreciate some advice here. I'm average at a soldering iron on a good day, and I've torn apart many various electronics without zapping myself. What would be my best approach at making these two boxes into one, without loosing the data on the 3tb HDD? What troubleshooting steps should I start with? What's the big DON'Ts that I probably committed by opening the box already?