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10 minutes ago, xicat487 said:
No not really I just want this for Xbox system link and the occasional FTP.
Then you don't need a managed switch.
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5 minutes ago, xicat487 said:
If I get another switch, should I get a managed switch ?
Do you plan on doing any vlanning, QoS, or any kind of monitoring and management of the traffic on your lan?
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1 minute ago, xicat487 said:
I will try different pair of Xboxes and see if I can reproduce the issue in these titles and report.
I think you should try a different switch.
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11 minutes ago, xicat487 said:
Any Idea why Halo and Conquer work fine on a switch, but these games have an issue ? Is it a possibility I have a DHCP conflict with the older titles ?
What is interesting is system link doesn't give a damn about dhcp. It doesn't even really operate at layer 3. it operates at layer 2.
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3 minutes ago, xicat487 said:
I was running some Halo system link no issue. When I switched over to Brute Force and Mechassault the link failed to see another Xbox.I am using a unmanaged switch.
I used one of these back i the day https://www.ebay.com/itm/Radica-Gamester-RC73220-LAN-Party-4-port-hub-and-Gamester-power-supply/164263467360?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649. The question is do some of the old games need a hub not a switch for connection ?
No. The only difference between a hub and a switch is that a hub broadcasts all frames to every port.
A switch only sends frames to the interface that the destination mac address is located on.
Thus hubs have collisions once you get more than 2 devices connected to one. Switches do not.
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19 hours ago, sweetdarkdestiny said:
Hi guys.
Today i got the new capacitors for both of my v1.4 xboxes and measured them (because i'm nosy). The most of them are pretty close to the µF which are stated. The 1500 µF 6,3v (~1700 µF) what is fine, the 3300 µF 10v naild it but the 3300 µF 6,3v are going strait through the roof with ~4100 µF and i wonder if thats not a bit to much?
Nope. It's not too much. It needs to be WAY too much to have any consequence. Momentary surges need to be HUGE to burn traces or burn out the psu. These tiny caps aren't going to do it in the quantity they are in. You're totally fine.
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1 hour ago, DobaMuffin said:
Are you using official Microsoft hardware, or a diy solution for debugging?
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I'm doing it as we speak. I was googling certain information and came across your post on the forum I created. lol weird. Back to searching for meaning....
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Welcome! Very nice.
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5 hours ago, ark125 said:
I thought it will short the circuit.
Anyway, there are 1.5 crystals out there.
I have been modding my xbox this week. And, I spent a lot of time trying to guess why wasnt working the chip. Then I saw a post in reddit explaining hoy to measure the pins and linking the pin 2 and pin 9 works.
I hope this will be helpful for someone.
Just because you're not reading the continuity you expect doesn't mean it's a 1.5. 1.5 never existed, although open circuits in all electronics DO exist due to manufacturing defects and age. You just did trace repair on a faulty board. You didn't find a mythical xbox version that never existed.
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1 hour ago, anode said:
Album: https://imgur.com/a/ptzp4Vl
Saw this pop up for sale locally and made the trip to pick it up. He said his father-in-law was an IT contractor, and apparently he originally got the case empty.
I got back home and opened it up to find the original case hardware kit sealed in its cardboard box, taped inside the drive bay next to a power cable in a bag. A silica gel pack was taped to the floor of the case. The IO connectors were zip tied together, tucked away in a corner. I am extra certain this case was never used, because the metal plate covering the DVD drive bay was not punched out.
My assumption is that Microsoft ordered cases from a supplier (says Yeou Chih on the inside) and hand-assembled all 50 units themselves in Redmond. I'm guessing that this case was one that either arrived damaged, or just never got used. If there were rumored to be 50 units, then I suppose this is unit 51. The date code on the back is 4-18-01.
I'm not entirely sure what to do with it. The inside is perfect, but the outside is a bit rough from kicking around in a basement. Ideally, I'd like to purchase the parts to remake the Alpha tower like N64 Freak did, but considering how difficult it is to find the Intel motherboard at a reasonable price I'm not sure how likely that is to happen. Maybe another 820 chipset board would work instead? I'm seeing a few similar candidates that are half the price of the Intel board. Another option I'm considering is building a similarly-specced PC inside and installing Windows 2000 for some Halo action.
All I've done so far is clean it up. Thoughts?
I don't have many suggestions, but I have been looking for one for my preservation. If you don't move forward with it, please consider letting me purchase it.
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Also, I have a game server up you can play on if you want. It is "OGXBOX.com - Get Rekt Nerds".
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If you can figure out how to enter that avalaunch subdirectory that we don't have permission to, we might have something.
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6 hours ago, ralphup said:
Hi Just joined, just got my Orig XBOX out of storage, looking to do a 2Tb SATA update, It has a 128Gb PATA drive, a Modded Samsung DVD so reads all discs, an Xecuter X3 Chip and Executer Front Panel with LCD Display and Infrared to remote power on/off the box!
Its a v1.5 Just recapped the 3 CPU caps and tried to replace the Clock super Cap, all working nicely but the clock still defaults when I power off...
There wasn't actually a 1.5. So do you mean it's a 1.4 or a 1.6?
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It WILL screw up the detail on the top. People have already attempted it on these and then had to attempt to repaint it.
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1 minute ago, prtscn said:
bummer, at least people could do comparisons of cpu.
well, at least xbox 360 is correct.
I think now is a good time to restate all premises because the conclusions will undoubtedly be drawn with video evidence soon.
#1 Replacing the stock paste with better paste will yield no significant results IF the stock paste hasn't already failed. It's very brittle and can crack and fail fairly easily. Thus the reasoning behind changing it out.
#2 The differences between thermal pastes are minute. The thermal conductivity of these pastes can be known by their w/Mk rating that should be listed somewhere for a given TIM. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut has the highest w/Mk of all TIMs known to me. It is what I will be testing with and I do expect a very slight improvement.
#3 Liquid metal would result in a huge improvement in theory but cannot be used because the heatsinks are aluminum and gallium creates an alloy with aluminum that destroys its rigidity and thus renders the heatsink useless. -
1 hour ago, prtscn said:
Can you post your temperatures with XBMC. You can ignore CPU. Posted it so people who have stock CPU TIM could compare to mine CPU temp.
Also, I posted temperatures of Xbox 360, phat falcon v2, with stock paste. There is an image in this thread. Very similar TIM material.
Also, there is no temp sensor in the gpu. That is the MCPX temp.
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35 minutes ago, prtscn said:
CPU (repasted TIM) - 46C
GPU (stock TIM) - 42C
Does LCD mod shows temp. while in game?
Using XBMC, UnleashX readings are unreliable.
You claim the temps of 2 different components. You're not attempting to compare them to each other are you? That wouldn't make any sense.
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5 hours ago, prtscn said:
What argument? My argument is that replacing thermal compound yields no practical benefits.
Capacitor removal is not beneficial, but essential, because it will leak and will cause huge damage to the board.
Where is your testing and data to support that it yields no practical benefits? or are you just talking out of your ass?
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The Xbox cannot read games in Rar format. They need to be extracted.
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2 hours ago, prtscn said:
Two different things.
Xbox clock capacitor is well documented, and people proactively removes it.
xbox "repaste" is based on a general practice of computer maintenance, thinking that OG xbox uses regular thermal paste. Which is not.
Not a bright comment on your part. Every analogy will have a difference. That's why it's an analogy rather than the exact same thing. Maybe look up what an analogy is.
The argument is that repasting is somehow dangerous and shouldn't be done because the negatives outweigh the positives. They actually do not because repasting is not difficult. It's not risky.
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I do want to point out though, that literally everyone talks about removing the clock cap as good advice. If you disagree I'd like to see your explanation for this.
That COMPLETELY nullifies any argument against changing thermal paste. It's not difficult and not as risky as removing a capacitor. -
You guys have given me a great topic for another youtube video. THANK YOU!!!
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Anything that heats and becomes softer then cools and becomes harder will lose its softness over time. Properties change.
Also, the material will have a particular thermal transfer property that won't be very high. It might be slightly better than air but not by a whole lot.
Compare that with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut with over 12w/mk and you'll understand why it's not "pointless" to change out the thermal paste after nearly 20 years. The cooler you can make a cpu and gpu run, the longer lifespan they will have.-
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Board startup date: April 23, 2017 12:45:48
XBox Smells Like Fish
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Your xbox may have just got a girlfriend. Give it some congrats and possibly a talk and a little protection and be proud.