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  1. big F

    Help please

    I think going on experience recapping will be the norm for us in a few years.
  2. big F

    Help please

    I mentioned it in my guide but never went further than that. Reason being the batteries last a year, and at the time none of my OGs stayed shut for that long. Theres no reason way that wouldnt work. A micro molex connector is all that would be needed. This would make it very discrete.
  3. big F

    Help please

    I use CR2032 cells you need to disable the Xbox’s ability to charge the capacitor that would normally be there other wise bad things happen. I had cheap pound store CR2032 batteries that lasted 6 plus months where the Xbox never saw mains electricity. the decent cells can last a year and can be hot swapped when the unit is turned on. I will pull the guide and get it posted up here to be useful.
  4. big F

    Help please

    Maybe its about time I dusted off my old guide that was on Xbox scene showing the removal process and replacement with coin cell battery for those that wanted the time to stay more permanently. Coin cells last about a year. Probably needs an edit for the 1.6’s as back then they didnt leak.
  5. Shame you can’t Heart this more than once.
  6. I have a 1.1 that does this intermittently. At least now I know what to replace when I get round to it.
  7. Similar things happen to PC’s when the equivalent transistor goes south.
  8. Still got all mine and very active in that community. The things you can do now with modern Chinese PCB fab and inexpensive EDA. My 1980/90’s self would have some kind of seizure, so many things back then were only for very very deep pockets or straight up StarTrek, now easily done. The OGXbox is in that zone too, but just getting started on its journey.
  9. You have a nice set up there, wish i had enough room to do it like that.
  10. Im sure I have/had a dash mod disc that had an option to restore a retail harddrive. I did back in the day royally f one of mine up pulling the power cord while it was modding. So restoring to retail is possible, without opening the unit, via one of the exploits, like Splinter cell or Mechwarrior. The question is in this day and age why bother. Just have the retail dash XBE there to use if you want/need it
  11. This is by a country mile the most toxic thread on this board In its whole history, this is a path we should not be going down. So many forums go this way and end in failure. Xbox scene ended up with trash talking like this.
  12. So can someone do a recap as I am confused as who “owns” what and I am sure I am not the only one.
  13. Looks so impressive, I know this is going to be a popular mod.
  14. eBay seriously need a decent competitor to stomp them down a bit. Between the cut they take and owning PayPal and taking cuts there also. Then making it darn near imposible to not use PayPal. And then always siding with the purchaser, when they say my item didnt arrive, boo hoo. When the courier has a picture of them taking the package at their door, apparently that not proof enough. Refund issued and no item. Would have been cheaper to just throw the item in the trash. IMO I think if you use the word. “Rare” or “vintage” then eBay should take 26.5% commision. Most thing listed as rare or vintage are about as vintage as the latest iPhone.
  15. I think I may have one or more of them in my archive. Interested to see if they work.
  16. Go a link up from that and the same guy has some other very useful scans. https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/xbox-random-parts-scan.3966/
  17. I had someone file a dispute because I would not send the item after they paid for it. This is despite it saying in the description in large font no delivery due to size. eBay obviously read it and refused to refund the guy until they spoke to me. After I spoke to them they removed his negative feedback refunded his money and I sold the item to another buyer for the same money and helped them set up a courier collection because they asked nicely, a few day later.
  18. Yes back in the day I used to fit fans to 1.1 upward just because it helps with temps etc. you are correct the 1.6 does not have them, mainly because MS pretty much redesigned the whole board for the 1.6. Think of them as the essential parts placed where they have to go due to design and the best bits of the v1 onwards added to new tech that would have continued to a 1.7 if there had ever been one.
  19. Yes such a simple thing and yet makes a noticeable improvement on fuel economy. Kind of makes you wonder why nobody thought of it years prior to when Boing and AirBus started to use them.
  20. Theres quite a lot about blade design on YouTube, various things are being experimented with like dimples or odd shaped blades. Waves and other seemingly wacky ideas that some seem to actually have some merit. Even M.I.T got involved a while back.
  21. Forgot to add that at that scale there is some influence with thermal dynamics and also with micro aerodynamics. But that’s a bit too science for most of us. 3D printed fans will have more issues with balancing before the micro science gets in the way.
  22. Noctua have a good rep and last well. Its always a compromise between CFU and Db. Which is mostly governed by RPM. Theres quite a lot out there on different designs of fans, especially 3D printed ones. People have experimented quite a lot recently. Sunon fans also have a good rep for longevity and theres alway several flavours of each so a compromise with the CFUxDBxRPM holy trinity can be made for each set up.
  23. Theres so much going on in this tread, it truly is the renaissance of the OG. Top work everyone.

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