SS_Dave

Sorry I am a bit confused are you wanting the DVD to load on cold boot (from power on with a game disk in the drive)? In your Cerbios config file you have disabled the DVD drive completely. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

That look's pretty clean and as it around 20 years old it's time to replace it. As far as I know M$ used 8gb WD and the 10gb where Seagate. The one I posted the other day is dated around 2004 Oct Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Having a look at the HDD PCB is no harder that removing/refitting the Xbox mother board from the case/shell. This is a random original Seagate HDD Undo the 4 torx screws (Red circles ) Be extra careful of the contacts in the yellow boxes as they can easily be bent ( and that would make the drive unusable ) if you are cleaning with a Qtip or Cloth ( I used a relay contact cleaner strip) but you might be best to not touch then. Clean the pads ( Red boxes ) on the PCB using a Qtip and ISO . The contacts should be either silver or gold coloured. This board is untouched and I would not bother cleaning it but if it looked like the board in my previous post then it needs cleaning. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Yes. And with the version 1.0 you don't normally get error codes you get flashing LED codes. I have had issues with some HDD's that caused random problems. It had poor connections from the HDD PCB and the contacts on the drive for the read/write heads and after cleaning the tarnish off the board where it connect the the main body of the hard drive it's working like new and that was over 2 years ago. The location circled is what I mean, Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

You can still use any PC DVD drive but it will not read an original game disk, It will read copied disk and the pirate game disk's that come from china and the like. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Probably because there is too many different PC DVD drives makes and models and once you have a large HDD you don't need the DVD drive again. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

I quite like that colour and you get a extra point for painting the DVD bezel as well. Maybe paint the Xbox word silver with a paint pen to match the jewel Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

I really don't think changing the thermal paste is going to help If it was a over temperature thing you should get a flashing orange LED When it flashes red/green is it 50% red and 50% green? Is the hard drive the original? Have you swapped the DVD drives? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Drive setup 2 is no DVD drive at all did you try Drivesetup = 0 Is you HDD set to master? What model is your DVD drive? What brand of Sta2Ide adaptor are you using? Are you using a 80 wire IDE cable? I would also set the FanSpeed = 20 or 30 Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

If you boot to say IND bios and you have a 2.2tb or bigger HDD then your install DVD will not see the bigger drive. If you set the config file like this "DriveSetup = 1" it will not look at the DVD on boot but you and still load a DVD from the dashboard if you set it to "DriveSetup = 0" it will look at the DVD then boot from the HDD unless there is a DVD in the drive. ; Drive Setup ; 0 = HDD & DVD, 1 = HDD & No DVD (Legacy Mode), 2 = HDD & No DVD (Modern Mode), 3 = Dual HDD DriveSetup = 1 Once the HDD is setup correctly you don't need to use a install DVD and if there is a app you need you can FTP that to the Xbox. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Can you post a pic of what you are trying to do. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Yes that is correct. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Try from the power off (Standby) state press and hold the power button for 10 to 15 seconds to power on. Yes you could flash that chip in and external eeprom read/writer or after the Xbox has booted replace the eeprom chip with a 49lf020 then start the flash process. If it was me I would re-flash the onboard bios chip and remove the modchip. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Try using Xblast to re-flash it. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Ha Ha I should have explained why I suggested to remove the work you had done. And I have even undone work I have done because some thing else seamed to not work anymore. I would still do as I suggested and then give the board a good clean both sides, then add the one link on the top for the power button and see what happens. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

That all looks ok but capacitors can fail with out any visual signs. Can you test the power at the 12 pin power plug? The Red wires should have 5 volt and the Yellow should have around 12 volt (11 to 12.5) Test while it working and in the fault mode. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Thank you In my years of experience ( 40 plus) in electronic repairs if I get a board like that the 1st thing I do is remove any mods/repairs and start again. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

It's hard to see if there is a possible short on your repair or maybe you have damaged a trace that's why I suggested you undo the work and clean the location you where working on also have a real good look over the board for a blob of solder across some IC pins, The link I suggested is just the power button as that the minimum needed to power on the Xbox. Upload the pics to a file share site like Postimages.com or something similar, Then post a link to the pics on here. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

I replied because that solder work had me shaking my head. I would suggest you remove all that work clean the board and add a link the pic i posted then see what happens. Have you tried a original controller? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

That pic is a bad case and in some cases it's only just noticeable., I would suggest you think about replacing the 5 capacitors next to the heatsink and the one next to the 12 pin power connector as they are starting to fail with age but in yours that's more a preventive maintenance thing. Your board look all good. As for changing the thermal paste I don't bother unless the heat sinks are lose or need to be removed. I have done tests with a non contact thermometer and a probe wedged in the middle of the heatsink and didn't have any difference in readings. The biggest difference comes from cleaning the dust from the heatsink, motherboard and fan, I also set the fan to 30% to 40% in the bios and that helps it run cooler. The job of the paste is to fill the miniscule irregularity's in the heat sink and the CPU the same has a head casket on the car/truck's engine and you don't change that every 10 years just because, The same as you don't change the heatsink paste in your home or car audio amplifier, Car's ECU just because is old. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

This is how I repair the power button issue and in most cases I only need to join the 2 purple marks. Then if you are having issues with the LED then you only need 2 wires on the bottom Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

You need to clean the bottom of the board as well and just clean it with IPA using a tooth brush. There is 4 thin traces at the front that suffer from corrosion if left uncleaned. Here is an example of the damage that can happen. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

As long as you can get to the start game and select checkpoints that all you need. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

In this case I would suggest you find a replacement power supply as working on switch mode power supply's can be dangerous because they normally have voltages double the input voltages. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

I assume you mean the caps on the PSU. With the 12 pin and 4 pin leads disconnected set your meter to DC volts and test for power between the brown and one of the black wires in the 12 pin plug. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.