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22 minutes ago, Dtomcat18 said:
6.5 hours later... 6 hrs more than I thought it take LOL... Firmware is basically complete. One feature I'd like to add that depends on API access... so I'm waiting on that. Since each board is programmable... I'll probably release it with this firmware and just release an update when/if the other feature comes to fruition. Here is an updated output txt file that is produced along side the eeprom.bin
I just need to add a firmware version reporting to the log and this firmware is complete! I'll try to finalize the hardware this week and get ready to order. though probably won't be until next week... kinda need a break... took 3 days to get the code working... and another 6.5 to implement it into master code... my brain HURTS!
Looking good
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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3 hours ago, TinkerMods said:
What am I missing here? I don't get the point lol, it's not like the 1.6 has the same leakage or damage issues as the other versions so from my point of view this seems like a huge waste of time?
Did you not see this picture ? from a thread on this site
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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On 7/19/2023 at 5:42 AM, ChriZz said:
Hallo zusammen. Hab diesen heute aus einer 1.6 entfernt.... Ist nicht die erste 1.6 wo der cap so aussieht
And all the post I see saying the gold cap doesn't leak and it will bulge like the CPU/GPU caps.
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Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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34 minutes ago, Dtomcat18 said:
Yea. My bad on space. Difference (my understanding)…. XblastOS doesn’t play well with OX. Like can’t use it to test ram install for instance. If replacing XOS with xblast… I’m guessing that would now work ?
Yes that is correct
In my view it's easier to just flash a Aladdin chip with Xblast
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7 hours ago, Dtomcat18 said:
Technically it’s the same. 3x 256 is the same as 512 and 256. With last being 256 OS
The way I read it he has replaced the Xenium OS with the Xblast OS
A Xblast eeprom is 1024kb X 8bit and the OS is in the 1st 256 kb and the remaining is 1 X256kb and 1 X512kb
A Xenium eeprom is 2048kb X 8bit and the OS and skin is in the 1st 1024kb and the rest is the 4 X 256kb banks
A full Xenium re-flash including the skin and OS with 4 X 256kb bios files is 2meg
Unless he has just used one of the Xenium bios banks for Xblast like this then Whoopie
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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I see on his Discord he is pre selling the HDMI+ to add to the Stella chip. At $159Aud plus post for the HDMI add on I think I will wait for the Nemesis version.
Even if I had to get a Open Xenium and the Nemesis HDMI I feel it would be cheaper.
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Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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Looking at that pic I wonder why you would dumb down a working chip and it's not even able to have extra bios banks
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1 hour ago, Twilight said:
As I said I already took it apart once so I'm anything but thrilled about taking it apart again. Just for the sake of things - Why would I need a different BIOS? Seems that FATXplorer V3.0 beta can unlock the drive, so isn't that enough?
Thanks.
Yes it can but you are going to pull the Xbox apart again why not re-flash the bios and never need to lock a hard drive again. Also with the cerbios you can easily use a compressed file system and then if your keen fit the entire US game collection on a 2tb hard drive, The cerbios supports UDMA4,5,6 IDE data speeds compared to UDMA2 (this alone should be a good enough reason to not use a soft mod) this equates to faster booting and smoother game play.
Having a hard modded system makes for a easy hard drive upgrade to larger HDD if you ever run out of storage ( up to 2 X 16tb hard drives)
1 hour ago, Twilight said:Also if I understand you correctly do you believe I should just download ISOs of games I already have on disc?
Yes and I understand you are allowed to have a backup copy of a game if you own the original disk.
As I said the DVD drives are all failing due to age and in time even the DVD disks are going to fail.
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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Now that you have soft modded the Xbox why not go the hole hog and add the two links to the mainboard and re-flash the bios chip .
Even of you can't solder you can use conductive paint to link the 2 points.
Once you have done that you can use Fatxplorer V3.0 beta to format the HDD and install a dash that will work in the Xbox, The you can load the HDD with backup games from the interweb. As an example it will take around 3-4 days to FTP enough to fill a 2tb and under a day to do that on a PC, I dread to think how long to copy from your game disks.
Tring to copy from a DVD drive always going to be a problem with a 20 year old DVD drive.
Here is a tutorial on using Fatxplorer
https://www.hazeno.com/og-xbox-hdd-2tb-and-underCheers
SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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4 hours ago, wifidlink said:
Thanks I will look for it.
This is probably the like your looking for
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3 minutes ago, lopenator said:
is that a downside of stellar or is that a downside of cerbios?
In my view it's the Stella chip. More importantly the designer MakeMhz not wanting to fully support Cerbios.
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46 minutes ago, NeMesiS said:
Nice... I think it's about time I have a good play around with Cerbios it's come along way since I last did.
I assume they have v1.6 support by now?
Yes the version 2.3.0 and up has 1.6 support
The only downside with Cerbios is the Stella chip is not supporting it..
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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22 hours ago, Dtomcat18 said:
Might the final look... may order soon
Looks good
I would be interested in one if you decided to put some up for sale.
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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3 hours ago, Akumakage said:
Hi dave
I really love that one because I just wonder if I can switch some psu to fit with other revisions
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I will check that too.
The version 1.6 has a PSU that is unique to that board only
The 1.0 -1.1 has the same voltages as a 1.2 - 1.4 just the plug is different
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SS Dave
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On 7/10/2023 at 2:21 AM, Akumakage said:
Ok Here are the results.
I supposed my analog multimeter is old (not like yours are old, I mean mine should be a little unprecise).
To contrary, as high is the results I obtain, the higher the unprecision is high. There is even some proportionality between the results and what I should obtain. So I think we can consider 2.5v is equal to 3.3v and 4v is equal to 5v. Blame the stuff... I do not understand why "disconnected" pins gave signals, but maybe it is just about the LPC. I do not know, just an idea from me.
I very check double time, each pins, because I was really surprise. So I supposed here are the results. I hope these results give some informations to you guys. I can do it a third time if you wish.
As it seems, the only really disagreement come to the pin number 16. The console now boot, as the previous pic show a scrambled screen of the clock setting page (yes I can recognize that indeed ^^). I do not understand that too, because before the cut of LFram she didin't boot.
In brief, desperately ^^' haha
best regards
nice sunday
All the voltages are consistently low so I am putting that down to you meter
Can you test the voltages on the Orange, Red, Yellow wires as in the diagram on the top right for a 1.6
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SS Dave
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14 hours ago, Burch said:
Hopefully seek an answer, got an original xbox with a mod chip installed able to hold the button in and get the screen to the red xbox sign put in time and date and go to memory settings etc, not sure on next step to play games could do with some advice please?
When you say the red Xbox sign you mean the X in the middle for the screen is red ?
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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What bios are you using?
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Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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2 hours ago, soilengreen said:
XBOX 1.3 + Aladdin Advance + switch ON-OFF
In all cases, HDD / SDD Locked & ModChip in OFF
HDD IDE PATA, works ok, any softmod from any installer. It does not influence whether it is in PAL or NTSC. Correct operation in all cases.
HDD SATA + IDE2SATA (various verified models) , works ok, any softmod from any installer. It does not influence whether it is in PAL or NTSC. Correct operation in all cases.
SDD + IDE2SATA (various verified models) , works ok, any softmod from any installer. Correct operation in all cases. But only in NTSC mode. In PAL mode, no type of exploit works, be it NDURE or UXE, from any installer.
Does this xbox have a hdd activity led, in PAL mode
In PAL mode it barely lights up for a second and stops, I think it loads the xboxdash.xbe from the exploit and it stops there.
What brand of sata2ide are you using?
What bios are you using?
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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2 hours ago, Naif said:
1.Does too much Flashing reduce the life of the TSOP?
Yes and No you will need to re-flash the bios around 10 times a day for the next 20 odd years
2 hours ago, Naif said:2.also someone said: the bioses that load from hdd (like ind-bios Cerbios etc.) They reduce the life of the TSOP is it true?
No
BIOS (basic input/output system) is the program a computer's microprocessor uses to start the computer system after it is powered on and on a unmodified OG Xbox the bios chip is set to read only until you add the 2 links on the MB
Cerbios and other bios files all boot from the bios chip they only look at the HDD for a configuration settings and they can all load from a built in configuration settings if there is no config file like cerbios.ini
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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4 hours ago, Akumakage said:
I got this one too if others aren't very visible.
From the pictures you have posted there is nothing wrong with that trace repair and that is a extremely neat job
Have you tested the Xbox to see if it boots to the original bios?
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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1 hour ago, soilengreen said:
I think that due to the issue of the translator, what I mean is not fully understood.
Obviously when I talk about Softmod the modchip is OFF.
This console is European xbe region eur and video in ntsc.
I'm not talking about image distortions or things like that either, I'm saying that with SDD it works perfectly with Modchip both PAL and NTSC. With Softmod it also works but ONLY in NTSC, the moment I go back to PAL, any exploit stops working, both NDURE and the veteran UXE. From any installer.
I have several IDE2SATA converters and it does the same with all of them, with mechanical HDDs, there is no problem, but with this SDD yes
Unfortunately I don't have more SDD to test. At the moment I am left with the intrigue of knowing the reason for this situation.Soft mods and hard mods ( Mod chip ) do not work well on the same hard drive and have been know to give a black screen or not fully load correctly
I would just use the mod chip all the time.
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SS Dave
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What version of Fatxplorer did you try as the latest version will automatically all the know default passwords including the master passwords for some HDD's
The latest version is Fatxplorer V3.0 Beta
https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/3-0-beta/
It's up to version 26
If you have a copy of the eeprom.bin file from the Xbox the HDD is locked to this program can also unlock the hard drive
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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2 hours ago, lopenator said:
I think if you wanted to use a led, you should use redherrings method but instead of a conductor connecting the 2 points, use a led
3 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:Well that's what I mean. If something is required to absorb the current to avoid all risk, then an LED would be a sick option.
You do realise the clock cap is only running on 2.5 volt and at 3.3 volt you would need a 1k ohm resistor
The calculated current draw on a 220 ohm is 1.04Ma (0.0104 amp) or 0.026042 watts
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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10 hours ago, lopenator said:
a resistor is just a short with impedance though. I'm no ee but is that really okay?
i used redherrings method as it's just as easy as any of the other options.
I see more damaged boards coming as 75% of new Xbox modifiers struggle to fit a mod chip in a 1,6 or add two solder links to a 1.0-1.4 for the bios chip write enable let alone remove SMD resistors and then solder a wire to a SMD component.
The 200ohm resistor is not a complete short and I have read about heaps of people just adding a link in place of a clock cap in the version 1.6 without any damage.
QuoteI'm no ee but is that really okay?
What?
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.
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Board startup date: April 23, 2017 12:45:48
Bypassing the need for a clock capacitor on 1.6 model Xboxes
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I have seen 2 like this in the last 6 months
Now I just replace the clock cap in the 1.6 boards with a 220ohm resistor.
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SS Dave
Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.