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  1. Correct. There is no modchip installed. Just Tsop. N64 Freak just offered additional modchips on special request. I remember him sayin' it online makes sense if you want to install an extra LCD display. As for the fan... I replaced the stock fan with a 80mm Noctua which is directly connected to hdd/ssd power. So always running at full speed. No low noise adapter anymore used. That's why the config override doesn't have any effect and I am always running at max speed now. Which is actually what I wanted ;)
  2. Yep... it's a Philips drive. There is no Modchip on the MB. Just TSOP. Which actually works nicely right now. I was able to mount the SSD using a 80 wire IDE cable and Star Tech converter with the help of the OGxbox installer you've provided the link for. Took me day to find the settings with the partitions and copying though. It is such a relief with this SSD now. Cloned everything back from the HDD and it runs just great. I was able to lower idle temp to 54C°. Seems okay for now. I actually thought about getting rid off the DVD drive and optimizing airflow. Maybe I'll check that route on a later mission. For now I am pretty happy with my very silent mod to feed my arcade cab. Just love this little box. Thanks alot for all your input Dave.
  3. Okie. Got it! Switched the drive from my 1.4 crystal box. That thing takes it all Best part... the hdd I thought to be near the end of life due to clicking sounds and turning off by itself... just revived back to normal. So the dvd drive sent hickups to the hdd somehow. Might be the ide cable or the drive itself. However.. I just ordered everything for a ssd upgrade and started setting it up. Works like a charm so far. Will need to transfer data and will hopefully loose mechanical hdd sounds and heat. Might help with the idle temperature as well. So doing a few hardware modifications like these should help reducing cooling the system down by a few C°. Let's see what happens.
  4. So that the Slayers works on one Box and has no effect on the other could be the drive? Maybe I could swap the drives if this will work. Don't think I have a any of those exceptions you mentioned running. Okay... I'll wait for my new DVD-Rs and will give it another try. Let's see ehat happens. Thanks again for your support Dave. Much appreciated.
  5. Alright, thanks Dave. Just ordered a blank set of Verbatim DVD-R. Tried to burn the ISO with my remaining ones but had no luck. I do have an old Slayers which works on another Xbox. My Tsop ind-bios Xbox doesn't care about CD or DVD in the drive when booting up. Is there a hidden procedure I need to follow to start booting from the DVD drive?
  6. Still running XBMC3.3.3. as N64 Freak delivered. Do have a couple more dashes seperately on the drive though. First I wanted to download the ogxbox installer. But unfortunately all links seem to be down so far. Then I realized that I had a "LNA" adapter with my 80 mm Noctua. Means that it is reducing to 1650 rpm. I removed the adapter to run at 2000 rpm full speed now. I was able to cool down by 5C°. Running now on 54C° in idle. I was copying some stuff from the HDD and it went above 60C° causing the HDD to shut down. I hope I can revive it after cooling back down. Therefore I think the fan is already running at max speed automatically. There wouldn't be a change if I modify the ind-bios.cfg. Still the dash board fan override doesn't do anything. Regardless which dash I am loading to set the speed override. Absolutely no effect. However. I think I am still too high with my temperature here. I have running coin ops for years now but always thought I will need to cool it down somehow to support lifetime. The Noctua 80mm is capable of 50,4 m³/h airflow but still not enough keeping everything cool to normal. I would think running at 40C° idle would be best. But hey... there is so much stuff inside the box with the HDD tray and DVD drive to prevent optimal airflow. That fan upgrade from Nemisis seems to be a great option. But as far as I could see it hasn't been released yet and I would need to do major modifications to the inside layout. Guess the DVD drive at least will be obsolete then.
  7. Wow. Those are great informations guys. Thanks for all the links and hints. I will go through all of the above in the next days. I was wondering... if I place the *.cfg to C:\ and mess anything up with the dash path or whatever and the box won't load... what is the best way to connect and ftp without a runnig dash? Havn't connected to the box for years and if I recall I also used the HEXEN CD to boot and use network from there. Does this work? As for the cab. Yes... I have my xbox connected with the jamma port of my arcade cab. Still running all original hardware inside including CRT. Did some revision on the monitor chassis lately. Not that I am able to this by my self though. I just know where to go and whom to ask The box doesn't sit inside the cab. There is some space but I would be afraid toasting the CPU due to the lag of fresh air. Right now it sits on top. I think that fan mod kit from Nemesis is a beast. I will definitely take a deep look into that.
  8. Thanks alot Dave. I know this is a pretty basic topic and has been talked about many times. Thought it may be a bit different with those specific mods. However... the *.cfg file you are referring to was on my list to check. But I do not have it on my drive. Don't know why. Shouldn't it be automatically created? So if there is no *.cfg file... I simply can add one and the bios knows to read this first? What is the start up routine looking for. Where are those specs stored when obviously no config file has been made to read from?
  9. Maybe I can fill the thread with self conversation No problem. So my first - and propably easiest path - would be to update the fan again. Maybe the current one is too large and runs too slow. So I already ordered one of those 3d printed adapters to hook up a 60 mm fan. Different power specs may also impact on this one. Let's see what happens. I'll go the hardware route first place. Not looking to change bios settings and to reflash for now.
  10. Hey guys. It is 2023 and still running this wonderful box for my arcade cab. I recently figured that my idle CPU temperature is at about 59 C. I thought this maybe a bit high to have a long life. Maybe this type of processor can handle it but I would want to check for cooling possibilities. At first I've installed a 80mm Noctua. And it shows 59 C°. in the dash. GPU is about 10 C° lower. I wanted to override fan speed in the dash... but those settings don't effect the speed. At least I can't hear anything happening. Then I wanted to check for the ind-bios.cfg to raise the idle speed. And here comes the next thing... I don't have it? I couldn't find it. I am running a 1512 mhz mod with basic xmbc dash/ ind.bios pre setup by N64 Freak. Is the *.cfg file hidden somewhere or injected somehow? Can I just copy one to C:\? Any chance for me to raise fan speed permanently? Or is it fixed due to power supply and always runs at max? How you guys handle temperature on those mods? And why there is no effect when using the override option in the dash an pumping from 10% to 100%? Happy to hear your voices and hints to keep this baby alive for years to come. All best, Dan
  11. Ahhhh.... the second part of your post was missing in the first place. So I thought you were asking for help Thanks for the link. Works great now. Whats interesting... VC3 seems to be the only one which isn't running using component signal in my cab. With composite/ scart on a simple flatscreen in works. Strange behavior. OutRun2 and Ghost Squad working great either way.
  12. Looking good to me. Having trouble running? Put the games where you want. The Chihiro folder needs to be on E:\
  13. It all works flawless right now. Thanks alot to wikati and N64 Freak. Struggling just a bit with Sound in NBA Jam. Game runs at full speed but sounds seems to double now and then. Played a bit with the overclocking feature of CPU01... which should be the one for the sound as far as I know. Couldn't find the sweet spot for now. Besides that... I am so happy to have that beast running with my cab. No more slow downs. All Emulation at full speed. Including KI I and II. Even Virtua Fighter is running like a charm. Truly a DreamBox and I can highly recommend the outstanding craftsmanship of N64 Freak here. Just found a limitiation within CoinOps though. There are at least two games (The Outfoxies and Mach Breakers) where the sound has been disabled to make them run on a stock Box. Well... I would love to enable the sound now and just can't figure out how to do it. Searched for config files... nothing. Tried through dip switches during game.... nothing (all options enabled already). The rom file is the exact same as I have on my PC... which has sound emulated correctly. Does anybody know how I can tell CoinOPs to enable sound for these? Must be an exception written somewhere... just don't know where to look. Any help would be awesome. Cheers, Dan
  14. you're right. I've found 2 in my directory. vc3.xbe and vc3_t.xbe. Patched both. Doesn't seem to work. As I said... I am not that sure about my copy of vc3. Just found in the open net. Can't verify that this is an actually working copy though.
  15. yep... tried on VC3. If leaving original I am able to get at least to the next screen before freezing. BTW... found out that the jiggering UI videos in CoinOps are working fine when switching to music instead of sound. So... seems like an audio glitch during playback of the game video files. With just music enabled it works just great.
  16. Uh... doesn't seem to work with Chihiro games right? Just tested VC3 and it freezes in the "warning" screen after loading up. Not sure about my copy though. Had no success yet to find the package with the 3 games including the Chihiro launcher. If anybody has it uploaded anywhere... ;)
  17. Dude... what can I say. That did the trick! The games within CoinOps now seem to work great! Okay... still have those jiggering preview videos in the UI. Any clue about that issue? Do I need to match the exact Mhz when patching. I choose the DreamX (1480) for now. As far as I know I have a couple more in the specs of about 1512 Mhz or so. But I heard the builder say it is the same Speed as the DreamX. You think this matters and may fix the jiggering videos? Thanks so much for your help wikati! Cheers, Dan
  18. Hi guys. Just got my upgraded 1.5Ghz/ 128mb hoping to have that extra emulation boost on certain games while running via jamma connector on my arcade cab. I just realized that CoinOps doesn't seem to be too happy about my upgrade since the preview videos in the UI won't play smoothly anymore. Also... I couldn't find a way to set a throttle for the games as they are all running way too fast now. There is the overclock feature ingame setting when pushing back and right thumb stick. Decreasing the overclock is not fine enough and I couldn't match the og game speed as well as the sound seems still off. Does anybody have any experience running an upgraded box with CoinOps? Maybe I need to switch the emulator which supports an automatic throttle? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Dan
  19. Hi guys, thanks for having me. Just got my N64Freak 1.5 Ghz Box to hook up with my arcade cab and I am doing my first steps with my upgraded box right now. I have a chip modded box running for years on my jamma cab. Love that black brick! It's doing a great a job. Wanted some boost for the perfect emulation. Hope to find a few answers and hints running my new machine. Cheers, Dan BTW... just realized I already had an introduction post a while back. Sorry for the double penetration
  20. Hey guys, still running my old Xbox to feed my Arcade Cab through Jamma connector. Runs great... but I am looking to get one with more RAM and Power to support a couple more games. Still want to hold onto the Xbox rather than switching onto a new system due to the great connectivity with my Cab and the CRT. Would be nice to have a backup box to ad. Guess I'll need to start to chat with N64Freak very soon Thanks for having me. Cheers, Dan

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