Marty
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Please bring this board to someone with modding experience and have them clean it up and install a modchip properly.
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There are no "bad, Chinese fake RAM modules". That gets thrown out a lot, but I'd like to see the soldering work anyway.
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The preferred method is to flash the XBlast BIOS, then check every RAM individually as you install them one by one. Order of installing the RAM into slots doesn't matter.
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Lets see some pics of your wiring.
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Why would the DVD drive make the console glitch? Can you boot into Xell by starting the machine with the EJECT button?
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Using a Microsoft XBOX controller, or third-party controller?
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There is some serious damage to a resistor below where the clock capacitor used to be. What happened?
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I burned the same disk. Worked fine.
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I've always heard it referred to as the "29 Wire Mod".
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Good job, Snapper.
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Give your board a good visual inspection and always clean your work.
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I would say owning a Dremel or similar tool is a requirement.
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Marty replied to nikeymikey's topic in XBMC4Gamers
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I hope you didn't swap with a 1.6 case....
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Tiny pencil tips are near useless on boards this thick. Not even for RAM upgrades.
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Honestly, it doesn't look like scorching, it just looks like they didn't clean up their work and that's just used flux which leaves a orange-brown stain. Everywhere you look on the internet you see those "How's my work?" posts....but people never bother to take a minute to clean their joints or boards.
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Nawwww, you're a good dude. It's wise to be inquisitive. Also, unless you have a very high-end soldering station, don't assume the reading on the display is the actual temperature. You can test with an infrared thermometer. They don't lie.
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That's not a tiny via or slim trace....that's a big ol' pad. It looks like someone got impatient because the iron wasn't dumping enough heat onto the PCB...and the just tugged on the wire.
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Most stations I've known have the option to switch between Fahrenheit and Centigrade.
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I don't know why everyone is saying "too hot"....those joints look ice cold. And a lifted via is probably when the wire was tugged on because the solder hadn't been released yet. When you say 450 degrees, do you mean Fahrenheit?
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You can modify the bios to set any default fan speed you want. It's probably set at %100 right now.
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Is your bios.bin file in the BIOS folder on the root of the drive?
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Clean your work and retouch the solder connections.
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Try UDMA5.
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Sounds like adding the extra device (DVD) is putting too much strain on a failing power brick. If you're plugging the power brick into a power bar or surge suppressor, try plugging it straight into the wall outlet.
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