[Og Slim]

I Always wanted to do a Super Slim, like Pic related, but with a jewel on both sides, and all of the controller ports relocated on one side. Seeing your slim is making me very indecicisve on what my next project should be, after my current project is finished.

[Mountain Dew: Code Red Edition]

Ordering the jewel sticker(s)

[Mountain Dew: Code Red Edition]

Priming the case components:

[Remove and Replace Labels?]

2 hours ago, bulkchart32 said:

i used a heatgun to warm mine up. it worked well. what is your code red build gonna look like?

It's basically gonna look like a normal Mountain Dew Xbox. but light red/ Reddish-Pink, and with a custom sticker, and jewel on top.

[AladdinXT Conversion for Lcd]

2 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

That screen will work and to make it a bit easier to fit you can trim some off the bottom of the PCB and file about 1-2mm of the top.

Trim along the line

 

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Alright. If you say that it'll work, then my money wasn't wasted. I'm ust using these to  create Cheap TSOP Xboxes with LCDs, for my siblings. I don't think that they mind the lack of controller ports.

[UnleashX Skin Most Identical To Msdash]

There's UIXLite, but that's still in beta.

[A Question Regarding Lcd Displays.]

15 minutes ago, Ging3rguy said:

If you don’t mind spending the extra go for a crystalfontz, you will not need to cut away as much of the metalwork and makes it easier to keep ports 3 & 4. https://www.crystalfontz.com/product/cfah2004ktmijp-lcd-character-module-20x4

Ok, thanks for the suggestion.

[Changing an Aladdin XT+ 4032 To a 4064]

6 minutes ago, Ging3rguy said:

Hi, ryzee has a work around for this but you would need a tsop with it as you lose the ability to run a custom bios.

https://github.com/Ryzee119/AladdinLCD

Alright, I'll check it out. Thanks!

[AladdinXT Conversion for Lcd]

11 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

The one in the link looks like the correct one. 

Can you post a pic of the one you have.

 

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Sorry for the low quality, had to compress the pics manually 

[AladdinXT Conversion for Lcd]

1 minute ago, SS_Dave said:

Do you screens have a small PCB like this.

If so you can remove it and it becomes a parallel connection. 

 

 

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

No, unfortunately, they don't. I can't tell the difference (in looks) between  the SPI version, I2c version, or parallel version. They all looked the same to me.

[Mountain Dew: Code Red Edition]

Also, if anyone has any suggestions for "sleeper" (non-visible to the outside) mods that I can do to the Xbox, then feel free to comment some down below. I want this to be one of the best, retail-looking Xboxes you guys will ever see.

[Mountain Dew: Code Red Edition]

Hello everyone!

Over the course of these few months, I've had a lot of time to think, and I was going over a bunch of Original Xbox Special Edition Concepts that I could do, and my mind went straight to Mountain Dew. The OG Mountain Dew had an Opaque case, it was a simple color, and it was unique enough to garner it's status as probably my favorite Xbox Special Edition.

There is, however, one problem that I noticed with the Mountain Dew special edition though, and it's that there are many flavors of Mountain Dew!

So, with my imaginative mind, I whipped up something in Photoshop, which'll be visible below.

My goal is to TSOP IND-Bios onto it, give the RAM upgrade, and do the usual 2TB HDD upgrade, among other less-visible hardware mods.

Right now, I'm trying to source the top shell for an Xbox, so I can't go on with the project until I find a good deal on one. 

But, in the meanwhile, feast your eyes on this sticker:

[A Question Regarding Lcd Displays.]

On 5/2/2020 at 3:40 AM, SS_Dave said:

I am going to say no as the SPI-2-PAR is taking a stream of Data from the OpenXenium and a stream of Data from the LPC bus so 2 lots of Data.

When it comes to LCD screens I have used a slightly smaller one that's a lot easier to fit from eBay

               

 

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Alright, thanks for the advice!

[Changing an Aladdin XT+ 4032 To a 4064]

On 4/17/2020 at 8:20 PM, SS_Dave said:

Hello laminatesnow

I take it you trying to make a Aladdin chip that can be used with a LCD

2 problems

1st The aladdin chip's that have been sold in the last 5  or more years don't have any tracks from the solder pads on the edge for the LCD going to the  LC4032 Lattice chip.

2nd And the code that was used to run the LCD and function as a mod chip is not easy to find if at all.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It get's the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Alright, thanks for your input!

[Remove and Replace Labels?]

14 hours ago, SS_Dave said:

Warm them up with a hairdryer and not just the sticker warm the area around the stickers

Practice on a different case 1st

 

I'm guessing you can use this to make Modded Xboxes that look factory, sticker wise. This'll help me with my Code Red Xbox build.

[AladdinXT Conversion for Lcd]

So, after going over the information in this topic, I wanted to ask a question...

Goven that this modification allows LCD display, is there a certain interface that I need to use to allow LCD output?

The only reason that i'm asking this question is because I bought these HD44870 LCDS, but they're I2C interfaced, instead of parallel interface

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GZ6GK7A/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I already have 2 of these LCDs, and they're near-impossible to sell, so yeah.

[A Question Regarding Lcd Displays.]

So, I'm in the process of completing my first OGXbox build, and while I'm waiting on parts to finish this one up, I'm looking at alternative ways to approach installations of certain mods, specifically the LCD Display that can be added to the Xbox.

 

Now, I know that there are a couple of ways to enable an LCD display to work on the Xbox, on of which is by using a Xenium-chip, and using an SPI-2-PAR to convert the display to work with the Xenium SPI bus. Now, I've been doing some window-shopping online, and I came across several LCD Displays with SPI Interfaces already on them.

 

I'm now guessing where I'm going with this, but i'll ask anyway; given the fact that the Xenium chip uses an SPI bus to use the LCD, and the LCD display comes with an SPI Interface, would it be possible to use the display on the chip, given that I have the connector from the LCD to the chip, and that I know how to wire the LCD to the SPI bus on the chip.

[OpenXEnium - 'new' Modchip]

1 hour ago, Ryzee119 said:

@Laminatesnow That is a fork of https://github.com/Ryzee119/spi2par2019 which changes the hd44780 LCD interface to a I2C OLED display.

 

 

Alright, thank you for the response. I'll check that out!

[OpenXEnium - 'new' Modchip]

So, a while ago, I was in an OGXbox facebook group, and a member posted this video:

I was wondering if anyone could fill me in on what this is about, or tell me where I can follow this project? This was the only documentation that I could find about the project...

[Changing an Aladdin XT+ 4032 To a 4064]

Hello you all, I had an idea, that involved getting an Aladdin XT 4032, and replacing the Lattice chip with an LC4064V one. I was wondering, that after flashing the chip with a JTAG programmer, that the chip would function similarly to an Aladdin Xt 4064, or not. I don't want to go into this, and end up wasting a few dollars, because I didn't ask for help before doing this.