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I did also posted the install manual for the fan mod here: https://www.xbox-scene.info/articles.html/sneakpeak-dual-80mm-fan-caddy-conversion-by-nemesis-from-xeniummods-r15/
There is some extra info added about powering the fans on a 1.6 rev motherboard. I wanted to add it in this post aswell but I can't edit it anymore. So I will post it here:
QuoteFor v1.6 boards there is no way to solder in an extra header, for this console you need to use another way to power the fan)
You can power all the noctua fans from the one 3pin header if you want. The stock fan is rated at 3.2w. The 60mm noctua fan is rated at 1.44w and the 80mm at 0.84 each, so this would be a total of 3.12w for the 3 fans.
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I did some gaming
The fanspeed setting I used:
- in bios 100%
- in dash 20%
- xbox output fan is always at 100% (60mm)
The noctua 60mm fan is even at 100% reasonable quiet, not really loader than the stock fan at default speed.
In dash at 20% for the 80mm fans they do not come over the sound of the output fan
when in game at 100% you hear them if you turn the sound down but its not an distracting sound.
These are all noctua fans, these are known to be silent, other fans can give different results, maybe yours cool better but have more sound, ect
The temps I had where:
- after playing colin mcrae rally 2005 cpu:39 mb:36
- after playing pro race driver cpu:35 mb:37
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I only did a test with the fans at 100%. But I will do some extra testing when I have some extra spare time.
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55 minutes ago, WhiteBeard said:
If you win the eBay auction - I don't mind filling out any paperwork or packing extra padding that's required for shipping internationally, as long as you don't mind paying the shipping and customs fees and waiting for it to get through customs.
I have no problem with that, my DVT4 devkit also came from US
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2 hours ago, WhiteBeard said:
Where are you approximately in the world?
Belgium
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6 minutes ago, WhiteBeard said:
I was just planning on putting it on eBay (probably this weekend). I have already gotten 2 DMs, and 2 people on this thread asking to buy it and I have no idea how much it can go for. Like I said, I'm not very big into this scene, I just got lucky a long time ago when I bought it.
3 hours ago, coldasijs said:I hope you will do international shipping.
Last month there was one like this sold and if I'm not mistaken it went for 700US$.
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Some weeks ago I received the package from @Nemesis with the dual fan-mod. After I ordered the correct fans I started to build it into one of my spare xbox consoles. The console is a v1.0 with cerbios flashed to the tsop. The only extra mod I did was replacing the stock GPU heatsink with the 12v mini fan with a fanless heatsink with one of a later model.
Parts I used for this mod:
- Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX, 60mm
- 2x Noctua NF-A8 FLX, 80mm
- 3pin fan splitter (I used another model)
Step 1 Replacing the stock fan:
I decided to replace the stock fan with a 60mm noktua fan. First remove the old fan from the case.
You need to place the noktua fan in the bracket (mind the direction of the fan, the fan must blow air out of the case)
If you install the fan in the bracket you can add the mounting tabs to the bracket like this:
Then put it in place where the original fan was:
To power the fan I choose to use the 3pin header where the old 12v gpu fan was powered. In later revisions there is no fan header there but the holes are there. With the later models you can solder the fan header there (included in the kit). Keep in mind if you use this fan header the fan spins at 100%.
There are 2 tabs in the kit to close the holes from the stock fan on the underside of the xbox:
Step 2 Install the fan shroud:
To install the fan shroud remove these 3 screws from the motherboard:
Then put the shroud in place and put the screws back in place:
Step 3 Installing the dvd remove kit pcb:
NOTE: If you use a modern bios like CerBIOS you can skip this step because CerBIOS has an option to completely remove the dvd software by setting "DriveSetup = 2" in the cerbios.ini on your c drive.
If you use an older scene bios like ind-bios, x2, x3, evox m8 or project stellar you need to trick the xbox that there is a dvd present. Otherwise you will get stuttering in the dashboard when you go to the file explorer.
I just did stick the pcb on the back of the console with double sided tape.
Step 4 Install the dvd remove front bezel holder:
Remove the front bezel of your dvd drive and put it on this part of the kit:
And screw it in place with the 2 screws where the dvd drive originally was screwed in.
I also routed my molex power for the hdd drive like this.
Step 5 Install the 80mm fans:
Place your fans like this so they blow to the motherboard. Here I used a 3pin splitter cable (with this version I can attach 4 fans to one fan header). Also install the 2 cylinder spacers to support he bracket.
Screw the fans tight with 2x4 screws and use one of the 2 top peaces to do this (1 black and 1 blue)
Step 6 Install the hdd drive in the caddy:
Remove the dvd drive from it's caddy and install the 3d printed hdd holder:
Then install the hdd drive in it and screw the hdd from the bottom:
Step 7 Start to assemble back the xbox:
First you need to install the HDD back in the xbox, but before you do this connect the 2 80mm fans to the 3pin header on the motherboard.
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strange, I got a whole different experience with this adaptor than you (I must say its like 2 years ago). This adaptor did let my xbox boot slow when a dvd drive was attached. Sometimes it would not boot and gave an error. When I removed the dvd drive the xbox booted normal.
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1 hour ago, sweetdarkdestiny said:
Delock 62510, Delock 61702, Renkforce RF-4886682. Then there is also a slim Renkforce 973767 IDE 44pol - SATA 7+15pol.
All of those have a config jumper.
The price depends. The Delock 61702 is EOL BUT you can get these on eBay new from bella italia for ~10 Euro. The newer Delock 62510 and Renkforce RF-4886682 are between 15-22 Euros. Sometimes more sometimes less. The slim Renkforce 973767 though is a bit pricey, 20-30 Euros.
Did you test all these adapters yourself for udma compatibility?
If yes, I can add these to the compatibility list on xbox-scene.info
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3 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:
cheapos don't seem to be able to handle anything higher than UDMA 4.
FYI: If you remove the dvd drive some of the cheap ones can support udma5.
I have some of these ones with jumper: https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005001838556451.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.68.350879d2bfdqAU&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld
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11 hours ago, NeMesiS said:
So, I tested the v1.6 flex cable and I keep getting a pink picture.
I went over everything that I could possibly think of, yet the issue persists.
I removed it and installed a MM cable, and the picture was fine.
So, there's obviously something wrong with my cable.
I'm not sure exactly what's going on here, if anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated.
When I get around to testing the v1.0-5 cable it might help me narrow down the issue.
But I decided to have a change of pace now that the rest of my components arrived.
I would like to finish up the smaller modules so I can focus on the HD mod.
What is the resistance of your flex in comparison to MM his cable? As it are high frequent signals this can be an issue.
edit: people that not use enough solder on the mm one get the same result. On the 1.0-1.5 flex its the side that is on the left side on the chip (with most connections)
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3 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:
I think if you set it in the MS Dash, it gets set in the EEPROM... unless i"m wrong?
You are right about this but 480i only games will output 480i only. To output these games as 480P you can use a force 480P bios to force the output to 480P.
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That spd looks a very nice solution instead of soldering wires.
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On 7/11/2023 at 2:48 AM, NeMesiS said:
There's also a DVD pcb module that connects to the DVDrom cable, this helps prevent XBMC, etc. from crashing when using file manager. Not sure if Cerbios has a fix for this.
Yes, you can edit this line in the cerbios.ini:
; Drive Setup
; 0 = HDD & DVD, 1 = HDD & No DVD (Legacy Mode), 2 = HDD & No DVD (Modern Mode), 3 = Dual HDD
DriveSetup = 2The modern mode removes the whole dvd code out of the bios so you don't have the stutter and freezes in the dash menu. So with cerbios there is no need for the pcb.
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You just did say you have started to test all the games on your origins build one by one. My question is: will you share the results, the games that don't work ect. I'm interested to know what games have problems. And my other question was if your xbox where you do the testing with uses cerbios as bios?@Bowlsnapper you are right about the assh**e part haha, but I can forgive you
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1 hour ago, Bowlsnapper said:
I'm slowly testing every single game in the origins install... It's tedious. I at least want to see that they load up. Obviously I can't test them all the way through. Then I'll try to fix the ones that are known to not work and either reinstall them if they were sabotaged, or get isos of them if it's another issue like ACL or long filenames. I'll get it done. Just need to compile lists that are as complete as possible, so I can do this correctly and thoroughly.
Are you testing with cerbios and are you planning to release your findings here? I'm genuine interested in the outcome of your testings.
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8 hours ago, sweetdarkdestiny said:
02.07.2023 - v2.3.1 build 005
Added an option to flash the TSOP for Softmod users. No need to disable anything before or such. Just flash your TSOP right away.
Does this also remove the softmod files after the flash and put the ini and BootAnims folder on c?
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9 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said:
Oh I know that. It's just a LOT of loading. I was sorta trying to make a joke.
I may very well do that if it'll truly help. But hasn't this already been done?
Ah ok, didnt get the joke sorry, Im not native english thats why.
No not that I know of, not documented as I know.
As a lot of people use the origins image it can help them to fix the origins build and replace the not working games.
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1 hour ago, Bowlsnapper said:
I actually want to do this... I'm just scared of killing my HDD! AND it's my X3 console. Lmao. That's a lotta loading... Over 800 games... Maybe I should put on some early 2000s pop punk and just do it. Some Blink-182 might put me in the mood to slog through it.
You will not kill your hdd by playing games and igr out, if your hdd is killed by doing that it has a problem already.
I did this for the full library of iso games btw, no hdd where killed that way
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3 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said:
You know what MINE is.
Inside joke: We are stil not at the end of the week haha.
I can't make a list because I don't have the origins build anymore, but if you have time you can try and make one. Even if you just see if the game boots to the first level there will be a usefull list. Then people that play the game over time can leave notes if the game keeps working further in the game.
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7 minutes ago, prtscn said:
games that give dirty disk, because of bad dump floating on the internet (fifa07, desert storm 2). When i extract games file from archival 8GB disk, i get no errors.
This is not for all games the case, toca3 give a dirty disc when you play world tour. The version on origins is patched so you can play world tour but when you come around 50% of the world tour then it trows a dirty disc error. When you make an xiso the old way with quix it also give an dirty disc error. the only way to be sure this game works is to have a full dd xiso or make a xiso/cci with repackinator.
7 minutes ago, prtscn said:Many games can be patched by brute force. Later games, file paths are no readable in HEX editor, only handful of them.
Movies not playing, is because PAL and NTSC versions have specific file names for each region, can be fixed, by injecting missing region files.
lots of work if you know you can get xiso build over night when you sleep, repackinator build them in batch
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With xiso and cci your games are untouched. This way you are sure the game works till the end of the game. I don't know how long you are in the scene but I had a modded xbox back in the day when they where the present console. I can recall one of the star wars kotor games that where freezing mid game because of the long file names. Well the solution then was to use a save game past that mission to play further in the game. Well this things are a pain in the ass anno 2023 when we now have xiso ect.
Because a lot of the games in folder structure need to be patched you never know if the patching is done right till you play the game till the end.
There are also games that need to be patched and that there is no patch available.
Thats where iso and cci come in, with these files you don't have to play the game till the end to know if it will work or not.
ps @Bowlsnapper your list is not complete, I did mention some extra games after my initial comment to you that need to be xiso. Also for the origins build, I do not remember them all anymore, these are the ones I remembered but there where more problem games on origins.
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7 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:
Wait... So what is the actual issue with Mcrae 3?
no there is no problem with cm3. I was saying to nemesis this game was working with an unpatched bios with the HD+. considered this is a 480i game this should not work but it does.
for examples of problem with insignia check there discord.
6 hours ago, trencherfield said:The Cromwell is the basis. As NeMesis has said and is referring to, is that it can be very difficult getting a Bios to work both with all the board versions, the Xbox kernel, the Xenium and other chip OS as well, especially where video output and scaling is concerned.
I think the big challenge is the 3 different video encoders. The kernel is not that big of a problem. I think the kernel is not that different from each other because later games must also work on v1.0 hardware for example.
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8 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said:
See, I am of the opinion that ISOs are annoying and don't give you the flexibility of having access to your files. I have the origins image and the newest version of Cerbios. Colin McCrae works fine. I attribute that to Cerbios being awesome and having bomb compatability.
I argue that there is no practical purpose to having "Untouched" ISOs anymore. They are obsolete. If there is a purpose to them, I would like to know, if you don't mind spending the time to tell me.
Colin mcrae rally 2005 can run 480p, I was talking about Colin mcrae rally 3, this is an 480i only game.
for the folder vs xiso debate, it's the other way around, folders can give problems with some games. I gave you the advantages of xiso in the cerbios thread some days ago so I wil not go over it again. If you want to hear another plus for xiso: games that run from folders must be patched in a lot of cases to run properly. This is done by dvd2xbox with the acl patches. While these games do run they can cause problems with insignia if you want to play online.
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just use the cci compatibility list as lead and you will have a golden hdd
https://www.xbox-scene.info/forums/topic/336-cerbios-compatibility-lists/#comment-472