ConsoleTechUS Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) I thought that all of the original Xbox forums online were all gone/dead. It's great to see that there are still active ones to be found! For my first post I wanted to share one of my first Xbox consoles I modded. Its nothing special, just something designed to be used at events where hundreds gather where I wont be afraid to have any number of random visitors using it. The Xbox itself is simply softmodded and it has been reworked to use a 2.5" SATA HDD. From the 120gb it now houses coinops and a number of modded Halo, Timesplitter and Battlefront games. The idea is a very multiplayer friendly console that is intuitive to use. While it has an XBMC dash, it boots directly into coinops so any number of people can use it without having to ask what to do. Before I upgraded the HDD I took a snap of the original guts while I was working on the console. The HDD is sitting on a spacer above the motherboard to allow for increased airflow, done after the capacitors were rewired and replaced. For fans I am using a Sunon for exhaust and the famous Iceberq 4 for the chipset. The PSU has been wired externally similar to a laptop. While I could have used a picopsu, this defeats the purpose of the console being cheap, easy and worry free with strangers using it. It's nothing fancy. But it looks great, its robust, it doesn't overheat after 12+ hour sessions, I have very little money invested in it and I built it so I wouldn't be afraid of strangers mashing on it. Edited March 7, 2019 by ConsoleTechUS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neighbor Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 stylish, I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abazz009 Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 cool stuff man! you didn't show any shots of the external power supply? is that hardwired? in a case? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wikati Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 nice unit, the psu, i am also curious how you approached the integration of connecting it externally. It looks from one photo to be wired directly, can you disconnect the supply easily? Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConsoleTechUS Posted March 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 6 hours ago, abazz009 said: cool stuff man! you didn't show any shots of the external power supply? is that hardwired? in a case? I'm building another one right now, when its done I will show it in detail. Its in an Xbox 360 power supply brick. While it is modified, it still maintains the disconnect function like the stock PSU does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConsoleTechUS Posted March 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 4 hours ago, wikati said: nice unit, the psu, i am also curious how you approached the integration of connecting it externally. It looks from one photo to be wired directly, can you disconnect the supply easily? Great work. For one unit I have it easy to disconnect out the rear. But I never unplugged it, so the only way to unplug it on the new units is removing two screws to open the case. and unplug it like you would the stock PSU. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbmcmodsforxbox Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 wow i love seeing your work around the community very nice and clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman5121 Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 That is Incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 Great! Good boy! I was looking around for some tutorials to help me make one at home, but nothing. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) Where can you find the tutorial well done to rate this kind of modification ?, especially to delete the DVD player and maybe read 2 hard drives by switching ... Edited November 17, 2019 by shaokhann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffinbirth Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 Wow! That's thinner than I thought you could've gotten it, good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nviten Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Man this is crazy. Sweet mod, always wondered if something like this would be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadsj22 Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Fantástic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 Any update on this,? I am particularly interested in the power supply mod you did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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