*Solved, What model/maker is this? (Akira 2)

[Petrolhead]

Did find this mod in a dead Xbox v1.6.

Have no clue what version or what card this is 

Anyone seen these?

[trencherfield]

Akira 2

[Bowlsnapper]

"Ground planes? What are ground planes?" The PCB looks like it's made out of corrugated plastic.

I like the cute little CPLD. Nice. It's actually pretty cool how little hardware you need to do an LPC mod. You don't even need a CPLD from what I've seen. 

[Petrolhead]

[trencherfield]

On 10/6/2024 at 1:58 AM, Bowlsnapper said:

"Ground planes? What are ground planes?" The PCB looks like it's made out of corrugated plastic.

I like the cute little CPLD. Nice. It's actually pretty cool how little hardware you need to do an LPC mod. You don't even need a CPLD from what I've seen. 

A lot of the chips were like this inc Duox, Aladdins etc.
Wasn't a concern for small boards... for example even Xecuter had a 'wire install' kit with the chips to stick it over to the xbox shield in the day.

[Bowlsnapper]

15 hours ago, trencherfield said:

A lot of the chips were like this inc Duox, Aladdins etc.
Wasn't a concern for small boards... for example even Xecuter had a 'wire install' kit with the chips to stick it over to the xbox shield in the day.

Yeah I remember that. I installed an x3 in 2004 and I remember going, "what the hell is THIS?" I thought at the time that somebody was insane for wanting to do this, but seeing what the chip's positioning was on the motherboard, it really wasn't that bad an idea to relocate it.