SS_Dave Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 I had some time inbetwen jobs and thought I would have a go at one of my cheap pickup's. I got 3 for $20 from the local recycle center with the real reason for buying them was 2 of them had Duo X2 mod chips. But anyway can you have too many XBOX"S ? I think not. As you can see it's in poor condition. So after opening it up. And removal of the PCB and Faraday cage. Looks like it's been swimming or at least stored out side. Even the DVD drive got stripped the lazer pickup was covered in a brown film that took several goes to clean off add a new load belt with some lube on the moving part's it's now as good as new. I am suprised the fan could spin. I washed the mother board and power supply in a ultrasonic bath then a scrub with isoprenol alcohol and a brush then I hot air dryed them. And the cases when't in the dish washer on a heavy duty cycle wash. The faraday cage got washed sanded and then a coat of black paint Now a reasemble with new heat sink compound It's up and running now lets fit one of N64's HDMI kits. For the time been the DuoX2 chip is staying but I will flash the TSOP in the near future as well as thinking a RAM upgrade is in order. It's back together for now with a 500gig hard disk. And yes it is the same XBOX all up about 2 1/2 hours work not including the dish washer taking 1.5 hours. I still have another one just as bad plus at least 6 more that are in better condition for when I get time. Cheers all SS Dave The 500gig hard drive has gone and now a 1tb drive in it's place. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Nice job there Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abazz009 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 glad to see you saved it from being scrapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C64MidRezzie Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Looks fantastic - how did you clean the power supply? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, C64MidRezzie said: Looks fantastic - how did you clean the power supply? Thanks Same as the main board just 1st make sure that the large caps are discharged then in the hot ultrasonic bath with PCB cleaner for 10 min then scrub with Isopropyl 100% with a stiff brush. I used a hot air rework station to dry it. SS Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinclairuser Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 hi, i always wanted a duox2 chip now you cant find them, i actually bought one back in the day from Litspliff on xbox scene, but it never arrived and Lit refunded my coin. by the time he got some more stock my priorities had changed, so i never got one. as an aside i wonder if any of Litspliff's maxed out two tone specials are still going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted October 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, sinclairuser said: hi, i always wanted a duox2 chip now you cant find them, i actually bought one back in the day from Litspliff on xbox scene, but it never arrived and Lit refunded my coin. by the time he got some more stock my priorities had changed, so i never got one. as an aside i wonder if any of Litspliff's maxed out two tone specials are still going. I have on the back burner an idea of using a Aladdin chip from FleeBay with a switch and LPC chip upgrade to run a 256kb and a 512kb BIOS. I know is been done as a recovery chip I can't see why you could not have 2 normal Bios's in there instead. SS Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aki__ Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Impressive how tidy you got everything cleaned in such a short time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0tt0nm0ufh Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 A video would be great if possible! I have a HDMI kit as well but I probably won't get around to it till after the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted December 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 I will see what happens with the next one I have a 2nd one that's just as bad from the same place (The rubbish tip recycle center at $10 each) along with some not as bad. That's some of the work to be done. Cheers SS Dave Those that can Hard-Mod. Those that can't Soft-Mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpusDeal Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Wow, inspiring work, it looks amazing! And I can't believe you did it so quickly . Did I understand correctly that you painted the metal shielding black? I'm really curious what the reason behind that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 3 hours ago, CorpusDeal said: Wow, inspiring work, it looks amazing! And I can't believe you did it so quickly . Did I understand correctly that you painted the metal shielding black? I'm really curious what the reason behind that was. It had some light rust so it got a light sanding a coat of black because that's what I had at hand on the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpusDeal Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 2 hours ago, SS_Dave said: It had some light rust so it got a light sanding a coat of black because that's what I had at hand on the night. Not the reason I was expecting . Sounds like it would look really cool as black tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 I think so as well. I have seen crystals with painted cages and they look good as well if you not going for the untouched look . SS Dave Those that can Hard-Mod. Those that can't Soft-Mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benur75 Posted December 23, 2019 Report Share Posted December 23, 2019 Hello Dave, I don't know how old are you and if you have a wife and / or children, but you have the same passion I have. Usualy I repair Xbox (still 14 at home), but last saturday, I repaired a dreamcast, a yellow dreamcast, bought for 10€ inc ship. I think one day my wife will kill me ! (44 years old this fryday). I have also the project to work on Cpu upgrade with N64 Freak, I have to buy a bga rework station in january. bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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