Clock Cap Removed and Deep Cleaned My Xbox.

[Craiguk 1]

I finally got around to removing the clock cap v1.2 board, though i would completely strip it down as it was half way in bits anyway, and give it a good clean out.  Washed the plastics etc cleaned motherboard, fan, heatsink (Still need to apply new thermal paste) popped her back together after the plastics had dried and to my amasement it works.

The cap was fine to be honest, no sign of any problems at all.  I was quite supprised how clean it was to be honest, just a light bit of dust on the motherboard.

 

Thanks allf or looking.

[SS_Dave 216]

It was a case of I could not sleep one night.

 

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Cheers

SS Dave

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

[Craiguk 1]

Wow Dave, great work there buddy, did you put the modchip in also.

[SS_Dave 216]

It was already chipped when I got it and was 1 of 3 I picked up for $12.50 each.

I am waiting on ram chip's from china and then the mod chip will come out after testing.

 

some more picks

 

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Cheers

SS Dave

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

[Craiguk 1]

I been looking a upgrading to 128MB but not confident enoght to try installng them, are there any UK installers you could reccomend.  Lol you said 1 of 3, how many do you have ?

[SS_Dave 216]

Hi Craiguk

For the 128meg upgrade there maybe a member here that will put there hand up. The 1st time I replaced a 80 pin micro it took me 60 minutes the ram upgrade I did the other night 90 minutes including 2 coffee stops 10 SMS and talking hands free for 15 minutes while soldering and board cleaning between each chip.

I got up in the morning and seen this on my bench, The Xblast lite chip is temporary to test each chip as I go then gets removed when it's all done.

 

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Then I connect a SD card hard drive and sit a small fan on the heatsinks like below and soak test for 24 hours including launching some games, attract mode in CoinOps 8 and power cycles.

This fan is a quick adjustable temperature controlled setup I made and it keeps the CPU/GPU at 47c with the room temp around 25c.

 

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Cheers

SS Dave

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

[SS_Dave 216]

4 hours ago, Craiguk said:

 Lol you said 1 of 3, how many do you have ?

How many is too many ?

Last count 20 not including my X3cp for the lounge, Guest kid's bed room, Pool room, and the display NOS black box,Halo,Crystal.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

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

[Craiguk 1]

10 hours ago, SS_Dave said:

Hi Craiguk

For the 128meg upgrade there maybe a member here that will put there hand up. The 1st time I replaced a 80 pin micro it took me 60 minutes the ram upgrade I did the other night 90 minutes including 2 coffee stops 10 SMS and talking hands free for 15 minutes while soldering and board cleaning between each chip.

I got up in the morning and seen this on my bench, The Xblast lite chip is temporary to test each chip as I go then gets removed when it's all done.

 

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Then I connect a SD card hard drive and sit a small fan on the heatsinks like below and soak test for 24 hours including launching some games, attract mode in CoinOps 8 and power cycles.

This fan is a quick adjustable temperature controlled setup I made and it keeps the CPU/GPU at 47c with the room temp around 25c.

 

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Cheers

SS Dave

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

Wow that's next level stuff great work, let's us know how it goes please. 

[SS_Dave 216]

1 hour ago, Craiguk said:

Wow that's next level stuff great work, let's us know how it goes please. 

That version 1.4 is one of the cleanest I have seen in a long time and it's for a forum member and he has some big plans for it.

This is my $5 version 1.4 and the ram upgrade happen because I could not sleep one night and it's come to a standstill for a bit.

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This is one I am working on at the moment for myself and waiting on the ram chip that are on the  way.

As well as a N64 freaks internal HDMI to be fitted after the ram.

So far I have set Port 3 as a DVD dongle and USB port that can both work at the same time. Port 4 is the USB for the OGX360 interface.

Ports 1,2 are stock controller ports.

See if you can spot the DVD dongle.

 

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And the Ir receiver for the DVD dongle is mounted 100% out of sight with no affect to the remote range (over 10 meters).

 

Cheers

SS Dave

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

[Craiguk 1]

Wow that's impressive Dave, is the dongle mounted in front of the PSU I see a PCB? 

What's that black box with a plug going into it below the GPU? 

You said internal HDMI now then I need to know more about this you have any links to this little gem of a Mod, I'm all ears  

[SS_Dave 216]

DVD dongle and the Ir is under the black tape where the white plug is hanging

 

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Cheers

SS Dave

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

[SS_Dave 216]

1 hour ago, Craiguk said:

You said internal HDMI now then I need to know more about this you have any links to this little gem of a Mod, I'm all ears  

There is 2 types of internal HDMI

This one is based on a wii2hdmi and the PCB can be got from a chinese place called dirty pcb.

On this one I removed the 3.5mm socket thats for left.right audio out as it's not needed

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Then the better one is the N64 freak's version

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Both take the component signal and convert to HDMI  with the audio for the wii2hdmi taking the left and right audio and injecting it to the HDMI, The N64 freak version uses the digital audio to HDMI.

There is a fair size cost difference but you get what you pay for either a custom made item or a item that been modified to work. Picture wise it's a close call but the digital sound wins out especially if the rest of you sound system is up to it.

There has also been some work been done on a pure digital HDMI (no conversion from component) that looks like it grabs what it needs before the on board video chip.

The only negative is that Chimp the hard drive  cloning program won't display on anything above composite .

 

 

Cheers

SS Dave

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

 

[SS_Dave 216]

1 hour ago, Craiguk said:

What's that black box with a plug going into it below the GPU? 

That is the OGX360

 

This is the original of the OGX360 

The one in mine came from Lukas (N64 Freak)

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Pros and cons

The original version is supplied as a 2  controller system but can be expanded to 4 controllers and if you use Xbox 360 controls and the usb receiver it will do up to 4 player. It can with a separate interface be internally fitted with auto switching from the stock ports and the USB receiver.

The version that's in mine is 2 player max using the Xbox 360 controls and usb receiver and has the switching built in and is really plug and play

With both versions it is feasible to fit the receiver inside the Xbox but you would need to remote mount a button for pairing the controllers.

 

 

Cheers

SS Dave

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

 

[SS_Dave 216]

Hi Craig

 

Here is an update on the previous posts 

The Xbox has now got 128meg ram and a HDMI kit from N64 freak and I have rerouted the wiring a bit to test fit all the plastics

The USB holder was 3D printed (the pink part) and it came from a Facebook member via thingiverse.com and the OGX360(the black box with the USB plug near the Xblast chip) is the result of german engineering from N64 freak.

 

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                                        Without the DVD and Hard disk mounting                                                                 With the DVD/HDD mounts                                                       USB holder

 

I still need to glue the GPU heatsink or I might make a bracket to hold it in place using the hole left from the plastic holder and the CPU one is held with 4 screws using the holes from the OE plastic holder.

I have already flashed the TSOP with a X2-5032 BIOS so the mod chip can be removed and I am thinking a 2tb HDD fully loaded.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

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