Iceman Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Having issues booting after an OpenXenium install on a 1.6 (using pcb). When power button is pressed, front light turns immediately from green to orange flashing, fails to power, then reboots and tries to power again with orange flashing light, then does it a third time. After the unsuccessful third try, it just completely cuts power and that's it. No flashing message, nothing at this point. Never able to get video either. Does the same thing regardless of whether drives are plugged in or not. While its trying to power on, I can see a solid red light on the chip, so I know its getting power. First time doing an Xbox mod, so hopefully this is just an issue of me being a noob. Board, power, and cables were all working before the mod. Solder points for the chip have been reflowed a couple times. I have also checked for possible solder splash, but there does not appear to be any that I can see. Traces also appear fine to me- no obvious burns or tears. Caps also appear good. Anything I miss? Maybe I need to re-check something more thoroughly? Mostly wondering what the 3x power cycle, orange light, no boot means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Flashing Orange : Damaged trace or solder splashed on components. Mr. Mario has made a xenium install on a 1.6 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICRS3yHICKQ ). My be you doulbe check that. When you can't find any problem, i would start by removing the chip and check what happens then. If you still get an error maybe something went wrong with the LPC rebuild. Edited August 20, 2020 by sweetdarkdestiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Look for solder slashes around the Clock cap and the MCPX chip. My bad it's a 1.6 not a 1.0-1.4 you need to look for solder splashes all over the board especially around where you worked. Did you use a rebuild PCB or wires ? and was the Xbox working before the modchip? It might be a good idea to post a pick or the solder work and that way we can see if something look wrong . Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Hmmm.... The reddit wiki ( https://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/wiki/error_codes ) says something different. Conclusion: XBox flashes orange means, there is something wrong. :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted August 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 Alright, have been working at this some more, but still no luck. Not seeing any damaged traces or solder splashes, but maybe thats my inexperience. I've attached pics of what the solder work looks like. Let me know if I'm overlooking something here. If not, I'll probably just desolder everything and try to give it a complete re-do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 A couple of this don't look right there should be a link across the yellow circles when it's fitted in a version 1.6 as that the D0 connection to the LPC rebuild board And the solder work in the red circles looks not so good almost like it's shorting Remove the J1 link and in plug the mod chip and the Xbox should boot to the normal animation. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) Here is a video of the xenium install on an 1.6 / 1.6b : OpenXenium install on a 1.6 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICRS3yHICKQ (Jump to 28:10) There is a jumperwire C2 + D6 marked with 1.6. They should be linked. EDIT : And again Dave was that split secound faster. Edited August 22, 2020 by sweetdarkdestiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 Also power the Xbox on with the Eject button as it may be set to instant boot on a non 1.6 BIOS. and that should display the Xenium menu. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted August 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) Ok got it going finally. Connected D0 on the chip instead of J1, but that didn't help any. So after a few more reflows on the pcb at several points, including the ones pointed out, it finally started working. Regarding the jumper, I've seen different people doing either D0 or J1 and either would work on a 1.6. Is there a specific reason not to use J1 like that? Edited August 22, 2020 by Iceman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 33 minutes ago, Iceman said: Regarding the jumper, I've seen different people doing either D0 or J1 and either would work on a 1.6. Is there a specific reason not to use J1 like that? The J1 link is grounding the DO and on a version 1.0 - 1.4 it's no problem but on a 1.6 the same connection draws about 10 times the current and the worry is it may damage the Xcalibur or the MCPX chip and that would make the mainboard unrepairable. The main thing is you have it working now and you can now continue with the rest of the upgrades. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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