jimbobjones Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Alright folks, Of the numerous aladdin chips i've installed into 1.6 xboxes, i have installed the pin header with pin 4 removed, rebuilt lpc, connected bt->gnd on chip, cut the lframe trace at the xyclops chip and ignored installing the d0->gnd wire. This has always worked fine for me. Recently i have seen different and conflicting instructions on de-pinning the header. it was suggested to also remove pin 3 (lframe), 6 (5v) and 12 (gnd). I'm wondering what the benefit is and whether i need to start doing it this way? I'm presuming pin 6 has been left out so standby power isn't lighting the led, and pin 3 to disable lframe without cutting the trace? why remove the second gnd (pin 12) though? Just wondering what the consensus was on this, is this a better way to do it, is my usual way now incorrect?? Figured it was time to ask the experts! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 10 hours ago, jimbobjones said: Alright folks, Of the numerous aladdin chips i've installed into 1.6 xboxes, i have installed the pin header with pin 4 removed, rebuilt lpc, connected bt->gnd on chip, cut the lframe trace at the xyclops chip and ignored installing the d0->gnd wire. This has always worked fine for me. Recently i have seen different and conflicting instructions on de-pinning the header. it was suggested to also remove pin 3 (lframe), 6 (5v) and 12 (gnd). I'm wondering what the benefit is and whether i need to start doing it this way? I'm presuming pin 6 has been left out so standby power isn't lighting the led, and pin 3 to disable lframe without cutting the trace? why remove the second gnd (pin 12) though? Just wondering what the consensus was on this, is this a better way to do it, is my usual way now incorrect?? Figured it was time to ask the experts! Cheers This I how I handle the Version 1.6 boards. I use the Aladdin chip on all the version 1.6 board and I rebuild the LPC with wire links. On the Aladdin chip I link the BT to ground and I also change the LED power on the chip to run from the 3.3 volt that way the led is switched. As for the D0 wire I don't connect it and I cut the LFrame trace. The only reason to connect the BT and the D0 was for Xbox Live, and the only reason I switch the LED is a lot of customers liked it. 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...
jimbobjones Posted November 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hi, thanks for the reply. So just continue what im doing then and just remove pin 4 from the header, leave the rest? I take it all the 5v pin does these days on the chip is light the led, hence your bypass mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, jimbobjones said: Hi, thanks for the reply. So just continue what im doing then and just remove pin 4 from the header, leave the rest? I take it all the 5v pin does these days on the chip is light the led, hence your bypass mod? That right the 5 volt is just for the LED. 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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