John7272 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) Remembering back to when I purchased my first Xecuter 3 mod chip, I was annoyed to discover the bank switch did not come with it. Payed the price for getting a used one, or at least making sure it came with everything. I looked all over to see if someone could help me jumper connections so I could use the different banks available to no avail. Finally I bought one new, which is not a choice nowadays. So I am dissecting switches and making schematics for each, starting with the most popular Xecuter 3. I have already mapped out the Xecuter 2.2 Pro and Xecuter 2.3b and will make a .jpg for them as well. Not being familiar with the programs used to edit pictures and make these, it took me 3 times as long to make this one schematic than it took me to test and map it out. I'm saying this in hopes I won't get flamed for poor work, I just want to help. Let me know what you think. Edited December 12, 2018 by John7272 Changed 'bank #" to bank switch # for clarification. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapa988 Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 With help of that x3 diagram, I was able to finally fix my x3cp, where the bank switch cable had been cut off near the connector and none of the wires had been marked. I soldered new connector which I took from the original x3 switch board (like the one in your image). Interestingly the x3cp's bank switch cable has only 11 wires, as the unused wire (yellow in your diagram) is not present. Thanks for making this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 I am glad it helped someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seizure507 Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 able to fix me X3CP now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted December 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Sweet! don't want to see an X3 not used at full potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank D'Agostino Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Great useful information great job. Would be awesome if you could do one for executor 2.6ce Keep up the great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 I can only do them for the ones I have, I need to verify before I will post them. I'm sure I will get one sooner or later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obitus1990 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Questions: 1. Is it possible to remove the cover of the X3 switch without damaging the anything? I think my DIP switches are faulty, and, want to replace them. 2. Do you have part numbers/descriptions/names for the types of wire connectors used on the X3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link42586 Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 I have a 2.3b pro without the switches. Almost looks like the lite one but does that apply to the pro version? I literally have it hooked up inside an xbox and it doesn't work. 2 blue lights but it doesn't do anything. Can I use the lite diagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 I'm trying to flash my xecuter 2.3 with a new bios but I suspect the switch panel is faulty as even when switched to unprotected it still says flash is not writeable when done through Hexen. I have created a separate post for this so apologies for duplication but I'm trying to solve the problem and I wanted to ask questions about the diagram in this post. I hope that hasn't broken any rules. So my question, related to the diagram Xecuter 2.3b bank switch wiring schematic If I disconnect my switch panel the chip is disabled - that ties in with what the diagram says. I installed my chip many years ago and I remember soldering the D0 point. Should this be connected to ground? If so I am guessing my installation is not 100% correct.f it were connected to ground it will allow the modichip to be enabled and protection to be disabled (according to the above diagram) Which would then in theory allow me to flash my chip??? I have no idea but I am hoping somebody in the know can step in at this point and put me out of my misery. @John7272 thank you for the diagram even though I personally don't know what I can do with this information due to my lack of knowledge. It gave me something to think about and a little bit of hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 21 hours ago, link42586 said: I have a 2.3b pro without the switches. Almost looks like the lite one but does that apply to the pro version? I literally have it hooked up inside an xbox and it doesn't work. 2 blue lights but it doesn't do anything. Can I use the lite diagram? They are different. The LITE has 5 wires and the PRO has 8 wires. I would need the bank switch to verify connections. The PRO has 2 more switches than the LITE which would explain 2 of the wires, but not sure about the other one. I looked at the bank switch settings and it appears at least one switch has to be on to select any bank at all. also, one of the switches needs to be on in order to flash the chip. If I were you I would find someone with the switch that can diagnose it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, Tiberius2019 said: I'm trying to flash my xecuter 2.3 with a new bios but I suspect the switch panel is faulty as even when switched to unprotected it still says flash is not writeable when done through Hexen. I have created a separate post for this so apologies for duplication but I'm trying to solve the problem and I wanted to ask questions about the diagram in this post. I hope that hasn't broken any rules. So my question, related to the diagram Xecuter 2.3b bank switch wiring schematic If I disconnect my switch panel the chip is disabled - that ties in with what the diagram says. I installed my chip many years ago and I remember soldering the D0 point. Should this be connected to ground? If so I am guessing my installation is not 100% correct.f it were connected to ground it will allow the modichip to be enabled and protection to be disabled (according to the above diagram) Which would then in theory allow me to flash my chip??? I have no idea but I am hoping somebody in the know can step in at this point and put me out of my misery. @John7272 thank you for the diagram even though I personally don't know what I can do with this information due to my lack of knowledge. It gave me something to think about and a little bit of hope. The DO point on the xbox should have a wire connected from the modchip, usually a grey wire. if you instead jump the wire from the xbox DO point to ground, it tells the xbox to boot right to the modchip. if you ground the DO and disconnect the switch, it will boot the chip unprotected on bank 2 and you can flash it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, John7272 said: The DO point on the xbox should have a wire connected from the modchip, usually a grey wire. if you instead jump the wire from the xbox DO point to ground, it tells the xbox to boot right to the modchip. if you ground the DO and disconnect the switch, it will boot the chip unprotected on bank 2 and you can flash it. Thanks @John7272 Where would ground be? on the modchip or on the motherboard somewhere. Sorry to ask such a basic question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 28 minutes ago, Tiberius2019 said: Thanks @John7272 Where would ground be? on the modchip or on the motherboard somewhere. Sorry to ask such a basic question. one of the ground pads by the screws is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 @John7272Thank you so much for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 39 minutes ago, Tiberius2019 said: @John7272Thank you so much for your time. No problem! good luck, im sure you can get it going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link42586 Posted May 11, 2019 Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, John7272 said: The DO point on the xbox should have a wire connected from the modchip, usually a grey wire. if you instead jump the wire from the xbox DO point to ground, it tells the xbox to boot right to the modchip. if you ground the DO and disconnect the switch, it will boot the chip unprotected on bank 2 and you can flash it. So uh. This is what I was basically asking if I could get around not having switches. So If I just unsolder the d0 and ground it it should boot bank 2? And assuming I didn't flash that with A bios I could possibly flash the chip. I got everything I need for that except the flat cable that connects the printer port thing. But A long time ago this chip was used in A v1.0 xbox..Basically A mirror of what I put it in this time around so if I can get the chip to work without the switches I could possibly use this chip again i'm hoping. Edited May 11, 2019 by link42586 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John7272 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 YES! connect the Xbox DO point to ground to boot the chip. without the bank switch connected it is in bank 2 with no protection so you can flash it. then it will load the chip bios every time and you can use it normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0tt0nm0ufh Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 TY for the info, I'll have to open a thread on a crystal blue xbox I found at a pawn shop. I believe it has a 2.6 in it but it has a bank selector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgold Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Does anynone have the schematic of this bank switch/parallel port? I have an Xecuter 2.0 PRO without the bank switch board. The modchip has a 20 pin flat connector. P.S: pictures are not mine. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0tt0nm0ufh Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 TY for this info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maquis2370 Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 Schematic for the X3 is something I've often wondered about, in case that cable ever were to break. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaokhann Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 Great job!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 6/2/2019 at 7:42 PM, alexgold said: Does anynone have the schematic of this bank switch/parallel port? I have an Xecuter 2.0 PRO without the bank switch board. The modchip has a 20 pin flat connector. P.S: pictures are not mine. Thanks in advance A bit late to say the least but here's some information I found archived by the Wayback Machine for a thread from the old team-xecuter.com web site. A user there that went by the handle stesmi posted the following: Quote OK, I have now mapped the whole switch thing on the X2.0Pro. That is, I don't know what the signals actually DO (on the modchip side) but I know what pin goes where. SW1 is the 4 dipswitches. 1, 2, 3, 4 are the pins on the side where the numbers are. GND 1-4 are the pins on the side where the text "ON" is (closest to the LPT connector). J1 is the LPT connector. J2 is the 20-pin flat cable. LPT Name is the name of the signal if it had been an LPT port. I added those so that if anyone wonders "is it from the right or left if I look at it that way or that way or .." then one can just check it out in any document describing the parallel port. Very easy to find out what's what since half the bottom row are all ground. I re-measured a few times to try to find what pins 18 and 19 do on the J2 connector but I didn't get a ring anywhere, neither did I get a ring on pin 11 in J1 (Busy). SW1 J1 J2 LPT Name 17 1 Select In 1 1 2 Strobe 2 14 3 Auto Feed 3 16 4 Init 2 5 Data 0 3 6 Data 1 4 7 Data 2 5 8 Data 3 6 9 Data 4 7 10 Data 5 8 11 Data 6 9 12 Data 7 15 13 Error 13 14 Select 12 15 Paper Empty 10 16 Acknowledge GND 1-4 18-25 17 Ground 18 19 4 N/C 20 - // Stefan Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20210421173423/https://team-xecuter.com/community/threads/xecuter-2-0pro-cable-broken.31419/ (12th post in this thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfancella Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 Hello all! I hate to necro a thread, but... On the Xecuter 3 chip, what is the connector types and sizes needed to build a new wiring harness between the chip and the bank select board? Thanks! Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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