replacing X2.6 with Jafar chip?

[chrisrlink]

hi so as you may know my X2.6 chip for my 1.4 xbox is bricked I since got a jafar chip off ebay I snipped the plastic plug for my X2 off to expose the wires for solidering as far as i know i have 2 wires (one green one red) no i read on the github you can also "ground" D0 instead of soldering it, ground it to where a pin or what? trying to avoid solidering as much as possiable also used PiPROM to fetch my hdd key (this is a retail unit though im missing a dvd drive so it error 12's if all else fails i'll find a thompson at least to get ti up and running next month

[SS_Dave]

3 hours ago, chrisrlink said:

hi so as you may know my X2.6 chip for my 1.4 xbox is bricked I since got a jafar chip off ebay I snipped the plastic plug for my X2 off to expose the wires for solidering as far as i know i have 2 wires (one green one red) no i read on the github you can also "ground" D0 instead of soldering it, ground it to where a pin or what? trying to avoid solidering as much as possiable also used PiPROM to fetch my hdd key (this is a retail unit though im missing a dvd drive so it error 12's if all else fails i'll find a thompson at least to get ti up and running next month

Can you post a pic of what you are trying to do.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

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

[chrisrlink]

nvm I did the dirty" tsop hack (conductive ink) and flashed latest cerbios

[nikeymikey]

26 minutes ago, chrisrlink said:

nvm I did the dirty" tsop hack (conductive ink) and flashed latest cerbios

Its not dirty.... Its a quick and easy way to do it without getting all the soldering equipment out