This is exclusive of a new HDD (going to assume you have access to one) and a low capacity USB stick for installing the softmod. This is a great solution but my understanding is it can be a little bit painful installing the larger HDD software-wise but once you have it set up you can just forget about it.
Hard mod
The other option if youāre handy with a soldering iron is to pick up an Aladdin XT mod chip (also available here) and depending on your console revision (if itās a 1.6 like mine) you might want to grab an LPC rebuild board to make the installation easier.
I canāt comment on the success with the mod chips as Iāve ordered two (one from Amazon that apparently got lost in transit) and one from that first link. Neither have arrived yet though.
Component cables
This is where it gets messy - the official HD AV Pack has become quite expensive at this point ($60-$80 on eBay) and third party cables are complete garbage - but fear not you have two options!
Amazing! The only change should be the mech on the lower board firing a bit more left to more accurately represent the clock capacitor location exploding.
In other news, anyone know the background on Richard Burns Rally never coming out on xbox? It was slated to, but never panned out. I donāt recall the exact timing; may have been related to his passing. I loved that game on PC. I still have the disc but the last time I tried setting it up I was having force feedback issues with my wheel setup.
Thanks for the detailed breakdown, Iāll keep an eye out for a good component cable for a good price otherwise it might be a bit too much effort for the few games Iād want to play (Amped 2/Timesplitters).
Interesting. Itās for sale and has reviews, but metacritic says it was canceled. Maybe Iām mis-remembering and it only came out in Europe and not in NA.
As for the 3rd party ones, there is a Monster component cable thatās available too, and the picture looks identical to the official one on my TV.
I have both, and ended up using the monster one due to the length of the thing, so I have a spare factory model that I would sell for $50 CAD plus shipping.
Plugged in my original softmodded Xbox for the first time in ages. Was greeted by a massive whirring noise that I believe comes from the fan. Console kept booting to the original dashboard and kept flashing green, orange and red lights. After about 5 restarts it suddenly booted up the UnleashX menu and everything was fine besides the disturbing noise. Disc tray opens up every second time without help but I found a fix for that that Iāll try. Played some Outrun C2C, DOA3, DOA Extreme Beach Volleyball and PGR and the games look so good on this.
How hard would it be to change the fan for someone that isnāt handy and where should I be looking for a replacement? CPU temperature was 65-70C and M/B 56C after it had been on for a couple of hours if it helps anything. Watched a video about āNexus 70mm Real Silent Case Fanā and it seemed to be good and a pretty easy job but Iām in Europe and I canāt get it shipped here (at least now) from Amazon.com. Are there any similar products available?
Could it also be the CPU fan that is keeping the noise as I saw some video which had a pretty similar sounding noise? Iām so lost with all the different model numbers and what is inside them. I believe mine is 1.1 based on the settings screen with a Samsung drive but Iāve bought it used years ago and have no idea how well it has been kept. Any help is really appreciated.
Thanks for that, was only looking for videos earlier but thatās better.
Been doing some more research and it was actually a GPU fan (thatās only on 1.0 Xboxes?) that was making similar noise in one Youtube video. I think I just have to be brave and open it up tomorrow. Maybe this one really is 1.0 and not 1.1. Iāve also read some people say that the GPU fan is basically not needed and people have been using their Xbox without problems after taking it off. Anyone have any knowledge of this?
Alright, this was stupid. Previous owner had changed the fan already but the sticker on it had gotten loose and was between the blades. Itās dead silent now.
Maybe a dumb question but has anyone tried to softmod a JP xbox?
Considering buying a transparent black or kasumi blue xbox from Japan.
Everything Iām finding online suggests youād need a non-JP asian ntsc-j copy of splinter cell or mechwarrior, which seems very difficult to get.
Is there a newer alternative Iām missing? Iām open to just installing a modchip as Iād likely need to deal with capacitor business anyway but Iād prefer to avoid unnecessary hardware mods.
@Borman not sure if you are the same borman from assembler games, but a few years back that borman sold someone a xbox debug kit with a version of steel battalion on it. the guys over at reddit.com/r/steelbattaliononline have been searching for it since like 2015 with the intent of unlocking some online features that dont work anymore due to xbox live not existing for the og xbox. Wondering if you have any contact informaton on the guy you sold it to.
