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I recently purchased a pre-modded Xbox original with an upgraded hard drive and an Xecutor Mod Chip (v2.3b pro according to the seller). The seller told me that there are a couple of attachments for the chip that he put some tape over to protect them while they are being posted.
I'm not too confident about opening up the console. Is the tape going to damage the console or modchip in any way if I leave it?
Assuming it's non conductive (i.e., no metal in it) tape, it shouldn't be a problem unless the chip gets especially hot, in which case the tape could melt.
There won't be a problem, this isn't unusual with Xbox mods. Just leave it in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Serial_Thriller
It's just fine it will be insulating tape anyway or electrical tape. (it's the same thing)
If it's not insulating tape I would remove it, but if it's something that has a very high tack be very careful removing it or cover it with insulating tape if it does have a metalic side to it like a lot of the high tack tape does
Well, it looks like the seller didn't answer my question properly. It turns out that the bits that had tape attached was this, uh, thing outside of the case with an LED and four switches. That's at the front of the Xbox. Then there's this other thing sticking out of the back which also has tape. It looks like it could fit a really wide cable (like SCART, but a different shape). This "thing" is also attached to a thin silver strip above the AV cables input which goes through a tiny gap leading to the inside.
Sounds like it has more mods than just a modchip, but without more info or some pics I'm not going to bother trying to guess what exactly :wacko:
Would be an idea to share some images so we can tell you what exactly you have there :)
As it happens you don't even need a mod chip on the xbox now because of the softmods.
P.S. the pics don't need to be perfect quality either, so phone pic or a web cam pic will be enough
Here are some shots. The first one is of the front of the console.
http://thumbnails102.imagebam.com/27...4273664054.jpg
The other two are of the back.
http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/27...a273664162.jpg
http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/27...6273664321.jpg
I resized and attached your images directly for quicker viewing
I need to look this up not seen a hard mod like yours to be honest
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Micro switches and an mini switch on the front near the P1 pad port
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No idea why you would want a very old 25pin serial port on the back I was kind of expecting a VGA port though
I will do a bit of digging round though figure out why they are there
EDIT:-
By the looks of it the Serial port is for updating the mod chip and the switches are also part of the mod chip I will do a bit more digging though first and try and figure out what chip you have and what the use of the switches are, I would guess that the main switch is just to turn the mod chip off and on
EDIT:-
You have an Xecuter 2.X mod chip installed at a guess it's the 2.1 Pro final version (it's not really the final version either there are later versions)
Edit removed switches image it was upside down and only made it confusing, uploaded a better one in my later reply
The serial port is for programming the mod chip but to be honest I would stay away from that, even tape that back down
Well, as I said in my first post, the guy who sold it to me says it's an Xecuter v2.3b pro. I'm actually having a hard time finding information about it as well. Maybe he got the name wrong?
Updated...... please re-read this post
The serial port is just for programming the chip that will already be done
http://team-xecuter.com/x2prog/ the flash kit programming via the serial port hooked up to a PC with a serial LTP port (that was used for old printers)
You will not have any idea what he/she has flashed into each bank so just use what it is set up to or you can try each 256 setup and see if there are any differences
More info at http://z6.invisionfree.com/Supreme_Mods/ar/t10.htm it's just an install instruction but it looks like your setup so yeah it could very well be the 2.3b pro version, the 2.1 pro is not really any different (this also has info on the switches)
At the moment yours is not setup correctly, the switches are wrong, I thought it was set to bank 3 but the switches are the total opposite to the Bank 3 setup
P.S. the mod chip is disabled at the moment to enable it lift the broken switch up to the on pos
Made a better image to use for your switches
I've got switches for mine, but they're inside the case :wacko: I don't think I've ever seen them outside the case like that (over here).Quote:
Originally Posted by Zorlon
No serial port on mine :booger:
:P I don't have a mod chip at all I don't need one.
Maybe for my 1.6 that has it's limitations if you use HD, but I only have one xbox HD component
I have a 1.6 (that's the hardmodded one, also has component cable), got another virgin Xbox here that's older...might be a 1.3 or something. It's in immaculate cond box and all. Got it for free :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Zorlon
Once you hardmod you really don't want anything else...you can swap in a new HDD very quickly and easily.
But I got mine done ages ago when live support was still there (it can run in modded and virgin modes).
I have a 750GB HDD installed wasn't hard to do ;)
I recently changed it out of my 1.6 into the 1.2/1.3 xbox with no issues either.
I guess I find these things easy though.
It seems to work okay so far with real discs and and ISOs from the HDD. My main concern at the moment though is how to transfer some more ISOs to HDD using FTP. I don't have a crossover cable, so I'll have to use an ethernet cable and connect the console to modem/router I have right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zorlon
Plus, the router is nowhere near a TV screen. Do I need the console to output anything onto a display to use FTP or can I just turn it on for the transfer?
Edit: Ehhh, forget about it. I found an ethernet cable close to a TV which is used to get satellite channels somehow (I think). I managed to transfer Ninja Gaiden Black and it works. Or at least, I think so. There seems to be a problem with the subtitles. Sometimes certain bits of text are repeated or are totally omitted. In other words, they don't always match up with the dialogue. I dunno, is this the same for real disc versions or I did mess up something in the transfer? Gameplay seems fine though. This needs to be moved to the relevant game thread doesn't it?
What PC software did you use to FTP?
No this is still in the correct forum, this is still a Everything Console related subject.
I used FileZilla. The other games I tried seem to be fine. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Yeah it does seem that way and no errors reported but it does mess up and more often than you might think and usually not that obvious until you play so far into a game, you are lucky to have found a game this soon that made it obvious something was wrong.
Filezilla is still great for one or two files at a time but not for a folder full of game data
Use Qwix instead for xbox games, it does it directly from xbox iso's if the game is not in xbox iso format you can also use Qwix to create an ISO, if for some reason a game is in a standard type of ISO Qwik will chuck out an error but you can just extract that none xbox ISO with 7-zip and create a new ISO that is xbox format with Qwix
On a side note if you get yourself Avalaunch and put that on your xbox as an App run that and Qwix to get faster FTP access, Qwix also has extra features for use with Avalaunch such as game managment so you can delete a game and it's save data, this does it faster than doing it directly on the xbox or through Filezilla, I mean much much much faster something that may take 30 mins via the xbox or Filezilla takes just seconds via Qwix + Avalaunch
Hmm, I'll look into that combination. I'm still new when it comes to installing programs on the HDD. Can I just drag and drop a program somewhere and then launch it?
just ftp xbox progs to either the apps folder or the programs folder depends how yours is set up then you will see that in your dashboard be able to launch it from there, should be in programs or applications
qwix is a PC app though so that runs on the PC end of things
you can use qwix right away if you like, you just get a speed boost if you use that with Avalaunch, this also depends on your network setup though aswell
Well, I don't think there isn't anything special about my network. I just connect the console to my modem and go from there. According to the Avalaunch homepage I need to "go into your avalaunch.xml and make sure that BOOST mode is enabled". Can I do that on the console or do I have to edit the .xml file on the PC first then transfer it?
Edit it on your PC but it should be enabled to start with anyway, was for me and it wasn't that long back that I updated it fresh.
I got around to using Qwix and Avalaunch. That problem regarding Ninja Gaiden Black and its subtitles? Still acting funny. Maybe there's a problem with the ISO itself rather than the transfer? I haven't seen any problems with the three other titles I've tried.
I have never had a problem with Ninja Gaiden Black but if you are convinced it is the ISO then grab another copy