100% success yes!!!!

[fast_carmodding]

did a very tidy install into my 1.6b with the X3 put the whole thing back together put all the plugs in and held down the power button to see if the mobo would boot with the chip disabled and guess what it did, so i tryed putting the chip into back up mode nothin happened so i tryed again nothin, but i just pressed the eject button and i got orange around the eject button i thought sh*t but then the lights flashed and went green the cromwell screen apeared on my tv so i thought great switch off the mobo and tryed putting it into back and it went into back so all together a complete success me and my step dad spent an hour or two taking our time.

My suggestions to a good job

1) use a weller 12 watt soldering iron with a fine point
2) check and double check the pads your soldering to (make sure you get the right pad)
3) put a small blow off solder on the pad first (tinning the solder pad)
4) tin the wire your using, for the lpt i stripped and pc ide cable
5) take your time the more time you spend now the less time you spend re doing your work


just going to start flashing the chip i'm not going to change the flash bios from 3.0 until i know that there are no problems with 3.03 just going to put the latest bios onto it through ftp or http protocal and get the evox dash on there

cheers team xecuter this looks like a really good chip

 

[dstar2002]

are you sure you have a 1.6b? you only do if you have hynix ram, and in that case, you wouldnt of gotten flash bios.......a brown wire does not mean you got a B

 

[fast_carmodding]

mate i'm in the uk i have got a brand new crystal x box with hynix ram you can come round a take a look if u want the x3 loads perfect straight into flash bios v 3.0.0 and who said i got a brown wire i have but i did not mention that

 

[slimgrip]

What is the production date on the xbox?

 

[Frosty295]

Verbatim??

whats the deal with these verbatim dvd's...why does everyone say to only use verbatim discs.....whats wrong with the other brands??

 

[t0il3t]

Re: Verbatim??

They make the best quality blanks you can buy, I have also had good results with Falcon discs and Ritek just makes crap. Memorex has Ritek make their discs.

 

[Made]

Re: Verbatim??

i just recently bought some xlayer discs from modtraders and i didnt get any coasters out of 25. i thought they were real good discs for the price. £8 for 25.

 

[2k1civic]

Re: Verbatim??

mermox discs work great for me and im using a hit drive 79

 

[mezlo]

Re: Verbatim??

Ive never had 1 coaster with verbatim!!! I got bunch on newegg when they where on sale...it came to 1.30 a disk and i have enough to last a life time. Havnt tired other brands but why try to ruin a good thing.

 

[xmod]

Re: Verbatim??

I think it really depends on what drive you have in your 360.... Sammys dont like other forms of DVD's
Lite-ons will use most brands....

But I thought that with the LT firmware it would only recognize Verb discs?

 

[Frosty295]

Re: Verbatim??

also which speed should i buy 2.4x or 8x ????

 

[t0il3t]

Re: Verbatim??

I think it really depends on what drive you have in your 360.... Sammys dont like other forms of DVD's
Lite-ons will use most brands....

But I thought that with the LT firmware it would only recognize Verb discs?

When it was in development they said they had some issues with non-verbatim discs so it was delayed they should work fine, I can't really confirm it though since I am using the non-stealth 1.6 and keep my modded 360 offline

 

[Frosty295]

Re: Verbatim??

any ideas on which speed is the right speed to get 2.4x or 8x

 

[t0il3t]

Re: Verbatim??

I get 2.4x because the local Sam's Club only has 2.4x I just check the package and make sure they say make in singapour, also I have noticed that my xbox likes the non-printable discs better than the printable ones

 

[Frosty295]

Re: Verbatim??

alright...so it really doesnt make a difference which you get

 

[depeche]

Re: Verbatim??

recently i ran out of verbatims and went back to using the old memorex ones i have and now since i can install games to the hard drive I've had no issues at all with the memorex discs so for me it isn't a big deal anymore.