alternate solder points

[jo2jo]

Believe it or not i've done alot of xboxes...ALOT and all with no problmes except:

i have these 2 1.0's that when removing the solder (i always do pin header as i hate the wire method) from the holes i may have damaged some of the contacts.

I get 3 reboots then FRAG..if i turn the chip off it boots up nomally so i know my DO is good. I've checked VERY closly on both and neither have any bridges of splahes... my question is this:

Are there alternative points on the MOBO that i can solder to (via the wire install i assume or just wire solder to a single pin header) that would bypass this apparently butched LPC area. on one of them im pretty sure that its only 2 of the holes that may be fuxored...

i've looked everywhere for alternate points diagrams but have come up with nothing except alternate 1.6 spots (these are both 1.0's)

'thanks

 

[jo2jo]

oops, btw 2.6CE chips..

 

[jo2jo]

anyone?

 

[mspgs2]

2.6 == bad?

I've got the same exact issue. I snapped off the switch connector on my 2.3 box and figured I might as well upgrade. Big mistake. Installed the pin header, this is a 1.0 box and FRAG. Checked every point on the pin header back to the circuit, perfect tone with the continuity check. Okay, lets remove all that and to a wire install just to silence the yahoo's around here... no go.. same thing.

I think the 2.6 boards are buggy..

you can wire up to other places on the board but somehow I doubt it will fix your issue. Just follow the traces out and there a several points you can solder wires at. Most are on the back side of the board and except for one, if I recall, they are next to the header. One might also be on the front side

 

[Fantmx]

Check the switches and the wires going to them. Try swapping them with a known working setup and see what happens.