Modding a JAP Xbox?

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robroy90

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Dec 17, 2004
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Greetings All,

I just purchased a new JAP "Limited Edition" Skeleton box, and I want to mod it for use here in the US. Is there anything special you have to do other than the normal things required of any US box? Such as:

- Are the JAP v1.0 boards in all the LE boxes any different that US v1.0?
- What about using it on LIVE in the US? Is the original EEPROM ok?
- Video/Region modes? Can you just use Config Magic to change it?
- Power Supply? Do I need to swap it with a US unit?

I am trying to decide if it would just be easier to swap it out wholesale with a US v1.0 motherboard or not?

Does anyone have any experience with this? I would really appreciate some input.

Thanks,

R
 
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wrboyce

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Oct 12, 2004
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I can't answer many of your questions with 100% reliability but I'll have a go. I imagine live will work OK, but thats a guess. the video modes can be sorted out using a number of programs and direct from X3CL. Duno wtf Japs use for their power supplies, so cant help u there....

The main reason I replied was to ask: Where did u get ur Skeleton console from? Were u in Jap, or did you find it online? I raelly wanna get myself a ltd xbox.
 
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dmegara

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Nov 30, 2004
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okinawa, Japan
teamxecuter.com
Robroy90,

I have modded some japanese xbox's. they were v1.0 and as WRBOYCE stated the power and video coding are as such, "110V power and NTSC-J video coding."

...you should have no problem with it on LIVE?
.... the original eeprom is ok too.
....if you are using your power supply in the states, it might go bad after a while due to the difference in voltage. states=v120, japan=v110
but it should last a couple of years.

oh, i have not had to do anything different to the box's other than the usual setup. 8)
 
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hautsaauce

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Jul 20, 2004
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robroy90 said:
Greetings All,

I just purchased a new JAP "Limited Edition" Skeleton box, and I want to mod it for use here in the US. Is there anything special you have to do other than the normal things required of any US box? Such as:

- Are the JAP v1.0 boards in all the LE boxes any different that US v1.0?
- What about using it on LIVE in the US? Is the original EEPROM ok?
- Video/Region modes? Can you just use Config Magic to change it?
- Power Supply? Do I need to swap it with a US unit?

I am trying to decide if it would just be easier to swap it out wholesale with a US v1.0 motherboard or not?

Does anyone have any experience with this? I would really appreciate some input.

Thanks,

R
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I have modded about 50 Japanese Boxes. You will have no problem playing on live its the same setup as a 1.0 basically and for anyone that wants a skeletal xbox i have 2 of them and would be willing to let them go for the right price.
 
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halomaster7777

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May 23, 2004
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For the 120V to 110V problem you could probaly get a step down box online, since alot of people bring JAP electronics into the country and are faced with this proble.
 
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TokenUser

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Oct 15, 2004
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Lost in States, NC USA.
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The cool part of that box is the case - couldn't you just gut another Xbox and put it in the skeleton case? If yo are concerned about power supplies - take a 110V US PSU and drop it in ... the Xbox mobo get the same 12V DC.

Also, aren't there differences between the NTSC and NTSC/J standards? I am probably wrong there though.
 
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romracer

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X-S: FreeStyle Dash v2.0 RC 1.8

Team FSD released a new W.I.P. build of FreeStyle Dash v2.0, the alternative dashboard for homebrew/JTAG 360s.
Today they released RC1.8 (Rev 2279), available later today as independent download or if you already have FSD2 you can now use the build-in updater.
With this release, they have also released the first version of the FSD Plugin- containing multi disc functionality. Please read the change log for more information and details.

What's new/fixed:
(Added) TitleUpdates progress shown in Status Bar
(Fixed) Title Bar Disappearing after screenshots in FSD Flow Gamelist Visual
(Added) GameList Counter to FSD Flow Game List Visual Style
(Added) Advanced Mode File Manager ( adds/removes HDDX, FLASH, SYSEXT )
(Fixed) Duplicate Screenshots for some games.
(Added) Ability to hide a game from your game list
(Added) Ability to dump data from FSD in http server
(Fixed) TUs not activating or deactivating.
(Updated) Copy DVD Focus Bug to reset focus to Back Button instead of FocusKeeper Button- FocusKeeper button no longer required.
(Fixed) SMB Credentials Focus Loss Bug
(Fixed) Crash when visiting the "Meet the Team" scene without the Avatar Update Installed
(Fixed) Profile Freezing Bug
(Fixed) Focus Loss in Screenshots Scene
(Fixed) Focus Loss in Achievements Scene
(Fixed) Crash when deleting two games in a row without adjusting selection
(Fixed) DeviceIDs are now stored as TEXT instead of STRING
[Added] first pass at complete implementation of samba server
(Updated) Fixed default type setting for weather icons
(Fixed) Reset Skin Data option is not available if skin is not .xzp
(Fixed) Disc Count in Database
(Added) File type for weather images setting to skin.xml

Official Site: http://www.teamfsd.com (#FreeStyleDash on EFnet)
Download: n/a (built with XDK)






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