So, i finally got the X3 and went to install it on saturday. I got everything soldered on with the solder pad that came with the chip (1.6 install). I said to myself, hot damn dude you did it. I put the xbox back together and went and hook it up. Blue light on the front panel switch came on, but the screen was blank....hmmm.... came looking around here and realized that likely one of the solder points might be bad. I went back desoldered which was a pain in the ass with the provided braid, didn't work well at all, but after about 20 minutes it came off. I checked the pin header and it was in good, no movement, solder points looked just as they should. I realigned the pad and resoldered taking more time with it...afterward I inspected it all and it looked good, in fact better than the first time around.
I put everything back together, resoldered the Alt. 5v wire, and plugged all the crap back in. Went and hooked the xbox back up..nothing. Red light comes on xbox turns off 3 times then sh*ts there...I can however, boot with the chip disabled and get the MS dash..so I go looking yet again and see D0 is the likely culprit. I thought to myself, wtf its a pad, you light it up, solder the solder and your good, whats the issue.
I took a break and went back at it that night. Desoldered a few points that might have been the cause and then went to the bathroom. When I came back, a soda on the table was knocked over and there was some soda inside my xbox
I spent over and hour soaking up soda and drying it out and then I tried it again...NO POWER!!!!! oh sh*t its broken, god damn it who knocked a soda over into my xbox..so then im thinking, Ok, maybe its just the chip, that last time around the solder pad took a pretty good beating, all this desolder,solder,desolder caused a couple of the pads on the circuit path to come off...so then and there I knew the pad was useless at this point. So I removed it and the chip and all the wires only leaving the pin header in there. I go to hook it up again, and it powers up...fragging, red and green light flashing on the front around the eject button. SO now im thinking to myself, maybe the pin header is causing it not to boot properly? or is something messed up beyond repair?
Someone, anyone please help, i'd hate to see my money go down the drain like this, I bought the xbox specifically for modding, i've modded 4 v1.0 (w/solder) and never had any problems.. What, if anything, can I do now???
I put everything back together, resoldered the Alt. 5v wire, and plugged all the crap back in. Went and hooked the xbox back up..nothing. Red light comes on xbox turns off 3 times then sh*ts there...I can however, boot with the chip disabled and get the MS dash..so I go looking yet again and see D0 is the likely culprit. I thought to myself, wtf its a pad, you light it up, solder the solder and your good, whats the issue.
I took a break and went back at it that night. Desoldered a few points that might have been the cause and then went to the bathroom. When I came back, a soda on the table was knocked over and there was some soda inside my xbox
I spent over and hour soaking up soda and drying it out and then I tried it again...NO POWER!!!!! oh sh*t its broken, god damn it who knocked a soda over into my xbox..so then im thinking, Ok, maybe its just the chip, that last time around the solder pad took a pretty good beating, all this desolder,solder,desolder caused a couple of the pads on the circuit path to come off...so then and there I knew the pad was useless at this point. So I removed it and the chip and all the wires only leaving the pin header in there. I go to hook it up again, and it powers up...fragging, red and green light flashing on the front around the eject button. SO now im thinking to myself, maybe the pin header is causing it not to boot properly? or is something messed up beyond repair?
Someone, anyone please help, i'd hate to see my money go down the drain like this, I bought the xbox specifically for modding, i've modded 4 v1.0 (w/solder) and never had any problems.. What, if anything, can I do now???
