Ok, so I do mostly pin header installs, but for my last two installs I ran out or lost the pin headers... but I have dozens of wire harness' left over from previous pin header installations. So I decided I would attempt my first couple of wire installations, both Xboxs are brand new v1.6's:
Xbox #1:
So the first box turned out fine (in the end), after visiting these board I don't think I used the suggested method however.
I rebuilt the lpc on the bottom of the board (using my own wires, not a lpc rebuild board). Then I installed the hdd/lan/d0 wires. Then I proceded with soldering the wire harness, instead of using the bottom v1.6 wire diagram... I used the wire diagram for v1.0-v1.5 (as shown in the sticky wire tutorial: http://teamxecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7284&page=1&pp=10)
Also, I soldered both of the Red wires, I soldered that single lone red wire to the alt 5v... and the extra long wire that is on the wire harness to the corresponding red dot from the v1.0-v1.5 diagram.
Well, as soon as I plugged in my xbox (without even powering it on yet) all the lights on the switch and modchip were lit up! But the xbox booted just fine when I hit the power button, the modchip worked just fine as well (booted right to xbmc no probs - I had flashed these 2 chips already from my last batch of installs). Well, to fix my light issue I figured out I needed to desolder one of those red wires, so I unsoldered the long slim wire that was on the wire harness (was the easier of the two to desolder at that moment), then taped off the end using electrical tape. And now the modchip behaves just like my regular pinheader installs, normal and everything works just fine.
Xbox #2:
Used the same method as above, also on a v1.6 xbox. Except from my last box I learned to install only one of the red wires, not both. (I have tried using both red wires - at different times - soldered to the Alt 5V while trying to troubleshoot with no luck). My problem here, is when I go to turn on the xbox with the modchip switched 'On', the blue light on the chip itself does not light up, nor any of the lights on the switch. Not a single LED turns on, and the xbox frags.
Now, with the chip turned off, the xbox boots just fine going to the ms dash. And I do get that red LED located on the switch to turn on - the one that lets you know the modchip is in the 'Off' position.
The only thing I can think of that I did different this time round, was I only filled in the lpc holes that needed it... instead of all of them like in the first xbox.
Any suggestions as to why this is happening? I'm guessing it's something with the 5v connection?
Or - Should I desolder everything, and then use the other/bottom wire install from the tutorial? Does this version require the lpc rebuild or not?
TIA
Xbox #1:
So the first box turned out fine (in the end), after visiting these board I don't think I used the suggested method however.
I rebuilt the lpc on the bottom of the board (using my own wires, not a lpc rebuild board). Then I installed the hdd/lan/d0 wires. Then I proceded with soldering the wire harness, instead of using the bottom v1.6 wire diagram... I used the wire diagram for v1.0-v1.5 (as shown in the sticky wire tutorial: http://teamxecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7284&page=1&pp=10)
Also, I soldered both of the Red wires, I soldered that single lone red wire to the alt 5v... and the extra long wire that is on the wire harness to the corresponding red dot from the v1.0-v1.5 diagram.
Well, as soon as I plugged in my xbox (without even powering it on yet) all the lights on the switch and modchip were lit up! But the xbox booted just fine when I hit the power button, the modchip worked just fine as well (booted right to xbmc no probs - I had flashed these 2 chips already from my last batch of installs). Well, to fix my light issue I figured out I needed to desolder one of those red wires, so I unsoldered the long slim wire that was on the wire harness (was the easier of the two to desolder at that moment), then taped off the end using electrical tape. And now the modchip behaves just like my regular pinheader installs, normal and everything works just fine.
Xbox #2:
Used the same method as above, also on a v1.6 xbox. Except from my last box I learned to install only one of the red wires, not both. (I have tried using both red wires - at different times - soldered to the Alt 5V while trying to troubleshoot with no luck). My problem here, is when I go to turn on the xbox with the modchip switched 'On', the blue light on the chip itself does not light up, nor any of the lights on the switch. Not a single LED turns on, and the xbox frags.
Now, with the chip turned off, the xbox boots just fine going to the ms dash. And I do get that red LED located on the switch to turn on - the one that lets you know the modchip is in the 'Off' position.
The only thing I can think of that I did different this time round, was I only filled in the lpc holes that needed it... instead of all of them like in the first xbox.
Any suggestions as to why this is happening? I'm guessing it's something with the 5v connection?
Or - Should I desolder everything, and then use the other/bottom wire install from the tutorial? Does this version require the lpc rebuild or not?
TIA
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