Extra Fan Recommendations

[Nextel]

so the iceberq came with some ram heatsinks as well. they are a little big for the xbox ram chips, and i know that they are unnecessary, but could they be beneficial without getting in the way of anything else? again, i know they are not needed, but i kinda want to add them just because i can, as long as they wont hurt anything else. would they drop temps or even help performance a slight amount?

 

i always used them, i'm not too sure if they really do help with temps but once again they look cool.

I put it on the RAM chips and the other big chip by the LPC holes. I just figured using them couldnt

hurt and you dont want to let them go to waste now.

[Neo369]

so the iceberq came with some ram heatsinks as well. they are a little big for the xbox ram chips, and i know that they are unnecessary, but could they be beneficial without getting in the way of anything else? again, i know they are not needed, but i kinda want to add them just because i can, as long as they wont hurt anything else. would they drop temps or even help performance a slight amount?

 

i always used them, i'm not too sure if they really do help with temps but once again they look cool.

I put it on the RAM chips and the other big chip by the LPC holes. I just figured using them couldnt

hurt and you dont want to let them go to waste now.

yes, i will definitely not let them go to waste. unfortunately they will not fit on the bottom ram chips, but the iceberq only came with 4 heatsinks anyway, which is perfect for the top chips in a 128mb box. i am also putting a heatsink on the mcpx chip you mentioned. heres a good heatsink and guide if it isnt obvious enough how to install it

http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_locks_up.htm

[Neo369]

its not quite obvious from the picture you posted, but which way do i orient the iceberq on the mb? do i need to make new screw holes, or can i use the ones that are already there? i have an iceberq 4 pro, so the screws are 80mm apart. if i can use the holes already there, can you point them out in this picture (sorry for the ghetto numbers, i hacked it together in like 10 seconds).

[Nextel]

For the GPU use 1 & 3 holes. Dont over tighten though. Clean that puppy off before you put that

Iceberq on. What are you going to use for the CPU?

[Neo369]

For the GPU use 1 & 3 holes. Dont over tighten though. Clean that puppy off before you put that

Iceberq on. What are you going to use for the CPU?

the gpu will definitely be cleaned first. i have the arctic silver cleaning stuff. it was a package deal with the arctic silver 5. but that is my pre-upgraded board. the new cpu is not on there yet, so i dont really know what will fit in terms of heatsinks. im not sure if i will be going for a passive one yet or not. my case fan is pretty powerful, so it may be enough to keep it all cool. ill see what trusty supplies for my cpu heatsink and try that out for starters. if its not enough for me or doesnt fit the slim case, i will improvise.

[Nextel]

For the GPU use 1 & 3 holes. Dont over tighten though. Clean that puppy off before you put that

Iceberq on. What are you going to use for the CPU?

the gpu will definitely be cleaned first. i have the arctic silver cleaning stuff. it was a package deal with the arctic silver 5. but that is my pre-upgraded board. the new cpu is not on there yet, so i dont really know what will fit in terms of heatsinks. im not sure if i will be going for a passive one yet or not. my case fan is pretty powerful, so it may be enough to keep it all cool. ill see what trusty supplies for my cpu heatsink and try that out for starters. if its not enough for me or doesnt fit the slim case, i will improvise.

 

Right on, let me know how that goes. I"m still debating on if i'm going to spend the money and get one of trusty's new boards.

The only reason i can think to get one is just to have such a rare xbox item. I know that some 720p movies will play back but

that is the only benefit i see, other than making Linux run better.

[Neo369]

For the GPU use 1 & 3 holes. Dont over tighten though. Clean that puppy off before you put that

Iceberq on. What are you going to use for the CPU?

the gpu will definitely be cleaned first. i have the arctic silver cleaning stuff. it was a package deal with the arctic silver 5. but that is my pre-upgraded board. the new cpu is not on there yet, so i dont really know what will fit in terms of heatsinks. im not sure if i will be going for a passive one yet or not. my case fan is pretty powerful, so it may be enough to keep it all cool. ill see what trusty supplies for my cpu heatsink and try that out for starters. if its not enough for me or doesnt fit the slim case, i will improvise.

 

Right on, let me know how that goes. I"m still debating on if i'm going to spend the money and get one of trusty's new boards.

The only reason i can think to get one is just to have such a rare xbox item. I know that some 720p movies will play back but

that is the only benefit i see, other than making Linux run better.

the videos and overall xbmc performance are one of my main reasons. the other would be emulation. n64 games can benefit from the extra memory, and mame will make use of the new cpu in order to play more games at full speed (mortal kombat with sound ftw). linux is also a plus. plus the bragging rights of having the baddest xbox on the block. lol.

[Nextel]

Right on, XBMC will get a boost from the CPU performance but from what i understand it does not take advantage of

the added ram. It will register that the ram is there and available but from what i read the GPU cant use the extra ram

so XBMC will not. I think the Jmarshall said along time ago that if anyone was willing to donate a box with 128mb ram he

would look into it but that was a while back and i dont think he'd be willing to do this now. Maybe some one at the new

xbmc4xbox.org forums would take the challenge.

[Neo369]

do you know anything about tsop flashing? like which bios's if any do better with an upgraded xbox, or which are just the best overall?

[Nextel]

do you know anything about tsop flashing? like which bios's if any do better with an upgraded xbox, or which are just the best overall?

TSOP's come in two different flavors, 256k or 1MB in size. 1.0-1.1 Xbox's have 1mb TSOP chips. 1.2-1.5 have 256k TSOP chips.

 

Bios to use on a 1.0-1.1 xbox-has to be 1mb in size

X2.5035_1MB

 

Bios to use on a 1.2-1.5 xbox-has to be 256k in size

iND-BIOS.5003

X2.4981_256k

 

Overall i can only speak for X2 bios's and they have been solid for me. Customizing is very easy, usually a pc based app that is cake to use.

I've heard alot of good things about ind-bios though so read up on that and see if it would better fit your needs.

[Neo369]

thanks for all the info. for some reason i was having a very hard time finding info on the tsop sizes, so i didnt know which bios('s) i could use.