Any devs interested in a free 1.2/1.3 xbox with 128mb?

[Garcimak]

The system is on its way to its new home.

Congrats ! Still nice to see selfless act to sponsor talented people

Edited April 8, 2012 by Garcimak

[iq_132]

So the xbox came a few days ago, I think USPS dropped it a few times. Something is rattling around inside of it and it boots to rrod. I think maybe the chip popped loose. I'll have to crack it open in the next few days.

[gamez fan]

nooooooooo it might be a bomb

[iq_132]

Lol. The chip came unseated. I just cracked it open and put it back on the pin header. Set it to 1080i and it is good to go.

[69mustang]

awesome, glad to hear. I figured that might happen since I just threw into a priority mail box without padding.

[gamez fan]

i just love a happy ending

[iq_132]

Btw, I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to swap out different dvd drive types? I have a dead xbox somewhere and I think the drive works ok. ^^

[LoRd_SnOw]

It's possible, but the box that needs the dvd drive will also need a mod chip. AFAIK, if it's the drive replacement is a standard pc dvd drive, it will only recognize burned games and not the original.

 

Did some googling, you can find out more about it here: http://www.xboxscene.com/articles/dvddrive.php

Edited April 16, 2012 by LoRd_SnOw

[iq_132]

That's a pc-dvd -> xbox swap. I'm talking cannibalizing another xbox.

Screw it, i'm going to give it a try. lol

 

*edit*

Works fine. Didn't realize it was a philips -> philips swap.

[69mustang]

You don't need to have a specific DVD drive on the xbox as long as its from an xbox. They're not married to the motherboard like on the 360. It won't make a difference if the system is chipped or not either.

Edited April 16, 2012 by 69mustang

[LoRd_SnOw]

If the drive is from another box, then no it won't matter. However, if 'pc-dvd->xbox' swap as iq_132 best illustrated, then yes a mod chip is required. Philips tend to be the norm, Samsung is quite the rarity these days. I will have to find one when I can, I want to do some experimenting with that.

[iq_132]

So I decided to work on CPS-3 for a bit yesterday. I've got SFIII2 up and booting, however, it runs at 1FPS for some reason. I'm going to have to investigate further.

[+ T +]

Only 59 more to go.

 

Great that you got it booting. Is that on a stock 64Mb Xbox?

[iq_132]

No, on the 128mb one. I'm planning on getting it going on the stock machine at a later date. I'm curious how it goes without the vmm.

[destronger]

i know ya'll is busy... +T+ & iq_132, did you see my pm's?