For anyone using a large pre-loaded hard drive such as the "2TB origins" and does this method you've got to use a program call EVtool to modify the EvoX m8+ bios to be able to see the entire hard drive. Or else none of the games on the hard drive will read. Took me waaay too long to find this out! Looking for specific information about original xbox modding can be a major pain in the butt so i hope the message reaches someone with this issue. Also a big shoutout to MrMario for making these guides to begin with and making this process a much less painful one. I'm finally good to go.
The reason why those time caps failed was because the voltage that was charging them was higher than their rating. I have one of the later models that have it in a different place which works better. Realistically a person could put a diode in series with a button cell so it couldn't be charged in place of the cap with proper polarity. I think they assumed the console would be in use so much to negate the need for a battery.
The time cap never worked in my 1.0 system. Removing power for any amount of time, no matter how brief caused the clock to go out, so jus ripping the dang thing off the board made no change whatsoever (other than making the risk of leaks negated). My falcon 360 is pretty much the same. No power, no matter how short, and the clock's gone. Until the warnings about the cap on the original, I just assumed MS didn't put anything in to retain the clock in power outages/unpluggings.
Followed most of your guide and everything works! What I was blind on was formatting a new HD but you did a great job explaining everything. Thanks so much man
man I wish these xenium modchips were easier to find. I have a 1.6 that needed new caps and took it apart forever ago and cant find the hdd for it so I guess this is gonna be my path to making it live again. Good video and thanks for giving me an idea of how to do this. much appreciated. you the man!
oh good God.... I have 7 OG XBOXEN collecting dust... and I had sold off my Xenium equipped system in 2008.... so glad this is out, just ordered some! Thanks! Time to revisit!
the funny thing is that I did you softmod process for one Xbox, and I am forever grateful for all the hard work you put in those videos (hands down, easiest process with the best host, and teacher, I mean, you LOVE your Xboxes it seems), but this one got me a little. I had been given a pre-modded Xbox with the Xenium chip (not the Open version). The HD was a stock drive. I used the option that said "Upgrade Drive" in the Xenium menu to upgrade to an IDE 750GB drive made by Seagate. Compatible. It worked, and I now have this drive hooked up, complete with the same menus you have. However, and I've been scouring your videos for this....I cannot for the LIFE of me get this system to recognize the rest of the space! It only recognizes, even with XBpartitioner1.3, a limited amount of space, around 126GB. Mr. Mario (my teacher in all things Xbox modding), do you have a video or a part of one of your videos that teaches how to address larger drives or how to restore the factory settings of the drive so we can start over, and do this right? I opened up a partition on F, and it seems to not care about me trying to access G, it won't happen, so I have a feeling this all has to do with how the drive was formatted in the beginning. Despite copying the older drive, it only copied, like you did, Partition C and E. So....the rest should have been available...and yet, it's not. I've already followed your directions, using a crossover cable to transfer over so much, but feel it's now better just to start over and create the right spacing for everything.
Good video. I had someone else install my chip while they were upgrading my RAM, and it works fine. However, your information shows me how to add an extra BIOS, very useful. Thanks!
Update: I followed through your advice and it came out great! I removed the clock capacitor and did thermal paste too, by time anyone removes the board might as well. Installed it all into a pc case with a ton of rgb lol, now I just need to figure out how to get a atx power supply working with it. Thanks again for the fantastic walk through on this!
Few weeks after seeing this video found ogxbox on one store. It was 1.0 pal launch model that been on low use. Removed clock cap first then ordered that chip. Now just need replace fans, repaste cpu and gpu, resolder foxlink psu plug to prevent cold joint it was prone to and fire, install this modchip and then install 1tb sata hdd via adapter. Will be fun project to do. Have not used ogxbox for long time so fun mod one again.
I may never do best mod with this chip but I still give the guy a $5 donation because man you guys in the Xbox Community Rock so hard thank you so much for all the good times.
BIG HEADS UP: XENIUMOS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH (MOST) THIRD-PARTY CONTROLLERS. YOU WILL NEED AN OEM MICROSOFT CONTROLLER TO NAVIGATE THE MENUS AND USE THE CHIP.
Weird how different people find different things easier to work with. Id have said stranded wire is easier but to pre tin it. Different strokes lol. Great vid!!
Hey homie, could you do a video on ordering the components for a OpenXenium mod chip, and the process of assembling and flashing your own OpenXenium chip? They're both expensive and hard to come by these days.
Fantastic video. I have one advise that i should have done many years ago. Get ur self an original authentic "soldapullt" its a desoldering tool. I've used knockoffs but when started using this version omg its day and night. I can desolder the lpc section in under 30 second clean with the tool. Thank you for sharing. Keep them coming.
Hey man just wanted to say thanks! I used your guide and I was able to install my modchip and set it up without to much hassle. :) However I did have to get the M8plus_16_67_CEF.bin instead of the default bios because I am using a 1tb HDD. The default version only reads in 32k clusters instead of 64k. Something I don't know if you know. Either way thanks again! My system is running smooth. Just need to install some games! :)
Used this video to mod my own. The physical install went incredibly well, but for some reason hexen wouldn't boot so i had to manually install the dashboard.
Its not even fuckin funny, I search "original xbox" on YT to find some fun vid to watch and ofc MrMario delivers, keep up the good work, for some reason you always seems to upload videos about what I find interesting right when I search for it. I mean "Uploaded 1 hour ago"
@mrmario2011 warning about your sponsor, I ordered stuff from him a couple weeks back and i still haven’t gotten confirmation. I attempted to cancel my order but he doesn’t respond to emails
Hi MrMario, thanks for your interesting video. I am in this situation where all my modded Xboxes use the aladin Chip, as well as some having the TSOP flash mod.Will there be any tutorials for updating what I have to newer Bioses to be run on these? Or is there a tutorial on how to modify a modded xbox to take a Xenium?
I realize this is a older video now but you wouldn't happen to have any recommended installers for this chip? I would love to tackle it myself but between my mediocre soldering skills and old eyes I would certainly botch it.
Tried everything but the modchip doesn’t seem to want to power on, not sure if it’s a bad chip or if I did something wrong, it just ends up booting to regular Xbox menu /:
If D0 is grounded (or wired to the chip like shown here) the console will be forced to attempt to boot from a chip. Check all of your points, you might need to redo some.
A custom BIOS allows more access to the console and does a nicer job future proofing it. You don't need to lock a HDD to your system, can remove the DVD drive, use whatever storage you want as long as you can adapt it.
Hey Mario, could you give me some advice on a flash? I've a v 1.4 console with an ST chip, so in Hexen I select TSOP Flash (Not Winbond), Flash 256K BIOS 1.0-1.5 and as a last step EvoX M8 plus F and G, select it, Flashing option comes up, so soldering worked, start the flashing, it does, then it reboots and after the xbox logo starts with the evox logo in the corner the console just freezes. Can't even boot into Hexen from dvd anymore or even start any original game. any advice?
Hello MrMario, I just bought myself a modded xbox original with a Fujitsu Duo X2 chip. I desolderd everything, thinking that I would startup my xbox like it was coming out of the box after it. Now it red rings and I can't boot it up. I also didn't took notes about where all the wires were soldered. And I can't find a proper guide on my chip to reassemble. Can you help?
I think I need to modchip my Xbox cause I softmodded it and locked the original HDD. I upgraded to a 2TB Seagate barracuda and then it shorted out on me. So chipping my Xbox would probably be my best option
I noticed that you did NOT remove one of the PIN's from your PIN header, as you had done in the first example for systems with versions 1-5. Is there a reason for leaving all PIN's installed on the 1.6 example?
There's no need to remove any on the 1.6 since the LPC port is disabled, so at worst they can serve as extra anchor points. Functionality is enabled with the LPC rebuild.
I just got my chip installed properly, but I couldn't get the IP address to connect. I hit restart network, but it just froze. When I restart the Xbox, the Xenium page pulls up completely blank. Did I just brick this brand new chip?
Respect for the video. It seems like your solder is not flowing properly. Are you using lead free? If so temp might be a tad too low. I would look into kester lead solder. Melts around 300-315c. Best solder I've ever used. Also for clearing holes, get a solder pullet. Cheers
@@Bazkkaja Look bro, I'm not here to argue with you. If you like TSOP flashing then that's great, but I like hard mods. End of story. If I wanted to do a TSOP flash then I wouldn't be looking at a video based on a hard mod. Go take your argument somewhere else.
I followed your steps exactly and my xbox won't let me at a custom dash to the c drive. The transfer fails every single time. I can remove the factory dash and readd it just fine all day and all night without issues. But now it goes to the service screen with error 16. Is there any way I can fix this? I am so lost now.
Thanks for the Video! I am at the point of connecting my xbox using the web browser and it will not open (Site can't be reached) any idea what might be the issue? I have all the settings configed as you stated.
Congrats on the factory defect Xbox 😂 Knowing from video how fast they handled screws on parts of the assembly line they were going to *screw* up in some way at least once. :P
followed the guide exactly xbox fried, not attempting on the third. soon as i booted the chip blinked blue, rebooted and then burnt up the Korea Chip. Edit: Used a flux that was more water based. Fried the chip. Dont go cheap on flux. and make sure to use 90% alcohol on it
Thanks! Although the iron is fine, and my craft is always improving. If you'd like to see it more up close and personal, I recommend my PicoBoot and RGH3 videos 😀
I have a 1.0v xbox that I have install a Open Xenium chip. And now The system seems to be running great and immediately boots into the Xenium OS screen when powered on. The problem: no controller inputs are recognized in any of the controller ports (I've tried with four different working controllers). So basically I boot to Xenium OS, but cannot select any of the menu options. (I should also mention that before the Xenium install, everything had been working fine). I went ahead and removed the modchip from LPC.. and controllers started working when booting into stock! Has anybody came across this issue and has fixed it? Any help Please.
Señor Mario, Thanks for video, just installed mines last night on v.1.6 and it runs great. Got a question, can you tell me how much storage space these chips have. Also, I saw a gold 24k open Xenium board in were Im trying to find out if its any different that the standards. Im on path to get a second openxenium for a second xbox, gold 24k board possibly. Thanks again.
I flashed my chip with two different bios files via web server method, and FTPing the files to the hard drive and it will always boot to the retail bios even when I select the custom ones from the menu.
Fixed it. If anyone has the same problem I did, try reflowing all the solder joints. I must have had a cold joint even though it would boot to Open Xenium.
Does anyone have an idea why I cannot connect to the webserver? The Xbox is definitely connected to my router (shows my IP) but attempting to access it via the webserver just gives me a time out. I've tried on multiple browsers, with and without my VPN, and confirmed the webserver is set to on. I've even managed to connect a few weeks ago with all these same settings (need to install the custom bios now for the Xbox hdmi mod by makemhz) but cannot get it to do it again. I've tried restarting, setting up both to static and dynamic, etc. Any help would be appreciated!
@@MrMario2011 I see. I have just bought an openXenium(with PrometheOS pre installed) + LPC board for a 1.6 board. I am having trouble with the console after soldering the LPS. The console keeps turning on and off may times before it (maybe) boots into prometheOS and then shuts down again after about 2 minutes. The screen also flickers in and out to a green screen. Do you think it has something to do with the soldering job or is the chip bad? Thanks in advance
When you do the installation of a chip to an xbox I have seen that you always use a console that has never been modified and I wanted to ask you, is it possible to change the chip of an Xbox console that already has a chip installed? My console has an aladdin chip and I want to change it to a xenium chip, is it possible to change an already installed chip or is it impossible to change it?
Please Mr. Mario I'm almost at the point of buying a different version.. i think mine is a v1.4 .. i think but know its know v.1.6 for sure around @12:30 in your video my board has the desoldering i have to do and for the life of me for 6 months on an off as i get to where it is impossible for my wix to suck it up which came with an old kit i later replace for a soldering gun you recommended .. a stahl. ive set from 315 to 375 and the solder will melt but when i add the Lodestar desoldering wire width 2.0mm and even double and tripled up but no luck at all. trying to keep my composer.. ugh.. what am i doing wrong. im bout to say f it and get the one that doesnt but i dont want this to defeat me.
@@MrMario2011 So will I be able to do what you did just to be sure to clean off with isopropyl alcohol or do I need to order the clean. This is my first time
Hey does the disk drive need to be functional? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but my disk drive just went dead today, and this is probably going to be my fix so I dont need to worry bout the disk drive anymore
@@MrMario2011 Awesome thanks. Makes sense dvd+r's didn't really become ubiquitous until ps3/360 era. Dvd players early on would only read -R so thanks for confirming
Hey man. I've done a 1.6 instalation of a OpenXenium chip, with a LPC rebuild pad and with straight wires like in your video but for the life of me i cannot get the console to not frag. without the modchip the console boots but with the chip plugged in the frags over and over. moreso it started to boot up by itself. If you ever faced anything like this please let me know if you found any solutions. From all the people i talked to on discords everyone says 1.6 sometimes works sometimes doesnt.
@@marbles8641 i'd use 30 awg stranded silicone wire. Stranded and silicone wire a bit easier to work with, i got this after tearing a contact point using 22awg single strand after barely adjusting the wire.
@@marbles8641 i hear ya, be careful not to pull the wire once its soldered to the small point on motherboard. I bearly moved my wire(22 awg single strand) to get it out the way and it ripped the contact right off. Then i got the 30 awg threaded silcone which is a much softer wire and allows for movement without putting to much pressure on the solder joint, wish i would have used this type of wire first. As long as the wire youre using is not stiff and bends easily you'll be fine. A magnifying lens also helps to see some of these tiny contact points to make sure your work is correct and good quality solder I use some with lead because it seems to bond to contact points easier and faster. As long as you don't apply too much heat for too long while soldering and don't pull on the wire once its soldered to the tiny contact point you'll be fine! I got mine finally running last night.
If you pull them enough times they do get easier, plus you just gotta get a feel for it. Once you get to the point you can take these consoles apart in your sleep it's like that LOL
Remove the chip and make sure your Xbox boots up properly. If it doesn't, you damaged something during the installation. If it does, it could be an issue with your installation or chip.
For anyone using a large pre-loaded hard drive such as the "2TB origins" and does this method you've got to use a program call EVtool to modify the EvoX m8+ bios to be able to see the entire hard drive. Or else none of the games on the hard drive will read. Took me waaay too long to find this out! Looking for specific information about original xbox modding can be a major pain in the butt so i hope the message reaches someone with this issue. Also a big shoutout to MrMario for making these guides to begin with and making this process a much less painful one. I'm finally good to go.
The reason why those time caps failed was because the voltage that was charging them was higher than their rating. I have one of the later models that have it in a different place which works better. Realistically a person could put a diode in series with a button cell so it couldn't be charged in place of the cap with proper polarity. I think they assumed the console would be in use so much to negate the need for a battery.
The time cap never worked in my 1.0 system. Removing power for any amount of time, no matter how brief caused the clock to go out, so jus ripping the dang thing off the board made no change whatsoever (other than making the risk of leaks negated). My falcon 360 is pretty much the same. No power, no matter how short, and the clock's gone. Until the warnings about the cap on the original, I just assumed MS didn't put anything in to retain the clock in power outages/unpluggings.
Glad to see that ogbox scene is live and well
Truly!
Followed most of your guide and everything works! What I was blind on was formatting a new HD but you did a great job explaining everything. Thanks so much man
You're welcome!
man I wish these xenium modchips were easier to find. I have a 1.6 that needed new caps and took it apart forever ago and cant find the hdd for it so I guess this is gonna be my path to making it live again. Good video and thanks for giving me an idea of how to do this. much appreciated. you the man!
oh good God.... I have 7 OG XBOXEN collecting dust... and I had sold off my Xenium equipped system in 2008.... so glad this is out, just ordered some! Thanks! Time to revisit!
the funny thing is that I did you softmod process for one Xbox, and I am forever grateful for all the hard work you put in those videos (hands down, easiest process with the best host, and teacher, I mean, you LOVE your Xboxes it seems), but this one got me a little.
I had been given a pre-modded Xbox with the Xenium chip (not the Open version). The HD was a stock drive.
I used the option that said "Upgrade Drive" in the Xenium menu to upgrade to an IDE 750GB drive made by Seagate. Compatible.
It worked, and I now have this drive hooked up, complete with the same menus you have.
However, and I've been scouring your videos for this....I cannot for the LIFE of me get this system to recognize the rest of the space! It only recognizes, even with XBpartitioner1.3, a limited amount of space, around 126GB.
Mr. Mario (my teacher in all things Xbox modding), do you have a video or a part of one of your videos that teaches how to address larger drives or how to restore the factory settings of the drive so we can start over, and do this right? I opened up a partition on F, and it seems to not care about me trying to access G, it won't happen, so I have a feeling this all has to do with how the drive was formatted in the beginning. Despite copying the older drive, it only copied, like you did, Partition C and E. So....the rest should have been available...and yet, it's not.
I've already followed your directions, using a crossover cable to transfer over so much, but feel it's now better just to start over and create the right spacing for everything.
Good video. I had someone else install my chip while they were upgrading my RAM, and it works fine. However, your information shows me how to add an extra BIOS, very useful. Thanks!
Glad it helped
Dude, Lilly is adorable! Love that you include her in the videos...
She's a part of the channel!
Literally perfect timing I just got one of these in the mail last week. Thanks for the upload :) !
Have fun!
Update: I followed through your advice and it came out great! I removed the clock capacitor and did thermal paste too, by time anyone removes the board might as well. Installed it all into a pc case with a ton of rgb lol, now I just need to figure out how to get a atx power supply working with it. Thanks again for the fantastic walk through on this!
Few weeks after seeing this video found ogxbox on one store. It was 1.0 pal launch model that been on low use. Removed clock cap first then ordered that chip. Now just need replace fans, repaste cpu and gpu, resolder foxlink psu plug to prevent cold joint it was prone to and fire, install this modchip and then install 1tb sata hdd via adapter. Will be fun project to do. Have not used ogxbox for long time so fun mod one again.
Sounds awesome!
I may never do best mod with this chip but I still give the guy a $5 donation because man you guys in the Xbox Community Rock so hard thank you so much for all the good times.
🍻
Just want to say thank you so much for these guides, they have been essential 👍
Glad you like them!
Thank you so much Mario! You've helped me mod my Vita, 3DS, PS3 and now this! Your the best!
Glad I could help!
Great great video! Also, one of the better modchip installation videos out there.
That's the goal!
BIG HEADS UP: XENIUMOS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH (MOST) THIRD-PARTY CONTROLLERS. YOU WILL NEED AN OEM MICROSOFT CONTROLLER TO NAVIGATE THE MENUS AND USE THE CHIP.
What exactly are the advantages of using a mod chip Vs using a Soft Mod?
Well done, mario! This might be my best option until r3dux gets finished!
You're quite skilled with a soldering iron, makes me wish I could just send the Xbox to you for install lol.
Appreciate ya.
Cocoanix Hacks damn impressive
Through hole soldering is pretty easy with minimal practice.
Weird how different people find different things easier to work with. Id have said stranded wire is easier but to pre tin it. Different strokes lol. Great vid!!
Interesting, hah. I mean a single piece to me is easier than several smaller ones wrapped together, but as long as it works!
Hey homie, could you do a video on ordering the components for a OpenXenium mod chip, and the process of assembling and flashing your own OpenXenium chip? They're both expensive and hard to come by these days.
Fantastic video. I have one advise that i should have done many years ago. Get ur self an original authentic "soldapullt" its a desoldering tool. I've used knockoffs but when started using this version omg its day and night. I can desolder the lpc section in under 30 second clean with the tool. Thank you for sharing. Keep them coming.
I really do need to get one. I've got braid, irons, and a sucker, but I need to get something nicer haha. 30 seconds for the LPC sounds worth it.
@@MrMario2011 hit me up so i can donate it to the chnl. ;) thanks.
New chip? Great video 😁
In a way?
I can't seem to connect to the web interface, my xbox is connected to my router.
Hey man just wanted to say thanks! I used your guide and I was able to install my modchip and set it up without to much hassle. :) However I did have to get the M8plus_16_67_CEF.bin instead of the default bios because I am using a 1tb HDD. The default version only reads in 32k clusters instead of 64k. Something I don't know if you know. Either way thanks again! My system is running smooth. Just need to install some games! :)
Fantastic!
I have problems connecting to my network. Do you have any tutorials for that? Can't set the bios without it.
Used this video to mod my own. The physical install went incredibly well, but for some reason hexen wouldn't boot so i had to manually install the dashboard.
Yo thank you my dude, did it right first try I appreciate the work you do 💪💪💪
Glad you got it working!!
Its not even fuckin funny, I search "original xbox" on YT to find some fun vid to watch and ofc MrMario delivers, keep up the good work, for some reason you always seems to upload videos about what I find interesting right when I search for it. I mean "Uploaded 1 hour ago"
Legendary timing.
@mrmario2011 warning about your sponsor, I ordered stuff from him a couple weeks back and i still haven’t gotten confirmation. I attempted to cancel my order but he doesn’t respond to emails
hello my xbox wont connect to internet ,do you know an other way to send the bios to it?
Do you know why the browser does not open the Xenium web interface?
Hi MrMario, thanks for your interesting video. I am in this situation where all my modded Xboxes use the aladin Chip, as well as some having the TSOP flash mod.Will there be any tutorials for updating what I have to newer Bioses to be run on these? Or is there a tutorial on how to modify a modded xbox to take a Xenium?
Another mod I want to try. Good video bud! Also, this doesn't look much different from the Aladdin X2 chip right?
Install is pretty much the same, yeah. Except cutting LFRAME isn't required for this
@@MrMario2011 is there any benefit to this chip over the Aladdin
I am installing an OpenXenium in my 1.6a. I'll flash EvoX M8+ 1.6 and Xecuter 2 5035 1.6!
Well I didn’t get that particular mod chip but I ended up getting an old Xbox with an alpha mod chip I’m kinda new to the whole OG Xbox mod community.
I realize this is a older video now but you wouldn't happen to have any recommended installers for this chip? I would love to tackle it myself but between my mediocre soldering skills and old eyes I would certainly botch it.
Tried everything but the modchip doesn’t seem to want to power on, not sure if it’s a bad chip or if I did something wrong, it just ends up booting to regular Xbox menu /:
If D0 is grounded (or wired to the chip like shown here) the console will be forced to attempt to boot from a chip. Check all of your points, you might need to redo some.
@@MrMario2011 thank you so much! Did what you said and now it works perfectly!!! 😃
Serious question: why do you even wanna install a Mod Chip when you have the Softmod method?
A custom BIOS allows more access to the console and does a nicer job future proofing it. You don't need to lock a HDD to your system, can remove the DVD drive, use whatever storage you want as long as you can adapt it.
@@MrMario2011 thanks for the response. :-)
MrMario2011 this is the reason, why a tsop flash is better than a mod chip.
Hey Mario, could you give me some advice on a flash? I've a v 1.4 console with an ST chip, so in Hexen I select TSOP Flash (Not Winbond), Flash 256K BIOS 1.0-1.5 and as a last step EvoX M8 plus F and G, select it, Flashing option comes up, so soldering worked, start the flashing, it does, then it reboots and after the xbox logo starts with the evox logo in the corner the console just freezes. Can't even boot into Hexen from dvd anymore or even start any original game. any advice?
I followed your instructions and it cut on then off then off then on to red and green
What can I do if the D0 pad lifts when I go to tin it?
Top tutorial...
Always my go to guy! 😎
Thank you!
Hello MrMario, I just bought myself a modded xbox original with a Fujitsu Duo X2 chip. I desolderd everything, thinking that I would startup my xbox like it was coming out of the box after it. Now it red rings and I can't boot it up. I also didn't took notes about where all the wires were soldered. And I can't find a proper guide on my chip to reassemble. Can you help?
I think I need to modchip my Xbox cause I softmodded it and locked the original HDD. I upgraded to a 2TB Seagate barracuda and then it shorted out on me. So chipping my Xbox would probably be my best option
Great video, thank you! Does the chip that he sells on his website in the description still work the same way if I purchased from there?
All of the OpenXenium chips should function the same, yes.
Thank you. Just one thing I noticed is that you didn't cut that trace near the Chip for 1.6
Yep! Not required, it isn't in the install docs.
I noticed that you did NOT remove one of the PIN's from your PIN header, as you had done in the first example for systems with versions 1-5. Is there a reason for leaving all PIN's installed on the 1.6 example?
There's no need to remove any on the 1.6 since the LPC port is disabled, so at worst they can serve as extra anchor points. Functionality is enabled with the LPC rebuild.
I just got my chip installed properly, but I couldn't get the IP address to connect. I hit restart network, but it just froze. When I restart the Xbox, the Xenium page pulls up completely blank. Did I just brick this brand new chip?
Cool video found it very informative
Thanks!
Respect for the video. It seems like your solder is not flowing properly. Are you using lead free? If so temp might be a tad too low. I would look into kester lead solder. Melts around 300-315c. Best solder I've ever used. Also for clearing holes, get a solder pullet. Cheers
Very well could be the video and distance. And boy I hate LPC rebuilding haha
I am using leaded solder, but indeed my iron was a tad bit too low.
Amazing this is a awesome tutorial
Glad you think so 😁
I can't access the Xenium OS web interface. It doesn't let me restart the network either.
I'm interested in modding my Xbox, but I'm new to the scene. What's the difference between the Aladdin XT Plus2 and this OpenXenium chip?
Use the TSOP flash, this is the best way without a mod chip!
@@Bazkkaja Not trying to blow you off or anything my dude, but I'm not interested in softmods. They don't offer as much flexibility as mod chips.
SkyScourgeGod TSOP flash gives you more options then a normal soft mod. Which „special“ options do you need? 😂
@@Bazkkaja Look bro, I'm not here to argue with you. If you like TSOP flashing then that's great, but I like hard mods. End of story. If I wanted to do a TSOP flash then I wouldn't be looking at a video based on a hard mod. Go take your argument somewhere else.
SkyScourgeGod TSOP flash is a hard mod, rofl. Ok, rambo. 😂
I followed your steps exactly and my xbox won't let me at a custom dash to the c drive. The transfer fails every single time. I can remove the factory dash and readd it just fine all day and all night without issues. But now it goes to the service screen with error 16. Is there any way I can fix this? I am so lost now.
is there any other place i can connect the wire (instead of the 3rd point down ) mine wasnt able to solder correctly ?
I tried a lot of this restoration. With a spare Xbox But after putting it all back together. The console flashed red and green and packed up sadly :/
What if i installed the chip and the xenium boot menu freezez at the screen? I'm stuck!! thanks!
Thanks for the Video! I am at the point of connecting my xbox using the web browser and it will not open (Site can't be reached) any idea what might be the issue? I have all the settings configed as you stated.
I'm running into the same problem have you found any answers?
Congrats on the factory defect Xbox 😂
Knowing from video how fast they handled screws on parts of the assembly line they were going to *screw* up in some way at least once. :P
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I currently have a 07 error code for my xbox will installing openxenium let me bypass that to install a new HDD?
I have a 128MB RAM Xbox and plan to use a 2TB hard disk
which BIOS should I use?
Can you use hexen to get the bios?
followed the guide exactly xbox fried, not attempting on the third. soon as i booted the chip blinked blue, rebooted and then burnt up the Korea Chip.
Edit:
Used a flux that was more water based. Fried the chip. Dont go cheap on flux. and make sure to use 90% alcohol on it
great video easy to follow,, definitely recommend a better soldering iron for yourself though, those points were not the best lol
Thanks! Although the iron is fine, and my craft is always improving. If you'd like to see it more up close and personal, I recommend my PicoBoot and RGH3 videos 😀
@@MrMario2011 the rgh3 video was perfect got my 360 all set and modded! great work!
If you have unleash X, can you still launch that menu through the modchip menu?
So with this do i not need to bridge the 2 tsop points then if im using the debug and chip ?
I have a 1.0v xbox that I have install a Open Xenium chip. And now The system seems to be running great and immediately boots into the Xenium OS screen when powered on. The problem: no controller inputs are recognized in any of the controller ports (I've tried with four different working controllers). So basically I boot to Xenium OS, but cannot select any of the menu options. (I should also mention that before the Xenium install, everything had been working fine). I went ahead and removed the modchip from LPC.. and controllers started working when booting into stock! Has anybody came across this issue and has fixed it? Any help Please.
Señor Mario, Thanks for video, just installed mines last night on v.1.6 and it runs great. Got a question, can you tell me how much storage space these chips have. Also, I saw a gold 24k open Xenium board in were Im trying to find out if its any different that the standards. Im on path to get a second openxenium for a second xbox, gold 24k board possibly. Thanks again.
As I understand it: 1 MB.
I flashed my chip with two different bios files via web server method, and FTPing the files to the hard drive and it will always boot to the retail bios even when I select the custom ones from the menu.
Fixed it. If anyone has the same problem I did, try reflowing all the solder joints. I must have had a cold joint even though it would boot to Open Xenium.
I did the same thing but for some reason I can’t get more than 123gb on my hdd but my hdd is 500gb
Does anyone have an idea why I cannot connect to the webserver? The Xbox is definitely connected to my router (shows my IP) but attempting to access it via the webserver just gives me a time out. I've tried on multiple browsers, with and without my VPN, and confirmed the webserver is set to on. I've even managed to connect a few weeks ago with all these same settings (need to install the custom bios now for the Xbox hdmi mod by makemhz) but cannot get it to do it again. I've tried restarting, setting up both to static and dynamic, etc.
Any help would be appreciated!
Can the Xbox already be softmodded when installing this?
@mrmario2011 Just wanted to check why you dont use a soft toothbrush with alcohol to clean up that flux? Those qtip fibers had me sweating! >:D
In this exact case, I'm not sure why :P
Hey there is it possible to install this and use ftp for heXen as all my xboxs disc drives are dead
Did you flash the M8 bios into the modchip or to the Tsop chip on the xbox motherboard?
Modchip
I am afraid that if i flash a bios to the mod chip, i will delete or overwrite the xeniumOS/PrometheOS that is already on it
@@MrMario2011 I see.
I have just bought an openXenium(with PrometheOS pre installed) + LPC board for a 1.6 board.
I am having trouble with the console after soldering the LPS. The console keeps turning on and off may times before it (maybe) boots into prometheOS and then shuts down again after about 2 minutes. The screen also flickers in and out to a green screen.
Do you think it has something to do with the soldering job or is the chip bad?
Thanks in advance
When you do the installation of a chip to an xbox I have seen that you always use a console that has never been modified and I wanted to ask you, is it possible to change the chip of an Xbox console that already has a chip installed?
My console has an aladdin chip and I want to change it to a xenium chip, is it possible to change an already installed chip or is it impossible to change it?
Certainly possible, installation should be the same.
Is this installation the same as installing a XeniumICE chip? I recently bought one but I'm unsure about the installation process.
From what I've seen, yeah. Nice thing about OG Xbox modchips is that if you can install one, you can pretty much install them all.
Any suggestions on using an ide to SD card adaptor for the Xbox rather than an HDD?
I wouldn't at all suggest that
Please Mr. Mario I'm almost at the point of buying a different version.. i think mine is a v1.4 .. i think but know its know v.1.6 for sure around @12:30 in your video my board has the desoldering i have to do and for the life of me for 6 months on an off as i get to where it is impossible for my wix to suck it up which came with an old kit i later replace for a soldering gun you recommended .. a stahl. ive set from 315 to 375 and the solder will melt but when i add the Lodestar desoldering wire width 2.0mm and even double and tripled up but no luck at all. trying to keep my composer.. ugh.. what am i doing wrong. im bout to say f it and get the one that doesnt but i dont want this to defeat me.
It's difficult but not impossible, you need enough heat, good wick, and patience to clear them out. Introducing some fresh solder can also help a bit.
@@MrMario2011 thank you bud ill give er a go
Is there any type of flux that you recommend? Is rosin-based no-clean flux good for this?
Check out my hardware in my Amazon link in the description.
@@MrMario2011 Didn't know that Amazon lets you do that. Thanks!
So, I will be Modding my Softmodded Xbox V 1.0. Is the TSOP enough or is a chip recommended?
TSOP should be fine enough for most.
@@MrMario2011 cool. Thank you
Trying to understand flux and which one to get that you use. In this video you said kingbo but is it no clean?
Nope, but in my opinion it's best practice to clean off flux when done, even if it is no clean.
@@MrMario2011 So will I be able to do what you did just to be sure to clean off with isopropyl alcohol or do I need to order the clean. This is my first time
Kingbo won't hurt the board at all anyway @@texaspete1523
does your original ip address need to match your openxenium ip address
Hey does the disk drive need to be functional? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but my disk drive just went dead today, and this is probably going to be my fix so I dont need to worry bout the disk drive anymore
No
Is there a specific DVD media this should be burnt to? DVD+R DL aint working for me; disc wont boot. Is this a DVD-R media only?
DVD-R is usually what I use.
@@MrMario2011 Awesome thanks. Makes sense dvd+r's didn't really become ubiquitous until ps3/360 era.
Dvd players early on would only read -R so thanks for confirming
Hi MrMario! I have just got myself a OG XBOX, which mod chip is best to install?
I'm recommending this.
@@MrMario2011 ok thanks
Thanks to your video, I successfully installed the mod chip! But man I am having trouble finding a custom bios. :( Anyone care to help?
Question: What was the temperature of the soldering iron you used?
700 F, conversion tells me that's 371.1 C if that's what your display defaults to.
@@MrMario2011 ok, thank you
Hey man. I've done a 1.6 instalation of a OpenXenium chip, with a LPC rebuild pad and with straight wires like in your video but for the life of me i cannot get the console to not frag. without the modchip the console boots but with the chip plugged in the frags over and over. moreso it started to boot up by itself. If you ever faced anything like this please let me know if you found any solutions. From all the people i talked to on discords everyone says 1.6 sometimes works sometimes doesnt.
You are NOT suppose to use both the LPC rebuild board AND do all the wires as he did in this video. It's one or the other.
@@mwreyf1 yes i know that. i first tried with the LPC board. once it didnt work. i removed it and used wires
@@vnBob_OC I see. Nevermind.
My chip didn't come with any cabling, so what type of wire and guage should I purchase? Xbox v1.4 (Halo Collectors)
You can check my Amazon page in the description for the wire I use/recommend, but 30awg single strand wire will work nicely.
@@MrMario2011 Thanks as always man! You're a great help for a novice like me on these projects!
@@marbles8641 i'd use 30 awg stranded silicone wire. Stranded and silicone wire a bit easier to work with, i got this after tearing a contact point using 22awg single strand after barely adjusting the wire.
@@magneisuemwinterjuice7810 I'm just nervous, I got 30awg krylon and not the best at soldering.
Been slowly teaching myself by soldering batteries.
@@marbles8641 i hear ya, be careful not to pull the wire once its soldered to the small point on motherboard. I bearly moved my wire(22 awg single strand) to get it out the way and it ripped the contact right off. Then i got the 30 awg threaded silcone which is a much softer wire and allows for movement without putting to much pressure on the solder joint, wish i would have used this type of wire first. As long as the wire youre using is not stiff and bends easily you'll be fine. A magnifying lens also helps to see some of these tiny contact points to make sure your work is correct and good quality solder I use some with lead because it seems to bond to contact points easier and faster. As long as you don't apply too much heat for too long while soldering and don't pull on the wire once its soldered to the tiny contact point you'll be fine! I got mine finally running last night.
Never been this early, let me just make some popcorn and I will brb.
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why are the cables connecting your dvd drive and hard drive so easy to pull out? mine refuse to even come out xDD
If you pull them enough times they do get easier, plus you just gotta get a feel for it. Once you get to the point you can take these consoles apart in your sleep it's like that LOL
Help my chip doesn’t light up and my Xbox power cycles twice then flashes green and red
Remove the chip and make sure your Xbox boots up properly. If it doesn't, you damaged something during the installation. If it does, it could be an issue with your installation or chip.
@@MrMario2011 most likely that gonna desolder it and start again over weekend
What's the benefit compared to the Aladdin chip?
Recovery menu, OS on there, much more options.
so got a halo edition xbox what mod should i do i would like to upgrade to hard-drive and mod it i no i need to remove the clock yet
trying to find those bios was hell
ok but who is ToXZiN 1?
ToXZiN 1
Will this fix an error 16?
How does the aladin chip compare to openxemium chip?
Aladdin is fine if all you want to do is boot a single custom BIOS, no fuss.
so who is toxsin one did we ever find out
We may never know....