A simple and low cost solution would be to put a timer that switches OFF power to water heater during the night. No need to keep water at a stable temperature while everyone is sleeping, just make sure it will turn back on 1-2 hours before everyone wakes up, depending on the capacity of your unit. S...

psycho you basically are matching every extra feature of the x3 bios now. :) Lol thanks but there's still some key features I miss: -FTP -Lauch XBE(impossible within cromwell without making it illegal. I don't plan on ever making this.) -Ability to fetch data from Xbox to PC(eeprom backup and such)...

There is a bios for flashing a corrupt eeprom with a generic one. Flashbios 3.0.3 unauthorised But this is only useful for Chipped/Tsoped Xbox's, due to the hdd key differences. (So unlocked hdd only) Also I don't know if it works on v1.6 Xbox's. The EEPROM reader is the easiest route to go, takes ...

Just bought this one: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-CPU-Cooler-AMD-Processor-AM2-for-1U-server/517442070.html I hope it's real copper! $44USD sounds reasonable for a pure-copper, unbranded heatsink. Maybe I'll be able to mount it with a custom bracket without modding the actual heatsink but I'm...

Yea I would only copy from one HDD to another when both are the same size. I would sacrifice some speed if that meant that I could eliminate a PC in the process, so looks like I will use Chimp for this purpose. Now would it be possible to say, use Chimp to copy one HDD from a TSOP'ed HDD to another...

I've compiled a list of potential candidate. Sizes seem ok to fit, even with an unmodded HDD tray. However, I have not personnally tested them and they will surely require custom mounting brackets, especially AM2 heatsinks. Dynatron: with fan C33G(airflow direction?) H37(airflow direction?) H34G(air...

Do not ask for this.

Unless you are a Microsoft-Approved developers, having such software in your possession is illegal.

use dd(power user) or clonezilla(easier for novices) under Linux to do it. I think there is a live ISO image of clonezilla that could suit your needs. EDIT:I don't know if clonezilla requires to "know" the used file system in order to clone. If it's the case, it is very probable that FATX ...

If you just installed a new modchip, there is no hacked BIOS on it to boot from. You must flash a bank on the Xenium with a hacked BIOS (M8+, X2, IND-BIOS, etc...) and boot from it. Xenium OS will not run XBE executables so it cannot boot HexEn disc. I haven't played too much with Xenium but you sho...

Agreed. You might have luck using Linux with native FATX drivers but I don't think they are maintained anymore and will likely require a 2.6 kernel. Other than that, FTP is the fastest way to transfer data onto the HDD. Maybe using Xbox Neighborhood Network transfer might be an accomodating solution...

I figured out that on some ks0066 lcd that are HD44780 compatible, there are no adjusting over xbmc. Or is this a problem with my configuration? Some time there where weird characters on that LCD that i have (yayou ym2004a 20x4 lcd). In every tutorial and in the description for lcd that comes with ...

If you used Chimp to relock your HDD after successfully softmodding back then, there's a good chance it could have been locked with master Password being "TEAMASSEMBLY" or "XBOXSCENE". You could try to unlock using XboxHDM or XBlast OS(on another modded Xbox of course). Using Xbo...

Yes I think these are all the devices connected to the SMBus. MCPX is master of this bus but I think I saw somewhere that the PIC initialize the video encoder chip at boot. It could make sense as a good design practice in the eventuality that Microsoft would have wanted to change to a new Video Enco...

Yep that could be a solution. You're not supposed to clutter the SMBus which such peripherals but hey, you're not supposed to force data signals off a system bus(D0/LFRAME)... So to hell with conventions! Simple 8-bit I2C IO expander will do it for data. Backlight might require something more if you...

There are bigger Character LCDs out there. 40x4 HD44780-compatible are easily available. The only issue is that these require one extra data line to interface them so physically, you might have trouble interface it to your modchip(Xecuter 3, SmartXX V3 and OPX and upcoming XBlast Lite could work). K...

Truly. I will take a screenshot tomorrow when my wife is at work. Then I will test it out. I can symply delete the DSL installation because it is installed in a fatx partition on drive G. I use only drive F for games / emus etc. xbmc is on drive e. Ok so your DSL installation is in a file on a FATX...

It is a modded 1.4 motherboard with 128mb and a 1ghz cpu. I bought it from n64freak. Cromwell bios is working I have a DSL Linux partition on it. What about Gentoox Loader 6.07 and FlashBios 3.0.3-1? BIOS init in XBlast OS differs from "vanilla" cromwell in some ways. As I understand, XBl...

For those of you who don't go often to AssemblerGames forums, I've uploaded all the necessary files to reprogram a cheap Aladdin XT PLUS2 to use XBlast OS bank control feature. It gives the Aladdin XT PLUS2 the ability to load XBlast OS and boot from either a 512KB bank, 256KB bank or TSOP. It's an ...

Hi,

For those of you who were waiting for a new release of the OS, you can now download v0.2Beta over at AssemblerGames in the following thread:

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/sh ... S-v0-2Beta

Happy Holidays!

my noya x2vga adaptor finally died. If you're looking to fix it I can tell you it uses a LMH1251 IC for YPbPr to VGA conversion and some OpAmp (probably something like LMH6739, same as eval board). It doesn't generates negative back porch unlike the eval board so don't look for a negative supply in...