Had a good weekend of collecting

[pythonjosh]

I got really lucky with CraigsList and picked me up 4 Xbox's this weekend, and one was from a European lady, and even had the euro power cord with adapter.
I uploaded a pic of the serial number, what can you guys tell me about it?
I have not installed the Splinter Cell exploit yet (time) and I haven't delved into TSOP yet.
Wondering if I would/might run into any road blocks with modding this?
Thanks guys

[pythonjosh]

One of these I actually bought on eBay and was listed as "broken, for parts". They guy said it booted up but didn't read games.
When i got it the tray would open (common problem I come across). I jammed my smallest Alan wrench in there and popped it open.
Reads disks fine. Just $10 + $15 shipping.

[asbo]

see this http://web.archive.org/web/200903050651 ... ions_HOWTO
I think that's a 1.6

[GhostlyGamer]

ive got the hacking the xbox book right here, lemme take a look

[pythonjosh]

see this http://web.archive.org/web/200903050651 ... ions_HOWTO
I think that's a 1.6

Good link, yea it does appear to be in the unconfirmed but likely 1.6 territory.
So that's the last model of Xbox, will there be any limitations? I think I remember reading there isn't a TSOP for the 1.6 right?

[GhostlyGamer]

see this http://web.archive.org/web/200903050651 ... ions_HOWTO
I think that's a 1.6

Good link, yea it does appear to be in the unconfirmed but likely 1.6 territory.
So that's the last model of Xbox, will there be any limitations? I think I remember reading there isn't a TSOP for the 1.6 right?

No tsop, and no 128mb ram mod, according to trusty

[spicemuseum]

I got really lucky with CraigsList and picked me up 4 Xbox's this weekend, and one was from a European lady, and even had the euro power cord with adapter.
I uploaded a pic of the serial number, what can you guys tell me about it?

Probably a v1.6 looking a the date. But, since it's already been opened why don't you open it and have a look at the video chip - if it says Xcalibur on it,it's a v1.6.
...and it's probably been opened up for a reason. Have a good look around; modchip? different hard disc?

[pythonjosh]

Ya know I didn't even pay attention to that. I'll let you guys know if I find anything in there tonight.

[bigkidoz]

see this http://web.archive.org/web/200903050651 ... ions_HOWTO
I think that's a 1.6

Good link, yea it does appear to be in the unconfirmed but likely 1.6 territory.
So that's the last model of Xbox, will there be any limitations? I think I remember reading there isn't a TSOP for the 1.6 right?

No tsop, and no 128mb ram mod, according to trusty

Correct, 1.6 boards lack the locations for the extra ram chips.

[pythonjosh]

Could anyone link me to the 128mb ram mod? I love me some more ram, and Confluence sure could use it too.

[AZImmortal]

XBMC4Xbox currently isn't coded to be able to take advantage of the extra ram. There's actually not a lot of homebrew that does take advantage of it, and I think they're all emulators. There has been talk through the years of sending the devs a 128mb board to work with but I guess it never happened.

[pythonjosh]

I don't quite understand that. I can only compare to a PC, and you can add and remove RAM at will.
Why would XBMC be looking at specific banks within the RAM instead of anywhere in the RAM similar to how a PC works?

[whufclee]

Honestly I don't know enough about the coding involved but XBMC4Xbox does currently only take advantage of the standard 64Mb RAM. Maybe Buzz can give you a clearer answer but I know he hasn't got a 128Mb mobo and with him being the only dev I imagine it would be a difficult task to take advantage of 128Mb if you don't have the hardware to test on. I know xphazer has been meaning to send him one - pretty sure it's still on his todo list but I know postage is a bit of a killer from Canada!

[GhostlyGamer]

if i get a working mobo in the lot i just bought, ill try sending one to buzz

[pythonjosh]

Ok so I got to turning on the European one, right after the green plasma splash, i see a team Xecuter 3 logo!
So I shut it off and crack it open and here's what I found. A Duo X2. Now I don't know much about these mod chips, what did I just get myself into?
Oh and I got this with the HD modules, all for $40

[GhostlyGamer]

The duox 2 is a pretty good chip, it has 2 banks,512kb each, and a switch on the chip. Shame you hat you got your hopes up for an x3 though.

[pythonjosh]

Yea you shoulda seen the look on my face when i saw that X3 icon, and then the look on my face when I saw the DuoX2.
It was kinda like that kid that got a sweater in an Xbox360 box for christmas.

[GhostlyGamer]

Yea you shoulda seen the look on my face when i saw that X3 icon, and then the look on my face when I saw the DuoX2.
It was kinda like that kid that got a sweater in an Xbox360 box for christmas.

it looks like theres a bit of flux damage on the duox2

but as far as i know, you werent supposed to put a x3 bios on anything but an x3 chip...

[AZImmortal]

Any X3 logo has to be some kind of mod to another bios because X3 bioses only work on X3 chips and even if they worked on non-X3 chips, the X3 bios is 1mb, so it can't fit on a 512kb bank.

[pythonjosh]

I'll snap a pic of what I saw so you guy get a better idea. I've never seen this before, nor any other X3 stuff before, or X stuff at all.