Preparing for RAM Upgrade
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:40 am
I've been wanting to do a RAM upgrade for sometime now.
There's a few things to take in consideration when upgrading...
BIOS:
In my opinion it would be best to TSOP flash the console as
the original BIOS will be useless once upgraded. Personally,
I don't only need a BIOS that can support RAM upgrade but,
also 2Tb HD upgrades so that really narrows things down to
either the X2 5035 or iND 5003 BIOS's. (correct me if I'm wrong)
Note that the X2 can only be TSOP flashed to xbox versions
1.0 & 1.1 due to the BIOS size where the iND BIOS can be
flashed to all versions 1.0 through to 1.5...
RAM CHIPS:
There 3 different versions of the Samsung RAM chips;
Xbox Versions 1.0 - 1.1 = K4D263238M-QC50
Xbox Versions 1.2 - 1.3 = K4D263238D-QC50
Xbox Versions 1.4 - 1.5 = K4D263238F-QC50
Theres a tutorial on YouTube, where the guy recommends on matching them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xMn2JFd5GU
When trying to order different chips my supplier insisted there the same.
Does anyone know if it's necessary to get matching RAM chips?
SOLDERING:
On many of the tutorials I've seen they are all using a soldering iron.
I find this method very tedious, so I've been looking for alternative methods.
This video tutorial on "Surface Mount Soldering" seems to be the way to go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z0IiuQ35HU
On this tutorial the guy gets a stencil laser cut and uses it to apply some
solder paste, after placing the chip in place he uses a hot air rework station
to apply heat to the solder paste and it melts everything into place...
XBOX GAMES:
From memory for the RAM to work with your xbox games the default.xbe
would need to be patched with "delimiter" app?
There's a few things to take in consideration when upgrading...
BIOS:
In my opinion it would be best to TSOP flash the console as
the original BIOS will be useless once upgraded. Personally,
I don't only need a BIOS that can support RAM upgrade but,
also 2Tb HD upgrades so that really narrows things down to
either the X2 5035 or iND 5003 BIOS's. (correct me if I'm wrong)
Note that the X2 can only be TSOP flashed to xbox versions
1.0 & 1.1 due to the BIOS size where the iND BIOS can be
flashed to all versions 1.0 through to 1.5...
RAM CHIPS:
There 3 different versions of the Samsung RAM chips;
Xbox Versions 1.0 - 1.1 = K4D263238M-QC50
Xbox Versions 1.2 - 1.3 = K4D263238D-QC50
Xbox Versions 1.4 - 1.5 = K4D263238F-QC50
Theres a tutorial on YouTube, where the guy recommends on matching them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xMn2JFd5GU
When trying to order different chips my supplier insisted there the same.
Does anyone know if it's necessary to get matching RAM chips?
SOLDERING:
On many of the tutorials I've seen they are all using a soldering iron.
I find this method very tedious, so I've been looking for alternative methods.
This video tutorial on "Surface Mount Soldering" seems to be the way to go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z0IiuQ35HU
On this tutorial the guy gets a stencil laser cut and uses it to apply some
solder paste, after placing the chip in place he uses a hot air rework station
to apply heat to the solder paste and it melts everything into place...
XBOX GAMES:
From memory for the RAM to work with your xbox games the default.xbe
would need to be patched with "delimiter" app?