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[sil247]

I think that the small chip is a securechips,just like any newer laptop would have.
My opinon is that m$ has put a password to prevent people from changing hd,
using external chips and fashing the bios. The only way to use any of the above,
would be to desable the password on the securechip and we would have to get the
password from M$ or maybe is just nothing........ sorry,english is not my native langugue...

[dethbunny]

There is no v6.0.  This is a v1.6.

There has been no v1.6 LE reported yet, (this particular box is a regular black one) but there may very well be some in the channel.  There are no guarantees as to Xbox version if the manufacture date is after mid-March or so, by current indications; if you want a V1.4 you'd best buy a 'box made in February or earlier just to be safe.

[Arakon]

@sil: uhm, no. that's the serial eeprom, just like before.

@cheese: that's the PIC chip, it used to be above the tsop on the older models.. it controls powering on, resetting, and other things.

[iamcheese]

any way where are the underboard shots ... we need them badly


and would it be possible that the d0 is near the point labled r7d1?

[Psilocybe]

QUOTE (Odium X @ May 2 2004, 05:02 AM)

Is the Limited Edition XBOX V6.0?

technically yes some of them may be a version 6, aka 1.5.  but most are version 5 aka 1.4
but this thread is for v7 aka 1.6

[Jnadke]

Yeah, definately an attempt at making the Xbox motherboard smaller.  They even started scrunching the traces together to get the timing right.  A lot of blank space on the board.

Looks like the BIOS must be on the Xyclops chip.  The Xcalibur must be the new video chip.  Probabaly an attempt to cut costs by making their own chips.

However, if they made their own chips, why wouldn't they integrate the EEPROM into the Xyclops as well?
The answer is that it's most likely still an off-the-shelf part, but renamed/re-etched.

The Xyclops chip is probabaly a Write-Once Programmable ROM.

[RX3]

If these new boards aren't moddable, in a year or 2 our Xboxes are gonna be like gold. Unlikely, but wishful thinking.

"hey dude. You know where I could find one of those old Xboxes that could be modded? Man, I'd give anything for one of those."

[Arakon]

nothing is completely unmoddable.. just might end up being a lot more difficult.

[XBox-Savage (Clone)]

QUOTE (drozek @ May 2 2004, 05:58 AM)

Well I am going to wal-mart next week or where ever i can find a halo limited xbox and try to find one of these suckers.

  is not a HALO XBox , those are v1.4/v1.5 ,but there could still be a v1.6 motherboard on a HALO Xbox.

good luck ,

[powercntrl]

QUOTE (RX3 @ May 2 2004, 12:11 AM)

If these new boards aren't moddable, in a year or 2 our Xboxes are gonna be like gold. Unlikely, but wishful thinking. "hey dude. You know where I could find one of those old Xboxes that could be modded? Man, I'd give anything for one of those."

You'd be surprised...  Once 1.6s start flooding the retail channels, you can bet the older, more easily-modded Xboxes will start going up in value on eBay.  Probably not a crazy amount, but I'll bet people will pay more than retail.

Stock up on v1.4/v1.5s while you can if you want to beat the eBay rush!  

[seedyrom2003]

[colibri]

[jokk]

Google : excalibur + intel

=> Convera Corp
Its formed out of excalibur coorp ( intel + buyout )
they produced semiconductors and videostuff...
could be related ? No idea

[modrobert]

QUOTE (Arakon @ May 2 2004, 12:27 AM)

that small chip is the serial eeprom most likely. too few pins to hold the entire 256 kb bios.

That 8-leg IC close to the LPC bus could be a SAIFUN (512kb/25Mhz) serial flash maybe, check this link for datasheet:

http://www.saifun.co...005-Jan2004.pdf


BTW;

A clear picture of that 8-leg IC would be nice, or if somone can read the label.

[lordvader129]

QUOTE (droobie @ May 2 2004, 02:49 AM)

It's possible that Xyclops and Excalibur are the code names for those particular chips, so finding data on them will be hard(er).

i think its much more than possible, its damn likely, look at them, both have prominent X's in the name (Xcalibur, Xyclops)and both chips are screened with the xbox X logo, im sure they are retail chips, but with no retail ID left on them

i doubt MS is making the chips themselves, AFAIK they dont have any manufacturing setup to do that (being a software company) they wouldnt be able to save money buy building plants to construct these chips (unless they plan on making xbox2 more proprietary, but considering all the outside deals that have already been signed, doesnt seem liekly)

and my 2 cents is that the xyclops chip has got to be the TSOP (or this ones onboard bioschip)

whatsucks is that (as someone mentioned) its most liekly a write-once ROM

the LPC debug is still there (still labeled LPC debug) so it must be usuable, there must be a d0 somewhere, MS seems to have trimmed alot of fat with this board (in prep for the mini-xboxs?) so i doubt theyd leave the debug bus there if it was totally deactivated, we just need to figure out the pinout and how to force a boot