Topic: Xeno-360 Any Good? (Read 212 times)

getchevyn · « **Reply #15 on:** February 09, 2007, 08:19:00 AM »

QUOTE(Haygar @ Feb 7 2007, 05:03 AM)

Good news Everyone!
My Xeno chip turned up yesterday and was a breeze to install.
You only need a minimum of wires to connect. The only extra is the eject wire over the NME as you manually turn the chip on by holding it on for 5 secs - Big Deal - thats when the onscreen starts and the power led goes off if you add the option. Pin 8 is optional for network off - same as NME and pin 9 is optional behind the front pcb for a centre power led off feature when the chip is enabled. Got this info from my supplier.
Its smaller than it appears to be and fitted neatly on top of the main chip on my samsung drive. It seemed to be the most secure spot and still had clearance from the laser above.
I made my backups using the samsung sh-d162c, pioneer dvr-111d & NME tools and it runs flawlessly. This was tooooo easy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hey Haygar:

How small of a solder point is pin 8? It looks awfully small. I am just about ready to get this chip since the nme is delay for way too long. Can you get some pictures and post?

amrobied · « **Reply #16 on:** February 09, 2007, 02:29:00 PM »

QUOTE(Lok1 @ Feb 9 2007, 02:31 PM)

That's the reason it's not working. The Xeno-360 doesn't support xtreme backups. They need to be converted to NME-Format using a program called NME associator. You can find it and instructions on how to use it here. http://www.nme-360.com/howto.html

now i came to know the reason the problem was because of the back ups
i'll try to burn the game in the same way in the site and i wannna thank u alot coz u and hayber were a big help to me thank u guys alot

amrobied · « **Reply #17 on:** February 09, 2007, 05:02:00 PM »

i just wanna add somethin when i hold the eject for 5 seconds the centre led turns OFF and the led of the chip turns ON and when i put an orginal game in the drive it says TO PLAY THIS DISC TO NEED TO PUT IN AN XBOX360 the question is do that mean that my chip is working and my wiring is correct

Haygar · « **Reply #18 on:** February 09, 2007, 06:51:00 PM »

QUOTE(getchevyn @ Feb 10 2007, 01:50 AM)

Hey Haygar:

How small of a solder point is pin 8? It looks awfully small. I am just about ready to get this chip since the nme is delay for way too long. Can you get some pictures and post?

Hi, yeah its pretty fine pin 8 but if you have ever done/seen a ps2 mod its about as fine as the bios chip in those but here its only one wire. I pre-tin (solder) the pins like these before I attempt to attach the wire. It makes the job a lot simpler and if you blob across to another pin desolder wick is indispensable to remove the excess. Bear in mind that this is only an optional wire though to disable the network when the chip is on for Live and its unclear whether Microsoft can detect some of these mods yet. You just have to make sure yourself that you dont go on Live if your chip is on. So if you dont want to do that pin leave it out but I would do the power led off pin 9 so you know whether the chip is on. Power led off means chip is on.
I havent got any pics of my own at present but the diagrams are here if you havent seen them yet. http://www.xeno-360.com/diagrams.html

Haygar · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2007, 02:25:00 PM »

QUOTE(amrobied @ Feb 10 2007, 11:09 AM)

i just wanna add somethin when i hold the eject for 5 seconds the centre led turns OFF and the led of the chip turns ON and when i put an orginal game in the drive it says TO PLAY THIS DISC TO NEED TO PUT IN AN XBOX360 the question is do that mean that my chip is working and my wiring is correct

Your chip is more than likely ok. My mate and I are having some issues with backups giving the PUT IN A XBOX 360 message with some backups.
Also some backups that work on his dont necessarily work on mine. We both have used the correct NME tools and both have the sh-d162c reader. My burner is a pioneer 111d and his is a 108 and using verbatims.
For example his working backup of saints row has only booted once on mine. His 360 firmware, ms28 and mine, ms25.
By the way does your centre led go off the instant you press the eject button. Mine will, but if its not held long enough it will come back on. My mate is away at the moment but he seems sure that the led goes off AFTER 5 secs.

amrobied · « **Reply #20 on:** February 10, 2007, 05:59:00 PM »

i couldn't find the samsung drive sh-d162c coz its out of stock do anyone of u know where i can find it

im going to destroy this damn console

Haygar · « **Reply #21 on:** February 10, 2007, 07:12:00 PM »

QUOTE(amrobied @ Feb 11 2007, 12:06 PM)

i couldn't find the samsung drive sh-d162c coz its out of stock do anyone of u know where i can find it

im going to destroy this damn console

I'll answer your question and if you could help with mine that would be good.
I got my drive off ebay, some were offered with the kreon software already done at a small price but I wouldnt worry about that coz it's easy to flash.
My question was if anyone could confirm the behavior of the centre led when booting the xeno 360

chip. I am experiencing some weird behavior when the console is booted it will normally reject my backups until after approx 1 minute after which it will boot known good backups every time.

Haygar · « **Reply #22 on:** February 11, 2007, 02:32:00 PM »

Anybody else with one of these chips and how the led is operating...............please???

zodiac123dk · « **Reply #23 on:** February 12, 2007, 08:29:00 AM »

QUOTE(Haygar @ Feb 11 2007, 09:03 PM)

Anybody else with one of these chips and how the led is operating...............please???

hey Haygar I also have the same problem with the xeno360 I have check my wiring and solder points (not much to check as there are very few) I do get the same error message "to play this disc..." I'm thinking it may a problem with the chips themselves, I'm still waiting response from seller to see if I get any tech support I'll keep u guys posted

Haygar · « **Reply #24 on:** February 14, 2007, 03:17:00 AM »

QUOTE(zodiac123dk @ Feb 13 2007, 02:36 AM)

hey Haygar I also have the same problem with the xeno360 I have check my wiring and solder points (not much to check as there are very few) I do get the same error message "to play this disc..." I'm thinking it may a problem with the chips themselves, I'm still waiting response from seller to see if I get any tech support I'll keep u guys posted

Yeah, but how are you doing your backups and with what drives in your pc and blank media, etc?
I can burn my own backups and they will run no problem everytime once the chip has decided to kick into gear but there is a delay in the time this happens after boot up. After this it works perfect even when swapping discs.
But the weird thing is the way the led doesnt hold on for 5 seconds like its supposed to.

spiktsu · « **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:53:00 AM »

Wassup guys

I got the XENO360 V.2 chip. It was easy to install. The points 2, 3 & 4 were tricky though!
But it's done. The only problem is, i couldnt boot up a backup of CONDEMNED. I followed the instructions
from NME-360. Created the image with "DVD DRIVE SH-D163A" & using "Schtrom" then i converted it with NME aSSociat0r. Okay, almost done... So finaly I burned it with "ImgBurn" using "Black Pioneer DVR-110D"
But when i burned the disc, instead of following these instructions:

Burning the game:
- in the mainscreen of ImgBurn select your image file (IMAGE1.000)
- click write to burn your backup

Well i did this: Without even thinking I opened the (IMAGE1.dvd)
Yeah, it worked. ImgBurn did its thing but when it was done when i tried it
It didnt boot up... So im going to try it again & this time making sure i open (image1.000).
Im hoping this is the problem... After i do that & still not working then Im guessing is the media.
Im using MEMOREX DVD+R DL. I'll let you guys know how it goes... Im crossing my fingers...

Any fighters here...? I'll challenge you

SPIKTSU

spiktsu · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:11:00 AM »

QUOTE(Haygar @ Feb 14 2007, 05:24 AM)

Yeah, but how are you doing your backups and with what drives in your pc and blank media, etc?
I can burn my own backups and they will run no problem everytime once the chip has decided to kick into gear but there is a delay in the time this happens after boot up. After this it works perfect even when swapping discs.
But the weird thing is the way the led doesnt hold on for 5 seconds like its supposed to.

From my other post Mr. X-S Enthusiast any tips you can give me regarding what i did...
Im at work right now... But when i get home i will work on that & see how it goes...
Hopefully that's the only issue

...Thanx for your time.

ydgmms · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2007, 12:13:00 PM »

Did you set the layer break to 1913760?

JTG88 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:05:00 PM »

Its a not so good copy of the nme 360.

ydgmms · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:44:00 PM »

If there was a way to make the Xeno-360 either always on, or an external switch that allowed always on, I'd like it more (I'd like it A LOT more if it had auto detection).

But if someone can figure out a way to wire up an always on switch (so that even when turned on via wireless controller, the chip was activated), i'd use it and wire that up for my customers.

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