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 If you are trying this way, make sure that you trace the tracks around the D0 with tape or something, cause the risk of scratching the tracks are very big!

So after trying that trick on the edges for 6 hours yesterday, Today I went and bought the following: 30W soldering iron (€9), Solder wire (€3)  and also some Solder Suck Wire (€1,5) (all from www.kjell.com for you Swedes    ).

First I thought that I didn't want to solder in my Xbox, so I thought that I could make the Pogo pins bigger with the solder... That was NOT a good idea!!! The pin that I tried on got stuck directly, so it wouldn't yield (correct word for this?). Lucky me, the solder suck wire could remove all the solder; otherwise my chip would have been screwed...


Now I decided it was time to solder the holes instead. Took under 2 minutes for all nine holes! It also made some small pits, prefect to fit the pins...
Some tips for you out there that haven’t done so much soldering before, but need to do this: Use a soldering iron with a small round tip, which is easiest. Put the iron on the place you are going to solder so it gets warm. Put the solder wire on the metal of the hole that now is warm, not on the iron itself! And don use more than is needed to fill (only like 2 mm of solder wire for each hole). This way you will get the small nice pits for the pins! And make sure to not warm each hole for too log time, cause you might destroy something!


Now it was to test this. As I typed above, the soldering creates small pits on the LPC, so the Matrix fell in place directly, with perfect alignment! Just press it down where it fits, and tighten the screw. Excitement, would it work?? Pushed the button, and the box booted up... Watched the TV, but no "Matrix Inside", only the MS-logo and then the game loaded... I was almost ready to throw the box out of the window, when I thought to make a last try, to put in the EvolutionX-CD, and boot...
And there it was!!!! The ordinary Xbox-boot, but with MS replaced by Matrix Inside! Woohooo!!!

Maybe the thing I did yesterday by trying to put the pins on the edges worked too, just that I got the wrong CD in!


So there you are a nice long story to tell your kids!  

Just one more thing about "mode 1" on the Matrix... It's COMPLETELY worthless on the 1.1, you get one quick green flash and then red flash, in whatever alignment you are in, so just try mode 2 directly!

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//F-F

[DcOrange]

just when u start to think ...this xbox  would look much nicer with a sledge hammer wedged in it,someone  posts another solution.
the box lives yet another day thanx to you.

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[exide99]

Is putting the evolutionx cd in part of the steps to the mod? This is the first time I have heard of this. If it works I'll be ever thankful.

[wasabi]

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Is putting the evolutionx cd in part of the steps to the mod?

It's not part of the mod, but it helps to test if it's connected right. The CD won't be recognised otherwise.

I'm having the same problems as detailed in the original post, while I haven't tried the suggested solution, the general description is great for anyone having problems with 1.1 installation. Thanks F-F! Another idea my father had was to flatten the pins slightly with a small pair of pliers so as to widen them and hopefully make contact with no soldering needed. Personally I'd rather risk the AU$135 chip than the AU$350 Xbox.



Either way, it's Christmas Day here, so Merry Christmas! and if we get it solved, I'll post my solution too.


-wasabi

[wasabi]

-wasabi

[senator]

Holes are used to play golf with.. on the LPC points solder them babys up on the v1.1 and you'll be cooking with gas in no time...OTHERWISE REMOVE THE EXPENSIVE POGO PINS YOU PAYED GOOD DOLLARS FOR.... and solder in a plug.....

[HoRnEyDvL]

what plug any picks or anything plz help very intrested
can any 1 send me 1 ?

dont wanan solder xbox

[senator]