Topic: Another Chameleon Question! (Read 75 times)

shanafan · « **on:** May 27, 2003, 11:07:00 AM »

I just hate having to damage my fully working Matrix modchip to get this add-on modchip to work the way I want it to. So, my question is, Xodus is really going to come with a special adaptor to avoid this? Is this true?

Nailed · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2003, 03:12:00 PM »

Wait a sec.. I think you have to cut 3 tracks on the matrix modchip.

BCfosheezy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2003, 03:20:00 PM »

nailed you're an idiot... anyway.. why don't you just solder the bitch in? why do you have to have pogo pins?

shanafan · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2003, 03:34:00 PM »

QUOTE (BCfosheezy @ May 27 2003, 07:20 PM)

nailed you're an idiot... anyway.. why don't you just solder the bitch in? why do you have to have pogo pins?

I don't want to solder my Xbox.

dzv · « **Reply #4 on:** May 28, 2003, 08:51:00 AM »

If you want a solderless adaptor, try the Xecuter2 pogo adaptor.

If you don't plan to flash your TSOP, you don't have to worry about soldering the A15 point. You can even attach the Power and Eject lines to the the wiring harness on the Xbox motherboard without soldering. Only problem is, the Xodus team doesn't seem to have provided any way to attach the Power and Eject lines without soldering to the Chameleon (I could be wrong, don't actually have a Chameleon yet). So if you want the Power and Eject button functions to work, you'll still have to do a little bit of soldering.

dzv · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2003, 11:20:00 AM »

To attach the Power and Eject lines to the Xbox without soldering:

Use the pic below as a guide. Locate the front panel wiring harness (a connector holding 9 yellow wires). You can see that Pin 1 is indicated by a small triangle on the motherboard. Using Pin 1 as a reference point, Pin 2 (Power button line) is opposite Pin 1. Pin 4 (Eject button line) is next to Pin 2 (diagonal from Pin 1).

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If you want to tap into these lines without soldering, you can simply insert a wire into the wiring harness next to the corresponding yellow wire. The pic below tries to illustrate what I'm talking about. It's easiest to do this with the connector unplugged. Note that the wire in the pic is not fully inserted. This is just to illustrate where to insert the wire. When you're done, you don't want this much exposed wire hanging out. You only need to strip about 2mm of wire to insert into the plug. Do this for points 2 and 4, and you're set.

EDIT As I stated in the earlier post, you will still need to solder the other ends of the wires to the Chameleon chip.

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