Topic: Duox 2 Install Problems... (Read 125 times)

Chancer · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2005, 08:32:00 AM »

Blue DuoX2 or white? white defo needs the standard AV cable. To check it make sure the bank switch is set to bank 0. Ground the Xbox D0 and connect BT to pin 9 on the chip (point G on the diagrams) This makes the chip always on.
If the machine still just random boots blank you have done some damage to the LPC points somwhere or have a solder short which is bridged by the chip being plugged in.
If the machine frags you have a bad connection to the LPC.
If you are convinced the soldering is not an issue then you have to try another chip or try the chip in another box. Not had a faulty one in 350+ of these but there is always a first time.

elucifer · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2005, 08:47:00 AM »

elucifer · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2005, 08:52:00 AM »

Chancer · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2005, 09:16:00 AM »

Instead of running the Xbox D0 to the chip D0 point just run the Xbox D0 point to ground (one of the rings round the screw holes) on the mobo. this forces boot from the LPC.

elucifer · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2005, 09:52:00 PM »

QUOTE(Chancer @ Mar 11 2005, 04:22 PM)

Instead of running the Xbox D0 to the chip D0 point just run the Xbox D0 point to ground (one of the rings round the screw holes) on the mobo. this forces boot from the LPC.

dzv · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2005, 10:36:00 PM »

QUOTE(elucifer @ Mar 12 2005, 02:58 PM)

ok.. connected d0 point on the xbox to the metal ring around the screw hole. The d0 point on the chip was unconnected. Power up, it'd kinda, power up and power down 3 times... then nothing. What does that mean. I thought that d0 on the chip would have to be connected in order for it to get power.

elucifer · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2005, 05:34:00 PM »

) and I'm finding that some of the points aren't the same as the tute. I'm in the process of checkin the traces right now but they all seem sweet. I can't see any damage to the affected traces, and checkin the point according to the tut i get some differences but they seem to be working right. I'll work on it some more tonight. Any more input would be great.

Yes... i know.. i could just take it to a pro.. but where's the fun in that? I'm doing this not to simply 'chip a box' but more to see how chipping a box works.

thanks heaps,
el

Chancer · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2005, 06:49:00 AM »

QUOTE

Yes... i know.. i could just take it to a pro.. but where's the fun in that? I'm doing this not to simply 'chip a box' but more to see how chipping a box works.

Or NOT as the case may be

Dra60nSlayer · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2005, 09:16:00 AM »

elucifer · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2005, 04:41:00 PM »

ckh2004 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 15, 2005, 05:04:00 PM »

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another quick question.. does the motherboard have to be screwed in to ground properly or something. I haven't been screwing it in cause i've been testing it first..

Chipping a v1.0 using the pin header install is actually very easy, reliable and fast. The only tough part is to clean solder off the LPC holes. Use a soldering iron to heat the LPC holes from the back side and a solder sucker (vacuum) to suck the solder from the top side. Once you get the hang of it, the process is actually quite easy. You only need clean LPC holes at locations pin 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11.

Don't use the wire install for v1.0 because it is not so reliabe and time consuming as well.

I have never tried DuoX 2 in v1.0. But I have experience that some DuoX 2 will not boot in v1.1. If one DuoX 2 can't boot in v1.1, I will swap to a different DuoX 2, it will usually work. I never doubt my soldering skill.

I find that Aladdin XT works very well in v1.0-1.4 (never see a v1.5 before), so I use the cheap Aladdin XT clones for v1.0-1.4 exclusively. I use DuoX 2 mainly in v1.6a/b because the Aladdin XT is a hit and miss in v1.6.

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