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[flexerarg]

Hi all,

I recently purchased a blue DuoX 2 GS that I am about to install in my V. 1.0 xbox. I will not be using xbox live, and if I am correct this could simplify the installation a little.

Are the following statements correct?

1. I will not be using xbox live, so I do not have to solder the BT point to the eject button. Instead, it should be soldered  to the point "G" on the modchip itself.

2. I will not be using xbox live, so I do not have to solder the d0 from the modchip to the d0 on the motherboard. Instead, the d0 on the motherboard should be soldered to any grounded point on the motherboard itself, such as one of the holes for the motherboard screws.

Am I correct? The reason I want to avoid to do these things is I am somewhat intimidated my the d0 point on the modchip. Of course, I am even more intimidated by the d0 point on the motherboard, but there is no way around soldering to at least that one, right?

thank you

[Chancer]

All your assumptions are correct. Use the underside D0.

[flexerarg]

thank you! installation went..well.. almost perfect.  Everything went fine until I tried to solder d0. I used the d0 point on the back of the motherboard, but I severely f-ed that one up. I did not manage to solder the wire to it. What I accomplished was merely to completely ruin the solder point and desolder the circuit-board wire leading to the next point on the back of the motherboard. I tried to resolder it but it was impossible to make the solder stick to the ruined d0 point, so I decided to let it be and se if it worked anyway. I  grounded d0 from the point on the top of the motherboard. Everything worked so I left the desoldered circuit-board wire be. So far, everything is fine. Can I expect any misbehaviours of the xbox due to my mistake?

Another thing I did was to not bridge the BT to point G on the chip. Someone told me it would work anyway, and it did. Is this likely to cause any problems?

Also, I am about to install a 320 gig harddrive. I figured while I am at it I might as well flash bank1 on the chip to 5035 so that I have two different bios that will work on my xbox. I have two questions on this subject:

1) Can I start boot-disk from bank0 and while the xbox is on switch to bank1 to flash that one?

2) On the boot disk I intend to use there are two versions of 5035 for v1.0-1.5 xboxes, "5035.06" and "5035.67". Which one would be the best to use with a 320 gig harddrive?

again, thank you very much for your help.

regards
f

[Chancer]

Yes you can boot from one bank and flick the switch to the other.
use a .67 bios and format the drive to have an F +G. That way you avoid the need to format with 32k clusters, which you would have to do if you use an 06 bios