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bishop05

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« on: August 02, 2004, 03:07:00 PM »

I was thinking could I use some hot glue to hold the D0 wire in place?


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Killa420

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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2004, 03:14:00 PM »

You shouldnt have to if you bent the wire right.
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Master-Chief

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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2004, 08:28:00 AM »

QUOTE (psm @ Aug 3 2004, 10:06 AM)
wouldn't hot glue possibly damage the motherboard?

Nope, considering hot glue is NOT conductive.  wink.gif
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Mick Garvey

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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2004, 04:00:00 PM »

no your safe, just dont get to sloppy it looks bad  tongue.gif
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bishop05

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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2004, 05:40:00 PM »

I did it and it seems to work well, I have the xbox mounted in my car.  so far so good.  Xenium need to fix the adaptor issues, i feel that the Chameleon adaptor worked great!


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Mick Garvey

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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2004, 05:43:00 PM »

Hmm, something to try would be to hot glue the whole adapter on, maybe that would fix issues with it getting un-allined
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acemilo

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« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2004, 05:57:00 PM »

ROFLMAO your using a solderless adapter in your car???  Your nuts!  Your gonna have to reallign that thing all the time.  Just solder it in.
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« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2004, 06:32:00 PM »

You might also have to replace your hard drive every time that you change your oil, the vibrations will kill it quickly, unless you find a way to soften all the bumps it will suffer.
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« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2004, 06:55:00 PM »

meh... i've had my xbox in my car for a long time.... i've had no problems with my 40gb hd...
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bishop05

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« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2004, 07:31:00 PM »

I have it mounted in a spring loaded platform to absorb some shock.  it's been that way for over a year now and no problems. knock on wood!!!


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« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2004, 08:50:00 PM »

QUOTE (bishop05 @ Aug 4 2004, 03:34 AM)
I have it mounted in a spring loaded platform to absorb some shock.  it's been that way for over a year now and no problems. knock on wood!!!


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lol nice take some pics, I wanna see this. Slap a Einbach sticker on your xbox now.
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Killa420

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« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2004, 08:24:00 AM »

QUOTE (acemilo @ Aug 4 2004, 02:00 AM)
ROFLMAO your using a solderless adapter in your car???  Your nuts!  Your gonna have to reallign that thing all the time.  Just solder it in.

No joke.
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Master-Chief

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« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2004, 10:08:00 AM »

QUOTE (Mick Garvey @ Aug 3 2004, 06:03 PM)
no your safe, just dont get to sloppy it looks bad  tongue.gif

LMAO! It's a motherboard, not a case...  laugh.gif

Who cares if the hot glue gets sloppy? As long as it does the job!  wink.gif
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Mick Garvey

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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2004, 05:32:00 AM »

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