Topic: Xenium Sp+ice Woes And Joys (Read 92 times)

thebroken · « **on:** March 08, 2005, 07:12:00 PM »

thebroken

acemilo · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2005, 07:31:00 PM »

You thought the spider was well built? You been smokin crack? Someone brought me one to attempt to install and I basically threw the thing against the wall. It is the most poorly constructed chip I have ever seen. Those legs are so damn flimsy, they bend esily out of shape, and they feel like they are gonna break at the solder joint.

I do agree tho that xodus should have released a guide by now, but that is their style of promising up the ass, then delivering something subpar. The xenium is a very good chip, but it took 2 hardware revisions and several software revisions before it became decent. I have a feeling the same will be true about this adapter (the original also went thru at least 2 revisions).

appleguru · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2005, 08:44:00 PM »

QUOTE(fishmd @ Mar 8 2005, 08:08 PM)

first post around here, but anyway i got my spice package in the mail today. i had a spider chip before (garbage, wouldnt even flash), so i figure i should buy this, if the sp messes up i still got a decent chip that i can solder in, if need be. anyways, the sp is a very good quality solderless adapter i think, but there were 2 problems i encountered. the 1st problem was that the leg off the black part of the adapter wasnt aligning with the hole its suppose to go in, so i kinda had to fight it in place. 2nd major problem, the same leg was way way too thick to fit in the via. my solution to this was to cut off the sp leg and use a spider leg (which is a lot more flexible and has a very nice hook for the via (i think the legs r very well built on the spider). so i cut off the original spring and soldered in the spider leg. it worked pretty well (but it was a pain in the ass to solder it in, too bad i dont have 3 hands). anyways its now working very well, got my ice chip flashed and put in a dashboard. hope my experience helps some1 out eventualy. now lets see how long before my xbox starts fraggin

2XNKOTE · « **Reply #3 on:** March 09, 2005, 06:55:00 AM »

this thread makes me scared, i cant be doing with chopping bits up and messing around, as i only have one hand, has anyone else installed one yet?

Artifex · « **Reply #4 on:** March 09, 2005, 07:12:00 AM »

Quick Install Manual is here:
http://www.teamxodus...als/S.P.Ice.pdf

--Artifex

2XNKOTE · « **Reply #5 on:** March 09, 2005, 03:32:00 PM »

hey fishmd were you trying to screw in with that red washer?

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