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[dux ducis]

I'm trying to install a Xenium GOLD on a v1.6 xbox via LPC pin header. I got this chip and xbox from a friend who gave up, so I don't have any included instructions; I only have the chip, the pin header, and the d0/ground connector (and soldering experience from other xbox modchip installs).

The 1.6 LPC rebuild instructions are perfectly clear. [here]

What is not clear is how I seat the GOLD chip once the pin header is installed.

(These quotes are from an expert user at the TeamXodus official forums)

QUOTE("Rabid1")

The Gold chip will sit on the adapter or pinheader with the same facing as the Ice, with the X of Xenium towards the back of the Xbox, that is the part you normally don't use much, just nasty cables and such, and on the forward most pins.

This isn't clear to me. In the picture below, which is correct, choice A or B?

QUOTE("Rabid1")

The Xenium Gold and the Xenium  Ice use all the same installls. ...  Pinheader is the same as before per the version Xbox you have.

According to Rabid1 the GOLD uses the same installs as the ICE, but the instructions differ: the D0 point specified in the Xenium install manual for v1.6 console [here] specifies a different point from the Xenium ICE guide [here]. See below pic.


YES, the picture taken from the Total N00b's Guide is from the v1.6 install. Is it safe for me to use either of these two D0 points? I ask because the point listed in the "manual for v1.6 console" on my motherboard will be a very hard solder; I would prefer to use the point specified in the "Total N00b's Guide" if possible.

I have one final related question.

I would like to transplant a Xenium GOLD into my v1.4 xbox, which currently has an Xecuter 2.3b lite installed via pin header. I can easily splice the Xecuter's D0 wire connector that I already have installed to the Xenium's. As long as I flash the Xenium GOLD with a v1.4 compatible bios, will I be able to just sit it right there on the pin header that's been used with the X2.3b lite, or do I have to do any rebuilding for a v1.4?

thanks

[dux ducis]

I see my question about pin header-seating is answered here: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=609357
But I'm still curious about the D0 point. Can anyone clarify this for me?

I found a tutorial that indicates a D0 point on the bottom of v1.6 motherboards for Xenium chips [here]. Will this solder point (the LFRAME point in the picture below, green wire) work with the Xenium gold?

[dux ducis]

Complete n00b's Guide to the Xenium and 1.6 Xbox's - TSOPrano
http://members.shaw..../xenium_mod.pdf




Xenium installation manual for V1.6 console - Xodus official website
http://www.teamxodus...=...etit&lid=36




TSOprano doesn't do the VCC 3.3 wire. Which of these is correct?

[commandersafi]

Yes, it will work. D0 points arn't modchip specific, you use the same point for every chip.

Meaning the d0 you use when installing an Xecuter 3 is the same as Xenium. All the modchip is doing is grounding that point to make the xbox boot from the LPC

EDIT: i just saw your last post...Anytime i install a chip in a 1.6 i've wired it up the same way as the second picture with the VCC 3.3

[dux ducis]

Just double checking on the D0 point (Team Xodus's installation guides aren't very thorough   )

Thanks a lot man, you just answered all my questions. Gonna get to soldering this thing

[dux ducis]

Another question: If I seat the Xenium in my V1.4 while it's flashed with the x2 v1.6 bios, will it fry my box? Or will it load the Xenium OS so I can transfer/flash the correct bios?

I can't find any guide that tells me how to boot into the xenium OS so I can flash it with the appropriate bios for my V1.4

[commandersafi]

You wont fry your xbox for having the wrong bios on there.

When you put it in your xbox you can load up the Xenium OS, and reflash the chip with a bios compatible for 1.0-1.5 xboxs'.
You get into the Xenium OS by booting the xbox with the eject button

[dux ducis]

QUOTE(commandersafi @ Aug 11 2007, 11:43 AM)

You get into the Xenium OS by booting the xbox with the eject button

Again, thank you: in none of the pdf manuals on TeamXodus's site nor on their un-searchable forums could I find this information. I hope this thread will be of help to others in the future.