Topic: World Record! (Read 138 times)

bigga · « **on:** November 09, 2003, 03:52:00 AM »

You wanna buy yourself a pre modded one don't ya???

Siccmade · « **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2003, 04:08:00 AM »

I'd have to say the source of the problem was the pliers

Arakon · « **Reply #2 on:** November 09, 2003, 04:22:00 AM »

chances are more than good that you destroyed traces in several of the layers of the board. throw it away, there's no way in hell you could repair it yourself, and even for a pro that would be a shitload of work, if not impossible.. just not worth it.

Anomaly · « **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2003, 04:25:00 AM »

Man, you really sound like you should stay away from electronics, there is so much wrong with what you have written.

The little black things are resistors. Now, if you are lucky they will be just pull-up resistors so losing them will not break the signal, and it may still work, but they are all there for a reason. I'd like to know how you lost a couple anyway, what are you using for a soldering iron?

Simply having header pins on the LPC points wont affect your xbox at all. If you were really messy, there is the small chance that some excess solder might come through the board from the bottom when you soldered it in and MIGHT short against another pin but its extremely unlikely.

Ripping the header out is probably what killed your xbox. You are aware that those WERE plated holes at the LPC points?. That is, the holes carried the signal from one side of the board to the other. The first thing to go when you rip any component out of a hole without melting the solder properly is the plating inside the holes. Its just as if you broke one of the tracks on the board.

You say you saw a *spark* come from your soldering iron?... Jeez man, what are you using?. If you are modding xboxes (and *you* shouldn't) then get yourself some tools. Other people here have said they own several hundred dollar irons, and most of you laugh at them. Trust me, you just don't know. Anyone in any trade tries to get the best tools for the job because it makes the job easier and won't do weird ass things like zap your board.

On this forum there are more and more non-hackers trying to hack their boxes, non-programmers programming and people with no hardware education modding boxes. No wonder the forum is now filled with posts screaming for help.

Your xbox is toast man. Send it to someone with a clue.

bleugh · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2003, 05:00:00 AM »

spark???

geez, never thought that anyone would use a 5kW industrial TIG welder to try to solder an LPC point.......
........
Leave it to the yanks to prove us wrong

seriously though, I'd stay away from modding xboxes with a tempermant like that,
practice soldering on some cheapa$$ stuff before you attempt to jab a big hot stick into some expensive delicate micro-electronics

and listen to anomaly, he's got some valid points there

McKavney · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2003, 07:40:00 AM »

QUOTE (bleugh @ Nov 9 2003, 03:00 PM)

geez, never thought that anyone would use a 5kW industrial TIG welder to try to solder an LPC point.......

THATS why my xbox broke!

i mean, when it started smoking and finally carbonising into a smoking lump, i knew the was something wrong but i couldnt put my finger on it.....

Rebel101 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2003, 08:45:00 AM »

Hey I just bought an Xbox it came with a warranty. I was going to get it myself but it seems you need it more. Ill make a deal just reply.

andystyle · « **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:39:00 AM »

QUOTE

Rebel101 Posted on Nov 9 2003, 06:45 PM
Hey I just bought an Xbox it came with a warranty. I was going to get it myself but it seems you need it more. Ill make a deal just reply

First off i dont make any online deals, second, Once an XBOX is opened, MS wont even touch it. even if you unscrewed it and screwed it back together in a second they wont do shit, they said they consider it Not legal anymore and Bill Gates wont let them do anything to it, not even take a look. Cuz when your warranty is up and you need a repair, whatever the matter is. They'll tell you it'll be $100 for whatever repair you need, small or big. and they just send you a Refurb and keep your other one.

spgurley · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:42:00 AM »

the boards have more layers than just the top and bottom?

shank69xo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:57:00 AM »

QUOTE (andystyle @ Nov 9 2003, 04:32 PM)

Nah y'all are taking it all wrong, all the LPC points are still intact not one of them came out, and none of the traces got lifted and the board doesnt have one scratch at all. when i pulled the header pins out with pliers i pulled out the ones that wer almost desoldered all the way they came out fine. the ones that the iron didnt even get to touch i used wire cutters to snip off the headers, thats when the resistors came off. y'all are obnoxious and you think your funny and shit, but yall bitch ass niggas dont even know the whole story to even jump to a conclusion.
Anomaly Is the only one who actually even answered what i asked for. good lookin out anomaly. to the rest of you bitch made niggaz, find a Def-Comedy Jam Hack forum to post your bitch ass two cents, fucking cowards, next time keep your two cents in your pocket. Anomaly Im going to assume that those resistors are pull-up resistors, and im just gonna place some solder in those places like i did with my first Xbox. I appreciate your knowledge and help yo. Ill let you know how it goes.
To you other Bitch MadeeNiggaz. Here's a penny for your thoughts!

Cali BOX'n

Very intelligent statement. Im glad you show how intelligent some of us "Yanks" can be. Thanks for "looking out".

*Amazed at the intelligence level of this genius*

Large Dopant white · « **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2003, 12:02:00 PM »

QUOTE (andystyle @ Nov 9 2003, 04:32 PM)

Nah y'all are taking it all wrong, all the LPC points are still intact not one of them came out, and none of the traces got lifted and the board doesnt have one scratch at all. when i pulled the header pins out with pliers i pulled out the ones that wer almost desoldered all the way they came out fine. the ones that the iron didnt even get to touch i used wire cutters to snip off the headers, thats when the resistors came off. y'all are obnoxious and you think your funny and shit, but yall bitch ass niggas dont even know the whole story to even jump to a conclusion.
Anomaly Is the only one who actually even answered what i asked for. good lookin out anomaly. to the rest of you bitch made niggaz, find a Def-Comedy Jam Hack forum to post your bitch ass two cents, fucking cowards, next time keep your two cents in your pocket. Anomaly Im going to assume that those resistors are pull-up resistors, and im just gonna place some solder in those places like i did with my first Xbox. I appreciate your knowledge and help yo. Ill let you know how it goes.
To you other Bitch MadeeNiggaz. Here's a penny for your thoughts!

Cali BOX'n

Oh, yeah, we're all inclined to help you now, scary 'burb bitch that watches BET for his english class.

Dude, I have no idea why you didn't just unsolder the header pins. And sparks from your soldering iron? Didn't that give you the slightest indication that it may be, oh, I dunno, broke or a little too powerful?

spgurley · « **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2003, 12:13:00 PM »

DOSE THE XBOX MOBO HAVE MORE THAN JUST THE TOP AND BOTTOM LAYER OF TRACES!?!??!?!

bleugh · « **Reply #12 on:** November 09, 2003, 12:17:00 PM »

yep,
thats what the vias are there for

I think that the board is 6 layers

spgurley · « **Reply #13 on:** November 09, 2003, 12:32:00 PM »

holy shit lol so thats y that 1 time i ripped out the headerpins with plyers 2 months ago my repair didnt work lol

andystyle · « **Reply #14 on:** November 14, 2003, 09:21:00 AM »

I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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