Post by: nick14 on May 19, 2008, 10:17:00 AM
Post by: kirky1991 on May 19, 2008, 10:27:00 AM
Post by: Dano2k0 on May 19, 2008, 01:48:00 PM
Post by: kirky1991 on May 19, 2008, 04:35:00 PM
Post by: Andy Holloway on May 20, 2008, 04:41:00 AM
QUOTE(jaroc @ May 19 2008, 10:44 PM) 
i recall there being a site selling upgraded boxes with 256ram and 1.4 ghz so he probably doesnt mean 128
im sure you cant get 256MB ram on xboxes.
there were a team putting 1.4ghz cpus and 128mb ram in xboes... i guess thats what you mean
Post by: nick14 on May 20, 2008, 05:00:00 AM
Post by: kirky1991 on May 20, 2008, 05:51:00 AM
You need the right equipment to install a new cpu and if its a 1.4ghz you need a speacial socket made up that i recall being needed. You need i think a BGA rework station to install a new 1ghz cpu and a BGA rework station and an adapter socket to fit a 1.4ghz
The xbox will only work with 128mb or ram, Meaning that you need another 4 ( 4 i think) chips of ram, that are for the xbox that come of another xbox. I also recall a moderator i think saying that some old geforce4 graphics cards had the same ram that would work. Desodlering the ram and then soldering it on is another challange.
I am pretty sure all of this is right! anyone finds faults with it please correct, also apologies for spelling and grammer if there is anything wrong as i woke just 15 mins ago
Dan
Post by: nick14 on May 20, 2008, 09:46:00 AM
Post by: kirky1991 on May 20, 2008, 01:15:00 PM
Post by: nick14 on May 21, 2008, 12:39:00 AM
Post by: kirky1991 on May 21, 2008, 04:04:00 AM
Does it work ?
Post by: Bomb Bloke on May 21, 2008, 07:10:00 AM
Post by: ldotsfan on May 21, 2008, 07:24:00 AM
Post by: Dano2k0 on May 21, 2008, 07:26:00 AM
LOL so you got the CPU from a PC and just 'installed it'?
Sure you did..
I for one would like to see some pictures of your upgrade.
Upgrading to ANY different CPU is a real challenge, even the 1GHZ chips require modification to the board.
The 1.4GHZ, was a celeron type chip aswell if i remember correctly.
Both of which were mobile chips, so one from a PC is a big no no, for one thing its about twice the size of a mobile chip, have you even had the heatsink of your CPU and had a look?
The fact you said its got 256MB RAM does it for me.
Oh and incase you really want to see some work, heres a couple of shots i did while attempting a 1GHZ CPU upgrade a long time ago, still never did finish off the work and get it sorted.
As you can see, not really just something you can do at your dining room table and does indeed require GBA rework facilities.
EDIT: Kirky, yes you can indeed get some of the older Geforce cards and remove their RAM chips, if memory serves they are around the Geforce 2 time. 4x16MB chips.
And bomb_bloke, you don't need a special BIOS to run a different CPU providing the pin out of the CPU matched correctly to the motherboard, in such a case it wouldn't work.
Post by: nick14 on May 21, 2008, 09:40:00 AM
Post by: Dano2k0 on May 21, 2008, 09:52:00 AM
Also, a link to the tutorial?
And, what code is the processor?
Post by: Multihax on May 21, 2008, 11:08:00 PM
I've originally posted progress on the XboxHacker BBS. It's basically a PCB that you can solder directly over the Xbox's mainboard ball grid array (BGA) mobile processor socket (or whatever you call it
) without the need of a BGA [re]work/reball station. Now, I'm in the process of getting a prototype fabricated.Enough with the details for now. This post can deserve a thread of its own.
But, for this "topic", this will probably help your "question."
Post by: Bomb Bloke on May 23, 2008, 07:03:00 AM
Sure, I gather the benefits are slim, but they are at least existant.