Post by: tien1728 on May 19, 2003, 09:17:00 PM
Post by: kkattfish on May 19, 2003, 09:25:00 PM
Post by: rms2001 on May 19, 2003, 09:46:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| mine even had filled LPc holes. |
Did it come with filled holes? Or did you fill them?
Post by: pkpss on May 19, 2003, 10:25:00 PM
| QUOTE (tien1728 @ May 19 2003, 10:17 PM) |
| wow i must be smarter than a Electrical Engineer with a PhD. I install my matrix chip and my 80 gb hd in 30 mins. |
You would probably come no where close to that stature bud. Use correct grammar and punctuation first, then maybe we can think a little more highly of you.
On note of this thread though:
IMO any solderless solution for the XBOX is a POS (piece of shit), thats just my opinion of course.
Post by: Heet on May 19, 2003, 10:39:00 PM
Post by: feflicker on May 19, 2003, 10:40:00 PM
All kidding aside, you should look at replacing it with an X3 when they come out... In the meantime I would live with it.
Post by: Lerxst on May 19, 2003, 10:47:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| I am an Electrical Engineer with a PhD and I cant get this damn thing to boot using thier recommended install method. |
Yeah why buy a chip that has pogo pins if you're an electrical engineer? Many people have installed them that don't even have peach fuzz on their face.
It doesn't take PHD.
BS
~Lerxst
Post by: FrankDux on May 20, 2003, 05:07:00 AM
Also I would not buy into the X3, only becuase Team X is chopping you off at the knees, First they hype the X2 lite and Pro. everyone runs and buys it, not what, they want to release and X3 right away, so we have to spend more money.. thats nonsense.
The matrix is an awsome chip for someone who doesnt want to solder or doesnt want their motherboard to be moded physicaly. I have installed like I mentioned above many (over 50) and not one problem. when it comes to v1.1 and v1.2 boards you need to fill in the LPC holes thats all you need to remember...
Post by: bruce1271 on May 20, 2003, 06:25:00 AM
Good to see some responses. First off, I was an Engineering major and not english, so my grammer is not a concern to me nor should it be to you. Especially at 1am when I wrote that.
I have v 1.1 I have not scraped, filled or anything. I followed the directions on the matrix web-site and did not see where I needed to scrape, fill, pluck, kiss or anything to the board. You can call me stupid, I dont care. What I did was follow the given directions from the manfacturer.
What I get on 1,1 (dips) is a flash of green followed by red. Which is correct.
When I go 1 off 2 on, I get the 3 power on/off. I did get it to boot into Evox 1 time by holding down the damn thing in such a mangled way there that there is no way the screw could hold it. Also, I had to use my PC's dvd-rom drive to get the Evox dashboard to boot.
So, I need a new brand of cd-rw I guess.
What exactly causes the 3 boot thing? D0 or LPC?
Thanks
Post by: methadone_pretty on May 20, 2003, 07:29:00 AM
Post by: bruce1271 on May 20, 2003, 12:10:00 PM
It appears I got this to work on v1.1 without having to solder anything or scrape anything.
I had to use electrical tape underneath the PCB of the matrix to angle it towards the LPC. I needed 3 peices ~ 5" in length and doubled them up and put them under the Matrix. Tightened down the screw a bit and it seems to be working-I need to buy a longer screw though. It boots into EvolutionX using my PC dvd-rom. Now I have to find a cd-rw that works.
Anyone have any brands they know works with the samsung drive?
Later
Post by: sharpie00 on May 20, 2003, 12:32:00 PM
1. Remove the motherboard.
2. Solder a wire to the alternate d0 site.
3. Put the motherboard back in.
4. Put a piece of electrical tape on top of the original d0 site so there is NO contact between the d0 pogo pin and the d0 point on the motherboard.
5. Put the matrix into the LPC holes without filling them with solder.
6. Solder the d0 wire coming from the alternate d0 site to the top of the d0 pogo pin on the Matrix.
7. Tighten the screw and never worry about the matrix coming out of alignment or screwing up the d0 site by scratching it up.
sharpie00
Post by: bruce1271 on May 20, 2003, 01:13:00 PM
Now what do I do to make "back-ups" of games?
I have a menu with EvolutionX booted.
I am at work now, but I believe the options are:
1)Harddrive
2)Network
3)reboot
4)???
I can set-up the Class C subnet to connect into my hub that has my Linux and Windows PC on it.
How do I fire up the FTP server on my Xbox? I though Evolution has that installed?
Also, is there any way I can boot from the harddrive without the boot disk?
I guess I will look at some tutorials.
Post by: CybrJnkie on May 20, 2003, 04:10:00 PM
Post by: Morglum on May 20, 2003, 04:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (bruce1271 @ May 20 2003, 06:10 AM) |
| I am an Electrical Engineer with a PhD.... |
LOL, neither of you guys could be decent electronic engineers if you had to BUY a damn chip, should have built your own like me, hell you dont even need to be an engineer to build it, my girlfriends 12year old brother could build one.
Post by: CybrJnkie on May 20, 2003, 05:16:00 PM
Post by: bruce1271 on May 20, 2003, 05:34:00 PM
If you dont like what I say...too bad chump...move on.
Post by: Fokus on May 20, 2003, 05:51:00 PM
Post by: Morglum on May 20, 2003, 08:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (FIREitUP @ May 21 2003, 02:23 AM) |
| its hard to belive that people can have so much trouble with a concept so simple, i installed mine in under 3 minutes....get a damn cheapmod if you can solder and dont pay double for features that are overpriced on the x2 (and you probably wont use that 1mb bios any time soon, or ever) you wanna call the matrix a POS fine, no one gives a shit about your problem if you're gonna whine because you cant get it alligned you quantum physic fucker. go flame some other chip because matrix has helped many newbs, but maybe not you....so shut up already bruce almighty. |
I agree, just because he had trouble with it dont mean its bad, not that i know, never seen or used one, i built a cheap lpcmod. But ive met many people who have even had troubles with the most expensive of chips that claim to be the best thing since sliced bread and easiest to install and blah blah blah, yet they dont go shitting them to hell because they fucked it up themselves. I dare say for every one person that has trouble or screws up somehow, there are most likely 20+ people who have no troubles at all. You cant blame the chip for your own incompetance bruce1271.
EDIT: Damn typos
Post by: leisenstein on May 20, 2003, 08:47:00 PM
You need to get a job that gives you some hands-on experience.
I'm about to finish my CS degree and I want to get an MS in EE or Chem.E. Where did you go?
Post by: Kiran on May 20, 2003, 11:48:00 PM
Post by: FIREitUP on May 21, 2003, 03:25:00 AM
Post by: bruce1271 on May 21, 2003, 06:19:00 AM
I bought this chip to put it in fast and get on with my life. I have no desire to spend alot of time messing with a mod that is supposed to be fast to install.
For all those out there, I did get it to work by using electrical tape as a fulcrum/wedge. I placed the tape between the modchip board and the motherboard. I used 3 pieces of tape and doubled them back on each other twice(sticky side out). This caused the matrix to be installed at an angle. The Chip is angled towards the D0 pin probably at 15 degree angle I would say. Make sure you smash the tape down good so it doesnt give after time.
After I installed it, I smacked my box a few times and rattled it as well. Seems like it is in there pretty good now.
I can now boot with EvolutionX.
This chip is probably fine, but dont expect ot have your box opened up and closed back up in 10 minutes if you have V1.1
from what I've read, this V has a tougher time with this chip.
For the guy who asked where I went to school - Penn State.
Post by: bruce1271 on May 21, 2003, 06:23:00 AM
I bought this chip to put it in fast and get on with my life. I have no desire to spend alot of time messing with a mod that is supposed to be fast to install.
For all those out there, I did get it to work by using electrical tape as a fulcrum/wedge. I placed the tape between the modchip board and the motherboard. I used 3 pieces of tape and doubled them back on each other twice(sticky side out). This caused the matrix to be installed at an angle. The Chip is angled towards the D0 pin probably at 15 degree angle I would say. Make sure you smash the tape down good so it doesnt give after time.
After I installed it, I smacked my box a few times and rattled it as well. Seems like it is in there pretty good now.
I can now boot with EvolutionX.
This chip is probably fine, but dont expect ot have your box opened up and closed back up in 10 minutes if you have V1.1
from what I've read, this V has a tougher time with this chip.
For the guy who asked where I went to school - Penn State.
Post by: bruce1271 on May 21, 2003, 06:30:00 AM
I bought this chip to put it in fast and get on with my life. I have no desire to spend alot of time messing with a mod that is supposed to be fast to install.
For all those out there, I did get it to work by using electrical tape as a fulcrum/wedge. I placed the tape between the modchip board and the motherboard. I used 3 pieces of tape and doubled them back on each other twice(sticky side out). This caused the matrix to be installed at an angle. The Chip is angled towards the D0 pin probably at 15 degree angle I would say. Make sure you smash the tape down good so it doesnt give after time.
After I installed it, I smacked my box a few times and rattled it as well. Seems like it is in there pretty good now.
I can now boot with EvolutionX.
This chip is probably fine, but dont expect ot have your box opened up and closed back up in 10 minutes if you have V1.1
from what I've read, this V has a tougher time with this chip.
For the guy who asked where I went to school - Penn State.
Post by: Morglum on May 21, 2003, 06:53:00 PM
Post by: PENTIUM75 on May 21, 2003, 10:55:00 PM
| QUOTE (bruce1271 @ May 20 2003, 09:10 PM) |
| Anyone have any brands they know works with the samsung drive? |
My samsung reads everything I put in it, shit if I could burn on a piece of wood it would probably read it
Post by: rickyd on May 21, 2003, 11:48:00 PM
aligning the D0 point and aligning the lpc points and the pogo
pin but make sure the pogo pins do NOT go into the holes. I got this to work yesterday afternoon and it took me probably a little less than 30 mins to put it on the 1.1. I had a solder gun ready to go but I wanted to see if I could get it to work without using it. Good luck!
Post by: FIREitUP on May 22, 2003, 03:12:00 AM
1. x2lite has shitty pogos i've used both and i know that matrix's is much much better
2. dont judge a modchip until you use it.
3. i can't speak for the modchip, maybe its you maybe its just defective.
4. stop fucking posting, loser.
5. if you are doing quantum physics and you have kids, then you have no time for xbox, you have better things to do.
6. get a life.
Post by: ranciddc on May 22, 2003, 12:07:00 PM
Post by: SMP_Homer on May 23, 2003, 07:08:00 PM
I've installed a whole bunch of these, 1.0 and 1.1, and the hardest part is the breathing...
I did find that not using a washer is easier to lign up... I don't even test, I just slip into Mode 2, place on the mobo, screw, and power, and I'm done.
And I haven't had a single one go loose on me yet, and a few travel regularly for gaming meets...
Post by: Morglum on May 23, 2003, 07:16:00 PM
You'd be much better off soldering a set of header pins into the LPC holes and getting a chip that uses that, atleast then all you'll ever need to do is replace the chip, you can leave the pins in forever.
Post by: beaumac on May 24, 2003, 12:56:00 PM
Post by: rickyd on May 24, 2003, 01:15:00 PM
Post by: beaumac on May 24, 2003, 01:21:00 PM