I have a couple questions that should be easy for some pros out there. 1) is it easy to swap different versions of motherboards in different xboxes? (any tutorials out there about eeproms?) 2) I ask this because I think I ruined my current project's motherboard (v1.6 w/ an xecuter 3CE mod chip) while soddering. this is my third modded xbox (first two were great successes and are still working fine). this was my 1st v1.6 and i think i removed a sodder point from the motherboard while installing that fun rebuild PCB. I am assuming i held my soldering iron to the board too long (a big no-no) and roasted off the point or "lifted a trace" (don't know what goes on when that happens). bottom line: the xbox won't start (no spinning, no lights, no nothing) but the mod chip lights up for a few seconds upon pushing the button. any help out their on how to repair this? thanks, Manford
Deja Vu. Same thing I did today also. LOL. I have the v1.6 and Xecuter 3 CE chip also. I actually removed that little wafer rebuild board because for some reason connections kept coming loose. So I removed it and did the complete wire solder. During this I also found out I lifted a trace off the board. Found out when I rebooted the system and got the Yellow/Green flashing (orange I think is what they actually call it). I took my system completely apart again and looked at everything and found a lifted trace because of soldering iron (I used a 15 watt fine tipped iron). So what I did was use the same wiring size I was using for the wire rebuild (26 AWG wire) and found both ends of the trace and connected both ends with solder and wire and bypassed the trace completely. Xbox is now up and running perfectly fine. But it does take some time and some skill to do it. Your best bet would be to solder past the trace cause there isn't going to be anything else you gonna be able to do to it. I gave up trying and bypassed it completely. REASON FOR REMOVING REBUILD LPC BOARD: I could not close my case up with DVD and HDD inside. If I did for some reason it kept making the connections come loose and chip would frag red/green. So I decided to be a smart aleck and go ahead and do the wire rebuild. LOL. Wasn't fun and really wasn't all too hard. It is a pain but it can be done. Just takes some time and some major patience. Not to mention it is kinda hard to get the solder to stick to those little holes on the board without soldering over onto the next point. Here are some pictures for reference for doing the wire rebuild instead of using the rebuild board if you want. http://www.xbox-modchips.com/tutorials/xecuter-installation-pics/v1.6-detailed.jpg I sure hope this helps you out. If you are not comfortable with soldering those small points maybe you have a friend or something that is real good at soldering. As for replacing motherboard you can do that too but you will have to make sure the power supply is the right one. Different versions have different power supplies. And from what I have seen just ordering the board and power supply combo costs $90. Same price about as buying a new one at Gamestop or something. Flandrel
thanks for the help. Update: I found the bad points, and bypassed the traces to the best of my ability. i still have the LPC rebuild on there because it looks nasty to take off. now the xbox tries to boot twice, fails, and then gives me the red/green signal. Flandrel, in your case which connections were causing the red/green blinking light? maybe I am one connection away from this working... Thanks, Manford
My issue with the green/red flashing was coming from solder points not being good. I found two of the ones on the LPC rebuild board that was bad on me and had to remove the solder with desoldering wick and redo them. Best thing to do is to check all your solder points. Most likely you have one that isn't done right and not making good contact. Most likely that is where your problem is. Those points that you have to solder drop from LPC board to the mainboard can be a pain in the butt. Also be sure to check the connections from the rebuild board to the pins as well. Flandrel
