xbox-renovation-project/Xbox renovation project.md

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Recoverable parts

• IDE Hard drives:
  • Recoverable: 17 (going to replace anyways)
• DVD Readers:
  • Recoverable: 2
  • Trash: 3
• Reader caddies:
  • Recoverable: 4
  • Trash: 3
• Power supplies:
  • Recoverable: 2
  • Trash: 1
• Cables (IDE ribbon):
  • Recoverable: 4
• Screws:
  • Recoverable: 7

Internal Components

Parts required for each Xbox:

• Hard drive
  • Drive caddy
• Motherboard
• Cables
• DVD Reader (optional)
  • Reader caddy
• Power supply

Xboxes

List of boxes and their components.

1. Revision 1.2 or 1.3 (Almost complete, no drive)

• Unknown date
• Drive caddy
• Motherboard
• Cables
• DVD Reader
  • Reader caddy
• Power supply
• POSSIBLE MOTHERBOARD DAMAGE
• POSSIBLE RAM DAMAGE

2. Revision 1.6b (Completely gutted)

   • 2004-11-22
   • Power supply
   • Cables

3. Revision 1.6b (Completely gutted)

   • 2005-04-04
   • Power supply
   • Cables

• Added:
  • DVD caddy

4. Revision 1.6b (Usable motherboard)

   • 2004-10-27
   • Hard drive (probably broken)
   • Motherboard
   • Power supply
   • Added:
     • IDE Cable
     • DVD Reader
       • DVD caddy

5. Revision 1.0 (Possibly usable motherboard)

   • 2001-12-01
   • Motherboard
   • Drive caddy
   • DVD caddy
   • Added:
     • IDE Cable
     • DVD reader
     • Power supply
   • POSSIBLE MOTHERBOARD DAMAGE

6. Revision 1.4 or 1.5 (Mostly built)

   • 2003-10-14
   • Motherboard
   • Drive caddy
   • Cables
   • DVD reader
   • Power supply

7. Revision 1.0 (Possibly usable motherboard and power supply)

   • 2001-10-29
   • Motherboard
   • Power supply
   • Added:
     • IDE Cable
     • Drive caddy
     • DVD Reader
       • DVD caddy

8. Revision 1.4 or 1.5 (Usable motherboard and power supply)

   • 2003-09-08
   • Motherboard
   • Power supply
   • Added:
     • DVD caddy
   • POTENTIAL WATER DAMAGE

9. Revision 1.6b (Almost complete, no drive)

   • 2004-10-01
   • Drive caddy
   • Motherboard
   • Cables
   • DVD Reader
     • Reader caddy
   • Power supply
   • PROBABLY DEAD

10. Revision 1.6b (Almost complete, no drive)

• 2004-10-26
• Drive caddy
• Motherboard
• Cables
• DVD Reader
  • Reader caddy
• Power supply
• POTENTIAL WATER DAMAGE

11. Revision 1.0 (Extra Xbox, not part of original 10, fully functional)

• 2002-04-05
• Harddrive
  • Drive caddy
• Motherboard
• Cables
• DVD Reader (optional)
  • Reader caddy
• Power supply

Completed

1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

Possible Upgrades

https://www.wikihow.com/Mod-an-Xbox

• Add mod chip (Raspberry PI Pico):
  • https://retrorgb.com/all-new-raspberry-pi-pico-based-mod-chip-for-the-og-xbox.html
  • ModXo - A Rasberry Pi Pico modchip for the OG XBOX
• Upgrade harddrives to SATA or SD cards
  • For SATA drives:
    • A SATA to IDE adapter won't work with the stock 40 wire IDE cable, so you need to replace them with 80 wire IDE cables: $10
    • SATA to IDE adapter: $18
  • For SD cards:
    • SD card to IDE adapter: $18
• Change out Xbox "jewel" for something that looks nicer.
• We'll need to dump the EEPROM chip to get the password for the drives:
  • https://www.ogxbox.com/forums/index.php?/topic/12550-raspberry-pi-pico-xbox-eeprom-dumper/
  • Backing up your EEPROM/Dashboard

Parts needed

• Small USB 2.0 flash drive, needs to be less than 4 GB for Xbox to be able to read it.
  • USB-to-Xbox adapter: ~$4:99
• At least one Xbox controller, or at least a way to interface with the box
• Extra screws: $24

Approximate price: