Latest XBOX commission project

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Latest XBOX commission project

Post by humakabula1 » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:34 am

The gist of it:
A guy at my school wants a modded XBOX to keep in our IT room (for when our teacher is absent)

Mods:
Snazzy paint-job
Blue LEDs wired strategically around the XBOX
Blue LED fan to increase airflow, don't ask how it works, it just does
Custom crystal jewel (see-thru)
Possible window mod (highly doubtful)
supped up HDD
Modchip (if commission-er wants to pay for it)


This is what i've done so far;
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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by Harlequin » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:05 am

outstanding mods:
1. Blue LEDs wired strategically around the XBOX
2. Blue LED fan to increase airflow, don't ask how it works, it just does
3. Possible window mod (highly doubtful)
4. Modchip (if commission-er wants to pay for it)


in re: 1 - don't get your hopes up. They often don't work out or look that good. I would instead get a pair of different bi color LEDs for the eject button. I always wanted Blue/Red instead of Green/Red, so that your choices are Blue/Red/Purple instead of Green/Red/Yellow

in re: 2 - you'll need to cut the HDD tray and you can put an 80 mm fan in back. They often need to be glued in for added security. I might suggest cutting away some of the metal fan grill as well since it already has a plastic fan grill too...

in re: 3 - window mods for the DVD are fairly easy, but getting it to mesh up nicely with the top of the case is a pain. They never are flush enough for me

in re: 4 - I don't see why you would ever need a modchip unless you want to go without the DVD drive on a 1.6 xbox. 1.5 and under can be tsop flashed which accomplishes the same thing. All of them can be softmodded which also does the same thing. In this day and age (post xbox live) I don't see the point in having a chip since there are various other free methods of achieving the exact same result... unless your box is borked..

If you want to go real crazy with it you guys could build a custom case and remove the DVD drive altogether. shrink that box down to 2/3 the original size.. I like what you've done so far tho :)

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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by mako321 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:25 am

Put a 500 gig hdd in it, with a duox2 and xbmc as a dash. Better cooling would be good, too.

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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by humakabula1 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:25 am

i got a fan from the eBayz and it was 70mm, fits perfectly in place.
here it is installed
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if you want to see how it fits in i will take a pic

i also re-attached the jewel (bit of cleaning will happen but it looks cool
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doing the LEDs as we speak.

he ditched the modchip (now i don't have to solder the fricken points)
formatted a bigger drive yesterday, will test it later.
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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by Harlequin » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:41 pm

If you want to have some fun with the XBOX dash jewel, you could always put in some blue LEDs and scratch up the bottom of the jewel a little. Put a Lego figurine of Han Solo in there and he'll be frozen in carbonite....


Yeah, it's kinda geeky, but also awesome!


If you want to have some real fun, use a 2.5" HDD instead of a 3.5", and make a custom HDD tray for the box.

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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by humakabula1 » Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:40 am

that could be the best fu$%ing jewel idea i have ever herd!

this is for you
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i think i will do a starwars theme one next :D
full credit to you for the jewel if i get around to it!
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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by Harlequin » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:02 am

This is the inspiration behind the idea...

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I think it would look good with a sort of LED ring but with two or three at the bottom of it to kind of force the light from the bottom up. I would also recommend the semi crumpled aluminum foil to give it a kind of rocky ice look. Definitely scratch the under part of the jewel and for the love of the xbox please ensure that all of this is anchored in somehow :P

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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by humakabula1 » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:21 pm

Well i got it all hooked up and its going to the buyer on monday.
didn't stop me from making a video ;)
sadly he wanted to keep the RoL green.

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Re: Latest XBOX commission project

Post by humakabula1 » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:37 pm

dont worry about it :P
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