Xbox portable is now done (updated 6/8/06)

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:26 pm

Electric Rain wrote:I think there's a way to get around that... I think there's a modchip that can get around Live. Same thing with the hard drive. Live checks the serial number of the hard drive when you sign on, and if it doesn't match up, not only will they not let you logon, they'll suspend your account so you can't even use it with the ORIGINAL hard drive! Besides cost, this is the only thing that has held me back from making an X-Box portable myself. What's the point of even OWNING an X-Box if you can't get online with it.

I saw a website that tells how to get around the hard drive thing, though. I don't remember how, but you basically have to rip the serial number from the original hard drive, and put it on the new one so Live thinks that's the original. But it looked too involved. So, I gave up, since I don't even really like X-Box, and decided to aim for a PS2 portable.

I have a modchip and play online. I dont use Live, i use XBconnect and X-Link Kai! It kills Xbox live, and it's free

dkap01 · Post by **dkap01** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:04 am

You know it funny sometimes to read what people write. Does anyone do there homework before posting? When I start a project I do a lot of reading, that way I know what Im getting my self into. Thats how I come up with the plans of my portables. Here is what Im talking about :
Someone said " the xbox wont run with out the dvd drive"
1. The xbox will run with out the dvd drive with a updated bios, like x2 5035 bios is one that will.
2. You can do a wire bridge that will make the xbox thinks its there.
3. And yes you can go on to live with a chiped xbox, all you have to do is put a switch in to turn the mod chip off...

And as mod chips go, I've done my share. I have 4 xboxes at home all modded and linked together.

These are just some of the things that people say by not doing the homework. The reason I bring this up is that we dont want misinformation on here.

On a different note, here are some new pictures of the case vacuum formed.

pic 1: mold getting ready to be vacuum formed.
http://www.portablesystems.net/dc2.0.13.JPG

pic2: shell after being vacuum formed.
http://www.portablesystems.net/dc2.0.15.JPG

pic3: new shell cut out.
http://www.portablesystems.net/dc2.0.16.JPG

pic4: shell thickness 1.75" .
http://www.portablesystems.net/dc2.0.17.JPG

Next I'll be adding the bottom, the controls and the screen.. So more to come...

Dave

Post by **Skyone** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:32 am

YES! I am the first one too see! AWESOME job man. I just can't wait until you paint it. And you're correct, it will run without a dvd drive. Just forget about Xbox live... Hellllllo xbox connect and... whatever that one on XBMC is...

I adore your work!

But how do you keep your portables together? Screws?

EDIT: X-Link Kai! That's it!

zenloc · Post by **zenloc** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:04 am

he dkap01,

i just send you an email about making gamecube portable casing for and that i'm not in a rush and if you were interested could you please reply if your interested or not cause otherwise i have to look for some other way to make a casing and like i said money is not an option and the design is already made so all you have to do is make the casing

wel anyway please let me know

I NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:10 am

Dude, use some punctuation.

Edit: Huh... I just said "dude." I don't say dude... weird...

Xiro · Post by **Xiro** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:15 am

sorry dkap, i should have elaborated on why it cant go on live. Because you are taking out the dvd drive you can only run backups of the HDD, which you need the modchip enabled for, therefore you cant get on xbl without being banned.

dkap01 · Post by **dkap01** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:35 am

I know what you ment but a lot of people didnt. I've been chipping xboxes from day 1. The first chip didnt have a pcb, so you had to solder 34 wires stright to the chip. The xbox I have doesn't even have a chip in it, I flashed the bios on the xbox mother board.
All that I was saying is that there is a great resource here and we need to make sure the information that we give is correct. I see the same stuff posted in every forum with people posting 50% of the right infomation and the rest is misinfomation. Dont get me wrong, I love this board ... How do you think I was able to make my DCp, it was because of this board, all the information is here to do it. So everyone keep up the good work and I'll post some more pictures soon....

Dave

zenloc · Post by **zenloc** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:13 am

yeah sorry don't use um allot.

anway did you read my mail?? just a simple yes or no will do. just as long as i know that you will or will not do it

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:29 am

Say Dkap01, isn't there a problem with spoffing the Xbox into thinking it still has a hard drive... like lack of Xbox Live, or anything else that comes with having a hard drive builtin?

Also to my knowlege if you're able to flash the BIOS chip, you have a v1.0 or v1.1, correct? I've heard that after those two Microsoft stopped using those kind of chips so that BIOS like EvoX couldn't be installed.

Last thing is well the case looks great... What am I looking at? Is that going to be the bottom, top or what?

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:51 am

Curse you dkap01 I've been planing to build a Xbox Laptop for a while now and you have to go and make yours. Oh well I know you will do a great job with it and I will still build mine cause I need the DVD drive plus I have a battery that it can run off of

so it will be greatly different.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:00 pm

my God that shell is so smoothe truly a master peice you are great at those molds and i really cant wait to see tgis case done and then the portable *waters at mouth*

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:49 pm

Did you ever decide what batteries you're using?

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:20 pm

freaking sweet any time frame we talkin' here?

what other bugs are left to squish?

Xiro · Post by **Xiro** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:18 pm

Sparkfist wrote:Say Dkap01, isn't there a problem with spoffing the Xbox into thinking it still has a hard drive... like lack of Xbox Live, or anything else that comes with having a hard drive builtin?

Also to my knowlege if you're able to flash the BIOS chip, you have a v1.0 or v1.1, correct? I've heard that after those two Microsoft stopped using those kind of chips so that BIOS like EvoX couldn't be installed.

Last thing is well the case looks great... What am I looking at? Is that going to be the bottom, top or what?

your correct that he could TSOP flash but that is a pain and lacks some features. I would reccomend X3 w/ the pro switch to switch between 4 BIOS's. that way you could have XBMC, EvoX, Avalaunch, and stock bios, or whatever you want

dkap01 · Post by **dkap01** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:12 am

Sparkfist:
1.)It has a hard drive but no dvd drive.
2.)And yes the the only flashable bios were the 1.0 and 1.1, I have a 1.0 but that not the one Im going to use. The one Im going to use will be a 1.2 to 1.5 and it will have a chip in it.
3.) thats the top of the case with out the screen or controls.

Electric Rain:
Polymer Li-Ion Battery Module: 14.8v 12.3 Ah (180 Wh) and I'll try not to do what Gamelver did

I hope to have this project done in about 2 weeks or sooner...

Dave