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This
tutorial will guide you through
installing the Xecuter 2.3B
Lite modchip by using the
pin header installation method.
If you follow this tutorial
carefully you should have
absolutely no problems whatsoever.
We are assuming that you have
some sort of clue how to use
tools and a soldering iron.
Tools needed: Torx 10 &
20 screw drivers. Good quality
soldering iron and solder
(doesn't need to be expensive
- a basic $15 iron will do
the job just as well as a
$500 iron). Some flux paste
/ flux pen is always recommended
along with some electrical
tape. These items are not
essential but guarantee a
perfect job.
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This
is the 2.3B Lite complete
kit. We have marked with an
arrow the items needed for
the wire installation. Namely
the mod itself, the wire harness
and the external switch module.
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Use
the Torx 20 Screwdriver. Unscrew
the 6 screws and remove the
top cover.
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Use
the Torx 10 Screwdriver. Unscrew
the 3 screws and remove the
DVD ROM & Hard Drive units.
Unplug the grey IDE cable
and yellow power cable from
the mainboard.
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This
is the area you will be working
with. This is the LPC port
that you will be soldering
the pin header to. As you
can see the holes are clean
and ready to go. Only older
machines have solder in these
holes (v1.0 - v1.1), all the
newer machines are all unfilled.
To remove solder from filled
holes - simply add flux, put
some fresh solder on each
hole and heat it up a little
them simply use some solder
braid to remove. The entire
process takes less than 5
minutes.
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All
v1.0 to v1.3 machines have
the Conexant video encoder.
The majority of the v1.4 to
v1.5 machines have the Focus
encoder (some new machines
in Europe have the Conexant).
You will find this information
useful when flashing your
bios later.
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Now
you will need to remove the
mainboard. First unplug all
the connectors from the motherboard.
The diagram illustrates this
just to give you a little
confidence. Note the picture
is that of a v1.0. The v1.2
- v1.5 looks a little different
but its pretty much the same
process.
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First
place the pin header into
the LPC port as demonstrated
below.
Turn the board over
to solder. The diagram clearly shows how simple and clean this procedure actually
is. Even if you take your time you'd be very slow if it took longer than a minute.
We recommend you use flux for a nice even flow of solder.
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Now
for the d0 wire. We are sure
you have heard many horror
stories but the d0 connection
when using the pin header
install option is actually
very easy, as the diagrams
show you.
Simply
thread the grey d0 wire through
one of the spare LPC holes.
Make sure you tape up the
connection.
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This
is what everything looks like
once connected. Note where
the ground connection is screwed
in.
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This
is how the mod should be positioned.
This picture also shows the
d0 connection soldered on
top of the mainboard - you
get the choice between the
two - obviously the alternate
d0 underneath the board is
much easier (as illustrated
above).
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Here
is a quick and easy example
of how and where to fit your
external switch module.
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If
you are satisfied that everything
is connected correctly, first
set the external switches
to Enabled, Unprotected &
Bank 1. Plug in the AV and
power cables and turn the
Xbox on. The LED on the external
switch should be green and
the
2 blue LED's should light
up on the modchip. The power/eject
button on the Xbox should
flash Green and Orange.
If all this happens for you
then you are ready to test
completely by plugging in
your Hard Drive and DVD ROM.
If you have the conexant video
encoder then you will see
a FlashBIOS (Cromwell) picture
on the screen and the DVD
tray will eject. If you have
the Focus video encoder you
will get no picture on screen
but the DVD tray will eject.
You
are now installed correctly
so you should put everything
back together (take your time).
You are now ready to flash
your BIOS of choice to the
modchip.
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