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Post by Ex on Feb 15, 2020 0:27:31 GMT -5
check what model you have, though: the 1.6 revisions don't need this done Any way to tell that from the OS? I mean without having to disconnect your Xbox cabling and pull it out of the entertainment center...
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Post by Sarge on Feb 15, 2020 0:36:57 GMT -5
check what model you have, though: the 1.6 revisions don't need this done Any way to tell that from the OS? I mean without having to disconnect your Xbox cabling and pull it out of the entertainment center... Yeah, the kernel revision gives a good clue if you're running unmodded. I used this reference: www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=367210&seqNum=2A lot of soft mods will list it somewhere - I use UnleashX, which has it in the upper right corner.
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Post by Ex on Feb 15, 2020 2:42:59 GMT -5
Cool man, thanks for the protip.
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Post by Ex on Feb 17, 2020 1:18:07 GMT -5
check what model you have, though: the 1.6 revisions don't need this done Finally checked my Xbox tonight. I've got the 5838 kernel. Dodged the bullet on that one. Also explains why my Xbox always loses its time and date when it has a power loss.
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 17, 2020 7:29:06 GMT -5
I don't think I lucked out, mine could be a 1.1-1.5?
K:1.00.4034.01 D:1.00.5960.01
The MFG date was also within 11/2002–04/2003. I definitely got mine a bit early, when Halo, Ninja Gaiden, and DOA were the big releases basically.
This was the first system I bought as a kid with my own hard earned money! So it's my first child. I may have to look more into this to make sure it keeps going.
It'll never cease to amuse me how half this beast is just a standard big PC optical drive.
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Post by Ex on Feb 17, 2020 10:40:52 GMT -5
The MFG date was also within 11/2002–04/2003. The V1.6 models that don't have the problem capacitor were manufactured post April 2004. Your Xbox falls in line with the V1.1 revision period - meaning yours likely has the problem capacitor. If I were you, I'd confirm, and if it has the capacitor extract it pronto. The video I post earlier shows how to do it. I personally didn't buy an original Xbox until 2007. The guy I bought my Xbox from, didn't buy this Xbox until after Halo 2 released. Halo 2 released in late 2004 (November), which explains why this is a late model Xbox (pretty sure he bought it at a major retailer with fast moving stock). And that optical drive is the one thing I have issues with, at least with my Xbox. I'm on my third replacement optical drive for my Xbox at this point. The first two optical drives were Samsung units, at present it's got a Philips drive in it. The Philips is kinda noisy, but at least it still works. Meanwhile both my Game Cube and PS2 Slim are still on their original optical drives, with no qualms.
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Post by Sarge on Feb 17, 2020 11:13:15 GMT -5
Most of mine have had Thomson units, which are terrible. At least the earlier ones, anyway. My in-use one has a Samsung drive that still performs like a champ, other than the fact that it doesn't like to eject anymore if you don't have a disc already in the drive. One of my 360 consoles also has this issue.
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 17, 2020 11:17:57 GMT -5
Disassembly looks easy enough to me... but soldering.
Has anyone found ways to backup Xbox HDD saves and data?
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Post by Sarge on Feb 17, 2020 11:23:10 GMT -5
No, no soldering needed. Seriously, just wiggle the cap back and forth until it breaks off. That's what I did. Don't go nuts, just kinda take it easy and wobble it until it gives, and just make sure you don't take out anything next to it.
Is your XBOX modded or not? That will make backup more or less complicated. You have the old memory cards you could plug into controllers, but there are saves that are too large to transfer if memory serves. Unless they've got cards that bump up the capacity.
If it is modded, then you can just FTP into it and transfer the files.
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 17, 2020 11:31:14 GMT -5
It's not modded. And yeah, I remember the memory cards being fairly pointless in this case. Funny how that works... taking care of my PS1 memory cards for years which are even older, I was then able to get all that on my PS3 with an adapter. But I've just kind of accepted someday my Xbox will poof and everything will be gone with it.
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