Thanks for watching and Subscribing!

@fluffypinkpandas

2 ай бұрын

is there a way to use keyboard and mouse on xbmc4gamers and manually search games? i feel this would be faster than scrolling alphabetically

OMG. This is probably the best explained tutorial of... well anything! 1. Great lighting and camera angles to see exactly what you're doing. 2. Explanations of every step instead of "do this just because". 3. No BS and longwinded talking about things not relevant to the video. Loved it!

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

As a member of the OLD xbox-scene which well now i gotta relearn some new tricks thanks to Cerbios.. Wanted to thank you for making a really killer video on this. Incredibly well done video and teaching an old dog some new tricks with specifics to xbmc4gamers.

This is the most comprehensive tutorial on this subject, that I have found. Thanks for your in depth explanation of the process.

I'm flashed this modchip in XBlast OS using HDD flash and ignoring information "unknown chip". Flashed and working perfect.

Gotta agree with all comments here. This is short, sweet and to the point. Perfect vid for someone like myself who's trying to mod an Xbox years after my last mod. Learnt all I had to in 20 mins of video. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial! My xbox is now modchipped thanks to you :D

This is great I am currently looking on marketplace to see if I can pick me up a cheap OG Xbox to mod…such a great console!

I just watched it because it was so well done! Thanks for sharing.

everything work just as you explained it, I followed ur instructions to a T and it turned out great thanks brother!!!!

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear you got it up and running! Have fun!

The exact steps I was missing. Putting things on the C drive. I already soldered in my openxenium and flashed it but, was getting nowhere with the rest. Thank you so much for this video!

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

this is the best tutorial hands down

Thanks for such detailed tutorial! I could revive my dead OG Xbox. Unfortunately it got a DVD Drive failure, so the only way to do something was to buying and soldering a modchip, buying a universal programmer and flashing a Cerbios with DVD mode disabled (2- Modern). That way finally I got it working like a charm.

OMW! I'm so glad I found your channel. I'm more a retro gamer... Like you and viewing your uploads I'm glad to see there's another brilliant like mind out there. 🧠 Owning a electronics repair shop I have a bunch of OG Xboxes laying around so I'll use your Amazon link to order my Aladdin chips please just keep this awesome content coming. Know it's much appreciated! 😇

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I am glad to have you as a subscriber.

@repairstudio4940

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs 🙌 Trust I know how much it means to garner subs here on KZread...as I flex my like 10 subs haha but cherish every single one. 😇

If we only had an Xbox!😂 Great video and tutorial! 10/10 👌

Yeah the Best Mode Video thx 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks brother just ordered everything I’ll let you know how it goes

I had an og xbox modded with a 500gb hdd! I should of never sold it! These definitely make killer entertainment systems!

Hell yeah brotha great vid! Cerbios is where it's at. They just added 1.6 support as well, been helping test with a 128mb upgraded 1.6 that I put together the other day. Cerbios is king! 👍 I did a vid on upgrading those shitty non flashable aladdins to Xblast Os aladdins with a 512kb and a 256kb bank, it's the same process but you also need to flash the cpld. I'd highly recommend it as it makes flashing a new bios way easier down the line. Cerbios is updating constantly so having to pull it the flash memory every couple of months. it's slightly more work and an extra buck or two for the 1mb flash memory but I think it's worth it.

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I Agree. I actually ordered one of the 512kb chips from your shop a while back.

@brkbtjunkie

Жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome modzville!

Don’t have an Xbox, but the way you described everything was perfect. not super rushed either Subbed !

I bridge my TSOP points on the 1.0 - 1.4 motherboards, install pin headers, temporarily install an Aladdin modchip, flash the BIOS through the modchip with a TSOP BIOS, then pull the modchip. I find it faster than softmodding the XBOX first.

You said at the end, what console you want to be modded next. I want you to show us Playstation 2 & 3 and X-Box 360 with 16TB.

I would first use distilled white vinager to stop the capacitor juice and then clean with ipa

Amazing tutorial. 🎉 You deserve a medal 🏅 With the mini pro, do you need an adapter to read and write the SST chip?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Yes. The adapter is a PLCC32 to DIP32. It just makes the pins of the SST chip accessible to the mini pro's socket. Here is one like I used: amzn.to/3K5mXxW

@ES-iv6wb

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs thank you for the reply. I actually had GQ4X4 that I used to try and flash the SST, with the same adapter on Amazon. But.. it didn’t work. I did some investigating and found out that the GQ4X4 requires an adapter to make the SST chips work! They want another $15 for the adapter. I may have fried my SST chip since Vcc is around 5V. I wish they were more transparent.

80 wire IDE cable and SSD do not increase speed in a soft modded Xbox with a hard drive formatted to FAT32. Which has about 15mbps read speed on average. You need a drive formatted to nxFAT or NTFS to achive max drive speeds. People use to upgrade the Xbox original hard drive with a faster one and 80 wire IDE, but they had the original Xbox formatted drives, and not a modded drive.

@brkbtjunkie

Жыл бұрын

Cerbios also allows for UDMA5 transfers so it will increase speed over IDE

@sleepwalker29

Жыл бұрын

A SSD formatted to fat32 is about 1 second faster. Not worth the money, it is faster but if you blink your eyes you won't notice. The 40 wire IDE cable supports 66Mbps. The 80 wire IDE is to connect to the SATA adapter on the hard drive and nothing more. Still not getting max speed with a SSD hooked to a 80 wire IDE cable. SSD needs a SATA cable for max speeds. Best to get a 4tb, 8tb, or 16tb HDD to benefit from Cerbios. XBMC4Gamers supports only 2 TB and can run with a softmod. Cerbios requires a modchip. So if I spend the money on a EEPROM programmer, and mod chip then I want something bigger than a 2Tb SSD. Not enough save space on a 2Tb drive with all Xbox games, NES, SNES, Mame, coin-ops. I might put a 4Tb HDD in one. Also a hard drive with 90% free space runs faster than one with 10% free space. So a 16tb 60Mbps drive formatted to fat32 with 90% free space is going to be faster than a 2Tb SSD with 1% free space also formatted to fat32. And this Xbox original hard drive was formatted to exFAT or NTFS by Microsoft, so this is why it will run faster with the original hard drive format, but when you mod the drives you reformat them to fat32 which is so slow it really don't benefit from the 80 wire IDE ribbon or SSD like the original Microsoft hard drive format would.

@TroJanVirusMusic

11 ай бұрын

​@@sleepwalker29you're so confidently wrong. Cerbios runs at ATA-7 now, (Udma 6). The difference between a stock UDMA 2 and a UDMA 6 with SSD is phenomenally quicker. Stop being so naive.

@Dikwili

5 ай бұрын

@@TroJanVirusMusic No, he was definitely correct and you are wrong here. The original xbox was built to handle IDE BUS drivers. UDMA6+ is available for those running larger SATA drives which take advantage of the SATA to IDE adapter speeds such as a Startech. This allows them to run at higher rates, but still does not magically add a new BUS for SSD to run faster. It's just the basics of the Xbox in a nutshell. Waste your money for that milisecond speed gain if you choose. It's just not logical to spend that much and recommend others to do the same for virtually no gain of function.

@SomeAngryGuy1997

3 ай бұрын

What nonsense is that? The XBOX uses FATX, not FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS or anything else. And the IDE bus on it supports UDMA-6. It is just disabled by default due to BIOS lock, and using a 40-wire cable. Hence the UDMA-2. Of course a SATA SSD will work faster on SATA, but it will be noticeably faster than a mechanical HDD when the bus speed is 133MB/s. Just make sure to use an 80-wire IDE cable. Don't skip that. One more thing, no spin-up time, and no seek times. This is already a big gain.

Great tutorial, straightforward and detailed! Question: what if I only install the modchip without upgrading my hdd? I leave the original hdd as is. What advantages or any extra features will I get?

@magnus00125

Жыл бұрын

Everything except you have a small hard drive.

@paulellis5008

Жыл бұрын

No advantages at all, you'll be worse off because you'll still have to use disks.

totally easy 😀

Great video. Question 🙋🏽‍♂️ where’d you get the dash from? Could I extract it from a soft modded xbox by ftp then load it strait to the new hard mod hd? Question #2 why would you hard mod then put xbmx4gamers when you could do that with a soft mod? I was hoping you show us how to install coinopps or something diff than a soft mod.

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

You can download XBMC4Gamers here: drive.google.com/file/d/1je41mKY0Qm7L3P1zbZkcgt7VphEhYFz2/view And yes you could copy the files from another Xbox if you wanted to. Answer #2: Installing a modchip allows you to easily change to a custom BIOS. The BIOS featured in this video has support for hard drives up to 16TB and RAM expansion up to 128 MB. There are many other awesome features offered by Cerbios. I would recommend checking out their discord server for even more details.

hello friend, which camera do you use to record your videos i really liked the video i also have several tutorials of the original xbox

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This video was recorded with a Google Pixel 4 XL.

On my Xbox all holes on the debug port are open, can I leave all the pins on the pin header then or should I however remove the one you have shown in your video? Thank you for the great video.

awesome tutorial, question, what is the extension of the games that you need to have if not on a .iso? Thanks

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

The games are composed of several files in their own folders. It is basically the files you would get if they were each copied from the original disks. If you have ISO files you can extract them with a program called XDVDMulleter: archive.org/details/xdvdmulleterv10.2beta

Hi! The files that you need to download for your X-Box like the artwork, can you just download those and install it offline instead of re-downloading these things every time you need to reformat your console?

Any idea why my C drive would be empty after formatting it for Cerbios? I'm not seeing the bios files that showed up on yours

Awesome video!!! Can I use the XGecu T48 [TL866-3G] Programmer TL866CS TL866II Replacement Support 31000+ ICS for EPROM/MCU/SPI/Nor/NAND Flash/EMMC instead of the 34000+ you suggest? Thanks!

@MadModLabs

9 ай бұрын

Yes. As far as I know the 2 programmers are almost identical.

Is there any preparation to the xbox software before hand or just follow this in it's stock state without any softmod for hand?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

A softmod is not needed for this setup.

The GPU adhesive will soften up with a hairdryer just enough. And WD40 is the best way to get rid of that glue thingy. ;) Also, which is the best bios to use for a bigger, at least 3TB hdd with? This, or evoX, in your newer video?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Go with the latest version of Cerbios for sure. It now supports all versions of the original Xbox.

@cybcarr

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs Thank you ! If I'm ordering the cheapest aladin clone from aliexpress, is it still needs to be burned an edited rom?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

@@cybcarr Yes. I have not seen any chips shipping with Cerbios already installed

@cybcarr

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs Thank you! :) I'll contact you if i can. Can I?

Pro TIp. Turn the XBOX on for 10 minutes and then take off the GPU Heat sync. Then use WD-40 to get the residue off.

If you’re using a solderless adapter that has ground d0, would that pass through the header on the Aladdin or would I need to connect directly to the chip?

Having a weird issue when I go to the downloader in the Xbox settings menu. It doesn’t load or start and downloads to update it.

Does hard modding require a softmod? I would like to try this because my optical drive is having issues.

Great video. I purchased everything and tried as you stated but all I got was a green and red flashing light. Is there a setup in the program other than changing the chip model number?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

This error is usually called FRAG. (Flashing red and green). It means the Xbox has failed to load the bios due to a hardware error. The most common cause of FRAG after installing a modchip is a bad solder connection at the LPC port. Those pads are very small so it is very easy to have a weak solder joint. There are some other things you could check too. When you programmed the new BIOS chip did you get a "programming successful" message? If so, your bios flash is good but you could always read the chip back in the programming software to verify. When you power the Xbox on does the modchip light up? If the light is off or dim you should check your pin header and D0 connection again. This error is extremely common so don't get discouraged. I'm sure you can get it working.

@Rlgoggs

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs Thanks, I resodered everything and it worked as you said. Thank you.

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

@@Rlgoggs Awesome! I'm glad you got it working. Congrats!

@majestic2876

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs I received a pre hard modded xbox and it also has Frag, it doesn't use a pin header and instead has individual wires connecting to the LPC port, what would be an easy fix for this?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

@@majestic2876 definitely check the solder connections on those wires. Using individual wires serves the same purpose as a pin header, but it is easy to accidentally short 2 wires together on the modchip's quick solder pads.

Had some problems with the mod ... turned out I was using and old EvoX bios, the old ide cable with a 2tb sata drive ... finally fixed it tho. now trying my second mod, but have some different issues. The chip installed just fine, the Evox logo shows up on startup ... but does not work with any other hdd other than the stock one. Also only still reads original discs, not burned discs ... it just shows up as Unknown in Unleash X (original hdd has softmod).

Just finished installed the aladdin. So with the new hard drive it only flashes green and red with the new hdd. Boots fine with stock xbox hdd woth the exception that it skips the Xbox boot animation. I flashed using a programmer. Could it be a bad chip or flash?

Can you flash Cerbios with the TSOP method and just overwrite the xbox stock bios ?

So I have to program the chips myself? I almost bought one of these chips.

Why do people remove the rubber feet from under the xbox? I'm curious cause I've always just peeled them back just to get the screw out and placed them back over the screw hole. I'm assuming because it's not always a clean peel. But I like to keep those rubber feet hahaha!

Does anyone know if this mod gets around the Startech IDE to SATA adapter compatability issue with the Samsung model DVD drives?

How much heat can be used so that way im careful I don’t burn the motherboard

감사합니다.

hi i you a link to the Cerbios v2.1.0 download please as the one ive tried have been taken down

Why do we need a new optical power and ide cable?

I got this weird issue with Artwork installer ... for some reason the Download button stays green and I can keep installing it over and over. When it's done instaling, it doesn't seem to do anything and no artwork is loaded ... when I restart my Xbox, Artwork installer seemingly seems to be not even installed yet, anyone know what's going on? I believe my mod chip is a bit of an older one tho ... perhaps that is the problem? But then, I had no problem running Hexen disc and installing xbmc4gamers.

Quick question though, can this modchip make the Xbox work without a CD drive?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Cerbios supports bypassing the DVD drive check.

When I go to the Cerbios github, the downloads there don't include a .bin file... otherwise great video

Howcto change bootanimation and remove ceebios logo on startup

I used a 1f 2.5v cap to replace mine but my xbox is a 1.0

can i flash aladdin xt chip without programmer? direct on console? i have 1.6

i got a oler vercion of alladin mod chip is a way to mod like usb or other way thanks so much

What about 1.5 revision?

Please refresh bios links

Now what would be the chances of you selling a fully modified Xbox?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

I would consider selling them in the future if I have lots of surplus systems.

I ripped the DO pad off with ease, is the board toast or could I still softmod it?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

The board is not toast yet. Pulling off pads is very easy to do. Fortunately, there are other D0 points. You can try repairing the damaged trace with a very fine piece of wire or try connecting one of the alternate D0 locations to a grounding point. Here is a Reddit post about it: www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/w5kt0u/rookie_mistake_ripped_the_d0_pad_right_off_trying/&ved=2ahUKEwjZufmA5Zf-AhVUFFkFHUpNCvAQFnoECBMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Oz3YPdheUbC4oiFhPVwkh

Is the D0 soldering point on the top and bottom of the chip or should be soldering on the top of the chip/board only?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

The Aladdin chips has a D0 on top and bottom. Both will work.

@feonjun

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs THe red light comes on, but it won't boot into the chip for some reason. I don't have a programmer either. Frustrated LOL!

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

@@feonjun if your Xbox is flashing red and green, definitely go back and check all your solder points. This is called a FRAG error. It is very common.

@feonjun

Жыл бұрын

@@MadModLabs I took your advice and went over all the connection/soldered points and decided to put the D0 point on top like on your video. It works now.. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

@@feonjun Nice! I'm glad you got it working

Next, upgrade the ram to 128mb!

😀

just have a couple things i want to comment on. if you like me like replaceing the clock capacitor tge original clock capacitor is a Super Capacitor. Idk how exactly it differs internally from a normal electrolitic capacitor but i don't think it's the same thing. the oem super caps Microsoft used are 2.5V not 2.7 but 2.7 is far easier to find these days and they work fine as a replacement for 2.5V. 1Farad is the oem capacitance but you can increase the Capacitance in theory keeping the time after unplugged longer than the original 1F in fact I fit 15F super capacitors in giving it in theory 15 times longer before the xbox can't keep its time after unplugged. Secondly their is or has been a lot of debate if the og xbox should be replace the thermal compound or not, in my opinion i don't think they need it, it's just nice if you can BUT, if you attempt to replace the compound you need to have caution because if you apply to much force the CPU and especially GPU can detach from the board and i hear it's near imposable to lign up the CPU or GPU and reflow the solder correctly. So basically if you pull to hard the board is bricked and practically unfixable. In regards to the thermal paste from personal experience and conversations with someone with much more experience than I have. The Thermal Compound Microsoft used isn't thermal paste and maybe not even a pad, whatever they used is soft enough to have spread when the heatsink was put on the FIRST time but is and probably never was a paste. The thermal compound does appear to be different for Version 1.0-1.1 so that may not aply but as you can see in this video the Thermal compound judging from it's near perfect square shape and how it covers far more area than the actual component it is not a Paste but a Thermal Pad or something like it. What they used performs optimally ,at least enough to keep the CPU and GPU from getting to hot, to this day. So if you don't feel comfortable taking off the Heatsinks I personally feel you then shouldn't try replacing the original thermal compound. If you ,like myself, do repasted your OG Xboxes be aware that the thermal paste YOU use will most likely have a expect performance lifespan of 5 or so years so i advise you change the New thermal past in 4 years or less. Unless you have a reliable way to compare how the paste performs in 4 years and it performs almost as well as the day it was applied. BTW you should not use a Thermal Pad because to my knowledge they don't thin down much so it would probably perform worse than the original Thermal compound does. Generaly speaking the thicker the layer of Thermal compound after applied and pressed the worse it performs at keeping the CPU/GPU cool. None of this is ment to come across as an attack to Mad Mod Labs, I think this is a great channel i simply am responding to some bits of the information in this Video. And Thank you to the Mad Mod Labs for the video it's been entertaining to watch and has useful information to use. Sorry for any typos or Grammar isues i have probably made.

@readysetrekt3414

Жыл бұрын

Curious what happens if I don't replace with thermal paste. Will they eventually overheat and damage the board? Or is it a simple replace whenever they finally break

@techadmirer6475

Жыл бұрын

@@readysetrekt3414 I don't have enough experimented evidence to know for %100 sure but from the information i know of, If the heatsinks aren't removed and thus the thermal compound isn't changed it will not overheat so long as the system isn't excessively dusty. With that said on the chance i'm wrong and the system overheats it may cause permanent damage and the common overheating symptom of turning itself off mid game(because consoles usualy are set to turn off at a set high temperature set from the factory). So far I have not heard of a instance a original Xbox turns itself off conclusively from overheating directly because the the thermal compound wasn't performing optimally enough, so as i mentioned earlier if someone isn't comfortable removing the heatsinks not messing with it is a safe option.

@CasualGamerCC

Жыл бұрын

An xbox will turn itself off if you don't have any functional fans. It monitors chip temps and will save itself if a heatsink is at least installed. If the chip is bare, yeah it'll probably heat up quickly enough to kill itself. As for removing the heatsinks without much force, just warm them up with some hot air and the paste loosens. They come off super easy when warm. To remove the paste more cleanly than shown in this video, use electrical contact cleaner that contains hexanes, like Puretronics 3600. Isopropyl alcohol does basically nothing. Acetone may also work but I haven't tested yet and if you drop any on the plastics it will damage them.

@FACEBOOK.IS.STUPID

Жыл бұрын

​@@CasualGamerCC I just cleaned up mine and I used %100 acetone and a thin pillow sheet. It worked much better than alcohol. 10/10, got it off in 30 seconds. Crusty paste is a little harder to get off though but not by much.

Use an OpenXenium, they don't need to be flashed externally at all

@majestic2876

Жыл бұрын

Link me? Or would any openzenium off Amazon work

@danholli123

Жыл бұрын

@Majestic any would be fine, but MakeMhz had taken up the roll of supporting it and its software officially. They're almost always out of stock though

is this process the same for a 1.6 xbox ?

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

There are a few extra steps to install this modchip in a 1.6 Xbox. The LPC port in the 1.6 is different and requires rewiring. Also, Cerbios is not supported on the 1.6 revision. You can still install hard drives up to 16TB in a 1.6 Xbox using the ExoX bios patched with Titan patch. Other than the LPC rebuild and BIOS incompatibility, the rest of this process is pretty much the same.

@flyingwings4740

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou...Do you need a rom programmer and adapter to flash Cerbios ? cant you do it with Hexen Disks ? cheeers

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

You can normally flash the bios from a bootable disk like Hexen. I have recently seen 2 of these Aladdin chips that can not be flashed this way. I think it is because they are clones. If you have an old Aladdin XT2 with the original chip you are probably good. If you are ordering a new chip from Aliexpress or Amazon, it would be a good idea to have a rom programmer handy.

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

This forum post has more information about this problem: www.ogxbox.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6051-aladdin-xt-plus2-fake-cant-flash-new-bios/

@flyingwings4740

Жыл бұрын

I purchased an Alladin xt2 from ebay seller and they confirmed CAN BE FLASHED WITH NEW CERBIOS (256K) Release V2.03 Hybrid (Xbox V1.0 - 1.5) Only on auction details stating BIOS (EVO X) already installed and can be reflashed. ?

Literally just bought a launch console with the duke for $50 lol

@MadModLabs

Жыл бұрын

You got a good deal! Hope you enjoy it 👍

fair rad?

That's not thermal paste, it hasn't "hardened", and it does not need to be replaced. It is a PCM (phase change material) which is dry when cool and soft when warm. It can last for many decades because it's not thermal paste and has completely different properties. Also, Arctic Silver 5 is an ancient formula at this point and far from the best.

"Careful not to lift up this trace" Sounds like someone's had past experiences or knows someone who has. I did that, with my first ever mod, used far to thin a wire just cos it was all I had, & it worked just fine for about 6 months before the wire snapped, & then the resolder, well that didn't go so well, pad came away, the trace is ever so slightly lifted, & I just stopped there before it got entirely destroyed. Christ, that was almost 2 years ago now.

This is not the best or ultimate 😂😂😂 my 4gb build is way better

Meh. I'm cool with simply changing my game discs like we've always did .....

I just purchased one already modded how can I add games to it

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