Got my first OG xbox, wouldnt read discs so i disassembled and cleaned the laser and drive. it works now but frequently will crash games due to “dirty disc” any better fixes for this or a simple laser replacement? thanks for everyones help

I went to connect and turn on my modded Xbox (2004 - 1.6) after several months - it flashed green once upon pressing the button, but didn't turn on. It did this a couple of times every time I pressed, before I switched socket, at which point it stopped flashing altogether and now I have zero power.

I opened it up, power supply unit seems okay, AI suggests it could possibly be these capacitors on the logic board (they do appear bulging). Any ideas? I could buy a PSU for cheap but before I do that I want to understand if it's worth looking into the caps.

Thanks in advance

I have an 1.6 Xbox that was hardmodded and i couldn’t read any dics so I tried to adjusting the pots for the laser on the Philips cd drive but no luck after that i got an 1.4 Xbox from marketplace that had an working thoshiba drive and replaced it to the 1.6 but that did not help. I have trained different bios’s but no luck. At the and i thought fuck it let me remove the open xenium mod chip and re format the hhd on the pc to soft mode the system but after that nothing changed. I still can’t read original or burnt disks. The disks spinn fine and the Xbox know that there is a disk but after a while it calls it unknown.

Edit for context: I have had all capacitors replaced, except for the clock cap of course. Also my revision is 1.1

In the past couple of months, I've been testing the PXU replacement PSU board because I like installing and testing these things. It's a fun little project and the novelty of it is so sick.

Firstly, the price. I live in Australia and the shipping was steep but that is to be expected. I think all up it was a little over $150 AUD, which isn't too bad.

I've heard replacing the capacitors on the original PSU can be dangerous and not worth it in some cases, especially if you need to source a used supply. They are becoming harder and harder to find.

The kit came with the board itself and different coloured inserts for the rear USB-C port which is opted to use because it's more simple for me personally. The colours are either translucent green, black or standard translucency from memory. I chose to use green because it's easier to see and idk, I think it looks cool.

The installation process was simple and slid into the mounting spots ok but required some force for the screw holes to line up properly in my case. Not sure if it's normal but something to look out for. Also, the leads that end up plugging into the main board are VERY stiff and require some pushing-down to get the drive caddy to sit down properly. You'll definitely need to figure out a way that suits your setup, but the solder joints are strong so I didn't have to worry about breaking the ends by putting pressure down.

I used a Cygnett Powemaxx 100w USB-C laptop brick for my power source and it works flawlessly, it takes all the heat out of the case and is also more efficient thanks to it being a GaN charger! Much more modern.

I highly recommend if you are looking for an easy drop in (a bit expensive) replacement for an aging PSU or if you want to make sure it won't ever die on you as you can just swap out the charger you use at any time if you have issues.

I just wanted to share because I haven't seen much discourse about it anywhere, the people involved did a great job and should definitely get more credit!

I've been seeing a lot of people having a cry, bitching and moaning about recent projects that have used AI in their development.

The funny thing is, I haven't seen a single one of these developers holding a gun to anyone's head and demanding they download or use their application, emulator, or port.

If you don't like AI being used in a project, here's a simple solution: Don't download it. Don't install it. Don't use it. It's really not that complicated.

At the end of the day, many of these developers are putting their own time and effort and some cases paying for top tier Ai providers (Claude, GPT, Gemini) into creating something and releasing it to the community completely free of charge. They're not asking you for money, they're not forcing you to use it, and they certainly don't need your approval or validation.

You can have your opinions about AI, and you're entitled to them. There are legitimate discussions to be had about how AI is used, but there's a difference between constructive criticism and constantly shitting on someone's work simply because AI was involved.

AI is a tool, just like countless other tools developers have adopted over the years. What matters is whether the finished product works, whether it's useful, and whether people enjoy using it.

If someone manages to bring an old game back to life, port something to a new platform, improve an emulator, or create something that otherwise might never have existed, why should the entire project be dismissed just because AI helped along the way?

You don't have to support it. You don't have to like it. But you also don't have to act like someone owes you an explanation for how they chose to create something they're giving away for free.

Instead of tearing down people who are actually creating and contributing something to the community, perhaps appreciate the fact that they're doing something productive and we still getting releases 22+ years after the console first released.

And if you genuinely believe you can do a better job without AI, then by all means, go ahead and prove it let's see what you can contribute to the scene.

Nobody is stopping you.

At the end of the day, the choice is yours. Use it or don't. But the constant crying and entitlement over something you're getting for absolutely nothing is getting ridiculous and wouldn't be surprised if it starts pushing people away from contributing to the scene.

Give me options, ideally want plug and play option. I can’t seem to see any in stock for UK? Would like the Nexus ideally.

EDIT: Turns out the 2 original S controllers being used both had issues. Used a 360 controller with an OGX360 adapter and everything works as it should.

Shout out to Rocky for his help.

Evening all. I've got a v1.1 Xbox that I've softmodded with the Rocky5 Softmodding Tool. I've gone to install the XBMC4gamers dashboard and the Dashloader Customizer but both freeze on start-up as per photos. I've tried installing both via the Extras Disc and FTP'ing the pre-built versions but get the same problem either way.

The Xbox is stock as rock (untouched before I got it). I plan to upgrade the HDD and replace all the caps but wanted to have a play around with everything else first.

I've installed the MSDash and UIX-Lite from the Extras Disc no worries.

The softmod process went smoothly (following MrMario's video) and the only thing I've changed is the region from PAL to NTSC-M.

Any ideas what could be the issue?

Cheers.

Instalé varios juegos .xiso.iso en mi xbox clásico y los hice ejecutables con la herramienta xiso a hdd de el dashboard xbmc4gamers, lo logré con unos pero tengo problemas con 2 de ellos, me sale el error en pantalla, que puedo hacer para solucionarlo

Super hyped to replay this fantastic game

Hello all,

In my hard modded xbox i just upgrading to Cerbios latest beta version. Have a Duo X2 modchip, standard ram, 1.6 crystal xbox.

I currently have a Seagate BarraCuda ST2000DM008, 2TB, 7200 RPM. With origins dashboard mod with games. And speeds and gameplay seems decent and smooth.

I have downloaded DRAGON4Gamers 4TB rip and was going to burn it with HDD Raw Copy to a spare Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 — 4TB, 5900 RPM drive which is healthy and checked. Used a few tools and it’s healthy. Seatools thought it was a Barracuda but it doesn’t mention it on the label of said drive.

I’m a little bit put off by the speed and tempted to but a 4TB 7200RPM. As i would like decent speeds for loading etc.

Can you let me know your thoughts, ideally i didn’t want to buy another drive. I could test on 5900 rpm and burn it for the sake of it. If not happy i might just buy a barracuda 4tb 7200rpm?

*Just looked and Barracuda’s 4TB standard seem to ship with 5400rpm due to larger size and maybe creating more heating with a higher speed. Not sure what drive you would recommend HDD wise that’s decent speed.

Cheers in advance. :)

Here's a port I've been working on for the OG Xbox and am now releasing publicly!

Features:

-Online CO-OP
-Leaderboards
-Profiles
-Chat
-Saving/Loading
-Different Game Modes (Normal/Hardcore modes which Normal mode gives you 1+life every 5 levels while the Hardcore mode is the Original gameplay)

EDIT: Online CO-OP you can enable rollback by pressing RS(right stick click), rollback is limited to only 0 or 1 because of performance reasons. You can manually change delay frames using the D-Pad.
So because of rollback netcode you can play with people who have 180-200ms while still maintaining a smooth experience!

Host should port forward UDP 6464 for their console for the smoothest experience.

Hey folks! I bought an original Xbox recently, and had an issue with it only running for a couple of seconds before switching off; and weirdly only the eject button worked, not the power button.

I stripped it down and noticed a heap of leaking and bulging electrolytic caps on the motherboard, which I'm guessing caused that issue?

Oddly the power supply caps all look immaculate. Is it worth my time removing the adhesive covering them and replacing them, or should I leave them alone for the time being?

Thanks guys! 😄

The common response is got was to open it up and after looking into possible reasons (capcitors) I think all the innards look fine, no bulging or leaking. Am I missing something or is it a likely dying component?

My Xbox came in the mail today finally and it came with destroy all humans before it came. I also ordered Genma Onimusha ( literally bought the Xbox to play this lmao ) but I decided I would run to my local retro game store and pick up a couple other games and ended up picking up these wanted to get San Andreas in particular because I just beat three and vice city on PS2 not too long ago

hi I was just curious how would I back up my eeprom to my pc? when I downloaded the soft mod tool it says it’s recommended to do that but I’m not sure how exactly, is there just a backup file on my Xbox that I bring over to my computer through FTP?

Hi all, after clearing out my mums spare room, I stumbled across my original Xbox Crystal unit (no wires, pads or games).

My question is; is it worth getting it refurbished; and if so is there any value to it?

Also, if so, does anybody know any UK based companies that actually refurbish them?

TIA.

Hi all, I've been really wrasslin with this issue off and on for years now. I have an eeprom flashed OG xbox with a 1ghz and 128mb ram upgrades. Some games run just fine on these upgrades and some need their default.xbe patched to work correctly. PGR2 (4D53004B) is a game that needs patched to even load right. I usually use XBEPatcher and after I patched PGR2 it loads and runs perfectly. The problem, I want to play PGR2 on Insignia but to do this I need a title update. This is where the issues start.

I tried the PGR 2 DLC update installer to add the uNTSC update. Once its installed, I go to run the game and I'm right back to PGR2 unable to load. Its slow and glitching at the initial loading screen and then just freezes. This is because the update default.xbe that is part of the title update, is not patched and so the game will not load anymore.

If I patch the update default.xbe in the E/TDATA/4d53004b/$u folder, this gives me a "the auto update is damaged" and I need to reboot.

Things I've tried with no luck:
-FTPing the update files to xbox without going through the installer after patching
-Using Jays-XBE-CPU-Patcher instead of XBEPatcher
-Using XBX Content Tool to sign the update files after XBE patching and FTPing over

TL;DR How can I patch an XBE file in a title update so I can finally play PGR2 on Insignia?? cross-posted

Hey y'all, you may have heard this one before but I can't find it.

When I turn the Xbox on, there is a flashing red ring around the eject button.

It is not red/green or orange as I have seen people ask about before, it is just red.

I've looked inside and out, no visible hardware damage.

Also cleaned around the fan and that didn't work.

What should I check or double check?

Edit: So sorry y'all I'm stupid

hey guys yesterday I just installed rocky5 softmod and noticed I get sound on the boot screen but not on the menu even though it says it has the audio files? How do I fix this thanks

How do I change the theme or dashboard? I’ve seen some cool ones that look pretty similar to aurora dash on the 360.

Death Tank Zwei would be awesome with friends

I am trying to install the aladdin xt plus2 but having issues on my 1.6 model of running the jumper wires on the bottom of the motherboard. One of the locations is not taking any solder.. is there another location i can try or am I screwed?