supachris26 Xbox-HQ Enthusiast Xbox Version: V1.3 Modded: X-BIT
Joined: Jun 09, 2004 Posts: 23 Location: New York USA
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject: Xenium Solderless Chip Issues
Ok here is my delema... i have the Xenium Solderless chip in my xbox.. works like a champ..sorta... i will use the xbox for hours....no problem.. then shut it off..come back minutes later and power it back on..and it won't pick up the chip... just errors out.. the chip lcd goes red... the xbox hasn't been moved..or anything.. then randomly it will work again?... sometimes first thing in the morning it will error.. its pretty random... do you think a reset of the chip would help?.. .. i don't know if its the d0 pin issues... any ideas or thought would be great... thanks again its a version 1 box too
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Joined: Dec 29, 2004 Posts: 617 Location: South Dakota, USA
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject:
It sounds to mee that it's an issue of connectivity. The solderless chip can easily come off the solderless adapter. Either make sure that you have a good connection with the adapter or go for a pin header install. That does require a little bit of soldering but nothing that even someone who has never done it before can accomplish.
I did the same thing. Right now I have the solderless X3 installed and it works but just last night I got sick of it coming loose so I did a pin header install. I'd never soldered anything before, not since 8th grade, and it works great.
A flash may help but your best bet would probably be to go with a pin header install. Hope this helps, if you have any other questions, just PM me. _________________ XBOX v1.6c
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TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary Xbox Version: V1.3 Modded: X-BIT
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject:
I agree...
Be careful when moving your solderless adapter around though I have seen so many people scratching a trace or two while doing so.
Also, the Xenium Ice has been a pretty unstable chip the last few months. I am now seeing a pretty high fail rate, as far as I'm concerned 4 chips in two months is high when I only install 20-30 chips per month (15 of those being Xeniums)
jiggysmb had the same issue. Sometimes his would work, others it wouldn't. Eventually, he ended up just getting the three power cycles and frag. The thing was, I installed his chip via pin header so it wasn't alignment. The chip wouldn't even go into recovery. I replaced the chip with a SmartXX and it's all better now. Bmmods RMA'd the chip for me.
If you really don't want to try soldering a pin header in place to rule out some possibilities just be careful when aligning it.
Keep us posted.
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