Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:13 am Post subject: A few pics of my xbox thrashing to get CPU fan in there...
This was lots of fun, well not really but I got it to work. A dremel and needle nose pliers were the tools I used, take a looksie
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Rounded her off with the Dremel
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I had to cut up the corner of the DVD tray, the Dremel is pretty handy
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_________________ Xbox V1.1 Xenium ice solderless 2.3.0/OS
-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
And of coarse a 360
bluetybo Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:15 am Post subject:
This is how she fit
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-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
And of coarse a 360
bluetybo Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:19 am Post subject:
This is my thrashing of the HDD tray mostly done with needle nose plyers, just pulling and turning and ripping
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_________________ Xbox V1.1 Xenium ice solderless 2.3.0/OS
-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
And of coarse a 360
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bluetybo Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:23 am Post subject:
I also did a little painting
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_________________ Xbox V1.1 Xenium ice solderless 2.3.0/OS
-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
And of coarse a 360
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TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:
Yeah, installing 80mm fan is always fun...lol.
thats the first reason I bought a dremel. I was using a rotozip for awhile, it worked fine. Actually in some instances it worked better, but was not as portable. Much larger tool. _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
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halouser Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: May 04, 2005 Posts: 97 Location: georgia
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 6:10 am Post subject:
ive installed 80mm fans before but i had no idea what was making my fan in my box with the swaped drives run at about half power. that was very bad considering that the dvd drive has to sit almost directly on top of the psu. i found that i actually had to knock some off of the top of the back of the case so i could get full clearence. the reason why i realized this was because when i was trying to add the 60mm fan to my slim box that was exactly what it needed to fit it properly. to make a long story short, ummm good job, and if this ever happens just hit the top with the dremel.
bluetybo Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 9:29 am Post subject:
I was wondering if it would be better to use this or just plug the fan(cpu) into its original location? If I were to use this would I still get the options of changing my fan speeds or would it just run at full speed all the time? Thanks for the response, much appreciated.
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-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:
You definitely want to use the 12v fan upgrade kit to get full use of the fan. You will still be able to adjust the speed. But, if you are just plugging the fan into the regular spont, you are not putting your new fan to good use. _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
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bluetybo Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject:
Thanks for the tip I'll do that right now. _________________ Xbox V1.1 Xenium ice solderless 2.3.0/OS
-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
And of coarse a 360
Soarer Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: 1.0 Modded: SmartXXv2/4983.06 bios
Joined: Jun 16, 2004 Posts: 307 Location: Annapolis, MD
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject:
if you plug the fan in the spot you need to just take the ground wire and solder it to the metal caseing, you still will have full speed and be able to change it, thats what will make it run 12v. had min ein for at least 11 months and still no prob. _________________ SmartXXv2/4983.06 bios
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halouser Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: May 04, 2005 Posts: 97 Location: georgia
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:
the fan plug on the xbox mb is 12v with a 5v ground, giving the fan a 7v to run. if you ground the fan on metal (the metal sheilding for instance) you are unrestricting the ground causing the fan to run at the full 12v. thats alot of work if you have a molex conector and you still have room for it, haha.
-haloloser-
bluetybo Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject:
So just to be sure I have to snip the black wire on the fan and solder it to the metal caseing. So this will only leave the red wire plugged into the original position while black is grounded to metal frame??? Please tell me if this is correct or not. Thanks.
BTW using the molex connector(or WeverTF its called) the fan only runs at full speed and ya can't change it. _________________ Xbox V1.1 Xenium ice solderless 2.3.0/OS
-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
And of coarse a 360
halouser Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: May 04, 2005 Posts: 97 Location: georgia
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:
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So just to be sure I have to snip the black wire on the fan and solder it to the metal caseing. So this will only leave the red wire plugged into the original position while black is grounded to metal frame???
yes, that is correct. either way its not going to be changed from 12v, back to seven. you can add a switch so that it does, but ive never looked into that before. its not wise to run the 80mm fan at half speed though as its made to run at 12v. it could possibly make more heat if you let the larger fan run slower then if you let it run at the full 12v.
StaticMind Xbox-HQ Experienced Xbox Version: v1.0 Modded: softmodded through mech
Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 173 Location: cary NC
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 10:21 pm Post subject:
thats nice dude i have yet to do that 1 mine _________________ Xbox v1.0
Evo X
Softmodded
120 Gig hdd
Custom Done Case
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bluetybo Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada
Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 6:33 am Post subject:
Yeah got her done but still not able to change fan speed (using a dash Unleash, evox, xbmc, etc.) Not that it matters but the retail fan doesn't usually run at full speed which sucked becuase i like to keep the box nice and cool. BTW what temp does your guy's box run at (after being on for at least 20min)mine stays at 45°C for both CPU and MB. here are a couple more pics of the solder.
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_________________ Xbox V1.1 Xenium ice solderless 2.3.0/OS
-WD 80GB HDD-
-12v cpu fan-
Xbox V1.6 Xenium S.P.I.C.E. 2.3.0/OS
-Maxtor 120GB HDD-
Xbox V1.4 soldered pinheader + D0, slipped Supper Aladdin Live right on there. (My first solder successful )
-Stock HDD-
And of coarse a 360
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