Robin Hoods Playground

If this is covered in some other thread please feel free to point me in that direction. I have read and been told recently that should I ever need to replace my 360, my downloadable content will no longer work. There seems to be some discussion on how to bypass this (sharing DC) but I am concerned t...

Well the concept is there, I am aware people have the 360 modded with jtag and xbreboot and wired usb HDs to the 360 such as this example; jE3LYZiADWE But what I am looking at, we have a SATA DVD connection sitting right there. So if the HD could be made to pass itself off as the original DVD drive ...

I am fairly certain this has not been done on a 360. I tried Google and got a bunch of "replace and repair of the DVD" but no swaps. Since I doubt you could find a HD that would fool or trick the 360 into thinking it was the DVD tray. I am just in the mood to experiment, back in December I...

Well I finally wore out my Ben Q DVD and had to order a new one. I did the PCB swap and it fired up and works like a charm. The new/used drive cost $30 including the shipping... so I've got no complaints. As for the old one, I think I must have tweaked the laser to death. I couldn't get but a few ga...

Well this week I have been hanging close to home and a neighbor brought his 360 over to my house and asked me to take a look at it. He had this gizmo attached to the back with 3 extra fans pushing out air. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AM4HX0ANL._SL500_AA300_.jpg I don't recommend buying t...

I went online at xbox.com and was reading about backwards compatibility, so I popped in Halo 2 and nothing. I tried COD3 still nothing. I followed the directions and signed up on Live the 360 updated, but I still have no luck using any original disk. I have a ton of these games and figured this is s...

For selling, Craigslist is for me since it is free. My sister is always buying and selling on eBay and gets ripped off on both ends. I try to buy most of my online purchases from commercial sellers such as TigerDirect, Amazon, or I use the Google shopping engine and look for ratings. But I tend to s...

Due to a US court order against the Canadian based website, ISOhunt had to close access off to US servers to set things right. Of course if you type isohunt.com in the address bar you get redirected to Link taken out the lite version which is nothing more than what you can find using a google search...

Well by the time I got in touch with my nephew he had already sold the old Xbox. He said it was pretty worthless since not only did it get the RROD it was banned off Live last November too. :D Thanks for the advice, now that I have my Halo 3 Xbox and it is in running condition is there any "pre...

I have viewed 2 very different videos on YouTube on how to repair the RROD. The first method shows removal of the X-Clamps and CPU, replacing screws with new shorter ones and nylon washers. Basically pressing the mobo down on the metal box. The other method shows making 4 little heat sinks out of pe...

I knew that title would get your attention... I joined here Mar 4th, 2009 when my nephew's XBox DVD took a crap. I was fortunate to find this place and repair the XBox. Since then he took a job at Mc Donalds and bought a new XBox when that same one became a victim of the "Red Ring of Death"...

Hey CoFree,

Good to hear you got away with the family, that is the best for you and yours. Also, I haven't been speaking with the big guy upstairs quite as often as I should, but I will put the word in for you.

KBB

I am in the process of building a new joystick from old ones. I am talking about the Xbox original USB wired controllers. I was wondering if anyone who dabbles in the dark arts of electronics can tell me the exact ohm values of the left and right thumb sticks. I ran a resistance check and got 7.5 to...