When has the Hitachi v79 Been released?

[McBeth]

I thought so.
After all the ana chip is located directly in the "exhaust", so you can't really tell what it is that's working on heat-up

I'll play a bit and then return it

That was one hell of a "welcome-to-360 world"

[McBeth]

I fixed it.
It's a v79, btw

hoping for a software solution by maximus

[sadalius]

Good to hear (about the getting it fixed, not the 79 part), you might consider posting what the problem was incase someone else has the same issue.

[McBeth]

heating the ana chip did the job.

I was about to do this:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php? ... 26214&st=0
However, I didn't have to do the pennies thing.
After heating it up, I tried it and it's been running fine since yesterday.
It boots up just fine even after it has completely cooled down (over night)

How are my chances of a v79 no-passkey-solution?
I know probably maximus will wait till the keys he has on stock are sold out, but generally, chances good? Bad?

I know the BenQ drive couldn't get flashed at first, unless some contacts were cut, switches added or something like that.
Maybe we'll see a v79 solution soon?
(ywah, these are the hopes of a half- desperate man)

[sadalius]

If you had to do a heat fix, you might consider doing an xclamp replacement. There is a guide that I used on a friends xbox a long time ago, and his is still going strong. The one I used is now considered old and is called the MKI, the new one, costs less money and looks like a little better fix at that, it's called the MKIII, the guide is here.

As far as the chances on a no-hardware mod for the 79's, I don't have a clue. I haven't even seen them talk about it in the #fw channel on IRC.

[CoFree]

man can get a download of this so we can post it up for people.

[sadalius]

I can see if I can email rbjtech and get permission to re-post it here if you want? Not sure if you'd want to support it though. You are talking about the xclamp replacement right?

[McBeth]

I know the different methods of doing the xclamp replacement and I have all I need already, thanks (it's among the things I read before buying a 360. I just wished I hadn't missed the v79 part...considering it's in the textbook tutorial, I could kick my own butt. It's just that the hitachi flash seemed to be the easiest to do, since it doesn't even need iPrep, so I kinda neglected that part of the tut ) .

I'll fix the clamps as well as the fans (to run on 12volts all the time instead of being temperature-dependant) this or next week as I'm rather busy at college

[CoFree]

I can see if I can email rbjtech and get permission to re-post it here if you want? Not sure if you'd want to support it though. You are talking about the xclamp replacement right?

well man that is a guide i dont have up.
i dont care we just need a good xclamp fix to try put people on the path.


yea guys sorry to jump in thread here.
ill jump back out now.

[McBeth]

I know it might sound strange, but I have written one myself for a friend with pics for the materials needed.
I gathered the info from official tutorials and it does NOT involve drilling larger holes into the case.
I'd be happy to contribute. Of course, beeing you pros and me a 360-noob, you will be able to tell if I'm saying BS by simply reading it. If you are interested, shoot. It's not the first tut I write, just the first one about 360. It doesn't include pics of the sinks, but they're spread all over the net, so...

[sadalius]

What say ye cofree, shall we let him write his guide? I don't see a problem with it myself, we can make changes if need be and such.

[CoFree]

put it up and well look over it.

im up for anyone helping out around here.
you never know when someone will say something different or a way that a person will understand better.

[McBeth]

OK

I'm editing out references only my buddy would get, as I was helping HIM and not speaking generally.

I just noticed I don't say how to remove the sinks (as my buddy had removed them already)

[McBeth]

here we go...it's a doc, as it was meant for private use


http://mcbeth.sksapps.com/xfix.rar

[sadalius]

Ah, your doing Lawdogs version. I've never tried his version, but from what I hear, it works too. So which ever way you want to go cofree. His doc had some mis-spelling, easily fixed, and it would work for what your wanting.