Just a little heads up (from an old modder) the extra soldered in stuff won't add any extra heat to the console, so don't worry about that. Those temps are super cool for any Xbox, so turn the fans down a little if you want, get rid of some of that jet fan engine noise you got going on there 👍🏻
I used to build consoles, it's crazy seeing someone pay that much money for something he could have done himself with a few UA-cam videos and a soldering iron lol. Used xboxs are still cheap asf and rgh and jtag chips from China are also still cheap asf. I would say less than $125
Yeah nahh these systems are notoriously unreliable something like 5% made we’re actually sellable units. The heat and board flexing issues are just bad engineering. Hence the 4 iterations of this same architecture
@@Juicysmoolyay7259 oh yeah anyone who bought a phat 360 just knew it was a ticking time bomb before it red ringed lol, I used to do reflows on them all the time when I built / repaired xboxs.
I always love seeing peoples modded consoles. I almost never like them personally but it's all down to personal taste. That's what's so nice about modding. You get to make it your own.
@@antwilder its not a hacked xbox its just a emulator console which u can get any emulator for free lol like i have 30k plus games on my jailbroken ipad thru emulator from atari to xbox x and ps5 games lol
@@RTb0y954 idk if you understand this or not but a jailbreak is a hack...anytime you change the original os it's a hack...you don't know wtf you're talking about...reading is fundamental
The video was great and well made. just saying some stuff to clear some stuff up 1. Aurora isn't the OS. it is software that when the Xbox turns on it will automatically get told to go into aurora by Dashlaunch example. it's sort of like discord starting up when you start your computer. the Xbox has been Mod Chipped to use the JTAG/RGH Exploits 2. You were saying the Xbox 360 games such as "Watch dogs", "GTA V", & others were emulated. Just want to say these games were just loaded from the hard drive and played natively. the hardware was genuine Xbox hardware using a modded hardware 3. Xbox Live. in the video you've said it has been shut down. if were trying to connect Xbox Live on your network and fails is because "liveblock" & "livestrong" were enabled which just blocks communication between your console & the RGH. you can turn this off, but it is not recommended. you should be using stealth server and an alt account. 4. Just a suggestion to use the leaked the Microsoft Xbox 360 SDK and "xbdm.xex". which will install a tool known as "Xbox Neighbourhood" which will let you start .xex (think of this as a Windows EXE file) files on your Xbox from your pc. or copy or move files from your pc to your Xbox or vice-versa. Yes, before you connect it to your network you should enable livestrong and liveblock (basically just blocks Xbox Live)
Couldn’t have said it better. Also you do need to buy stealth server time before you can even access online, and most stealth servers provide Xbox live gold spoofing, so you don’t even need to buy Xbox live to play for most games. And debating on which stealth you have also, it’ll make the default Xbox dash board your home dashboard with just a little bit of modifications to it
@@wilfreddompierre5620 mostly all stealth servers have a Xbox live gold spoofing method, it just personal preference for which stealth server you go with. Also, most stealth servers have a “no kv mode” which means you don’t even need to buy a kv.
16:10 - It took so long because there are multiple tiny tabs that all need to be pressed down at once to open that side of the console. They use to sell console keys that were stamped steel plates with tabs exactly where they needed to be. All you did was line it up to the edge, push the tabs into the split in the case, and it would 'pop' open once they were all released.
You can replace the fans with some Noctua 40mm (or whatever size they are) which will help the noise. Also 360s have been so hacked to death, I'm sure there is a fan speed controller in the software for Aurora (I'm less familiar with it than other stuff)
Hey, I'm the maker of that console!!! Couldn't imagine one of my creations could have ended up on a UA-cam video with 1.5M views!!! I thought a regular nerd like me had bought it 😂 Cheers from Italy P.s. If it can be of any use, when I shipped the console it was just perfect, no cracking or damages whatsoever. P.p.s. About the guitar hero stuff you were right, I had no more space at home for all that junk so I said to myself : "why not"? 😂 P.p.p.s. That modded fans kit is extremely rare and has been designed and produced by the same team who exploited the security measures of the 360, the legendary Team Executer, don't forget that!
The fan might be really loud because often people would perform what was called the "12 volt fan mod". Which was done by cutting the power line to the fans and splicing it into the 12 volt power line for the DVD drive. It essentially "overclocks" the fans to run at a higher speed and remain maxxed out. You can also change fan control settings with some of the dashboard mods so they might have instead just maxed out the fan profile in the settings. But judging by all the work done on this console I think the fans are wired directly onto a 12 volt line. There is other locations that you can get 12 volt from for the fans too. Some after market fans even had adapters that split the power from the DVD drive without any need to splice wires.
Xbox Live on Xbox 360 is still up and running. Also, you can set a button shortcut in Dash Launch so when you cold boot the Xbox or “go home” from the dashboard UI pop-up, it’ll load the standard Xbox 360 dashboard.
Like lee denson said, those temps are fine. the og 360 ran at 75 -85c on the gpu on a good day, so seeing 50c is really nice. Some of the newer revisions run cooler around 70 to 75c on GPU. Those do not have the red ring problem. if you are already seeing this chances are there is cracked solder on the GPU that was present before the seller modded it. You can take a heat gun to it once it dies (to the gpu) and get the solder crack to refuse and "fix itself" but like doing this with any GPU you are on borrowed time at this point.
i remember my modded xbox from back in the day. i drove like 2 hours to someone to get it modded same day, and then got lost on the way back at like 12am in DC lol. man the good ol days.
3:30 -- I used to play about with custom modding PC cases back in the day. Those small fans tend to be or can be pretty loud at max RPM. However looking at the gap between the acrylic/plexiglass. Im willing to bet that the xbox will run quieter and cooler if you remove the cover and replace it with a _'steel finger guard'_ that come in many sizes and can be picked up on amazon or ebay. 100% guaranteed that the xbox will run cooler and quieter (to a certain degree) after you removed that cover. If those fans are too loud you can do a simple inline resistor mod that would knock the voltage on the fan down from 12v to 7v or 5v depending on which resistor you decide to put on. This can be done without a soldering iron if you dont have one. Just use some heat shrink tubing on both sides when you splice/twist the wires onto the resistor and you'll be fine.
I also do have a Xbox 360 elite, hacked and modded. The OG fans are also loud, but not as loud as yours in the vid. There is probably a software to lower the speed of the fans, but with these consoles it will be always better to have optimal cooling to avoid the RROD. In earlier days, after PS1 and N64, consoles were always a bit loud, just to think at the PS3 fat lady, but we are no more use to that noise, as the newer generations, starting with 360 slim, PS3 slim, Xbox One S, and Series X are so silent.
I've heard how the latest model Xbox 360s are far more easier to soft mod or something so I'm not sure why he spent a fortune on this older model with the rrod issue 🤷♀️
To make something clear: - Aurora is NOT SOFTWARE, It's a custom dashboard that opens .xex files (ex. games and emulators) and you can change it in DashLaunch to some other dashboard like the custom ones, default one, the og blades or NXE
The funny thing was with rockband and Guitar Hero, the controllers where compatible with both games, I liked the stiffness of the rockband controllers, lube em up and they feel even better, replace the switches and it gets better again.
Also, that socket that the smaller additional board is connected to is a jtag port, it's used for programming the entire system. The method used on this console was JTAG, not too messy either, fairly decent install. Put some KPX on the massive cpu and gpu and you'll see those temps drop back down, also if the xclamps ain't real tight, add a thin piece of cardboard of business card under the back of them for better mounting pressure.
@@lilwoodiewood3457 dude, different controllers, different switches, different design, different feel. Have you ever played an instrument before? Try playing a knockoff strat vs a real one. Everything has differences, if you take the time to notice them.
@Sultry Pineapple first off .. I'm a music producer and composer .. so yes I play instruments .. have u ever made a song .. have u ever wrote a whole song and all the music (drums bass melody counter melody chords ) and lyrics in it .. .. second off I'm a programmer I'm a coder I'm a software engineer .. I understand how a controller works u don't .. I'm only talking about how the buttons work .. they work just like normal buttons that's why u can just plug in a normal controller and play so it's not surprising that guitar hero controllers work on rock band ..
So you've got all these qualifications, and assume no one else has, that's honestly super smart, dumbass. I answered your question. Not to mention, every retard claims they're an electrical engineer and a software engineer. It really doesn't take much brains at all to throw a bunch of colours into a track and say I made music. I didn't even need to go to class to do that, anyone with a sony erricsson phone from 2007 could do that, even a chimpanzee. Pretty sure I know how a circuit works you spoon. Next time, try to be a little more specific about your question. Seeing as you're so well trained, surely that wouldn't be difficult. Considering the world of proprietary bullshit(eg, the console gaming world) exists, it's no surprise most people assumed the two controllers where not compatible with each of the games, It wouldnt be too hard to change the location of a few buttons (say swap X and B) then the whole controller layout no longer works between both games, even though they still count as a standard controller. And if you actually knew more than me, youd know there are 2 features that dont work on guitar hero when using a rockband controller, but you didn't point them out in your previous spill of spastic bullshit so I'm going to assume you've just been talking out your ass this whole time. P.P.S a "Coder" and software engineer are the same thing numpty, go back upstairs and ask your Ma' for another cup of shut the fuck up. P.p.p.s ill also add, the buttons dont dictate anything at all, thats all down to the drivers and the mc onboard the controller.
Aurora is just one of many homebrew menus. FSD is usually the main one but you can change it to load up any homebrew or the main dash on start up. Either way nice console slims are a bit better but phats are nice too
Actually, Jasper(phat) motherboards are the best. Second is the Trinity(Slim). Aurora is a dashboard, not a menu. FSD is very outdated, but still had some great features that Aurora has yet to implement, but that is due to them wanting to rewrite some code.
3:18 the 16.5 amp power supply means its the older model (zephyr motherboard [not a xenon because it has hdmi]) so this honestly could rrod at any moment
I've never really seen what modded Xbox 360 consoles were like, or saw photos of them a long time ago and forgotten about those. I'm, however, reminded of modded Nintendo Switch consoles I've seen where some people install "Tinfoil" and connect to a secret server or something to bypass Nintendo eShop and get digital copies games for free (I think the intention may have been to get homebrew), but then I've also seen some other people who were somehow able to play online without their consoles getting banned.
if you have an hacked console you can play online on so called "stealth servers", theyre basically xbox live server where even modded console can play together. buw you need to do your research, you cant just plug the ethernet cord and play, theres some setup to do.
A modded 360 doesn't need any visual changes .. u think because u saw this video now u know what modded Xboxs look like .. and u didn't know before .. a modded fking Xbox can look like anything I could glue a fb logo on a modded Xbox.. their is no look that modded xboxs have your comment is assine
I don't remember the screw size that you needed but, remove those x clamp's. There are plenty of guids online to show you how to do it. The x clamps are actually bad for the console. When the console heats up and, gets too hot, the board starts to heat up and, the board warps and, the GPU loosens witch causes the red ring of death. Once it cools down, everything will go back to normal. That is tell one day, it doesn't. I'm the extra cooling has helped it survive but, it's still better to remove the X clamps if possible.
@@F56JCW not really a theory. This was the primary way to fix the red ring of death on the Xbox 360. Though other consoles did use a X clamp the one on the Xbox 360 wasn't working as intended and, users found that removing the x clamp and, finding a better way to secure the heatsync. I personally fix 4 red ring of death Xbox 360s using this method. Now there where also more temporary fox's. Strangely enough one of them was to wrap the console in a blanket while it was turned on. It worked cuz it heated the whole console and, allowed the connection in the GPU to slide back in place.
@@F56JCW I looked it up to double check. I was a little. It has been years since I did 360 anything. Anyway. The x clamps wasn't good enough to keep the GPU in place because the GPU didn't have enough solder to keep it secure. The point of replacing the x clamps was to compensate for that issue
Replacing the x-clamps with screws wasn’t a very good idea. All that does is to put more pressure on the cpu and gpu which will bend the board. Don’t forget, the problem wasn’t the solder balls between the board and gpu. The problem was the balls between the gpu die and the interposer. Even Microsoft recognised that in the official Xbox documentary. Probably this Xbox was “fixed” by reflow. This would work, but is a very temporary solution. The only way to really fix it is to replace the gpu with a newer fixed one.
@@laurentiurosianu Ahh. That sucks. Should of figured though. Last time I did things like this on a 360 it was when the console was considered new Gen. People where do all sorts of wired stuff to their consoles trying to fix it. Like wrapping it in a blanket and, putting the mother board in a oven. My info is.... Dated.
Unless the extra fans are hard wired to 12v you can adjust the fan speed in the dashboard. Fact that it's done red ringed on you it's pretty much done either way.
@@burgerbait Those are temporary repairs, what happens is the solder bumps under the die crack due to thermal stress, and what the “fix” is (which is usually washers and bolts to replace the X-Clamps), is just pushing the defective die against the substrate. Eventually the console will display a RROD again when the motherboard warps and the die separates from the substrate again. The only way to permanently fix it is to replace the GPU (not reflow/reball it) Edit: also before you ask for the source, Microsoft stated it in a official documentary they made on the RROD, I don’t trust UA-cam to not delete my comment for adding a link in it, so just search up something like Xbox documentary RROD and a video made by Microsoft should be the first result. It has interviews with several Xbox technicians and Peter Moore himself.
Honestly any 360 with the BenQ drives can be flashed and there is no detection method or chip required.. The liteon and hitachi drives were ones that you needed a chip for.
what do you mean the servers are shut down? you can even interact with series x/s users with no issues. i use a 360 daily for singleplayer and multiplayer games. seems marketing made you think otherwise.
Lucky no, it's already red lighting. I can do these newest hack RGH3 not this old setup with loads of games and emulators. Priced for a slim version and a phat version is way cheaper than this. The price was a joke.
@@malcolmgalton581 I didn't actually see what he paid for it. I just know buying modded xbox's it's a crapshoot and most of the times the ones you buy barely boot up and the system looked to be in pretty good working order. Other then the noise things.
You just have to get familiar with the file formats used for the different roms because there should be many different sites to download all of these different roms.
Absolutely shocking that GTA V originally came out on the 360/PS3 and we still haven't heard any official word from R* on GTA 6. GTA 6 will be the longest GTA title to be developed.
they did. On february last year rockstar made a tweet stating theyve been busying making a new gta title. A bit forward to 2022 a hacker leaked some gameplay
The Xbox 360 servers are still working, and Microsoft hasn't made any announcement about closing them. And there is no risk of bricking your xbox series when installing emulators in developer mode. And the modchip doesn't overclock the Xbox, these fans are added just for reliability reasons, to keep the old exploitable motherboard alive for as long as possible. I'll suggest you do more research in the video topic for next time.
it looks cool but you kinda got ripped off if you're in the UK there are probably many shops and people around that could have done and fully loaded one for cheap and even could have got a slim . but there are actually fan settings u just need to boot into dashlaunch and change them or aurora might also let you that thing doesn't need to be that loud with the extra cooling ROFL but I wonder what rgh chip that is gotta be a generic or knock-off like it looks like a squirt and matrix and ace mix probably just a revision I have not seen before tho lol
can buy an rgh xbox slim with games loaded and aurora for $70 on ebay and he probably ended up paying over $500 for the extra bits that honestly just made the console less practical and overly loud
the xbox 360 servers are not shut down, if you want to play online on a modded console, you need to pay an custom server made from modders, but if you want to play normally without modded stuff, you can use xbox live, play online and etc
Xbox isn’t overclocked your fans are just set to 100% in dashlaunch overclocks actually are not possible and aurora does not stress the machine any more then the regular dashboard
13:10 The heatpipe is original, there are just different xbox 360 phat models with different coolers. Falcon and Jasper are the models with that heatpipe.
Why does it look like there's no thermal paste on the cpu or gpu? Unless you cleaned them off and reapplied thermal during this video, that is 100% why it's running loud and giving you RRoDs.
I swear this the only system I had experience actually taking apart too mod it & Jtag/RGH it. Doing Hot Swap Mods for GTA IV online when the Airport was the hangout spot, fighting in helicopters & drag races & drifting & Boxing matches & stunt drivers, head to head matches lol The good days
Man this brings back memories. There's also a mod you can do on your console to where you just make your cd drive loose to where you install the game or in todays terms pre load the game, then just drop the disc in, let it boot up, then after games running take the disc out and now you can technically play that 1 disc game on 2 consoles or more.
this requires taking the case apart and having the top of the cd drive loose to where you can open the top and remove the disc without hitting the eject button.
Why even buy it if you're terrified of completely safe temps. No wonder it's louder than the tv, you're pushing your fans to keep it at 50c, which is really low. You could actually lower your fans and run games at 60c-70c without any issues at all, and this dude is having a nervous breakdown because it went from 50-54 🤦♂️
Didnt see the diodes or resistors that should be daisy chained into those red lines, guessing it one of the reasons for the systems failing health as its meant to help protect the CPU.
My uncle did this as a job and ended up giving me one I still use to this day. Any game I want permanently I just slide the disc in and it'll burn onto the Xbox.
So the Xbox series s can’t do this to right ? So would that make the series s basically an already hacked (legal hack) Xbox since there’s dev move ? Or what can I not do
Please do research on things before posting Home brew is a wide term used. For console specifically it’s used to describe running arbitrary code or “home made software” (home brew). This isn’t just “an Xbox 360 and series s/x thing” Also ds and PSP crash because there are likely no games/missing games. And 55 degrees is fine. The console and PC parts can operate fine up to 90-100degrees C. So 55 degrees is not “getting to the danger zone” And your “red ring” was no video cable plugged it. Not a genuine red ring. And please don’t say “the architecture has been changed of the console” because a chip has been added. The architecture is how the device platform is built, they’ve added an extra chip. They haven’t “changed the architecture. Loved the video, but it’s not a channel I’ll be able to sub to for being a “tech tuber” and not doing research into what things are before posting a video. Wishing you all the best man
all the servers are not shut down. they have shut down three game servers and thats it. i still play black ops 2 and i am right now on xbox live. know what your talking bout kid
Not hack, but modded to open the capabilities of the hardware. Also, ROM sites are not dogie, and a good alternative to make you your own backups of the games if you don't know how or have some games that did not survive the pass of time/use.
I’m confused on how this console red ringed. It’s in a zephyr case(due to 16.5a on 12v rail) but the plug is one you find on a jasper(the most reliable mobo). Does anyone know how it happened?
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Yes
definitely
Of course!
Nah it's a money loss tho
Yup!
Just a little heads up (from an old modder) the extra soldered in stuff won't add any extra heat to the console, so don't worry about that.
Those temps are super cool for any Xbox, so turn the fans down a little if you want, get rid of some of that jet fan engine noise you got going on there 👍🏻
I used to build consoles, it's crazy seeing someone pay that much money for something he could have done himself with a few UA-cam videos and a soldering iron lol. Used xboxs are still cheap asf and rgh and jtag chips from China are also still cheap asf. I would say less than $125
@@nulla6602always launched games and did all from nabourhood did people really use only Xbox ?
Yeah nahh these systems are notoriously unreliable something like 5% made we’re actually sellable units. The heat and board flexing issues are just bad engineering. Hence the 4 iterations of this same architecture
@@Juicysmoolyay7259 oh yeah anyone who bought a phat 360 just knew it was a ticking time bomb before it red ringed lol, I used to do reflows on them all the time when I built / repaired xboxs.
@@nulla6602 omg haven’t heard the word re-flow in years. Good times. Bustin out the ol easy bake oven and cook some ic’s lol
I always love seeing peoples modded consoles. I almost never like them personally but it's all down to personal taste. That's what's so nice about modding. You get to make it your own.
What didn’t you like about it? The whole point of them is that they’re customizable to your liking
My friend has a jailbroken 360 that can be switched on to a pc mode. It has a cooler on it too.
Burger King pfp moment
@@bigismacks I just didn't like the window or the colours but like you say they're customizable to how ever the person who builds them likes.
@@burgerbait gotchu
The amount of inaccurate information this guy says is insane!
Every UA-camr says anything they thing they can get a rise off of its almost embarrassing how stupid it make them sound
Loolll
What's inaccurate???
@@antwilder its not a hacked xbox its just a emulator console which u can get any emulator for free lol like i have 30k plus games on my jailbroken ipad thru emulator from atari to xbox x and ps5 games lol
@@RTb0y954 idk if you understand this or not but a jailbreak is a hack...anytime you change the original os it's a hack...you don't know wtf you're talking about...reading is fundamental
The video was great and well made. just saying some stuff to clear some stuff up
1. Aurora isn't the OS. it is software that when the Xbox turns on it will automatically get told to go into aurora by Dashlaunch example. it's sort of like discord starting up when you start your computer. the Xbox has been Mod Chipped to use the JTAG/RGH Exploits
2. You were saying the Xbox 360 games such as "Watch dogs", "GTA V", & others were emulated. Just want to say these games were just loaded from the hard drive and played natively. the hardware was genuine Xbox hardware using a modded hardware
3. Xbox Live. in the video you've said it has been shut down. if were trying to connect Xbox Live on your network and fails is because "liveblock" & "livestrong" were enabled which just blocks communication between your console & the RGH. you can turn this off, but it is not recommended. you should be using stealth server and an alt account.
4. Just a suggestion to use the leaked the Microsoft Xbox 360 SDK and "xbdm.xex". which will install a tool known as "Xbox Neighbourhood" which will let you start .xex (think of this as a Windows EXE file) files on your Xbox from your pc. or copy or move files from your pc to your Xbox or vice-versa.
Yes, before you connect it to your network you should enable livestrong and liveblock (basically just blocks Xbox Live)
Couldn’t have said it better. Also you do need to buy stealth server time before you can even access online, and most stealth servers provide Xbox live gold spoofing, so you don’t even need to buy Xbox live to play for most games. And debating on which stealth you have also, it’ll make the default Xbox dash board your home dashboard with just a little bit of modifications to it
You'll still need a Key Vault for the games you play ? Or use Teapot Live ?
@@xtrinityyyy8628 is that you by pass or don't play for Xbox live subscriptions ?
@@wilfreddompierre5620 mostly all stealth servers have a Xbox live gold spoofing method, it just personal preference for which stealth server you go with. Also, most stealth servers have a “no kv mode” which means you don’t even need to buy a kv.
@@xtrinityyyy8628 but you'll still get banned ? Or online gaming ?
bro's shitting on a guy who has been that nice to pack everything well with a lot of accessories and sent it overseas
16:10 - It took so long because there are multiple tiny tabs that all need to be pressed down at once to open that side of the console. They use to sell console keys that were stamped steel plates with tabs exactly where they needed to be. All you did was line it up to the edge, push the tabs into the split in the case, and it would 'pop' open once they were all released.
The Xbox 360 servers never shut down........
this didnt age well
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@@smiley1722 only the marketplaces this July but rest is still gonna be up for few more years.
Well...
You can replace the fans with some Noctua 40mm (or whatever size they are) which will help the noise. Also 360s have been so hacked to death, I'm sure there is a fan speed controller in the software for Aurora (I'm less familiar with it than other stuff)
dash launch has that control for anyone wondering
@@Faithless2023 yeah
Do NOT do this. Find yourself some nidec or sunon fans. Also it’s only so loud as it’s got 2 useless fans on the side of the case
Hey, I'm the maker of that console!!!
Couldn't imagine one of my creations could have ended up on a UA-cam video with 1.5M views!!!
I thought a regular nerd like me had bought it 😂
Cheers from Italy
P.s.
If it can be of any use, when I shipped the console it was just perfect, no cracking or damages whatsoever.
P.p.s.
About the guitar hero stuff you were right, I had no more space at home for all that junk so I said to myself : "why not"? 😂
P.p.p.s.
That modded fans kit is extremely rare and has been designed and produced by the same team who exploited the security measures of the 360, the legendary Team Executer, don't forget that!
Send me your info bro I want to buy one please
Man the 360 was such a good looking console.
I love watching regular ppl interact with a RGH Xbox for the first time 💪🏽✔️
Really? You find this entertaining? 😑😑
@@HUYI1 ikr 😑
This is a jtag not an rgh
You deserve more subscribers man! You work super hard
The fan might be really loud because often people would perform what was called the "12 volt fan mod". Which was done by cutting the power line to the fans and splicing it into the 12 volt power line for the DVD drive. It essentially "overclocks" the fans to run at a higher speed and remain maxxed out. You can also change fan control settings with some of the dashboard mods so they might have instead just maxed out the fan profile in the settings. But judging by all the work done on this console I think the fans are wired directly onto a 12 volt line. There is other locations that you can get 12 volt from for the fans too. Some after market fans even had adapters that split the power from the DVD drive without any need to splice wires.
The fact that ben never put on a bandaid or put alcohol on the cut is crazyy
Xbox Live on Xbox 360 is still up and running.
Also, you can set a button shortcut in Dash Launch so when you cold boot the Xbox or “go home” from the dashboard UI pop-up, it’ll load the standard Xbox 360 dashboard.
Like lee denson said, those temps are fine. the og 360 ran at 75 -85c on the gpu on a good day, so seeing 50c is really nice. Some of the newer revisions run cooler around 70 to 75c on GPU. Those do not have the red ring problem. if you are already seeing this chances are there is cracked solder on the GPU that was present before the seller modded it. You can take a heat gun to it once it dies (to the gpu) and get the solder crack to refuse and "fix itself" but like doing this with any GPU you are on borrowed time at this point.
Always good content ! Keep up the good work 😃
i remember my modded xbox from back in the day. i drove like 2 hours to someone to get it modded same day, and then got lost on the way back at like 12am in DC lol. man the good ol days.
Awesome video! You should have contacted us we could of hooked you up with a RGH Xbox 😎
You guys sell them? I'm looking for one!
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3:30 -- I used to play about with custom modding PC cases back in the day. Those small fans tend to be or can be pretty loud at max RPM. However looking at the gap between the acrylic/plexiglass. Im willing to bet that the xbox will run quieter and cooler if you remove the cover and replace it with a _'steel finger guard'_ that come in many sizes and can be picked up on amazon or ebay. 100% guaranteed that the xbox will run cooler and quieter (to a certain degree) after you removed that cover.
If those fans are too loud you can do a simple inline resistor mod that would knock the voltage on the fan down from 12v to 7v or 5v depending on which resistor you decide to put on. This can be done without a soldering iron if you dont have one. Just use some heat shrink tubing on both sides when you splice/twist the wires onto the resistor and you'll be fine.
I also do have a Xbox 360 elite, hacked and modded. The OG fans are also loud, but not as loud as yours in the vid. There is probably a software to lower the speed of the fans, but with these consoles it will be always better to have optimal cooling to avoid the RROD. In earlier days, after PS1 and N64, consoles were always a bit loud, just to think at the PS3 fat lady, but we are no more use to that noise, as the newer generations, starting with 360 slim, PS3 slim, Xbox One S, and Series X are so silent.
I've heard how the latest model Xbox 360s are far more easier to soft mod or something so I'm not sure why he spent a fortune on this older model with the rrod issue 🤷♀️
dashlaunch
To make something clear:
- Aurora is NOT SOFTWARE, It's a custom dashboard that opens .xex files (ex. games and emulators) and you can change it in DashLaunch to some other dashboard like the custom ones, default one, the og blades or NXE
The funny thing was with rockband and Guitar Hero, the controllers where compatible with both games, I liked the stiffness of the rockband controllers, lube em up and they feel even better, replace the switches and it gets better again.
Also, that socket that the smaller additional board is connected to is a jtag port, it's used for programming the entire system. The method used on this console was JTAG, not too messy either, fairly decent install. Put some KPX on the massive cpu and gpu and you'll see those temps drop back down, also if the xclamps ain't real tight, add a thin piece of cardboard of business card under the back of them for better mounting pressure.
Well their just controllers with normal buttons what's the difference lol .. those colored buttons just press a button on a controller
@@lilwoodiewood3457 dude, different controllers, different switches, different design, different feel.
Have you ever played an instrument before? Try playing a knockoff strat vs a real one. Everything has differences, if you take the time to notice them.
@Sultry Pineapple first off .. I'm a music producer and composer .. so yes I play instruments .. have u ever made a song .. have u ever wrote a whole song and all the music (drums bass melody counter melody chords ) and lyrics in it .. .. second off I'm a programmer I'm a coder I'm a software engineer .. I understand how a controller works u don't .. I'm only talking about how the buttons work .. they work just like normal buttons that's why u can just plug in a normal controller and play so it's not surprising that guitar hero controllers work on rock band ..
So you've got all these qualifications, and assume no one else has, that's honestly super smart, dumbass. I answered your question. Not to mention, every retard claims they're an electrical engineer and a software engineer. It really doesn't take much brains at all to throw a bunch of colours into a track and say I made music. I didn't even need to go to class to do that, anyone with a sony erricsson phone from 2007 could do that, even a chimpanzee.
Pretty sure I know how a circuit works you spoon.
Next time, try to be a little more specific about your question. Seeing as you're so well trained, surely that wouldn't be difficult.
Considering the world of proprietary bullshit(eg, the console gaming world) exists, it's no surprise most people assumed the two controllers where not compatible with each of the games, It wouldnt be too hard to change the location of a few buttons (say swap X and B) then the whole controller layout no longer works between both games, even though they still count as a standard controller.
And if you actually knew more than me, youd know there are 2 features that dont work on guitar hero when using a rockband controller, but you didn't point them out in your previous spill of spastic bullshit so I'm going to assume you've just been talking out your ass this whole time.
P.P.S a "Coder" and software engineer are the same thing numpty, go back upstairs and ask your Ma' for another cup of shut the fuck up.
P.p.p.s ill also add, the buttons dont dictate anything at all, thats all down to the drivers and the mc onboard the controller.
Aurora is just one of many homebrew menus. FSD is usually the main one but you can change it to load up any homebrew or the main dash on start up. Either way nice console slims are a bit better but phats are nice too
FSD hasn’t been the “main” modded dash in nearly a decade bud 😂😂😂 Aurora is the main modded dash.
@@carnavs maybe for most sure. But I still use fsd as my main it's a matter of opinion I suppose
Actually, Jasper(phat) motherboards are the best. Second is the Trinity(Slim). Aurora is a dashboard, not a menu. FSD is very outdated, but still had some great features that Aurora has yet to implement, but that is due to them wanting to rewrite some code.
@@bryancampbell4604 Jasper v2 (Kronos) 😉
@@bryancampbell4604 describing 360 motherboards like it’s 2016😂
Man growing up with this made my childhood Ive played games I never knew existed and almost every game
*Redeem your Christmas prize 🎉🎉🔝🔝*
the way u said "perfette condizioni" correctly really showed the fact that u care about Italian people :)
I like how Ben unboxes everything 😂
The Unboxing PRO! haha
I remember him playing in 8k when he has like less than 20k subs or more
@@Ali_playz84 WOW!! You been on the full journey!
@@BenRowlands yet he commented only once
@@ezioboiz-ieatchildren- most people just lurk. As an example this is my first comment and I have been following Ben for about two minutes now.
3:18 the 16.5 amp power supply means its the older model (zephyr motherboard [not a xenon because it has hdmi]) so this honestly could rrod at any moment
I've never really seen what modded Xbox 360 consoles were like, or saw photos of them a long time ago and forgotten about those.
I'm, however, reminded of modded Nintendo Switch consoles I've seen where some people install "Tinfoil" and connect to a secret server or something to bypass Nintendo eShop and get digital copies games for free (I think the intention may have been to get homebrew), but then I've also seen some other people who were somehow able to play online without their consoles getting banned.
if you have an hacked console you can play online on so called "stealth servers", theyre basically xbox live server where even modded console can play together. buw you need to do your research, you cant just plug the ethernet cord and play, theres some setup to do.
wii u homebrewing was insane. wii u usb helper is so easy to set up
A modded 360 doesn't need any visual changes .. u think because u saw this video now u know what modded Xboxs look like .. and u didn't know before .. a modded fking Xbox can look like anything I could glue a fb logo on a modded Xbox.. their is no look that modded xboxs have your comment is assine
95% sure that console did not work as it did after assemble it again.
Great video Ben, loving the longer type of content!
Just to be clear, he lied multiple times about the console. Do not believe the shit this dude says
@@luisk11modshop Not to be rude or anything but what in specific?
Your starting to unbox everything now 😅 another great vid man
Thanks mate!
I don't remember the screw size that you needed but, remove those x clamp's. There are plenty of guids online to show you how to do it. The x clamps are actually bad for the console. When the console heats up and, gets too hot, the board starts to heat up and, the board warps and, the GPU loosens witch causes the red ring of death. Once it cools down, everything will go back to normal. That is tell one day, it doesn't. I'm the extra cooling has helped it survive but, it's still better to remove the X clamps if possible.
Interesting theory but loads of consoles use x clamps, the PS3 did, Xbox One and even current gen
@@F56JCW not really a theory. This was the primary way to fix the red ring of death on the Xbox 360. Though other consoles did use a X clamp the one on the Xbox 360 wasn't working as intended and, users found that removing the x clamp and, finding a better way to secure the heatsync. I personally fix 4 red ring of death Xbox 360s using this method. Now there where also more temporary fox's. Strangely enough one of them was to wrap the console in a blanket while it was turned on. It worked cuz it heated the whole console and, allowed the connection in the GPU to slide back in place.
@@F56JCW I looked it up to double check. I was a little. It has been years since I did 360 anything. Anyway. The x clamps wasn't good enough to keep the GPU in place because the GPU didn't have enough solder to keep it secure. The point of replacing the x clamps was to compensate for that issue
Replacing the x-clamps with screws wasn’t a very good idea. All that does is to put more pressure on the cpu and gpu which will bend the board. Don’t forget, the problem wasn’t the solder balls between the board and gpu. The problem was the balls between the gpu die and the interposer. Even Microsoft recognised that in the official Xbox documentary. Probably this Xbox was “fixed” by reflow. This would work, but is a very temporary solution. The only way to really fix it is to replace the gpu with a newer fixed one.
@@laurentiurosianu Ahh. That sucks. Should of figured though. Last time I did things like this on a 360 it was when the console was considered new Gen. People where do all sorts of wired stuff to their consoles trying to fix it. Like wrapping it in a blanket and, putting the mother board in a oven. My info is.... Dated.
The only thing I remembered about rock being that was good that they always kept on adding more music albums on the marketplace
Unless the extra fans are hard wired to 12v you can adjust the fan speed in the dashboard. Fact that it's done red ringed on you it's pretty much done either way.
Probably a heavily used modded 360 and resold by dide just to make money off it
RROD is very easy to fix
@@burgerbait It’s not? You have to swap the GPU with a newer one with a 65nm die which requires a BGA rework station and years of experience
@@XRelays I just used a RROD repair kit off ebay 🤷♂️
@@burgerbait Those are temporary repairs, what happens is the solder bumps under the die crack due to thermal stress, and what the “fix” is (which is usually washers and bolts to replace the X-Clamps), is just pushing the defective die against the substrate. Eventually the console will display a RROD again when the motherboard warps and the die separates from the substrate again. The only way to permanently fix it is to replace the GPU (not reflow/reball it)
Edit: also before you ask for the source, Microsoft stated it in a official documentary they made on the RROD, I don’t trust UA-cam to not delete my comment for adding a link in it, so just search up something like Xbox documentary RROD and a video made by Microsoft should be the first result. It has interviews with several Xbox technicians and Peter Moore himself.
Honestly any 360 with the BenQ drives can be flashed and there is no detection method or chip required.. The liteon and hitachi drives were ones that you needed a chip for.
The joy of finding out you have a benQ drive 😢
They also make the dual nand like the one I have it has 2 consoles in one. One is a stick side and the other nand is a fully modded side
Thought you got sent some gwen stefani 😂😂 2:52
I love how you entertain us with your videos
what do you mean the servers are shut down? you can even interact with series x/s users with no issues. i use a 360 daily for singleplayer and multiplayer games. seems marketing made you think otherwise.
Really good video🎉
Nice content as always 🔥🔥🔥🔥... Shared this with my mates .. was truly curious and they enjoyed the content too
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I would love to get my hands on that system I would so fix the fan and sound issue. Problem is finding a decent one. You got lucky there.
Lucky no, it's already red lighting. I can do these newest hack RGH3 not this old setup with loads of games and emulators. Priced for a slim version and a phat version is way cheaper than this. The price was a joke.
@@malcolmgalton581 I didn't actually see what he paid for it. I just know buying modded xbox's it's a crapshoot and most of the times the ones you buy barely boot up and the system looked to be in pretty good working order. Other then the noise things.
Great video one of my fav UA-camrs
You just have to get familiar with the file formats used for the different roms because there should be many different sites to download all of these different roms.
been waiting for a vid for soooooo long
Absolutely shocking that GTA V originally came out on the 360/PS3 and we still haven't heard any official word from R* on GTA 6. GTA 6 will be the longest GTA title to be developed.
they did. On february last year rockstar made a tweet stating theyve been busying making a new gta title. A bit forward to 2022 a hacker leaked some gameplay
you can go online you just need a stealth server and a kv if you get banned
You can change the fan settings in dash launch settings
@bindeedee4779 nope
Absolutely love your videos P.S. I think it was worth it!
I love how I turned on my RGH/Jtag console on 6 years laterand this video came up lmao, having an RGH back in those days were so good.
That mod ship is called RGH. It was pretty famous within the homebrew community back in the day.
The Xbox 360 servers are still working, and Microsoft hasn't made any announcement about closing them. And there is no risk of bricking your xbox series when installing emulators in developer mode. And the modchip doesn't overclock the Xbox, these fans are added just for reliability reasons, to keep the old exploitable motherboard alive for as long as possible.
I'll suggest you do more research in the video topic for next time.
Agreed. At first I thought he was gonna actually know about all the points you've just made
it looks cool but you kinda got ripped off if you're in the UK there are probably many shops and people around that could have done and fully loaded one for cheap and even could have got a slim . but there are actually fan settings u just need to boot into dashlaunch and change them or aurora might also let you that thing doesn't need to be that loud with the extra cooling ROFL but I wonder what rgh chip that is gotta be a generic or knock-off like it looks like a squirt and matrix and ace mix probably just a revision I have not seen before tho lol
can buy an rgh xbox slim with games loaded and aurora for $70 on ebay and he probably ended up paying over $500 for the extra bits that honestly just made the console less practical and overly loud
6:00 Characters lips match what’s coming outta Bens mouth 😂😂😂😂
You should make a video playing Gutiar Hero on Ben Rowlands gaming now, haha
Nice idea!
the xbox 360 servers are not shut down, if you want to play online on a modded console, you need to pay an custom server made from modders, but if you want to play normally without modded stuff, you can use xbox live, play online and etc
Early lol and a hacked Xbox? Seems sussy but hey it has all that cool stuff!
Xbox isn’t overclocked your fans are just set to 100% in dashlaunch overclocks actually are not possible and aurora does not stress the machine any more then the regular dashboard
It's so impressive for me that the 360 runs gta 5 on half a gig of ram
PS3 runs it on 256mb of ram..
@@AroZal7 who?
@bindeedee4779 do you really think people are that dumb?
@@deivittt asked
13:10 The heatpipe is original, there are just different xbox 360 phat models with different coolers. Falcon and Jasper are the models with that heatpipe.
I wish they would come out with a new guitar hero!
Why does it look like there's no thermal paste on the cpu or gpu? Unless you cleaned them off and reapplied thermal during this video, that is 100% why it's running loud and giving you RRoDs.
When Ben says unboxing he means unboxing!! love it
Amazing Video! Enjoyed Watching this video ;O
Bro why does this thing look like it came straight off of the Nerf assembly line 💀
I love how he never fails to make amazing content!
It's also loud because that fan on top don't have enough ventilation and all it really needed was one big fan from an Xbox one or newer Xbox 360
im not sure
Is the disk drive required to run the Xbox? I wonder if the heat issue improves after you remove it and replace it with another fan.
No not needed unless you want to back up your physical disks to your hard drive.
i love this guy
I swear this the only system I had experience actually taking apart too mod it & Jtag/RGH it. Doing Hot Swap Mods for GTA IV online when the Airport was the hangout spot, fighting in helicopters & drag races & drifting & Boxing matches & stunt drivers, head to head matches lol The good days
I lost brain cells watching this.
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@UglyracerPlayz73274 😂
Man this brings back memories. There's also a mod you can do on your console to where you just make your cd drive loose to where you install the game or in todays terms pre load the game, then just drop the disc in, let it boot up, then after games running take the disc out and now you can technically play that 1 disc game on 2 consoles or more.
this requires taking the case apart and having the top of the cd drive loose to where you can open the top and remove the disc without hitting the eject button.
I subbed you when you was at 6. Somethibg
Nice thanks for the support!
@@BenRowlands omg you replayied
@@BenRowlands omg I can't handle this sheesh I am very big fan
@@BenRowlands btw sorry for bad spell
GTA V in general had very strong auto aim, it’s not the console itself
Nice
Damn I always wanted a JTAGed Xbox, cool to see one. Also are you trolling with the sega comment or are the newer generation that lost.
Was a joke yes, regarding how to say Sega
This will get me banned ❌
This will get me paid ✅
Why even buy it if you're terrified of completely safe temps. No wonder it's louder than the tv, you're pushing your fans to keep it at 50c, which is really low. You could actually lower your fans and run games at 60c-70c without any issues at all, and this dude is having a nervous breakdown because it went from 50-54 🤦♂️
lil cutting tip fyi . Always cut away from yourself and never towards yourself. learned that at a very young age playing with knifes lmao
woah finnaly a youtuber discovered JTAG YAY😃
Didnt see the diodes or resistors that should be daisy chained into those red lines, guessing it one of the reasons for the systems failing health as its meant to help protect the CPU.
Had hart attack when u pulled the bord out by the heat sink
I wonder what's up with the RRODs, this should be a Jasper console, one of the best that doesn't have GPU issues.
the razor blade techniques were horrifying
Honestly the value of guitar hero guitars should only sky rocket over time.
My uncle did this as a job and ended up giving me one I still use to this day. Any game I want permanently I just slide the disc in and it'll burn onto the Xbox.
I’ve had a couple jtags growing up and my friends and I used to have so much fun modding online. Wish they were still relevant.
So the Xbox series s can’t do this to right ? So would that make the series s basically an already hacked (legal hack) Xbox since there’s dev move ? Or what can I not do
Please do research on things before posting
Home brew is a wide term used. For console specifically it’s used to describe running arbitrary code or “home made software” (home brew). This isn’t just “an Xbox 360 and series s/x thing”
Also ds and PSP crash because there are likely no games/missing games.
And 55 degrees is fine. The console and PC parts can operate fine up to 90-100degrees C. So 55 degrees is not “getting to the danger zone”
And your “red ring” was no video cable plugged it. Not a genuine red ring.
And please don’t say “the architecture has been changed of the console” because a chip has been added. The architecture is how the device platform is built, they’ve added an extra chip. They haven’t “changed the architecture.
Loved the video, but it’s not a channel I’ll be able to sub to for being a “tech tuber” and not doing research into what things are before posting a video.
Wishing you all the best man
Apart from the damage, this console looks so sick. Like the paint job looks so cool, I want one myself 😭
I got like 8 of them
@@youcantstopme5136 where do you buy this rgh consoles ?
@@mancer2 I can make them
@@youcantstopme5136 how do you do it ?
all the servers are not shut down. they have shut down three game servers and thats it. i still play black ops 2 and i am right now on xbox live. know what your talking bout kid
Jk
Not hack, but modded to open the capabilities of the hardware.
Also, ROM sites are not dogie, and a good alternative to make you your own backups of the games if you don't know how or have some games that did not survive the pass of time/use.
I miss the days when people would mod in gta 5 on the xbox 360 and give it away
Those guitar hero guitars are kind of hard or pricey to find now. I tried getting back into it and RB4 stuff is like $100+
People don't want it .. that's only when u try to buy it online because stock is low .. pawnshops won't take them
Hold the 2 trigger buttons and the bumpers all together when exiting the game to back to original xbox dash
Thank you for saying rock band is not better than Guitar Hero! I've gotten into many arguments about that topic!
I’m confused on how this console red ringed. It’s in a zephyr case(due to 16.5a on 12v rail) but the plug is one you find on a jasper(the most reliable mobo). Does anyone know how it happened?