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I'd been wanting to do this for a long long long time and I finally got some RAM chips from Bad_Ad84 over on assemblergames.

It was pretty easy, the chips are 100pins each but with flux you won't really have issues

All in all it took me about 40 minutes and I'm very pleased with the result.. I can now play Surreal 64ce (720p!), MAME, etc with minimal to no HDD thrashing

Pictures of the process!
1. The 4 RAM chips (16MB x 4)

2. XBMC showing me that there's about 40mb free (most would have been paged to HDD)

3. Additional XBMC info cause I felt like sharing

4. The mainboard removed, stock with the empty additional RAM spots - TOP.

4b. The mainboard removed, stock with the empty additional RAM spots - BOTTOM.

5. One of the empty RAM spots, board was a bit dusty! "before"

5b. One of the chips freshly installed! "after"

6. The mainboard after, all RAM slots populated - TOP.

6b. The mainboard after, all RAM slots populated - BOTTOM.

7. XBMC reporting 100MB+ free now

since! only 40 mins, good job there mate!

looks good...

want

wantwantwant

i have one here with 128 MB´s but FRAG!

i want a V1.4 with 128MB´s

I played on it for about 2 hours making sure it was using the extra RAM (played a massive ROM in MAME) and it was all OK - just need to dig up my component cable from wherever it's gone off to..

Now only CPU Update is missing...

Can you build a second one?
V1.4 with 128 MB´s? (I need a complete one - Modchip is not needed)

I definitely could, but postage would be insane to anyone not in Australia unless I just do the mainboard.

Yeah, that´s it!

I need a V1.4 Console first - cause i need also the rest of it!
Like PSU, DVD, Cables,...

What do you want for a V1.4 Mainboard with 128MB´s? incl. shipping to Germany

I'd have to say $125 incl shipping, as I have to buy 2 xbox consoles, one to send, one for the RAM.

Actually, could be a lot less, found some chips I'm trying to get a quote on now

wait! what!?
there is a CPU update for the xbox?

Yep. You can upgrade the CPU to a 1 Ghz or 1.4 Ghz Celeron or Pentium3. "Trusty" on Xbox-Scene does the CPU and RAM upgrade for a pretty penny, but it is well worth it if you are as big of an XBOX nut as I am. At the same time, the CPU upgrade shouldn't be taken as a silver bullet to play your emulators at full speed. While it does make a noticeable impact, there are caveats. A few original Xbox games run either too fast, or out of sync with the upgraded CPU. I can't say whether the Clock Speed switch on a Dream-X does anything about this, but if the game doesn't work with the 1.4Ghz patch for Trusty boxes, you're SOL.

More info on Trusty's upgrade:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=694933

More info on FriendTech Dream-X:
http://www.gamestron.com/enhancedxbox.html

Recently Yabause, 4DO/FreeDO, and VirtualJaguar (still in dev) have gotten ports to the XBOX 1, and these emulators were only released because some folks have the upgraded units that can play a few titles.

Yes but the CPU upgrade breaks some games

Yeah, this is shit!

Then it would be nice!
But CPU is soldered to Mainboard.
Maybe there is a switsch to change CPU Speed?

@emu:
I heard some old Geforce 2 Graphics has the required RAM Chips...

Benni, before spending loads of money on shipping something to or from australia, you should try and check the modcontrol forums

yeah the old geforce 3 ti graphic cards have exactly the same ram chipset on. I prepared with 3 Geforce Cards 3 Xbox Consoles.

there are two different CPU upgrade types. The first one was that one from friendtheck DreamX 1480 with a Celeron 1.4GHz processor and integrated switch for switch the CPU clock down to 733MHz for that games which doesnt work with the full speed.

The oder mod was a Pentium 3 Mod 1.0 or 1.2 GHz. This one was a little bit better because here everything worked without any crashes or to fast running games. But this one never got sold like the DreamX. I think this one only was a project of an user. But it worked very good.

modcontrol
darauf kann ich verzichten! Klugscheisser und besserwisser!

Da treib ich mich lieber auf ps3-Tools rum, da sind die Leuter kompetetnter.

Sorry, i know modcontrol, and that´s why i dont go there!!!
And i know yamaha is there too...
And hitman and his police Story,...

Yeah, Shippment could be a Problem, but hitman also wants 100,-€ for this work + shipping...

So i think emu could do this as well, and i trust emu more than hitman...

Benni, I bought some NEW chips, so I'll be on the lookout for some 1.4 xbox consoles.

I can probably save a few more dollars off the price the longer I search for a cheaper xbox - and I'd just send the mainboard if that's OK with you?

Nice Soldering!

Yeah, only Mainboard would be o.k.!
The cheaper the better!

Do you know if BadAd also offers a pre-installed mobo service by any chance? He's in the UK, just across the pond for me.
Pretty interested... might PM you soon too.

Benni wrote:modcontrol
darauf kann ich verzichten! Klugscheisser und besserwisser!

Da treib ich mich lieber auf ps3-Tools rum, da sind die Leuter kompetetnter.

Sorry, i know modcontrol, and that´s why i dont go there!!!
And i know yamaha is there too...
And hitman and his police Story,...

Yeah, Shippment could be a Problem, but hitman also wants 100,-€ for this work + shipping...

So i think emu could do this as well, and i trust emu more than hitman...

yeah whatever you want man, just saying...

I broke open a v1.4 recently so I could use its power supply for my Trusty box. I'm certainly not going to use it, so I could send the board at cost of shipping.