Fixing your USB Daughter board Part2
(v0.1)
Tutorial
written
by : IFANTIG
Last edited:
August 5, 2003
Broke
your USB
daughterboard
on your
XBOX?
Join the
club.
I not
only broke
one inductor
but both
of them,
meaning
both ports
3 and
4 were
busted.
I found
a tutorial
on fixing
the daughterboard
at http://www.xgen-mods.com/...
I
read the
tutorial
but quickly
realized
that it
was way
too difficult
for me
to accomplish.
I decided
to bust
out the
multimeter
and try
to figure
out how
to bypass
the traces
from the
broken
inductors
and just
use plain
wire to
reconnect
the broken
leads
with plain
old solder
instead
of kynar
wire like
the previous
link instructs.
To do
this I
soldered
plain
wires
(really
small
gauge)
from the
back of
the controller
ports
3 and
4 connector
(the white
one),
all the
way to
the tiny
resistors
for each
connection.
This method
completely
bypasses
the circuit
board
traces
that include
the broken
inductor
points.
My method
requires
moderate
soldering
skills
and is
a simple
and quick
alternative
to trying
to fix
the daughterboard
via the
xgen-mods
method
or by
replacing
the daughterboard.
You more
timid
people
can indeed
buy a
new board
at http://www.llamma.com/xbox/parts.htm
for $8.
Here is
an illustration
of where
each solder
point
should
be made.
This illustration
is to
repair
both ports
3 and
4. If
you only
need to
repair
one of
the ports,
just keep
this in
mind:
the left
side of
the white
connector
is for
port 3
and the
right
side is
for port
4, i.e.,
the yellow
and red
wires
in the
illustration
are for
port 3
and the
blue and
purple
wires
are for
port 4.
Tutorial
written
by : IFANTIG
