Xenium Solderless adaptor - 2 may 2003
Where
to buy::
Divineo.com
$19.99
(adaptor
alone)
Divineo.com
$59.99
(Xenium
S (adaptor
+ Xenium
modchip))
XboxChips.com
£38.95
(Xenium
S (adaptor
+ Xenium
modchip))
Or any
other
official
OzXodus
reseller.
Official
Website::
http://www.ozxodus.com
What's
in the
package::
* The
Xenium
Solderless
adaptor
* Special
longer
screw
* Rivets
(optional
install)
All packed
and protected
in a hard
plastic
box.
Pictures::
Click
the images
for High
Resolution
version.
What
you need
to install
it::
* a v1.0-v1.5
Xbox
* a TORX
10 and
20
* clear
diagrams
of "d0"
point
for your
xbox version
* a Xenium
modchip
(it will
not work
with any
other
modchip,
besides
the discontinued
chameleon)
Install
the Modchip::
The 'Xenium
solderless
adaptor'
is a special
adaptor
that will
allow
you to
install
the Xenium
modchip
solderless.
Well ...
they just
made the
original
better.
The 'Xenium
solderless
adaptor'
is a renewed/better
version
of the
'Chameleon
Solderless
adaptor'.
You can
easily
see the
difference
between
the old
and the
new: the
Chameleon
adaptor
is black,
the new
Xenium
one is
purple/blue.
Make sure
you buy
the new
one if
you plan
to buy
this.
The new
adaptor
does not
require
any "rivets"
(some
kinda
small
pins you
can put
in the
LPC holes
so the
pogopins
make good
contact)
anymore.
They also
made the
"spring-wire"
(hard
wire you
can bend
into the
"D0"
point)
more solid.
The small
"hole"
they made
in the
plastic
mold (so
the adaptor
doesn't
touch
a capacitor
on xbox
v1.2+)
is now
smooth
and it
doesn't
look like
it has
been cut
out manually
anymore.
With
this all
they managed
to make
the install
even easier.
Basicly
you just
open your
Xbox (that's
what will
take you
most time),
you unscrew
the motherboardscrew
near the
LPC, you
'click'
the Xenium
solderless
adaptor
into the
LPC points,
put in
the special
(longer)
screw,
screw
till it
'stops',
lift up
the "spring-wire"
and depose
it into
the "D0"
point.
After
that you
just have
to put
the Xenium
modchip
on the
adaptor's
headerpin
and close
your Xbox
again.
I tried
this on
3 xbox
units,
and it
never
failed,
worked
each time
from the
first
try ...
I never
even watched
under
the adaptor
to make
sure it
was all
good aligned
or so
... it's
'automatically'
correctly
aligned.
Why? because
the adaptor's
pogopins
and spring-wire
go 'in'
the points
and not
'over'
(or 'on
top of')
the points.
Because
aligning
is no
longer
required
this solderless
adaptor
can easily
beat any
'solder
install'
speed-wise.
You will
still
get the
'rivets'
with the
adaptor
as theoretically
these
will offer
better
contact
- but
for the
tests
I did
they were
never
necessary.
Testing::
I shaked
my Xbox
a lot
... the
adaptor
didn't
move and
contact
with all
points
stayed
very stable.
POSITIVE::
+ Ultra
easy and
fast install.
+ Best
solderless
method
("spring
wire")
for "D0"
+ No need
for "rivets"
anymore
+ LPC
and D0
points
are very
stable.
+ No 'aligning'
difficulties
what-so-ever,
neither
for the
LPC points
nor for
"D0".
NEGATIVE::
- The
price
of the
adaptor
alone
- combined
with the
Xenium
modchip
the price
is better
... so
better
buy it
together
:-)
