I had never heard of that either. I bought a few Xbox's over the years. My last Xbox, and the one I currently use(I have a new sealed Halo Xbox as well) was purchased when I was working retail around 2005-06. It was manufactured in 2005. It was the Forza bundle. Pretty sure that was the last Xbox bundle I ever saw. I assume I'm safe from that issue.
Take a minute and look at the silver sticker underneath the bottom of the system. The manufacture date will tell you what model you have. If you don't have a 1.6 model, I'd remove it. If you have a 1.6, don't remove it. That's pretty much it.
There seems to be a consensus among the regulars on the original Xbox thread on Reddit that suggest that modding and playing from the hard drive is the best way to go at this point. I haven't done it on either of my systems because I don't want to lose the original dashboard interface. I have a lot of memories attached to seeing that dull green screen and hearing those weird echoes in the background. My 1.2 is extremely finicky and only opens when it wants to. I have to give it a good slap to get the tray to open.
Did you have interference problems previously? Would be curious to know if the new one cleans that up or not, Pound says they didn't internally change anything other than making the hdmi port connect outside the box
Will do. The heat index is 104 degrees today, so I'm leaving it in my trunk overnight. I'm fairly certain that would kill anything that might be inside. I've read some horror stories about stuff that people have found inside old systems. But it looked extremely clean and barely used from what I can tell. Bought it as-is so it's a gamble.
This is just “component over hdmi”, not a convert or. 480 games are still 480, 720 are 720, etc. your 4K tv will treat it like any other signal like that.
It'll work. It just won't upscale the image to 4K resolution on a 4K TV, but your old games will be playable on your modern TV. That's the main reason that people are buying the Pound cable. And it will only allow you to run games in 1080 if they were originally designed to run in 1080. Check my post of the games that will run in 1080 several posts back in this thread. Wikipedia says there are only 6 NTSC region games that will run in 1080. Most of the original Xbox games only run in 480, some in 720, but not many.
I actually have a complete copy of that game somewhere. I know you're kidding, but I would love to look at the case and see what resolution it outputs since the game was left off Wikipedia's NTSC game list. Terrible game though.
Wow, deep cut. I have that game, and recall that GameStop was prohibited from selling or accepting it from customers.
That's all I really needed to know as 1080p is usually the top picture quality I go for otherwise
I fired it up this morning, runs at 480, though I'm not 100% on whether it's running at 480i or 480p natively, looks decent enough though
After letting my "new" 1.6b cook in my hot car for a few days to kill any lower life forms that might have been alive inside it, I plugged it in tonight after I got home from work to try it out. It looked really good with the Pound HDMI cable with no graphical issues whatsoever. The dashboard looked fine when it booted up. There was a Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 disc inside the system when I bought it, and it looked OK on the title screen. So I took it out and put in a copy of Burnout Revenge fresh from the nondescript Blockbuster Video case that it was in. It looked really great for an Xbox game although playing the 360 version of Burnout Revenge on Xbox One has spoiled me. So, no problems with the Pound cable on a 1.6b.
I did a tear down on my 1.2 to remove the clock capacitor. It was easy enough. I didn't even need to completely remove the DVD drive to do it. I never removed the hard drive. Since there was no capacitor leak, I cleaned up the dust inside with cotton swabs. Pretty easy. My 1.6's case has never been opened just like the new 1.6b.I read it. I'll take that cookie now.
But seriously, it's not too tough to take apart a classic Xbox. The big problem is that they're heavy and bulky, but like any other tech product, they can be disassembled if you know what you're doing. That's where iFixit comes in... look at this guide and it'll take you through the steps of disassembly.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Xbox+Teardown/1324
You'll need to flip it over, remove the rubber feet on the bottom of the unit, and take out the screws hiding beneath them. I think there's also a screw hiding under a sticker. After all the screws are taken out you should be able to flip it back over and pull off the top of the case. You'll have to take out the hard drive, DVD-ROM drive, etc. to reach the motherboard, but that's only if you want a really thorough cleaning.
Also, 1.6 model Xboxes don't really need to be hard-modded. A soft mod is generally good enough... just make sure you've got all the necessary parts before you begin. If you make a mistake you're going to want to have a copy of Halo 2 or some other recent Xbox title handy to reinstall the dashboard... otherwise things can get really unpleasant.
I modded for the convenience of not having to pull discs out and just running all games off a hard drive (plus my dvd drive is dead and a modded bios can skip the drive check)
Appreciate the heads-up! Looked on Amazon and ordered one. They still have them as of this post. Now just need to wait until the Xbox cable restock. Stupid me dragged my feet and missed out the last go.
Can you check your Xbox revision, it really sounds like it's an issue in the systems but nobody has collected enough data
I have a 1.5. It's a Special Edition Halo translucent green one. Soft-modded, if that matters.
At my house, I'm the HDMI switcher. Standing up is soooo inconvenient.
Good for you for getting that exercise, you old fatty. Just make sure you bring some Bengay for the trip.
