Well I FUBARED....I toasted my xbox and now need help

[MrCaine01]

well I'm hoping I can get lucky. The only problem with mine is that the chip fried. I need to get an x2.3 lite and I'd be back in business and then I would realistically just need to get my hands on a new chip for my gf's xbox but that can wait a bit longer. Thing is the x2.3 lite is friggin out dated and I dunno if the x2.6s use the same wiring set. I may have a spare x2.3 lying around but I don't wanna cook that sucker by mistake.....I wanna know why it was smoking in the first place actually.....I know it wasn't the motherboard...at least I don't think it was because she still powers up fine and just gives me thew error codes and there isn't smoke now.

[seaneyb2003]

error code 16 means the dashboard may be corrupt. Right best thing to do is take the mobo out. strip down the xbox take all the crap wires out. Wack a new 2.6 or 2.3b in and boot it. Make sure the modchip doesnt touch the metal shielding of the xbox otherwise this could spark and maybe blow!.

[MrCaine01]

well thanks Sean...you just informed me how I smoked my chip. Anyway does the multicolored wires for the x2.3 the same for the x2.6? the 9 wires you soldier to the lpc ports and to D0 switch and the like? If that's the case I just need a new chip with a new set of switch wires.

[seaneyb2003]

i think so i would double check if i was you. go on www.teamxecuter.com and ask they will be able 2 help with that. All you will need is a new chip nothing else has blown up!

[MrCaine01]

Yeah, I was sitting around figuring that out. I think what happened was when I severed the wires to the switch for the x2.3 lite and re-soldered then together I know I didn't insulate them cuz I was a little friggin paniced and wasn't thinking "short" but "hey if these don't work I'll have re-solder them again" and I think they touched the metal case. Cuz that;s when I saw smoke, then I just watched the leds on the chip blink off and never come back on again. The box still powers up without the chip but I get the error code 16 which is probably cuz I unlocked my hdd and never got the chance to re-lock it.

[seaneyb2003]

yep that will be ur problem

[MrCaine01]

do any of you guys know if the new x2.6 chip uses the same wires that the x2.3 uses? Let me see if I can clairify....um...well I still have the 9 wires soldered into my xbox and I removed the chip from these wires. Does the x2.6 accept the plug in part of the old wires on the new chip? pretty much I'm asking if they used the same part on a new chip....that way I maybe don't have to go re-solder those wires in again.