#Project xbox 360 to monity how to
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Heat up a pin for a little longer than normal to ensure all the solder in the through-hole is melted before you try and suck it up. Use a clean, brand new desoldering iron tip for best results.This is also true of the ground connections on a jack that connect to the main surface of the board, such as a USB jack. Be especially careful with pins that connect to inner ground or power planes, they're also difficult to remove.In general it's tougher to desolder parts in the RoHS world, so for best results apply some new solder onto a pin, then heat it with the desoldering iron for longer than you normally would (so about 4 seconds) before sucking up the solder.It is important to note that the Xbox 360 is RoHS compliant, meaning it uses unleaded solder.Some tips on removing these parts from the motherboard:

#Project xbox 360 to monity how to

We don't need to get into how to desolder in this article since we've covered it before.

We'll start by assuming you have it disassembled and down to the motherboard and drives. I'm not going to cover how to take apart the somewhat Pandora's Xbox-esque 360 case since it's covered elsewhere on the 'net. Very useful for detecting circuits to discover pinouts. Multimeter - Or 'voltage meter', whatever you'd like to call it.X-Acto knives - Again, quite useful for doing delicate (and sometimes not so delicate) hacking work.Wire clippers, small screwdrivers and tweezers - All very handy.Dremel tool - With the ever-important cutoff wheel to slice up things.To remove parts, and is also useful to solder large items that the lower wattage iron can't handle. As usual we suggest a low wattage type to avoid damage to parts. You can tell if it's solid or stranded by bending the cable - solid wire cable holds its shape much better than stranded. However, for rewiring SATA connections it's best to have thin (as in Ultra ATA 33 and up) solid-strand wire. Ribbon cable - As usual I'd suggest the type from old floppy drives and IDE disks.You can pull them off old motherboards or buy them new. Male headers - These are used to interconnect things between circuit boards.If you can find one with a built-in USB hub that's even better since you'll actually gain a USB port by using the keyboard. Small, flat USB keyboard - we suggest one such as this.I've heard certain model 'thumb' USB WiFi adapters work, but we haven't tested any as of yet. I've seen these adapters sell used for as low as the 'bargain' price of $75. But when you're making a 'portable' unit, the less wires the better. Xbox 360 WiFi module - Here's half the cost of the project alone! Ha ha, we kid, we kid.The resolution of this screen is 1280 x 768 so it fits the high def resolution of the 360 nicely. This monitor also gives us a sound amplifier and built-in speakers we can use. They're plummeting in price since the 19 -inch LCDs are dirt cheap these days. Alternatively, most 17-inch widescreen LCD monitors should work. Thankfully there were some still available online, namely from places like eBay. However, by the time we started construction on the second laptop, these have all but disappeared from the stores. Westinghouse LCM-17x1 17-inch widescreen monitor - Same as on the first Xbox laptop we did in 2006.The model LCD we used had DVI but, of course, the XBox we used is still analog. With the Elite you could, in theory, make an HDMI-DVI converter and input that into a LCD. Xbox 360 Premium system - Or whichever version you wish.Let's take a look and prep to get started!Ĭan't make an Xbox laptop without some parts, so let's see what we'll need.

#Project xbox 360 to monity full

Full design files will be including along the way. Part 3 will then describe wiring all the separate parts together, troubleshooting, and finishing up the unit. The next installment will cover case design, construction and hacking the LCD display, as well as wiring the video. In today's segment we'll discuss the parts list, stripping down an Xbox 360 motherboard, and modding / reattaching the DVD and hard drives. The making-of How-To for the Xbox 360 laptop will be in three parts.