rowdyalmonds
Enthusiast
Hi all,
I'm in the midst of a phat 360 mod and I was hoping someone could help out with specific questions as they come up. I've got a 16 mb Jasper and I'm using a JR programmer and x360 ace v3 chip to take a crack at RGH 1.2. I know there are other chips people gravitate towards for this motherboard, but I opted for the ace in the hopes of achieving a mod which will support dynamic timing. This is my first try at anything like this, so my questions might be kinda basic. I've been primarily using jointheresistance's guide for RGH 1.2.
So far, I've got the nand dumped and matched and I've written the ECC. I've also written a timing file to the ace chip via the JR programmer and I'm now looking for solder points to go from the chip to the motherboard. I have a 22k resistor I intend to splice in between the chip and the PLL, and it looks like there's a diode or a resistor I need to remove from the chip (I'm presuming it's just soldered on and will come off with my iron).
I haven't been able to find pics anywhere of this mod performed with this motherboard and components combination, but it looks like I'm going to need to take the motherboard out of it's trey (I have not yet). Do I need to remove the heat sink in order to access my solder points? And if I do, do I need some kind of special paste to reinstall it to get it to work properly?
Thanks for any insights folks!
I'm in the midst of a phat 360 mod and I was hoping someone could help out with specific questions as they come up. I've got a 16 mb Jasper and I'm using a JR programmer and x360 ace v3 chip to take a crack at RGH 1.2. I know there are other chips people gravitate towards for this motherboard, but I opted for the ace in the hopes of achieving a mod which will support dynamic timing. This is my first try at anything like this, so my questions might be kinda basic. I've been primarily using jointheresistance's guide for RGH 1.2.
So far, I've got the nand dumped and matched and I've written the ECC. I've also written a timing file to the ace chip via the JR programmer and I'm now looking for solder points to go from the chip to the motherboard. I have a 22k resistor I intend to splice in between the chip and the PLL, and it looks like there's a diode or a resistor I need to remove from the chip (I'm presuming it's just soldered on and will come off with my iron).
I haven't been able to find pics anywhere of this mod performed with this motherboard and components combination, but it looks like I'm going to need to take the motherboard out of it's trey (I have not yet). Do I need to remove the heat sink in order to access my solder points? And if I do, do I need some kind of special paste to reinstall it to get it to work properly?
Thanks for any insights folks!