Project XBOX case

[halo_2_rocks]

OK a few weeks ago my Xbox died because i dropped it when i was bringing it from my moms house to my dads and one of the platters in the hard drive broke so anyways i didn't really feel like fixing it so i decided to gut it and turn it into a computer. and of course a thread is no good without pics
Here's the xbox gutted


aand then i took out the metal sheilding



Then i took an old Emachine and that what ill be using for the computer parts



and then i gutted it and here are all of the parts I'm going to use


heres a pic of the mobo in the xbox it going to take a bit of work with my dremal tool to get it to fit how i'd like it too.

 

[Clockwork_Apple]

If you hadnt planned on it already, use the old Xbox PSU for the PC, it should have more than enough to power that

I'm not sure which revisions use the standard ATX connecter for mobo on the Xbox, but my 1.6 does

 

[halo_2_rocks]

oh ok but i would have to put a different plug on it

 

[Clockwork_Apple]

If you look at this image you can see the Xbox PSU uses a 20 pin ATX connector for the motherboard.

The Xbox PSU only has 1 molex connector though, so you will need to use a splitter to power both HDD and optical drive.

 

[halo_2_rocks]

my xbox psu only has a 12pin mobo connector but it was the first gen xbox that game out so it has all of the old stuff in it

 

[Sleepy_Steve]

How much are old x-box's going for these days??

Might make good cases for my two old sockey A mobo's

 

[halo_2_rocks]

im not sure but all i know u cant buy them is stores anymore

 

[NsOmNiA91130]

My EBGames carrys a few used Xbox's all the time. Dunno where you go.

Either way, I reccomend you look here http://mini-itx.com/projects/i64xbox/

 

[funnyperson1]

For reference, do NOT try to use the Xbox PSU with a PC, even though the connectors may be the same, the wiring is NOT.

Check this site out for some info on the pinouts for the Xbox PSU power connectors:
http://pablot.com/index.php?site=xbox&sidemenu=psu&sm=1

 

[XTTX]

Hmmm maybe I should do something like that w/ my friend's old XBOX (mobo broken and HDD broken). I've got a few spare parts to put in it.

 

[halo_2_rocks]

ok I decided to take the psu and cd player and move them to a box becuase i cant fit then in with the rest of the stuff


but the only problem is that the psu isnt long enough so it look like im going to have to take it apart and mount on the lid or something so it fits inside the xbox

 

[Sleepy_Steve]

Try taking the PSU cable in from the other side man

Looks like the only reason its not fitting is because you're making the cable take the long way around.

 

[halo_2_rocks]

yea thanks i realized that after tinkering with it for a while man do i feel stupid

 

[halo_2_rocks]

well heres the finished product didnt come out quite like what i had hoped but then i again i didn't really have the time nor the cash to spend on it but hey now i can at least say i turned an xbox into a comp. and i have no idea what im gonig to use it for either.

 

[pik4chu]

yay for the only good use of an e-machine nice clean project. Hopefuly no one come sinto your room and says "hey whats with this xbox" and yanks it off the cardboard



<see also my xgbox project in sig> went for the all inclusive setup. Still works and I use it from time to time. does have its share of glitches though (read limitations) but its always fun to put a computer into something other than a PC case.

On the note of used xboxes, you can pickup just the shells for really cheap on ebay, I think I got 2 shells for 30 bucks? one even had the wiring harness.

 

[splat]

xbox cases: http://secure.llamma.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=64_50 not the original black case, but i'm sure there are other stores out there that have them.

great use of existing parts. I'd follow pik4chu's path and use a matx psu, laptop dvd drive and laptop hd if I was going to do something like this. I've got my spare xbox running Xebian Linux atm...it's so slow but it works (p3 733mhz, 64mb ram).

and just so you know, if the hard drive was the only thing that broke, you can still salvage the rest of the xbox. write me a pm if you wanna chat about that.

 

[halo_2_rocks]

eh its ok i just trashed the part all of the xbox part with my potato launcher but that ok because i have another xbox i brought over from my dads house that works fine

 

[core2due]

Nice project. It makes me want to mod my 360. I like using my potato gun to kill pc parts.

 

[Brock]

Nice X-Box modding. I just started working on an old X-Box Friday night. Im gonna put an older computer in it for now and use prolly linux in it for now. If you have aim add me (mus1ang) or MSN ([email protected]). I might have a few ?'s on modding stuff.

 

[halo_2_rocks]

ok i added u to my aim and msn cause i have both and my aim is hummerh2craw
and my msn is [email protected]