Xbox Pc

[Mtotho]

Im currently working on an Xbox PC.

The short of it is i am placing a mini-itx mobo inside an empty xbox case. It will include the following features (some of which i have already installed)

Front panel
-Fully functional original xbox power button (done)
-Fully functional original LEDs (Done)
-Fully functional original xbox eject button to eject dvd drive
-Controller ports 1 and 2 fully working on windows, can use xbox controller (done)
-port 3, Installed to usb ports
-port 4, swapped xbox jack for fully functional n64 jack (done)

Case Modifications
-Cut out green xbox logo, replaces with fan cage. (done)
-Installed exaust 80mm fan under fan cage. (done)
-Drill correct hole locations for motherboard.

Hardware (Ordered, shipping, not yet arrived)
This is all i am waiting for. Here is my part hardware list

-Motherboard(mini itx) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813153077
-Hardrive(notebook) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148184
-Power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817374002
-Processor(modest) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819111180

Any suggestions, please tell me. I am still looking for a good way to make the eject button work. I am going to be using a notebook slimdrive.

Upon completion or request i will post picture. Thanks

 

[Ben333]

get a pico psu. They mount inside the 20 pin power connector on the motherboard.
if thats an IDE notebook drive, be sure to get the 3.5 to 2.5 converter
good luck If you get stuck, this may help http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/i64xbox/
I myself just finished a mini itx mailbox mod but my camera is broken

 

[Mtotho]

I have Actually looked into Pico psu, they simply do not offer the power i need, especially for there heavy price tag. I am fairly certain the psu i picked out is small enough, i checked the site brand site for the dimensions, everything checks out. The hardrive is sata, as the the notebook, i already have a converter. Thanks

 

[Automata]

I have Actually looked into Pico psu, they simply do not offer the power i need, especially for there heavy price tag. I am fairly certain the psu i picked out is small enough, i checked the site brand site for the dimensions, everything checks out. The hardrive is sata, as the the notebook, i already have a converter. Thanks

You should need no converter for the hard drive. It will have sata power and data connectors

 

[Mtotho]

yea i know, i meant i have a converter already for the notebook slim dvd drive, sorry.

 

[Automata]

yea i know, i meant i have a converter already for the notebook slim dvd drive, sorry.

Ah, ok

I am very much looking forward to how this looks and performs. I like your ideas...

 

[Mtotho]

Thank you, yea like i said all i have to do is wait for the parts. Im thinking wednesday or thursday, im on step 3 and step 5 on newegg with my 2 shipments.

 

[Hillsdale]

Im thinking about doing the same thing, but the other way around.. PC Xbox. (Xbox in a PC)

 

[Ben333]

^this has also been done before...
@Hills, I have a mini itx board around, would you like to sell me the empty xbox case for a small fee after you have done the mod? I might want it...

 

[Mtotho]

^this has also been done before...
@Hills, I have a mini itx board around, would you like to sell me the empty xbox case for a small fee after you have done the mod? I might want it...

Also i know it has been done before, but certainly not as many times as a standard computer. Also its really the only thing i had to build it in. It is portable, light, and im also gonna add a tv tuner so it can be a HTPC of sorts. I also checked out that site posted above. I can say with confident that his cuts are cleaner, he has good ideas, but i personally like some of the features i added more, also being 2003 when he made it, my board will be much better performance. I only have pieces of an xbox case laying around. I have the top and bottom but i do not have any extra front panels and button pcbs for whatever reason. Im sure you can score one on ebay for pretty cheap... if not stock xbox case, maybe a cool colored one.

Also an xbox case is an easy first custom case build. I dont exactly have the proper tools to be making a freaking aweseome _____case

Hillside: i saw jim gaffigan on tour (trenton nj) he is awesome. if u dont know who that is, its the guy in ur avatar.

 

[Mtotho]

Pictures

I took some crappy pictures with my cell camera. Here they are, i still haven't received the computer parts and my stuffs not perfectly cleaned off and organized, they are just to show u what i have added and modded.

This is looking at the port 3 and 4 mods, although not pretty, they are, at there current state, functional


This is the top of the case ,that fan isnt permanent, just an example.

Slimdrive (it opens when i touched the right side of the drive. Im thinking of modding the eject button to eject it.

This is the simple mod done to convert usb to xbox (which is usb in a dif shape)

 

[Hillsdale]

^this has also been done before...
@Hills, I have a mini itx board around, would you like to sell me the empty xbox case for a small fee after you have done the mod? I might want it...

depends. where do ya live?