Possible Xbox 360 Mod

Spatha · 08-June-07, 02:21 PM

Ok I'm royally pissed at the Xbox 360's lack of quality. IÃ‚â€™m on my 3^rd one (Elite) and their all the same. It's loud, hot, and kinda dumb looking if you ask me (none have broken though). By the way if you manage to accidentally let a DVD case cover one of the precious few vents, that suckers frame rate will drop lower then George BushÃ‚â€™s IQÃ‚â€¦0.
What IÃ‚â€™m thinking,
I want to take my 360 apart and put it into a brand spanking new SilverStone Lascala SST-LC02.
I want to do this to solve several things one, I want to put in some nice quit fans or a possible water cooling unit Xbox 360 Dual Cooler Kit [6mm, 1/4"]. Second I have a nice tower system so why not have my consoles be more apart of it. Gaming companies keep saying that their gaming consoles are the perfect companion for a home entertainment system, but they donÃ‚â€™t fit into them very well.
IÃ‚â€™m also thinking I may replace the DVD drive with a higher quality one, the one it has is so loud and probably cheap. I may even get a different case that has dual drives, then buy the HD DVD player for the 360 and mount it in the new case with the 360. If I do put water cooling in ill do the full shebang, flow meter, drain, and fill ports. I even thinking of a small LCD screen with temp displays would be kinda nice.
IÃ‚â€™ve checked online and havenÃ‚â€™t found any resources for how to do this, specifically wiring electrical or the switches.
If I do a water cooling setup one thing I want to do is have a separate power switch for the pump so I can leave it running even when the 360 is off. IÃ‚â€™ve wanted to do this water cooling but couldnÃ‚â€™t find out how.
Lastly is there such ting as refrigerated radiators or something similar for computer water cooling. I just figure if I get a large enough case I can have it all internal.

Thanks.

Edit/ by the way I haven't the slightest clue what the issue with pasting posts from MS Word is, but it dosn't like it. Thats whats with the weird text /Edit

slugbug · 11-June-07, 01:49 AM

They have quiter drives(BenQ) but for some reason they're still using the loud ones.
Koolance sells a complete water cooling kit but it costs almost as much as an xbox 360.

Spatha · 11-June-07, 09:42 AM

Ya I know they sell a whole unit but im hopping that if i get a big enough case i can just by a small one that will fit in the case. One nice simple clean unit.

Snake2Snipe · 11-June-07, 11:36 AM

if you go to engadget.com and search for "xbox 360 laptop how to" you can find most of the wiring and a lot of information that may help you out, even if you are going in the opposite direction as far as case design. in the second version he just used air cooling, but he did use water cooling in a similar design in his first xbox 360 laptop if you also want to take a look at that.

Reverend KWR · 11-June-07, 12:31 PM

Llamma's Adventures in Xbox 360
Have some neat 360 parts.

::EDIT:: The Llamma's Game Console Parts and Accessories

that should take you to the main 360 parts section.

Spatha · 11-June-07, 03:00 PM

Holy Cow

Thank you so much you guys. I searched for 5 hours online and couldn't find jack. I really appreciate the help, that laptop that guy build its awsome. I have on alienware laptop issue on here and well if i can't get it fixed i know what im doing with it.

But ya thanks agian I'm just waiting now to here back from Microsoft on weather or not ill get banned from xbox live ( i really don't want to get banned for another year

).

08-June-07, 02:21 PM		#1 (permalink)
Spatha Apex Tech Fanatic	Possible Xbox 360 Mod Ok I'm royally pissed at the Xbox 360's lack of quality. IÃ‚â€™m on my 3^rd one (Elite) and their all the same. It's loud, hot, and kinda dumb looking if you ask me (none have broken though). By the way if you manage to accidentally let a DVD case cover one of the precious few vents, that suckers frame rate will drop lower then George BushÃ‚â€™s IQÃ‚â€¦0. What IÃ‚â€™m thinking, I want to take my 360 apart and put it into a brand spanking new SilverStone Lascala SST-LC02. I want to do this to solve several things one, I want to put in some nice quit fans or a possible water cooling unit Xbox 360 Dual Cooler Kit [6mm, 1/4"]. Second I have a nice tower system so why not have my consoles be more apart of it. Gaming companies keep saying that their gaming consoles are the perfect companion for a home entertainment system, but they donÃ‚â€™t fit into them very well. IÃ‚â€™m also thinking I may replace the DVD drive with a higher quality one, the one it has is so loud and probably cheap. I may even get a different case that has dual drives, then buy the HD DVD player for the 360 and mount it in the new case with the 360. If I do put water cooling in ill do the full shebang, flow meter, drain, and fill ports. I even thinking of a small LCD screen with temp displays would be kinda nice. IÃ‚â€™ve checked online and havenÃ‚â€™t found any resources for how to do this, specifically wiring electrical or the switches. If I do a water cooling setup one thing I want to do is have a separate power switch for the pump so I can leave it running even when the 360 is off. IÃ‚â€™ve wanted to do this water cooling but couldnÃ‚â€™t find out how. Lastly is there such ting as refrigerated radiators or something similar for computer water cooling. I just figure if I get a large enough case I can have it all internal. Thanks. Edit/ by the way I haven't the slightest clue what the issue with pasting posts from MS Word is, but it dosn't like it. Thats whats with the weird text /Edit Last edited by Spatha; 08-June-07 at 02:27 PM.. Reason: Dosn't like copy past from MS WORD

11-June-07, 01:49 AM		#2 (permalink)
slugbug Apex Techie Lite	Re: Possible Xbox 360 Mod They have quiter drives(BenQ) but for some reason they're still using the loud ones. Koolance sells a complete water cooling kit but it costs almost as much as an xbox 360.

11-June-07, 09:42 AM		#3 (permalink)
Spatha Apex Tech Fanatic	Re: Possible Xbox 360 Mod Ya I know they sell a whole unit but im hopping that if i get a big enough case i can just by a small one that will fit in the case. One nice simple clean unit.

11-June-07, 11:36 AM		#4 (permalink)
Snake2Snipe Apex Master Tech Apprentice	Re: Possible Xbox 360 Mod if you go to engadget.com and search for "xbox 360 laptop how to" you can find most of the wiring and a lot of information that may help you out, even if you are going in the opposite direction as far as case design. in the second version he just used air cooling, but he did use water cooling in a similar design in his first xbox 360 laptop if you also want to take a look at that.

11-June-07, 12:31 PM		#5 (permalink)
Reverend KWR Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	Re: Possible Xbox 360 Mod Llamma's Adventures in Xbox 360 Have some neat 360 parts. ::EDIT:: The Llamma's Game Console Parts and Accessories that should take you to the main 360 parts section.

11-June-07, 03:00 PM		#6 (permalink)
Spatha Apex Tech Fanatic	Re: Possible Xbox 360 Mod Holy Cow Thank you so much you guys. I searched for 5 hours online and couldn't find jack. I really appreciate the help, that laptop that guy build its awsome. I have on alienware laptop issue on here and well if i can't get it fixed i know what im doing with it. But ya thanks agian I'm just waiting now to here back from Microsoft on weather or not ill get banned from xbox live ( i really don't want to get banned for another year). Last edited by Spatha; 11-June-07 at 03:23 PM..

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