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robin1989 · « **on:** February 16, 2011, 06:07:45 AM »

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Coincidence · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2011, 07:13:16 PM »

Ok so my first update will be showing my xbox 360 halo 3 edition that I bought from a friend of mine so I could try and fix its RROD (and yes its striped down of all mods) so after I did fix that xbox it kept RRODing on me unless I had a fan on it at all times. So I got the new xbx 360 slim and kind of just let this one collect dust for awhile... until my friend recommended that I join this winter mod off. So without further ado here are some pics that are unboxing/prep for when more parts I have ordered come in.

I needed to extend the ports on the xbox so instead of de-soldering them from it I took an old broken 360 and used those

here are the ports

then I started soldering wires from the removed ports so I can solder them on the working 360 later when I get more parts so I can have exact measurements for wire length

oh and this account was created perfectly timing wise because I just got some parts in the mail today

still ordering parts so it may be a few days until the next update

toadzilla · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2011, 09:09:16 PM »

may i ask why theres gum in the last picture lol

Coincidence · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2011, 05:48:46 AM »

Quote from: toadzilla on February 16, 2011, 09:09:16 PM

may i ask why theres gum in the last picture lol

lol just to show the size of the radiators

Coincidence · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2011, 05:56:19 AM »

ya I no this first update isn't too exciting but the truth is the case I was going to buy yesterday sold out... yesterday but that's the way it usually works out for me lol so I do have a back up case if it doesn't come back into stock soon but until then I will probably just be getting random parts to install in the imaginary case lol

whitetop · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2011, 07:07:20 AM »

nice look is bad that your real pain went belly up but glad you have a backup.

Coincidence · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:57:03 PM »

Ok just bought the backup case and it should be here in around 3-5 days so I can finally get to work on the biggest part of this mod

crazy-modder · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:00:10 PM »

Wow cool, there's 2 xbox 360s being liquid cooled for the mod off.

Coincidence · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2011, 07:36:37 PM »

Ok so I got the backup case today and sadly I had to use my crappy phone cam to take pictures because the iPhone that I have been taking pictures with wasn't available today

so again sorry for the crappy quality

here is the case

top view

unda the hood

just double checking that the xbox 360 mobo will fit no problem

plenty of room

this white inner case needs to go if I'm going to fit all the components inside the hood

three screws, no problem

after dremeling off a few things under the hood and sniping some wires that weren't needed I decided to prep the A/V out port for installation

couldn't fit the whole ID in that last one so here it is again

If you haven't figured it out by now I am doing a submerged xbox 360 (has only been done once before as far as I can tell and it wasn't done very well [lol there idea of a submerged xbox 360 is dropping a 360 mobo in a Rubbermaid box and calling it good])

I will most likely be calling this project the Sexbox 360, why? because I don't want it to be called the "Oil cooled xbox 360"... and because it will be filled with 5 gallons of lube lol

I do have some rough designs I made in paint but I don't really want to release them to the public just yet as I may have to change some things around, I will release them when this mod is finished

Will hopefully be getting more parts tomorrow and I can start dremeling out the case soon so things are moving along quite nicely

Bonz · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2011, 01:24:14 AM »

if you need any tips pm me. i did a similar pc

Mineral Oil Media Server PC

Famas · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2011, 09:20:29 AM »

dude bit risky but if it comes off fair play can i ask what your going to do about evaporation etc etc

[HoP] · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:40:07 AM »

evaporation???? he is cooling it by submerging it in oil.... i was thinking that someone should do this... I think that the heat would not cause the flow of the coolant to be enough to maintain a lower temperature. Please post a link to that aquarium when the mod-off is complete.

also, good luck!

Coincidence · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:56:38 AM »

ya mineral oil doesn't evaporate as quickly as water so that shouldn't be a problem for quite a while, and in response to [HoP] the 2 radiators should be more than sufficient to cool the oil, also I will be putting a bubble maker in the tank to keep the cool oil flowing right for the heat sinks and a few fans submerged as well just for extra oil flow.

thanks for the support guys I will be updating this later today with my progress

[HoP] · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2011, 12:08:34 PM »

I Don't know about the mod-off rules, and I have images disabled and did not read all the post... i was going to say that you would need to "remove the heat" and cause some flow of the fluid, but i see you have that under control. wasn't sure if we are allowed to suggest things to people (whether or not we are in the mod off) cause if it was a bad suggestion it could be considering "tampering" or whatnot...

I'm going back to work now.. ill check in here and there ^_^

Bonz · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2011, 07:58:48 PM »

Quote from: [HoP] on February 24, 2011, 12:08:34 PM

I Don't know about the mod-off rules, and I have images disabled and did not read all the post... i was going to say that you would need to "remove the heat" and cause some flow of the fluid, but i see you have that under control. wasn't sure if we are allowed to suggest things to people (whether or not we are in the mod off) cause if it was a bad suggestion it could be considering "tampering" or whatnot...

I'm going back to work now.. ill check in here and there ^_^

ading a fishtank bubbler like i did in my pc mod and leaving the heatcync on should provide all the cooling needed... (mine's on youtube mineral oil media server)

also it doesn't really evaporate... not that i've knoticed in 2 years anyway. it does however make the caseing on the wires verry brittle so don't do work on it 2 weeks after it hits the oil as the wires have a tendency to break

Coincidence · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2011, 08:29:18 PM »

Ok so I got the power supply today

it was a perfect fit for the top hood of the tank and the perfect wattage for adapting to power a xbox 360

I ended up not putting the PSU in the hood mainly because it took up just a little too much space and I think it would put too much strain on the hinges. So instead I am going to submerge the psu along with everything else.

There was one small problem with the PSU and that was that the port needed to be in the back of the hood so I had to disassemble it.

then I had some trouble getting the port off so I cut around it

after that I dremeled out a spot for the port and fit it in

here is the outside

after that I just rewired the Ethernet port as the pins were riped off when i desolderd it

after that I had to stop to get a bunch of hw done but I will be dremeling out the back for the radiators fan speed knobs

and I will be wiring the ROL port hopefully tomorrow along with the knobs

The only reason I don't have the PSU soldered to the 360 mobo yet is I don't have the hook that will allow it to hang over the case so once that is ready I will work on the PSU.

I couldn't get as much done today as I would have liked but had to do the hw so I will hopefully be getting the dvd drive in place in the hood and the ROL this weekend along with more dremeling for ports but I'll keep you guys posted.

Coincidence · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2011, 08:32:14 PM »

Quote from: Bonz on February 24, 2011, 07:58:48 PM

ading a fishtank bubbler like i did in my pc mod and leaving the heatcync on should provide all the cooling needed... (mine's on youtube mineral oil media server)

also it doesn't really evaporate... not that i've knoticed in 2 years anyway. it does however make the caseing on the wires verry brittle so don't do work on it 2 weeks after it hits the oil as the wires have a tendency to break

ok thanks for the tip

Coincidence · « **Reply #17 on:** February 27, 2011, 04:22:26 PM »

ok sorry I didn't update this weekend but I have had to get ready for the ACT next week (super fun) but I did order a bunch of new stuff for this mod so by the end of next week I should have everything I need beside the 5 gallons of mineral oil which I will get shortly after when I have more money.

Coincidence · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2011, 07:16:56 PM »

Ok ACT is finally over and I just got almost everything I ordered which means that I wont have to buy any more stuff beside last second stuff or stuff at a store

here is the 2 CCFLs I got, the tubing, and the pumps which were waaaay smaller than I expected but they should do the job as there water/oil pumps lol

after that I started working on the radiators because I really didn't want to dremel 2 spots on the hood for fan control so I made one that controls both the radiators fan speed

then I worked on getting the ROL ready

I made it so I had to cut it in sections, first a large section,

Then after doing all I could with the rotating blade...

I switched to the grinder, and it came out like this

I also got some paint from a friend today

so I tested it on a chunk of whats left of the faceplate to see if it would blend in with the hood of the fish tank well

after that I painted the ROL,

It matched pretty good idk if I will have to paint the hood too but well see,

and to top it all off I did a slightly horrible job at dremeling out the rest of the back ports (bondo to the rescue lol, looks like I will end up painting the hood)

I didnt install any of the stuff in the back yet because it would either have to be soldered to the mobo which I don't have the mount for that yet, or there would be wires hanging off it at all times which is a pain....

oh and I dremeled off the legs on the dvd drive so it would fit in the hood nice.... and thats about it for this huge update.

Famas · « **Reply #19 on:** March 04, 2011, 02:42:45 AM »

dude just looked and i got to say looking top quality just wondering how thick the visquisity of the mineral oil is as would it be hard for motors to pump round as ive seen it done with a fan looks great what colour are your light tube

Coincidence · « **Reply #20 on:** March 04, 2011, 04:53:28 AM »

Quote from: Famas on March 04, 2011, 02:42:45 AM

dude just looked and i got to say looking top quality just wondering how thick the visquisity of the mineral oil is as would it be hard for motors to pump round as ive seen it done with a fan looks great what colour are your light tube

well if it isnt able to pump the oil I may get some stronger pumps or I might just put a few fans in the oil to keep it moving, I'm hoping its not to viscous but if it is then really the oil alone should be more than enough to keep the heat sinks cool the only difference is that after around 7-8 hrs with no cooling I will have to let it cool off on its own.

right now I'm just trying to work on making the back ports actually look good as that is one of my bad dremeling jobs but once that's done I'll work on the pumps, A/V port, Ethernet, usb, and the pwr supply.

Famas · « **Reply #21 on:** March 04, 2011, 06:47:15 AM »

id run them of a seperate supply too the xbox 360 as the more power the xbox is drawing the hotter it gets and the more it is prone to rrod really want too see this done even tho im in the mod off aswell aha

Coincidence · « **Reply #22 on:** March 05, 2011, 09:42:51 AM »

Quote from: Famas on March 04, 2011, 06:47:15 AM

id run them of a seperate supply too the xbox 360 as the more power the xbox is drawing the hotter it gets and the more it is prone to rrod really want too see this done even tho im in the mod off aswell aha

this power supply has something like 230W so the 160W from the 360 should leave plenty for the CCFLs and the 2 pumps and some fans

Famas · « **Reply #23 on:** March 05, 2011, 11:37:11 AM »

in my opinion i would run it off a seperate supply just for safety but thats just me

Coincidence · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2011, 01:00:46 PM »

Quote from: Famas on March 05, 2011, 11:37:11 AM

in my opinion i would run it off a seperate supply just for safety but thats just me

lol ok I don't have an extra supply available so I couldn't anyway but thanks for the tip u have full rights to say I told you so if it rrods lol

Famas · « **Reply #25 on:** March 05, 2011, 01:10:46 PM »

hey dude i hope it doesnt great idea hope it comes off also try using diff 12 v spots on the mobo maybe that might help just dont wanna see all this effort then it mess up on you !

Coincidence · « **Reply #26 on:** March 05, 2011, 01:19:41 PM »

lol you and me both and ok ill give it a try just need to get some acrylic cylinders that I can drill into so the mobo can be mounted to them then ill epoxy the cylinders to the back of the case, and it should give it a floating effect, but if I cant order them online or get them from home depot or something then ill just do the hook mount where it goes over the side of the tank

Famas · « **Reply #27 on:** March 05, 2011, 02:10:47 PM »

i think hook mount will be top quality

Coincidence · « **Reply #28 on:** March 05, 2011, 11:33:49 PM »

ok so I got the ROL done today (ended up taking off the outer plastic ring I had around the actual ROL because I would of had to do some major bondoing if I didn't

so heres the ROL button in the case

outside view..

here is my ghetto rigged support system for the ROL board so the button could be pressed

and here is the board fully installed in the tank hood

I should be getting the mounting piece sometime next week so after I can start soldering to the mobo and get this mod finished

Bonz · « **Reply #29 on:** March 06, 2011, 03:52:41 PM »

i'm kinda wondering why your not decasing the powersuply and submerging it to? the best reason for a mod like this is cooling and let's be honest the power supply gets HOT and could use some cooling

Coincidence · « **Reply #30 on:** March 06, 2011, 05:12:05 PM »

lol I am doing that (wasn't planning on decasing it but why not show off the inside of the psu also

here are some pics from a couple days ago that I took to show where everything will most likely go in the case

the 2 pumps are on the sides the psu is up front, the air bubble maker is between the 2 ccfls then the radiators will be on the back of the case

here it is with the ccfls on

I will be getting the more parts next week and I called the local TSC and they said they would call me when they had 5 gallons of mineral oil in stock (they only had 3 when I called) after that its just the mount for the mobo and radiators thats left (plus possibly some extra things just for looks)

I'll keep you guys posted

Coincidence · « **Reply #31 on:** March 07, 2011, 07:20:42 PM »

just tested out some of the stuff today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6DQfoq-CN8

zack247 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 07, 2011, 09:59:49 PM »

this is looking really awesome and i have to say i wasnt exactly fond of the idea of it being in a fish tank but now that i look at it i think it looks epic!

good luck with finishing it!

hyper999 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 08, 2011, 08:53:10 AM »

you should put some sort of colourant in the oil like a toxic green sorta colour so it goes a bit foggy it would look so epic

Coincidence · « **Reply #34 on:** March 08, 2011, 09:26:42 AM »

Quote from: hyper999 on March 08, 2011, 08:53:10 AM

you should put some sort of colourant in the oil like a toxic green sorta colour so it goes a bit foggy it would look so epic

I am trying to keep the oil as clear as possible so that I can use it in future mods, however if green would look cool i suppose I could order 2 green 12" CCFLs and make a switch so it can go between green and blue, might even buy 2 red 12" ccfls along with that but idk I am running low on money and still have to buy the 5 gallons of mineral oil which is going to be around 80-90 bucks (another reason not to color it lol)

The CCFLs are cheap so if i have some money left over I may get some red and green ones but no promises

Thanks again for all the support guys will be updating soon but I am being bogged down with hw and projects so may be a couple days

Bonz · « **Reply #35 on:** March 08, 2011, 09:36:51 AM »

ya keep it clear give the illusion of water it is much better looks more impressive. just be rdy for allot of ppl not knowing that oil is non conductive and you'll get a ton of questions about that

hyper999 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 08, 2011, 09:43:49 AM »

Quote from: 29448433 on March 08, 2011, 09:26:42 AM

I am trying to keep the oil as clear as possible so that I can use it in future mods, however if green would look cool i suppose I could order 2 green 12" CCFLs and make a switch so it can go between green and blue, might even buy 2 red 12" ccfls along with that but idk I am running low on money and still have to buy the 5 gallons of mineral oil which is going to be around 80-90 bucks (another reason not to color it lol)

The CCFLs are cheap so if i have some money left over I may get some red and green ones but no promises

Thanks again for all the support guys will be updating soon but I am being bogged down with hw and projects so may be a couple days

i was thinking like this,

but its up to you i'm not the one spending money on it and who has to look at it everyday, so make sure you like it

Coincidence · « **Reply #37 on:** March 08, 2011, 09:58:01 AM »

Quote from: Bonz on March 08, 2011, 09:36:51 AM

ya keep it clear give the illusion of water it is much better looks more impressive. just be rdy for allot of ppl not knowing that oil is non conductive and you'll get a ton of questions about that

lol ya Ive been expecting more questions by now asking that but when it gets finished I know there will be a few lol

Coincidence · « **Reply #38 on:** March 08, 2011, 05:52:14 PM »

Ok just a quick update, my friend gave me some acrylic blocks today which is what the motherboard and radiator risers are going to be made out of, also there may be a pretty cool Sexbox 360 logo engraved into a couple of them and lit up

here is what they look light with light behind them

Coincidence · « **Reply #39 on:** March 13, 2011, 06:06:34 PM »

quick update just cut out the hole for the dvd drive and ghetto rigged a eject button that will work for the Sexbox

I'm hoping that the local TSC will get that 5 gallons in soon because I only got a couple more weeks of work time on this

Having some trouble with the Acrylic blocks but its a pretty easy fix just haven't been home all weekend

that's all for this time I'll update when I get more crap done

FOOKz™ · « **Reply #40 on:** March 13, 2011, 07:07:23 PM »

awww man that disk drive part is so cool dude!!!

Coincidence · « **Reply #41 on:** March 15, 2011, 03:26:55 PM »

not a huge update, just got 2 gallons of mineral oil yesterday, and some thread tape for the leaking problem with the radiators

lol I am going to ignore the "For animal use only", just hope its still pure and non conductive (don't see why it wouldn't be)

Coincidence · « **Reply #42 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:11:55 PM »

Ok TSC called and said that my 5 gallons were in so I went and got the rest, and my friend cut out a logo for me with the water jet because hes in CAD in our school, and I found my old 80GIG USB hard drive so I can use it for the Sexbox.
here's some pics

All that's left to do is get those acrylic blocks cut out for the motherboard and radiator mounts and then it should be all done.

FOOKz™ · « **Reply #43 on:** March 18, 2011, 07:54:19 PM »

Just remember that mineral oil is for animal use only

also nice lettering. this mod is mint.

Coincidence · « **Reply #44 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:43:30 PM »

Quote from: FOOKz on March 18, 2011, 07:54:19 PM

Just remember that mineral oil is for animal use only

also nice lettering. this mod is mint.

lol ya I'm going to test it b4 I just drop the xbx in there lol and thanks man

Coincidence · « **Reply #45 on:** March 29, 2011, 08:25:47 PM »

Ok guys sorry I haven't posted in a few days but I haven't really made much progress over the weekend so I decided to save that stuff for today, and I got a lot done today too so I just combined them,

First off, I got the Acrylic blocks cut, drilled, and epoxied to the case so the xbox mobo finally has mounts

Next I de-cased the PSU and hooked it up to the tank hood and to the motherboard

After a few errors because of the many wires going to the back of the mobo I decided to just run 3 back there 1 for 3 12V spots, 1 for 3 GND spots and 1 for a 5V spot, tested and it worked like a charm.

I also got the A/V port all wired up but no matter what I did the xbox would just turn on for 1-3 seconds (show the boot vid) then go black and restart so I assumed I had a short somewhere but I couldn't find the damn thing so I came up with a somewhat complicated backup for the A/V and that was to take a TV video dock with the 3 hookups for video and L&R audio and cut off a 360 A/V port, then I soldered the wires to the correct hookups and made a male-male A/V cord out of the remaining wires from the 360 A/V cord.

and here is a quick update on how all the stuff is going in the case

Thats all for now, I should be getting the rest done by the end of this weekend which is just in time for the Monday deadline

FOOKz™ · « **Reply #46 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:54:45 PM »

I APPROVE

Quote

Is the other end of that cable male connectors?

Coincidence · « **Reply #47 on:** March 30, 2011, 08:04:22 AM »

thanks and yes I just took the 3 HD hookups and soldered them to the other end of the regular 3 hookups (I wanna call them composite cables? can't remember there name)

FOOKz™ · « **Reply #48 on:** March 30, 2011, 07:39:26 PM »

yeah they're component/composite cables

Coincidence · « **Reply #49 on:** April 03, 2011, 04:01:28 PM »

Ok guys sadly the Xbox motherboard that I am using isn't recovering from the rrod, I have almost everything finished (just have to drop the pumps in and hook up the tubing) but with out a working motherboard I'm afraid that the "Must play a game" requirement won't be fulfilled, I'll keep trying until the very end of the mod off to revive it but if I don't I'll get a new motherboard and finish this mod after the mod off.

The part that sucks is that I have another Xbox but its the slim version so it definitely wouldn't work for this because I don't even know if the PSU would power it, and the Acrylic mounts wouldn't fit the motherboard so short of stealing my sisters Xbox, I have no options lol

Thanks for all the support while I was building this mod, And now that I have extra time I can really put more work and money into this project.

I also might enter another mod off with another (less awesome) idea for a computer case mod but should still be a fun project.

also, Good Luck to all the other mod off contestants, you guys have done some really awesome work and I'm looking forward to see who will win.

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Author Topic: ModOff Entry 29448433 - Sexbox 360 (Read 18049 times)