Cyber skull Xbox 360 slim

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So yes I am working on multiple things at once. I have a very hyper mind and it tends to move on with things when I still am planning others.

So the shell of the xbox 360 slim I plan on modding it and want to throw out some things before my mind kills me

I went ahead and did some sketch



I have come up with a main color scheme of Neon (UV) Green, black and maybe Neon (UV) orange to break up and contrast the neon UV green

The main part I will need to buy but they cost less on ebay





With the lights I plan on dropping 3 mini slide switch on the back end of the case. One will control the on off of the UV light, the other will control the Green light and the other will control both light (like a main cut off switch)

I will also swap the Sata cable for a 6inch UV green sata cable. I prefer my internal to match up the color scheme


I want to paint the top and bottom bezel UV green and break some of the flow on the shell with UV orange paint.

I know my sketch looks horrible keep in mind I do not plan things out because they usually don't go the way I plan them lol


Anyways that is all I have now I am waiting on some parts to arrive for the RGH hack. I will order the mod parts before I buy my Xkey

[snowcolt17]

thats sweet.. i wish i could dray

[The End of A Heartache]

thats sweet.. i wish i could dray

Lol thanks snowcolt. I hope it all comes out as planned in my head. At Least from the first memory in my head of the plan haha. I keep getting more ideas by the minute so I should type this down before I forget.

Want to sleeve the xkey remote to match the color scheme Uv Green and Uv orange since the shell of the remote is black. Will need 1/8 extensional sleeving in UV green and orange and Uv green and orange heatsink to match. with the leftover sleeving I might also do the power cable for the disc drive to match.

I've done it before with uv blue 1/4 expansion sleeving on the power cable didn't come out so good so I will adapt two color 3color 1/8 sleeving in black, UV green and UV orange and see how it fairs up.

Also might vinyl the inside shell in black carbon fiber. this will look good and ground some things including hardware like lights and switches.

[ViSioNXx]

Very nice ideas.

[The End of A Heartache]

Very nice ideas.

thanks

[ViSioNXx]

So what are you going to do on the faceplate? just cut out the design all togethr or cut the lines into it?

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So what are you going to do on the faceplate? just cut out the design all together or cut the lines into it?

Hmm for the face plate well I wanted to do a simple paint job with but i might end up doing is cutting the line into it and filling it with neon green paint. Just the idea I might actually cut the line into it and run El wire with the DC to AC USB connection on the outside or solder into the power of the USB. I won't be able to run the EL wire direct because the board output DC and the El wire requires AC to function properly.

What I will do is a window on the side, give it a form that will go with the shape of the cyber skull and do the light UV paint on the optical drive, Xkey logo with UV green Sata cable and UV sleeve power cable, Carbon fiber black vinyl the internal case and the lay my light to showcase the inside. I want to do a window as well on the optical disc drive and if I get created internal light on the optical disc drive as well lol. I saw an old xbox phat mod with internal light in the drive.

The xkey will be sleeved which will keep the wire from bundling and looking nice as well go with the color theme.

The material aren't expensive other than the pre cut window for the optical drive on ebay around $22 so I will hold it off till After I get the xkey. Will be my final touch

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So Alittle update before I rest up for tomorrow.

I went and bought the parts for the hack today minus the xkey. I had to set aside the money for the mod to buy some things for family and client.

But I did manage to get the first part of the hack as well as start off the case mod with some templates to work with.

Using packaging sticker I went ahead and did a one side template.

I learned if you make one side and fold it over and outline you can duplicate and make it even. Making a full template can be challenging trying to even out the other side.

Because the lack of space I only had 6inch to work with. Making my cyberskull was a bit tricky they usually don't all come out the same.



I don't like to throw away scraps. The eco friendly part of me like to use things when needed. Scraps can be used easily



The last bit you can see I drew the window directly. I did this because when I remove the template I will be reusing them. When I start to cut I wont be using a template.






Last bit before going off for a couple of winks. I rethought about the window. I will be making a template for the actual plexi part so it will be a tight fit. I have some u channel grommet that I saved up for a PC window mod that I might not do. So again going back to the scrap I will be using that U channel for this mod  

The template will be used and cardboard pressed with tape over to keep them for awhile. I have more to do but seeing I am tight on money again I will hold off. I also have to RGH the board so when the tools come in I'll take the system apart to get to the board and start cutting and doing what I need to.

That is it for me I am out  cheers

[The End of A Heartache]

Okie had some rest and was researching how to setup the RGH to extract the key for the xkey.

In the meantime I went ahead and started the window cut out.


Spending nearly the whole day filing down the ends to get a very tight fit


You can see its hardly noticeable till I pop it out.


Well tomorrow might come in the 48mhz ceramic Oscillator Oh I am hoping.

I will finish up the mod after hacking the key


Wish me luck 

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So Alittle update. I finally got my UV green SATA cable although its pretty long Ill see how I can manage to shorten them down so it fits properly in my case.

Since I am waiting for some advice on which tool is better on my other thread I decide to work on the shell some.

I went ahead and painted the shell, choosing a section to use the green. Using black to break up the gray.






I still need to clean up some few area and I also forgot to buy neon orange. I wanted to incorporate the color somewhere around the case. Wanted to make my edge over the lower grey. Do something small between the window and vent grills. I also said I wanted to highlight the eye in UV green and orange. I might end up doing is making my vector line in neon green and neon orange. Want to also do a ring around the power on sensor area give it direct focus around it.

With more Idea edge around the neon green with grey. do some line break up and border the back are where the green block are.

Hay that is what I might do Neon orange border the grey area, grey border the neon green, Neon orange vector line on the cyber skull and border the window? 

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So I finally got my neon orange and was painting my shell while I waited for my tools to come in.

I wish I had time to do more but florida weather sucks this time around. Managed to get a couple of sun hour to do the side panels but couldn't finish doing the front face.


I wanted to add more to the front side panel but since I bought other things I will leave it like so.


I have to go back and do some touchup on the back side of the panel some how it didn't line up at all :/


If you notice I also did the stock xbox slim fan. I had some issue trying to get to each blade and managed to bulk up the paint in some area.

Since the fan spindle can not be taken off the base I think I will just have to buy another type of fan. Looking for size and type I found A Case fan with PWM and 4 connection line. I might end up doing is cutting the wire off the stock fan and soldering it to the new fan.
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I also order 50cm of waterproof UV light strip, I went with the one above so I can cut them to length slide them in place and solder some extension. Each light only require 9v to 14v max at a max distance of 50 feet.

[ViSioNXx]

Awesome. I dont think the PWM on case fans would wire up correctly with the xbox. Go ahead and get some quite fans and run them 12v. Wont hurt when its meant to run full speed,.

[The End of A Heartache]

Awesome. I dont think the PWM on case fans would wire up correctly with the xbox. Go ahead and get some quite fans and run them 12v. Wont hurt when its meant to run full speed,.

Thank you and I am experimenting around wanting to know if it could work lol. In either case if it doesn't work out how I am experimenting then I can just run them 12v or go back with the stock fan. In either case the fan I bought is a quiet fan with High RPM @ 2750. No Idea what's  the CFM but fan size  90mm x 25mm Yes a tad small but after painting the fan blade fluorescent green with orange tip's I will be adding the UV light which should take take care of the rest of the space.

[Rodent]

That really is coming out nice , the colors go good together.  keep up the good work

[The End of A Heartache]

That really is coming out nice , the colors go good together.  keep up the good work

Thanks rodent anything goes good with black haha.

[The End of A Heartache]

So a little more update on the mod

I went ahead and did my vector line. Looks great


So I need to go back in and with more primer paint and paint in this missing spot


I decide not to paint my line over the USB door hinge. Instead I decide to leave at is


As well I got my fan in today. Can you spot the xbox stock fan from the PWM case fan??


I still yet to get my light which will be by next week. I am also waiting on my tool order for my RGH. Few things still to go let see how it all comes out

[ViSioNXx]

Left is stock. I also found these..


PC 4 pin

   1             2           3          4
 GND      +12v    Monitor    PWM
(BLACK) (RED) (YELLOW) (BLUE)
360 slim

It appears the pins are the same but numbered backwards maybe? I do not have a slim fan to check but if you could post a picture of the wire /header for the slim stock fan then I could tell you for sure.

Looks really good. Keep it up!!


Edit: may be a brown or green sense wire on the stocker...

[The End of A Heartache]

Left is stock. I also found these..


PC 4 pin

   1             2           3          4
 GND      +12v    Monitor    PWM
(BLACK) (RED) (YELLOW) (BLUE)
360 slim

It appears the pins are the same but numbered backwards maybe? I do not have a slim fan to check but if you could post a picture of the wire /header for the slim stock fan then I could tell you for sure.

Looks really good. Keep it up!!


Edit: may be a brown or green sense wire on the stocker...

Thank you, I still need to paint a few more things than I am completely done with the shell paint. I have to place the plexi in the shell finally light and the rest lol.

So for sure the stock xbox slim fan are PWM and here a image of the stock fan wiring to the Case fan its mirrored very well



I will test it out as soon as I am done RGH my board to get the key.

I might either cut the line and splice it or de-solder the connection pin on the board and solder a 4pin standard fan connection.

[Rodent]

12V fan mod for slims

url=https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php/topic,42590.0.html]https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php/topic,42590.0.html[/url]

[The End of A Heartache]

12V fan mod for slims

https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php/topic,42590.0.html]https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php/topic,42590.0.html

Thanks rodent

[Rodent]

Thanks rodent

If you havent fully rghed the console yet you can build the fan speed you want in the  Freeboot img before you flash it. let me know if you need to i can help on team veiwer or skype

[ViSioNXx]

I would either cut and solder the splice or  maybe try and take the pins out and put them in the other socket. Not sure if the pin size is the same though...

On second thought, write down or take a picture of the pins connections on the back of the fan and just desolder the ole wires and solder on the new ones. That would be the most "pro" way I think.

Rodent? will he be able to mod that and still have a clean nand for live?

[Rodent]

Rodent? will he be able to mod that and still have a clean nand for live?

since he has already dumped to clean nands , or more we can change the freeboot img that is the updflash.bin so the fan speed can be changed.

[ViSioNXx]

Cool. Thanks. I was not trying to second guess you I wanted to know for my info lol.

[Rodent]

Cool. Thanks. I was not trying to second guess you I wanted to know for my info lol.

welcome yea i know.  and any info i can give to help is always good to learn

[ViSioNXx]

Cool. I want to try my hand one day.

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So today I got the optical drive mod shell the XCM with window as well as one set of my light.

The upper XCM shell versus the stock shell


Since I have a small roll of carbonfiber vinyl left over I decide why not use it


Hmm so thats how the window sits nicely lol


Well I wanted to do something crazy so I am going to paint this parts Question is, Fluorescent green or orange??


Oh looks like I found an easy way to take out the tray without damaging the teeth underside


So all three part ready for paint tomorrow.



As for light I will work on them as soon as I am done RGHing my mother board. As what they look like :/ Kind of not impressed and frankly it looks like some cheap set of lights. I must try them out with a 9volt to see whether or not I didn't get a broken set.

I still yet to get the UV set which from the looks of it will arrive this friday to next monday. Let see what happens.

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So I had a clear weather today. Sun is nice and hot, wind is warm and not to strong

Starting off from the last mod

I finished paint the optical drive with the carbon fiber vinyl.

A quick look I think it looks intresting


Veiw of the face panel with the optical drive inside.


So I got my lights a couple days ago. Only got the green strip in the mail still waiting for the UV strip.

I went ahead and measured out my panel and cut the strip to side. 3 set for the entire case


Because each strip has some water proof sealent I had to carefully cut the ends


One great thing about each light strip, they are very flexable. I am able to bend them without breaking the board


Downside is knowing the back end has the copper trace expose which means I might have to clean it and add some kind of coating to prevent shorts.


So The day seems very sunny perfect day to paint.

Did the top and bottom vent. Love that fluorescent orange can not wait to see how it looks under a black light


Bottom vent in fluorescent green


Left the latch in black, easier to see the release for the hard drive cover.


Close up the fluorescent green almost glows without a black light



Well next step is to get plastic weld and join the plexi to the shell. I wanted to use U channel grommet but I made the whole thing very tight will not have room to fit the Grommet in place.

I need to find a thick plastic weld solution to fill in mini gaps.

I have yet to hack the board Not sure what is the problem but thanks to Rodent I will use his NANDx and see if I can flash CR to my corona. But  once done I will begin to wire my lights. I am also waiting for my UV light strips to arrive.

I might drop some UV lights inside my optical drive and around my fan.

Also before I drop my window I need to clear coat my shell to keep the paint from scuffing off.

Not much is left to do

[Brennidon]

looking great man! cant wait to see it with the UV lights on it!

[The End of A Heartache]

looking great man! cant wait to see it with the UV lights on it!

Thanks as soon as I finish RGH my board Ill add my lights and take more shots I need to get myself a black light still for my room lol

[The End of A Heartache]

So I got my lights in today Been waiting awhile for them bored out of my mind lol

So a quick show where the lights will be going. Around the fan and last internally in the optical drive (If there is clearance)


So fan first, I went ahead and slide the replacement fan and the duct around. Hmm got tight area.


I marked off where the fan line will be sitting in position. Once I lay my lights in this will help me avoid lighting this area.


So I sanded the duct ring. Two main reason why I did this, first there was so small rise which align some foam that helped reduce vibration (guessing). Second, Since the area was nice and smooth I worried that the lights once on will begin to slip out. So rough texture helps.


And indeed it does help the lights went on and feel nice and secure


Quick show of where the light end and where it begins. I went and separated the sealant from the strip to expose the tabs.


So a quick fit test and yes using the replacement fan it fits nice and snuggle


Since the white are 50/50 SMD I went ahead and used their position as reference. I did this twice using my stock fan as a test.


I used the stock xbox slim fan to do some drilling for the lights.. You can see I am off :/ how disappointing.


To fix this and make it easier for me to work around the issue I went ahead and cut the section where the light will shine through. I also added some foam.


Back to test fitting and you can see the foam helps to seal around the fan and duct. Hopefully this will help direct air.


Again test fit of some of the stock parts. I might end up painting the Hard drive port in fluorescent orange just because lol.


Well still waiting on Rodent to send me some part to help me finish RGHing my xbox so I can finish the rest of the mod.

I still need to lay in the window and buy some plastic weld and lay my green light strip around the case as well need to wire my lights to a small slide switch. I was thinking of using two switches to control lights individually but I might just add one switch for both sets of light.

I also need to get myself a UV light for my room and to show off my xbox 360 slim

[The End of A Heartache]

Alright so I am am working on the Optical part of the mod.

I layed down some masking tape and on that a small section of UV light strips.


I drilled a hole so I can run some wires through


After awhile of brainstorming I thought about soldering my line internally to the optical drive.

Issue is I don't know if I can use this image of the pinout for the xbox 360 optical drive power connection since I am using an xbox 360 slim.


But in either case doesn't hurt to try.. So I marked my area to solder. Red being a 12 volt + power source and black being my - Ground. 


I want to test this out but still waiting on stuff to arrive so I can RGH and finish up lol.

Still does anyone know if the same pinout carry for the xbox 360 slim??

[Phantom]

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss313/Silvaaa_/IMAG0610.jpg

the yellow wire is 12v

[The End of A Heartache]

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss313/Silvaaa_/IMAG0610.jpg

the yellow wire is 12v

Ahhh that is awesome thanks phantomz0

[ViSioNXx]

ETA on the conclusion of this Mod? I cant wait to see it

[The End of A Heartache]

ETA on the conclusion of this Mod? I cant wait to see it

Still don't have no ETA on the conclusion its a slow going process to the end. Kind of feels like I am stuck on hold while I still gather small parts to finish. but I will always keep people posted I also can not wait to see how it looks haha black light still need to remember to get black lights haha

[Rodent]

ETA on the conclusion of this Mod? I cant wait to see it

in 2 to 3 days i just sent him a nand x so we can try and program the coolrunner to get this console RGHed

[ViSioNXx]

Sweet!!!

[The End of A Heartache]

in 2 to 3 days i just sent him a nand x so we can try and program the coolrunner to get this console RGHed

Thank you so much Rodent its awesome I got the tracking information and saved it. Can not wait to get the hack finish so I can finish the mod.

So continuing with my mod.

Thanks to phantomz0 for the soldering pinout. As soon as I am done with the hack Ill start testing out my parts


Got a tight fit I taped over my solder I want to make sure I do not short myself out.


So few things done still a few left to do.


My ring of light for my fan I split the wire down about a foot since I will run everything to a switch the ground will be solder right to the board


Last things to solder are line to my lights which will be wrapped around the internal case and connected to the same switch for my fan lights.


That is all for today

[FuzBie]

This Xbox looks really good! I like how the colors go with each other. Good work!

[The End of A Heartache]

This Xbox looks really good! I like how the colors go with each other. Good work!

Thank you very much. I am determine to finish it all. As soon as I finish I try to take pro picture and set them up

[The End of A Heartache]

So I am back again to finally finish this mod.

It is a sad shame that I was not able to extract the key from this console 

But at least now I can finish this mod off for sure.

So test fiting some of the parts that are going into the case


test run of the lights


And eject button


I need to cut some parts out but I am glad it all works well as it should and my console boots up nicely

Last few step includes

trimming some of the plastic for better fit

screwing it all down

cutting out a window and placing it in place on the shell body

putting it all together and taking some shots with black light on

[The End of A Heartache]

So now finished with the rebuild

So finishing off where I left off I went ahead and cut out a place for the switch


Looks nice!


Well a quick turn on


Laying it down on it's side and a quick look of the disc drive tray under black light


Nice close up of the fan and UV ring light


And a slide of the switch


Love how the underside looks not as bright as the orange under the UV light


nice view of the front face


Better look with a nice closeup with the UV light


and the side, need to build another UV system


Last thing to do is make a black light box for that nice reactive look under the black light

[Brennidon]

Looking good man!

[The End of A Heartache]

Looking good man!

Thank you very much