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skip2mylou
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« on: December 17, 2006, 03:18:54 PM »

hey everyone, here's another way to get around the whole action replay thing when softmodding. this tut shows how to make ur own USB to Xbox cable so that u can hook up memory devices, USB lights, and many things that run via USB and linux.

Materials:
- 1 Xbox breakaway cable (its the cable that usually comes with orig XB controllers, but u should get a seperate one)
i bought one for $5 at EB games, worth it IMO, but if u cant find these cords anywhere, u can find them HERE for $2.50.
the ends look like this:

- USB female


Procedure:
1) cut breakaway in half and strip about an inch off the wire so that it looks like this.


2) solder wires onto USB female. (do not solder the yellow wire as it is useless)
1-Red
2-white
3-Green
4-Black



3) tape up USB female end so that wires are covered and the end is rigid enough to withstand breakage.
the end result should look something like this:


If you are lookin to make a Xbox to USB adapter, Zzk2001 has a great tut online --> LINK
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after u have created the cable, u may use it to softmod.

Materials:
- USB flashdrive (the bigger memory the better)
- the cable u just created
- Action Replay software (download from HERE)

Note: for the USB Flash drive, the Xbox will first erase all of its contents, so make sure to remove anything that you cannot afford to loose. also, not all drives will work. just a fair warning.

Procedure:
1) hook up USB flashdrive to the cable and connect cable to xbox (controller port 1)
2) in the Xbox dashboard, select Memory. You may get a message that the memory card could not be read and was erased. That is ok, and means it was recognized. You should see your controller listed on the memory screen
3) you can now use ur USB flashdrive to softmod, to do so follow this great tut by ZZk2001. Click here ---> LINK.
Keep in mind: that the tut by Zzk2001 calls for the action replay 8MB Xbox mem card, u however are using the USB flashdrive.
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Now for the most important step, i cannot stress how crucial this one is...
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and thats it, good luck.

- skip2mylou
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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2006, 07:12:46 AM »

i didnt know there was already a tut like this online. please believe me i never meant to offend anyone.
Zzk2001, just gimme the word and ill delete this post asap. thanks for the heads up.
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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2006, 03:12:08 PM »

Yeah those are some nice pics. If you didn't write it skip then who did?
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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2006, 03:50:25 PM »

i did write this one, used my own pics and stuff. but i didnt check to see if someone has already created a tut similar to this. apparently Zzk2001, wrote a tut similar to this one, involving a cable that does the reverse of the cable in this tut (sorry for the mix up Zzk2001, ur a good man for being so reasonable).

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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2006, 09:03:16 PM »

just wanted to bring this to attention:

if ur really scared about making this cord, because the thought of minor cutting and soldering scares the living u know what out of u, u can  actually buy this same cord from llama.com --> LINK
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2006, 09:06:18 PM »

I just made a Xbox controller to USB for my PC yesterday so that my brother and I could play Twisted Metal 3 on my computer because the Xbox is a piece of crap and can't play it. Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2006, 01:58:47 AM »

lets say it never happen =)
(sorry man i did not mean to go off on you i was just pissed off that day by my sister )
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2006, 10:49:20 PM »

great, makes me feel better.



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please note the change the above tut. i had previously stated that after making this cable, ud be able to softmod. why did i say that? well apart from the fact that im an idiot... im an idiot. it turns out that u cannot softmod using this cable, however, when u do have a softmodded XB, u can use this cable to transfer stuff from a USB drive and such and u can plug in a keyboard (i have actually tried and it works fine). sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for understanding.

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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2006, 11:18:13 AM »

Yes you Can use this to Softmod 

you can take a Thumb drive and use as a xbox Memcard
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« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2006, 02:59:29 PM »

really, cuz i tried and my systems wasnt recognizing it. i think there may have been a problem with my soldering. thanks fro clearing that up tho, ill make the nesseccary changed in the tut. so there u have it folks, the tut is accurate, you CAN softmod using this cable.
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« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2006, 05:04:28 PM »

yea when your in the M$ dash  it automaticaly formats the drive so the xbox can reconize it
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« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2006, 09:40:14 PM »

good to know. ill resolder and when  get my XB up and running, ill try it again.
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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2007, 09:10:57 AM »

Hehe Im currently working on a hub version of this.

Hope it works........

Ill let u kno how it turns out.

!!!! it, the solderer just broke on me. So close, just gotta Solder wires together.

If this doesnt wirk i can still use 1 of the usb ports and it'll at least look like a hub. If it works tho, ill post up a tut.
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« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2007, 10:51:24 AM »

sounds like plan man, look forward to seeing what u got cookin. later.
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« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2007, 10:49:41 AM »

Bad news, th xbox wont read the hub. I just wasted half an hour soldering then trying to get it to work, but no go.

Ill have to just take and cut it, then put an ordinary usb female onto it.
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