How To Mod an Original Xbox 1.6 - Aladdin XT Modchip with Titan Patched M8+ Tutorial

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Install a HUGE hard drive in your OG Xbox with Titan Patch! This mod supports hard drives up to 16TB. In this video I will show you how to install an Aladdin XT 2 modchip in your original Xbox. This video will also demonstrate how to Install XBMC4Gamers and how to play Xbox games from the internal hard drive. I have also included instructions on how to replace the Xbox thermal paste as an added bonus. After completing this tutorial you will also be able to install a variety of homebrew applications on your OG Xbox.
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FatXplorer: fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/do...
XBMC4Gamers Dashboard: github.com/Rocky5/XBMC4Gamers...
Original Dashboard: digiex.net/threads/microsoft-...
//Documentation:
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[@MadModLabs]

Thanks for watching and Subscribing!

[@thehighhide]

jesus christ I started my journey just wanting to soft mod an xbox to play a burned copy of def jam ffny and now i’m here

[@DaftKermitThePunk]

heh, i started off with the rgh on xbox 360s chipless... first time soldering and managed to get it to work, now im working backwards and it's breaking my brain haha so much fun though, can't wait to fully understand it all. just wish there was a documentary style "history of xbox modding all the way up to endgame today and how it all works" to follow each itteration instead of having to go to the wiki's and be like ohhh okay so thats what mod chip came with this xbox i bought on ebay that hasn't been opened in 13 years. video form would be so much nicer. and the order like what came first, this or that and what made it different set it apart from the last modchip or whatever. Much love ❤

thanks a lot for this helpful tutorial. I would say the best one I have seen for OG Xbox. It works perfectly on 1.6 and with no need to cut lines or modify the original chips of the motherboard. The only topic to consider in 11:30 is that depending on how SST chip is programmed it could go in the opposite way (as shown in the corner picture), I had to do that and everything worked. Much appreciated.

[@KuraV12]

I got into xbox modding around may this year, still can't stop. there is so much cool stuff that I now have 3 xboxes somehow. also if you watch closely you can see reused footage from the last video ;)

[@aarong5727]

The most Superb and best tutorial video on here how to do. thank you

[@MadModLabs]

Thanks!

[@vikingmop978]

Worked like a charm I had success flashing in the xbox 2 different knock off Aladdin xt Plus 2's over the last two days with the 2.3.2 cerbios boot disk I booted in to the Static IP / BFM mode and flashed the 256k one and it took it no problem on both a 1.0 and 1.6 after following this tutorial. so the fakes are flashable in xbox without an external writer with that method. I'm going to post on xbox-scene a more full process of what I did to get mine both flashed shortly i just did them both last night and a few minutes ago for the 1.6

[@MadModLabs]

Nice! Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@Rlgoggs]

Thank you for the great video. I had a problem at first but your suggestion got me on the right track. My only question is, how do you igr? Nothing seems to work or at best it will reset the whole system.

[@Ozzianman]

Wont be installing thr Aladdin as I am waiting for a Project Stellar Modchip, but still cool to see.

[@felipe278]

Hello, how do you set up the artwork for the emulators? and also that you can see the picture of the console when u clic on the emulators in ur Xbmc4gamers?

[@130jukeboxhero]

Any chance you can do this video but for those of us who want to just make new stock original harddrives?

[@JBITProjects]

Those cloned Aladdin mod chips from Ali Express are a nightmare, I bought some and they came with nothing on them which took ages to work out what was going on, others have had varied success but unless you're modding a number of Xboxes just pay extra for a Xenium Ice or something else. Anyways I bought a usb nano flasher and about to try and flash these blank chips. Thanks for making this video it pointed me in the right direction!

[@drewconley6444]

Thanks for the heads up. Was probably going to order one from there.

[@chrislex2598]

I had run into this too when I went to upgrade the BIOS on my Aladdin clone with Cerbios. What it comes down to is there are several different model flashROM chips that'll work in these modchips. Once programmed, they all function identically in read mode but if you go to write data to them they each use a different write protocol and only one of them is compatible with the homebrew flashing utilities. I ended up buying myself a general purpose EEPROM USB flasher as I had always wanted one for a while and by manually extracting the flashROM, programming, and re-installing everything worked out great.

[@xJayom]

So i have no clue about everything, that's the reason im asking. The whole hustle with chimp and making the HDD key 0000000 isn't necessary with a hard modded xbox? Just bought an aladin chimp and gonna hard mod my xbox in the next weeks :)

[@dmagic1one]

Takes me back. I modded mine back in the day with a non solder chip. I dont remeber the name or the details but I had it running a custom dashboard. That xbox still sits in a box in my closet to this day.

[@MadModLabs]

Nice! I really wish I had kept my original one!

[@stephenroberts-vl8rf]

hi can you help ive got an aladdin plus chip i have clone the hard drive but im getting error 7 i have tried other driver in it but still get the same error 7 the other xboxs i have are the same they are ok they will play any hard drive in it they have the aladdin plus chip as well only thing i noticed is that when you turn off the xbox the red light on the chip stays on the others dont i did not fit the chip

[@bibiphilippe4537]

thanks a lot for your video. Best tutorial. With this bios, IGR doesn' t work for me. how to make it work? a new Pre-Patched Bios File?

[@NSHG]

By any chance, does this work on any modchip that uses EvoX BIOS? I have a X-Changer 2.5 chip in my 1.6, and was wondering whether it'd be able to run Titan Patched M8+.

[@kipper2k]

how does a 2.5" SATA perform, instead of using a 3,5". I am assuming that current demand would be a bit less and help the cable routing ?

[@xFuaZe]

Thank you very much; setting up the HDD via the PC is actually a good idea. For some reason mine doesn't want to boot off the burned DVD's; and it won't boot with the originally installed (softmodded) HDD. Also; does the xbox still boot normally (with the normal HDD) if you take the modchip off the board? Mine doesn't seem to do that either...

[@MadModLabs]

Your optical drive may be going out. I have seen lots of OG Xboxes with faulty DVD Drives. To boot up with the original HDD and bios you would have to remove the mod chip and disconnect the D0 wire so the Xbox does not boot using the Dubug port.

[@xFuaZe]

​@@MadModLabs Thank you for your method. I've used your guide to bypass the need for the DVD drive for the installation; and at least my XBOX is now working again! Next step is to try and completely eliminate the need of an DVD drive (with the 2.5" SSD, I may make it super slim, and the drive is dead hardware anyway; want to be sure it'll boot withouth if it completely dies), I found I could actually flash the modchip using EvoX, but my modchip seems to be supported (read; chinese knock-off). Is this why you're using the external programmer? I heard those should be able to flash any modchip. (Do you accept donations, and how? You just saved me from buying an dvd-writer; or a new xbox)

[@xFuaZe]

Actually, the ROM/BIOS programmer will cost me up to 70euro's to get here. I'm thinking to actually buy an OpenXenium to flash it with no-dvd-mod as it's about the same price.

[@MadModLabs]

I'm glad you got this working! Have fun playing 👍 (sorry for slow reply. that comment was flagged as potential spam for some reason)

[@seanpatrickkinney9593]

Suprised you did not mod the CPU and ram while you were in there. Always wanted to do that for my copy of steel battalion!

[@Nymanspojken82]

Why for steel battelion specificly?

[@seanpatrickkinney9593]

@@Nymanspojken82 The game is a beast when it comes to resources needed. I have seen several other modding channels that use that game to show a solid increase of performance. And Steel Batallion is a blast and truly one of a kind.

[@DaftKermitThePunk]

10:25 if i get the new "T48 [TL866-3G] Programmer TL866CS TL866II Replacement Support 31000+ ICS for EPROM/MCU/SPI/Nor/NAND Flash/EMMC + 13 Parts" will this software work with it? It's the same thing you're using just a newer version, i just found software called "xgproV1075_setup" which has the name of the company says "XGecu T48" on their page, but i also found "minipro_setup685" but i had to register and spend points to download it ,___, will either of those work ya think? -

[@DaftKermitThePunk]

16:40 You didn't do anything with the HDD password...? the aladdin chip just bypasses that?

[@MidnightPodcastGaming]

Does 1.6 auto remove the leaking clock cap?

[@_RETROFIX_]

This method is perfect if you have a dead HDD and laser, like I do.

[@cybcarr]

Maybe my comment was removed? Would the cheapest Lddin ~6$ from aliexpress work flawlessly with this, or is it needs to be flashed too? Thank you

[@MadModLabs]

The Aladdin chips from AliExpress will work but they will need to be flashed with Cerbios.

[@AteoBendito]

Can you please upload a video on how to convert iso games to hdd? I don't even know what format they should be in.

[@MadModLabs]

There are a few ways you can extract a .ISO file into HDD ready files. You could install XDVD Mulleter and select "Extract/Browse files in ISO"

[@AteoBendito]

@@MadModLabs Thank you, I'll keep that in mind, i found a repository with all the english ver games hdd ready.

[@MassimoAntonioCarofano]

I fund an xBox Crystal 1.6 with XenoFX already installed, do you have any raccomandation about that chip? Is it equal to Aladdin XT or it's different? How can I upgrade the bios inside that chip?

[@MadModLabs]

I believe the XenoFX and the Aladdin XT2 are pretty much the same thing, they were just released at different times. You can change the bios the same way as an Aladdin chip. If your optical drive works, a bootable disk is probably the simplest way.

[@MassimoAntonioCarofano]

@@MadModLabs thanks, so "TruHexEn 2021" ISO could be the best choice?

[@bombsquad1989]

the ICS TL866CS Programmer is no longer in stock so far the only one I can find that's available [TL866-3G] Programmer will this one work?

[@MadModLabs]

Yes. The TL866CS and the TL866-3G are pretty much the same thing. I will update the product links in the description.

[@bombsquad1989]

@@MadModLabs yes please do and thank you very much

[@khaporal]

Hello, can you exit the game with the m8 IGR button combination?

[@HengkyChocobo]

yes..

[@forgotmynamification]

Hey! I have an OG Xbox with Evox mod installed to it, I was poking around inside the menus and I opened a launcher and it reset all of my settings. I can't open any of my game launchers, all I can open is my settings. Do you think you might be interested in looking at it if I had it shipped to you? Shoot me an email if you're interested:))

[@stoganlephens7946]

Where does the d0 pad get wired to?

[@tjmiz6849]

Quick question. Is it necessary to flash the BIOS to do this? I tried with whatever BIOS that is currently installed on the aladdin chip, and it just sits at the XBOX logo.

[@MadModLabs]

Most of the Aladdin chips that I've seen shipped with an older version of the EVO X bios. I would definitely recommend flashing the bios with the latest version of Cerbios now that it supports the 1.6 revision Xboxes.

[@tjmiz6849]

@Mad Mod Labs Gotcha. I don't have anything to flash the BIOS and didn't want spend the money to buy something to do it. I suppose I could buy and xbox with a working DVD drive. In any event, thanks for the response.

[@tjmiz6849]

@Mad Mod Labs An update, I finally got it to work. It was the SATA to IDE adapter. I ordered the modchip from Modchipcentral and it works fine. As a last ditch effort, I ordered the same adapter as you and it worked. You are the man.

[@sutch2607]

@@MadModLabs How would you go about flashing the bios? Would Hexen disc work?

[@MadModLabs]

@@sutch2607 Yes, several people have commented on my other Xbox video saying they successfully flashed their bios with a Hexen disk. In this video I flashed the BIOS before installing the modchip because the version of the Aladdin chip I have does not like to be flashed from a Hexen disk. I mentioned this problem at 9:41

[@gta71000]

I have an original xbox thats modded but its switch is broken and having a part come in but i honestly have no idea what mod method it is.o recived it as a Christmas present long ago so i have 0 intel of what type of mod its got other than Xecutor v2.6 or something.

[@chrislex2598]

You would have to open up the system and see what you have installed. The only functional purpose for the switch is to disable the mod for online gaming which is no longer a thing. Open up your system, get down to the modchip, follow the wires from your switch to the modchip, and bridge those points together and you should be good to go assuming everything else is in working order.

[@matthewwilson3673]

does this work for 1.6b revisions as well?

[@MadModLabs]

Yes

[@serch_1x]

What if I'm doing this to a soft modded Xbox? Do I need to change the HDD?

[@MadModLabs]

You will probably want to upgrade the HDD. The original HDDs do not hold much data.

[@serch_1x]

@@MadModLabs i mean, i did the oopsie of deleting XYZ partitions...

[@FearHeyZeus]

Can this work with open zenium mod chip?

[@thesilversurfer3602]

Hey I followed this tutorial and I booted up the Xbox and it turned off twice I believe it was a orange flash and I got a red and Green flashing light after that, is that do with the bios I flashed on the SST chip?

[@MadModLabs]

This error is usually called FRAG. (Flashing red and green). It means the Xbox has failed to load the bios due to a hardware error. The most common cause of FRAG after installing a modchip is a bad solder connection at the LPC port. Those pads are very small so it is very easy to have a weak solder joint. There are some other things you could check too. When you programmed the new BIOS chip did you get a "programming successful" message? If so, your bios flash is good but you could always read the chip back in the programming software to verify. When you power the Xbox on does the modchip light up? If the light is off or dim you should check your pin header and D0 connection again. This error is extremely common so don't get discouraged. I'm sure you can get it working.

[@thesilversurfer3602]

@@MadModLabs thanks for the reply mate, I fixed it straight away It was on the shortest solder point, I saw on the shortest point you dragged it and I did the same but I don’t think I’m there yet skill wise so I had to just use wire for it… still happy it works, first solder job done

[@MadModLabs]

@@thesilversurfer3602 Congrats! I'm glad you got it working!

[@thesilversurfer3602]

@@MadModLabs thanks mate! Btw how much of a step up is a trinity rgh3 compared to the original Xbox? Are the points even smaller?

[@rafiqulislam-nn7rd]

dude cannot get hold of 8341 flux paste.. will uv50 flux paste do???

[@MadModLabs]

The Contacts that you need to solder to are very small. So any flux will be better than no flux. I recommend getting "no clean" Flux if you can. I usually buy the type that comes in a syringe because it is easy to use without making a mess. amzn.to/3LACqs7

[@anthonyaviles8665]

Have you had any issues playing any games 😊

[@MadModLabs]

The only games that have caused any problems for me are the handful of games that have files with very long names. Examples include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. I have gotten the games to run but they throw an error while transferring the files to the hard drive.

[@DJThunder1281]

this mod bios has support to 128mb modified consoles? thanks

[@MadModLabs]

You can actually flash Cerbios for 128mb ram support. Cerbios has recently added support for the 1.6 Xbox revision.

[@DJThunder1281]

@@MadModLabs but when you have Cerbios installed and boot anims on HDD this bios don´t have support with project insignia? do you have an additional information? thank you!

[@stephenroberts-vl8rf]

hi done as you have showed but i get an error 7

[@MadModLabs]

Error 7 means the hard drive is not working or it is not able to communicate with the Xbox. The last time I saw this error, the hard drive was not plugged in. I would start troubleshooting your error by verifying that the HDD is working, then check your SATA to IDE adapter.

[@kattmandu]

Is this still the preferred way to mod a 1.6 in 2024?

[@MadModLabs]

I would still do this mod in 2024. Just use Cerbios instead of Evo X when flashing

[@FearHeyZeus]

@@MadModLabscerbios is just the softmod right just use the tutorial for the other models of Xbox correct?

[@MadModLabs]

@@FearHeyZeus you will still want to install the modchip. Just flash the latest version of Cerbios instead of Evo X. With a 1.6 Xbox you will still need to do the rewiring that is shown in this video.

[@alataweel8954]

Never seen a Thomson drive in a 1.6 console. Must’ve been swapped out prior

[@thetechhelper2760]

The only problem is that I can't solder!

[@dadbelo2096]

That motherboard does not look like a 1.6. It's more like a 1.2 - 1.4

[@MadModLabs]

The video contains footage from multiple Xbox consoles during steps where the installation process is the same.

[@DaftKermitThePunk]

10:15 what does this part here do, why does the chip need to be flashed? Hasn't this worked the same for forever, but now we need to flash the chip or it always needed to be flashed? (haven't bought this thing yet since it's like $75 on amazon) figured i'd still be able to work with the mod chip without having to flash it this way but must be not... *you sucker LOL looking at my mod chip and checking the number on the chip and yuuup needs a good ol' flashing 😢

[@lop058]

Where can I download games

[@LIVE-wy2lk]

Not workin this method

[@jerryman5694]

Mod a play station 3

[@MadModLabs]

This is a great idea. I would definitely like to make a PlayStation 3 video in the future.

[@Dikwili]

Am I crazy or is this video titled wrong? Pretty sure this is not how a 1.6 chip is installed. The video even shows you installing it in a 1.4 or below. 1.6 revisions do not have the extra RAM slots. You also need to rebuild the LPC to enable the chip.

[@MadModLabs]

LPC rebuild at 8:14 . The video contains footage from multiple Xbox consoles during steps where the installation process is the same.

[@Dikwili]

@MadModLabs have no idea how I skipped past that and apologize for indeed being crazy. Your effort is appreciated by many.