The Most Powerful Original Xbox - FriendTech DreamX 1480 - Teardown, Games, Emulators and More | MVG

In 2004 - FriendTech released the most power Xbox console to target the media player martket in the living room. Known as the DreamX-1480 it boasts some very powerful features that make it the most powerful Original Xbox you can find. Lets take a closer look at the console , tear it down and see how well it performs !
Music:
► Race Condition. Composer : MVG - / race-condition
► Twilight. Composer : MVG - / twilight
► Music from Amiga game Pinball Dreams. Composer: Olof Gustafsson
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[@ModernVintageGamer]

I decided to remake the (very bad) FriendTech video i made back in 2015 as i didnt feel like it as very good. I hope everyone enjoys this update. Have a great week!

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Modern Vintage Gamer - Hi, does Friendtech still sell these & are they available as an upgrade kit? Great video and thank you for the info. I would love to upgrade my 2 original X-Boxes with this setup. Is the RAM upgrade difficult?

[@TexasHollowEarth]

CyDragonGM - Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance; A superb official D&D hack&slash action rpg on PS2, XB, & GC. It is really high production quality with tight gameplay, epic soundtrack, & quality voicework. There is no port of this specific Baldur's Gate game on PC; The PC games in the series use alot of mouse clicking. This console version gives direct control of your character, not clicking orders. The console specific sequel was very bland in every way. I recommend you check it out. Dark Alliance has a ridiculously cool unlockable when you beat the game too. Also, It is co-op 2 players.

[@SianaGearz]

I wouldn't call this a bad video, it's good, but i'm not sure whether it's a worthwhile improvement? You're running through the same bullet points; surely some questions would have arisen in the meanwhile?

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Siana Gearz - I just want the 128 MB memory upgrade. I've read others' posts claiming that there are better performing (over stock cpu) 733 Mhz processors that don't destabilize retail X-Box games.

[@mydogzty]

Modern Vintage Gamer appreciate that effort of a remake not many people give it another go and provide more information for a better expirence. The xbox original content is very eduactional and interesting to keep on learning more in the way you produce it thanks.

[@the27thMONKEY]

Not used my Xbox in years and never knew about the clock capacitor problem. Thanks to your video I've now removed it and the Xbox still works great, thankfully only a tiny bit of leakage. Booted straight back into xbmc! Brings back some memories! Great channel!

[@wilfredwayne7139]

What model did you have?

[@Clay3613]

Then in 2013, Microsoft went too hard with making the Xbox a all-in-one media center....

[@NijiDash]

Clay3613 Haha I had exactly the same thought 😂

[@yulusleonard985]

They screwup with DDR 3, although GDDR 5 already standard since 2010.

[@CheapBastard1988]

The only reason I own an xbox one (s) since xbox has no exclusives and my pc is more powerfull. But the xbox one s even runs an alpha version of kodi!

[@Trquis]

CheapBastard1988 the Xbox one in general runs the Kodi alpha. I’ve got an original Xbox one and it’s works fine

[@jumpman2326]

Clay3613 That’s why the 8th gen consoles suck

[@arbiter-]

I don't do a whole lot of modding or emulation, but for some reason this stuff just interests me to no end. I love this channel.

[@themollymachine]

Righttttttttttt

[@tuut1241]

Its a whole wonderful magical world of nostalgic gaming is waiting for you. Your mind will explode when you get a modded console and make it work the way you want it. Try emulators on any basic android phone and all of a sudden that phone will feel a million dollars. 😁

[@salamandress]

My whole life changed when I discovered Dolphin and Project 64 back in 2011.

[@flying_Night_slasher]

This guy got me interested in modding with this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqaynmCIibarjLc

[@Hellraiser988]

@@tuut1241 exactly once I played super mario world on snesx9 on my phone that costed 100 it made me feel it was worth every more

[@daveland6987]

I made that patcher! Weird to see in your video, but I'm sure there was a dreamX patch on xbins that was more suited to that particular xbox? That's where I got the idea.. I did have a patch for the GTA games for 1.4ghz aswell (they had some extra codes in there) but I never made the executable it was just a bunch of hex values

[@rasz]

What do the patches do? do they lock to Vsync or something? Does 1.4GHz help in any native xbox games at all? I remember couple of games with bad framerates, like Halo CE going down to 10fps etc.

[@GraveUypo]

@@rasz they probably adjust the game internal clock to the new clock speed. nothing else.

[@daveland6987]

@sick vegan Found it! Okay to fix GTA games you will need a hex editor, open the default xbe and replace all instances of '90 30 0B' with 'C0 5C 15' (for the 1.4 ghz trusty). If anyone has the older 1ghz trusty it is '3F 42 0F' instead. I don't remember but I think you want to patch them with the appropriate patcher aswell.

[@heresmybrotherluigihelloma4698]

​@@daveland6987 hey man why you are not update the patcher ???? I mean, I can't find it anywhere!!!!! I only find it on old weird place downloads.diodematrix.com/homebrew/xbins/PC%20Based%20Applications/xbe-xip-xbx%20tools/XBEPatcher/ and it say that the patcher last update from 2018!!!!! so what happened man???? not only that but its have alot errors!!! evry time I open the app it say : memory allocation failed so what happened !!!!!

[@daveland6987]

@@heresmybrotherluigihelloma4698 Hello, sorry that's not my patch - that does something different. The one I made patched xbe from 733mhz to 1.4ghz. Somebody else made a newer one that has 1ghz, 1.4ghz and 1.48ghz as well as 128mb ram patches all in one patcher, so I'd recommend looking for that nowadays if that's what you are after? emuxtras.net is where I'd go looking for xbox patches personally

[@Thebossstage1]

Watching the Xbox getting cleaned is weirdly satisfying

[@Kazwell96]

Kind of like the scene in toy story where woody is getting fixed

[@bibasik7]

reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying

[@dcfuksurmom]

its more satisfying to do it yourself, watching it become shiny clean a little at a time and being able to compare the before and after, gives a strange sense of accomplishment, even though its not a hard task

[@olivethekitty5706]

@@bibasik7 reddit.com/r/ihavereddit

[@dingdongbells3314]

For anyone else accustomed to the graphics of the PS2 half-life console port, that must be the most god damned smooth I've ever seen Half-Life one on a console.

[@cd123atd4e]

what please explain

[@jpesicka492]

@@cd123atd4e half-life and half-life 2 perform best on a PC. He was just admiring how smooth the ancient game runs on semi ancient hardware.

[@ManOfAttitudeLP1998]

@Old Liquid Yes but the CPU was very strong

[@ManOfAttitudeLP1998]

@Old Liquid Yes I know

[@tdp2612]

I thought that just watching it now, it looks like its running on a decent pc of the time vs the ps2 port and its constant loading screens

[@EposVox]

I somehow completely missed this video when it went up lol. I do find the "they should have focused on the media player aspect, too focused on games" quote amusing given the Xbox One's launch

[@ObsidionshadowX]

"Too focused on the games." Wish we could say the same about games nowadays.

[@MrMario2011]

This thing is awesome, I had only heard of these upgrades but never knew about what Friendtech did. Do you remember the pricing on these?

[@ModernVintageGamer]

around $USD 500 iirc. Not cheap

[@stevenbenson9976]

N64 Freak makes these if you are hunting for one.i am not sure if MVG has one of the first gen of the friend tech or not, they had a media port in the back that was basically an extension cable for a mod chip. this one had it soldered right onto the xbox.

[@TAGMedia7]

Steven Benson As a personal owner, I can vouch for N64Freak. His systems are outstanding.

[@TAGMedia7]

13ondy's Mixes No website. Sign up and become a forum member over at Assembler Games and send N64Freak a PM. The systems are around $350.

[@TAGMedia7]

iVirtualPlays A CPU/RAM upgraded system certainly isn't for everyone, it's definitely for the enthusiast. I purchased one because I love the Xbox, and it's a cool, unique oddity to have in my collection.

[@DaussPlays]

Great video. You can still buy an upgraded original xbox from N64 Freak by the way if this video has you intrigued. I think he's the only person still making them though.

[@GadgetUK164]

Awesome! Thought about upgrading my XBOX for a while, certainly with additional RAM to give compatibility with those few arcade games that can run on these. I can see the benefits of the CPU upgrade for MAME for sure!

[@trohswehttam1096]

GadgetUK164 - Retro Gaming Repairs & Mods. Can you explain what MAME is?

[@shadingcrawler9531]

Trohs Wehttam An Arcade emulator. you could search more info on google

[@GadgetUK164]

MAME = Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. It's basically imo the best multiple system emulator to be created. It emulates all the chips used within arcade machines and since many systems used many of the same chips, it enables MAME to support the whole range of arcade machines - pretty much anything that was ever in an arcade can be emulated by MAME. In relation to this video and the CPU / RAM upgrades - more processing power and RAM means better emulation performance on games that may lose frames or have stuttery sound at the standard 733Mhz, and the RAM opens up support for some of the larger games that a standard XBOX might not be able to emulate due to RAM limitations.

[@GadgetUK164]

BGA I think! Pain for the average person imo - I would struggle with it for sure. To do something like that properly you need an IR bed or something to pre-heat the board, hot air to remove the chip (preferably with a proper hood - not just a cheap hot air rework station), and then you need to remove the solder from the board, get a stencil of the right type of that CPU, reball the replacement CPU and fit it with hot air. It is certainly not an easy process for the inexperienced. Personally I don't see the point in risking an XBOX to attempt the mod myself. Fitting additional RAM is easy though in comparison - I might do a video on that at some point.

[@AshBashVids]

*cringes at how thermal paste was applied*

[@LewdnCute]

I was about to write a very angry comment, thanks for doing it for me.

[@jakethreesixty]

I was looking for this comment

[@Malc180s]

It doesn't make the slightest bit of difference.

[@ManPeach-2836]

Yep, felt the same way. I knew there would be a comment already here. Haha

[@c0rpse1]

the cpu wasnt bad, its fine to spread paste even though i dont do it. science has proved that. The gpu annoyed me though because it was still dirty. Its honestly prob not that big a deal but why go through the trouble to not do it right? still love mvg

[@10100rsn]

Those temperatures look pretty normal for a CPU especially in that era. When you convert it to Celsius it looks more like 40C to 60C which seems very normal to me. My laptop CPU is 50C right now...

[@Don-h4d]

Yeah 40C was not that bad as idle temp even if not that efficient considering that's a weak Celeron CPU, indeed very popular as the cheaper alternative to the late Pentium III/early Pentium 4, but outdated compared to the PC gaming already using early Pentium 4 above 2Ghz clock speed. Technically the Xbox was like a previous gen gaming PC.

[@Deutschehordenelite]

130 Fahrenheit is about 54°C

[@Don-h4d]

@@Deutschehordenelite Of course I'm talking about 40 Celsius degrees. We use the correct ones in Europe.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

Recently bought an XBOX that looked brand new on the inside, not even a speck of dust, and it had not been opened before. You can bet your bottom dollar that removing that clock capacitor was the first thing on my mind!

[@xFuaZe]

I had an 'WTF' moment when I heard 130 degrees, thank god it's fahrenheit and not celsius.

[@WafflesASAP]

+Modern Vintage Gamer -- Hey! This was an awesome vid -- it's super cool that you've chosen such an interesting, uncommon topic to share with us! Question about the way you applied thermal paste to your processor before re-seating the heatsink: I've always thought (and was taught) that when applying thermal paste, you should put a small amount (roughly the circumference of a dime) of the paste in the center of the chip and then let the bottom surface of the heatsink force the paste to spread out evenly along the the surface of the chip when they're pressed together, which supposedly allows for optimal thermal transfer AND helps ensure the strongest possible bond between the processor and the heatsink body. I was taught that this method was preferred over hand-spreading the thermal paste because hand-spreading could cause an issue where some of the spots on the surface of the chip, when mated with the heatsink, could end up with more paste on them than others, which could result in less-than-ideal thermal transfer between the chip and the heatsink, as well as sub-optimal physical bonding between them. *Therefore, I'm curious as to why you chose to hand-spread the thermal paste over the surface of the chip instead?* Is there some benefit to that technique I'm not aware of? Thanks so much!

[@f3rns]

Fantastic video, I never knew about the existence of this modded xbox by FriendTech, btw loved the background music.

[@dvuemedia]

Thanks for the capacitor tip, never knew about it. Got it removed ASAP, and yes it leaked already, but no damage.

[@largolagrande]

I wish homebrew devs would the PS3 possiblities to the limit and use the horse power of the console. A Xbox with that upgrade would bave been a dream bakc in the day.

[@Versuffe]

Add a pc fan in it, with rgb and make that vent clear, and add a few more, You got a ps3 with rgb and better fps!

[@bstar777777]

I was really big into modding my Xbox back in the day. I installed a xenium mod chip on my 1.0 Xbox as well as a 300gb hd. I hit a memory wall with a bunch of Mame games, so I used a service that upgraded the memory to 128gb. I forget what company I used or what it cost, but the upgrade was amazing... all of the previous games that failed to work due to memory issues now worked fine. I still use this Xbox all the time, it’s such an amazing emulation station. Anyone that wants a fun modding project should seriously look into these machines. The emulators developed on this platform are some of the best I’ve ever used.

[@pablonaranjo]

This was my dream machine...you got a piece of art

[@edale2]

I winced when I saw how you cleaned up the leaked capacitor's electrolytic fluid. Just use a q-tip and some distilled white vinegar, then let it air dry. That'll both neutralize the electrolytic fluid, as well as cleaning it up.

[@edale2]

Also, spreading the thermal paste before putting the heatsink on results in air bubbles. Put a dab in the center of the CPU, placement of the heatsink will spread the thermal paste evenly and air bubble free. You can see this directly by taking 2 microscope slides, and trying both application methods out, spreading the thermal paste before putting sandwiching it between the slides will lead to very noticeable air bubbles, whereas placing a dot, and spreading it by sandwiching it between the slides will leave no air bubbles. That said, there are a few very think thermal pastes that you actually do need to spread manually, but those are pretty rare.

[@lactobacillusprime]

Wow the ultimate homebrew Xbox! Thanks for sharing this. Seriously contemplated getting one back in the day.

[@artisankatstudios7902]

Additionally: I am surprised that they didn't include a 5v fan on top of the heatsink, or a 12v fan running at 5v.

[@ElTitoXBASS]

That Pinball Fanstasies mod music almost made me cry. Nice video!

[@gabrielbrouwer]

1:00 Megadeth!! Good music choice dude.

[@ModernVintageGamer]

\m/

[@EvilFranky]

First thing I noticed too! Best track on Countdown...

[@R3SerialPro]

My favorite MegaDeth song is Sweating Bullets. w/b you?

[@EvilFranky]

VGFreak100 Holy Wars without doubt. Maybe because it was the first Megadeth song I ever heard, but it blew me away.

[@R3SerialPro]

That's a good one! Ooh! Another of my favorites is Kill the King.

[@seanhazelwood3311]

I never did any of these mods to use my xbox for dvd, cd, music storage, etc. I just bought the remote control. It was my only media player for ten years.

[@graphicsgod]

I have always loved XBMC!! And I miss running it as my main media center. Would be awesome to replace the old Xbox (original's) hardware with hardware that can run in 1080p-4k, but still using the old XBMC looking software! Not sure if it's possible to emulate Xbox (original) games.. Yet. 🤔🤔

[@blueguy09]

Really digging the MGS 2 soundtrack in the background.

[@CaptPatrick01]

That moment when you realize that today's digital tv streaming boxes are more powerful than a game console from 2004...

[@SergioWhitestone]

from 2001

[@anononomous]

My watch is more powerful than an original Xbox.

[@me0262]

2:31 YES! Pinball Dreams! My favorite game and awesome music!

[@Squashy13]

Great video - absolutely love the original Xbox videos

[@YTInnovativeSolution]

Playing with my modded XBOX now. One of my all time favorite games is Crimson Skies. Highly underrated IMHO.

[@MaddTheSane]

2:33 Huh, so that song is from the Amiga game Pinball Dreams. I just remember it coming with Realmz.

[@idonda]

Dude, when I heard that. i went back 25yrs

[@TheIronRafael]

Nice, I could say that I’m very happy that I saw your videos and bought an OG Xbox again. I was playing 6th gen era consoles through emulators, mainly due to the fact that it was a hassle having to get the memory cards and inserting discs, but the Xbox OG doesn’t have that problem, since you can run everything off the HDD.

[@DoRC]

I don't think 133f is anywhere near a concerning temp for a cpu.

[@rollinroy1841]

Do R/C! lol My eyebrow almost went into orbit when he mentioned the temps because most people use celsius when talking about pc heat. That’s well within safe limits if the xbox cpu is made of the same stuff as modern cpus.

[@oakmen4604]

56c

[@Kazwell96]

Hell. My modded 360 idles at 62c lol

[@jamesp5644]

Yeah, I don't think he realized it was F not C

[@DecibelAlex]

James P The CPU would turn off way before it reaches 133 degrees Celsius though. I think he realized it was in Fahrenheit.

[@jacktheripper774vods6]

Omg the e3 limited edition making of halo 2 clips, i have that cd somewhere and i love it. It inspired me to try voice acting and i still want to work on getting to do that today because of it

[@levilevis9032]

I want to see this done with an SSD mod as well, then we might finally be able to play morrowind without the stutters and a good resolution.

[@ryanpongracz8051]

Awesome music dude, almost the best I've ever heard for these types of videos

[@briangriffin5701]

Yeah, but can it run Crysis?

[@thgrofficial]

It can't even play 720p video in full framerate

[@raidenstark315]

Are you back with jillian?

[@cxarhomell5867]

THGR Official that don’t matter, it still looks fucking sick

[@punker4Real]

yes at 140p lol

[@funxiobolic]

Wow, I had absolutely no idea that these kind of upgrades existed! Interesting stuff.

[@miguelroman4294]

great video brother, I really enjoyed it! never did any modding myself however I do understand most of what you mentioned.

[@manuelink64]

You are a man of culture, playing Sin & Punishment on N64 emulator. Great mod!

[@TheDREproductions]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!

[@jolness1]

I forgot this!! So much nostalgia. I wanted one of these so badly

[@shinto29]

Really interesting, thanks for posting. Your vids get better as you post.

[@laurens4359]

PSA: Please use a proper ESD brush rather than a (Nylon) toothbrush when cleaning the MB!

[@timbdotus]

What do you think the bristles on an anti-static brush are made of exactly. Hint: Most of them are nylon or polypropylene, just like a toothbrush!

[@laurens4359]

@@timbdotus Your point being? ESD brushes use carbon loading of the plastics to add a partially conductive path - standard toothbrushes don´t. The reason I made my comment was to ensure epople use the right tools and don´t end up damaging their machines, especially as ESD can cause latent failure mechanisms through partial punch-through of the MOSFET gate. Source: IPC certified, senior member IEEE and 20 years of industry experience.

[@Sharpless2]

@@laurens4359 and did you ever find a video on youtube where such a thing happened? Stop being a safety bish. When people do stuff their are not supposed to do, they are well aware of the dangers.

[@epicon6]

It’s cool running games on og hardware, and till emulation is near 100% compatible this is the best option, but when emulators can run all games in 4K natively that will be the best option

[@arlobubble3748]

That looks totally awesome, i want one so bad. Loving more original xbox videos!

[@GoldSrc_]

I've heard about this a very long time ago, but this is the first time I've seen it working, and it's really interesting.

[@_Tualatin_]

There is not enough power of 1.4 ghz tualatin on 133fsb to play 720p(Captain Obvious), i tried experement in my overclocked pc, even on 160bus speed!! I have frame drop to 20fps. 720p playble only in 2x-cpu tualatin system. And about cooling, if you need easy skip temp to -5 or -7°(cel) you need scalping cpu, and change stock radiator to copper radiator it's very effective.

[@yukisaitou5004]

Сыч it's the lack of SSE2 that really hurts the video playback performance, a Celeron M 1.4GHz for example has no trouble playing back 720p video.

[@_Tualatin_]

Yuki Saitou hmm interesting, mb you right about sse2, but athlon xp 2000+(1667mhz) has not sse2 to, and it can play 720p very well. I think tualatin cant play 720p because Slooow SDRam, on sd ram athlon cant play 720p to, but with ddr all good.

[@rasz]

which players have you tried? try something like smplayer, it ships with fresh mplayer builds, fastest windows player I can think of.

[@weatheronthe8s895]

I honestly had no idea that XBMC is what became Kodi. That’s honestly kinda hilarious now that I think about it.

[@agnel47]

Another awesome modern vintage video. Keep up the good work man.

[@Ghennesph]

133f is 56c, which is actually very cool for a classic Xbox under load, suggesting the CPU is actually a lower TDP/more efficient CPU, which would also explain why it doesn't make the power supply explode.

[@michaelwhite3418]

At 0:02 I wiped my screen thinking those black specks running down the Xbox were bugs.

[@jcthe2nd]

love the amiga background music

[@antoniu.k]

Back in a days I was using XBMC for watchin’ anime in RMVB format 😁 good old Xbox

[@tritian5874]

whats that top down arpg game at 9:05 ?

[@l3d3ni]

Sin and Punishement

[@tritian5874]

that is not sin and punishment at 9:05 and sin and punishment is not a top down arpg lol

[@wewuz9720]

Its Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, is gud shit bud

[@Carterino9404]

this didn't show up in my feed! glad it showed up in my recommendations!

[@eliminator1492]

Feel true power😎

[@Realmasterorder]

Love the Video and the Retro music theme i remember from the Amiga in the backround ! Amazing Console way ahead of its time and modders heaven ! this Started Kodi and many other things millions of people use for their entertainment

[@Kelleyyye621]

Holy shit that’s a lot of thermal paste

[@HackerBilly13]

There is an Xbox Revision that already has double the ram. It was one of the last models to be released. I actually own one. I can take pics and show it off. It's the version 1.6b(i know it's 1.6 but not sure on the B)

[@omegarugal9283]

proof?

[@vegitoblue7908]

I,had the 1.6B. It cant be tsop flash. Just softmod. Its only 64 mb of.ram

[@Chaseroni]

Yo love the video but I'm really impressed by your track "Twilight" keep it up dude

[@yamagishisan]

3:37 This guy is clearly psychic.

[@marcelpetrus3381]

I love so much the fantastic work you make to do such quality videos. Thank you very much I do appreciate and always wait for a new video. I learned so much thanks to you!

[@MrLunithy]

LOL my old one still goes 2 start ups all the games on 2 TB , love this chan man.

[@LeDinx]

Why are temps in Farenheit?

[@mikieson]

LeDinx why not?

[@LeDinx]

DiTi Most system temps on computers, consoles etc. are measured in C, even in NA.

[@ernestmac13]

There are conversion calculators, online and as downloadable apps for, computers, mobile devices, etc, or you can always ask a virtual assistant on your phone, or a Google Home or Alexa if you have one.

[@Ehren1337]

double the celsuis number then add 30 thatll be in farenheit almost.

[@CanuckGod]

I would assume that was the default setting for the program and he was fine with it and/or used to seeing Xbox temp ranges in Fahrenheit. In any event, MVG is an Australian living in the US, so he's probably just as comfortable using either system - hell, even in Canada, we flip back and forth, measuring human weight in pounds and height in feet & inches, then turn around and use Celsius for temps and longer distances in kilometres. P.S. Thomas' system is good up to a point, though F = 32 + (C*1.8) would be more exact, and helpful in cases of colder than freezing - mind you, CPUs are usually hotter than freezing :)

[@ChristyKitsune]

I never even knew this existed at all. I knew of the ram upgrade which you had to solder on, but, this is pretty great. I am not sure why you used your finger to spread thermal paste, that mixes in grease from your skin into it. I've always used a dot in the middle and let the cpu heatsink spread it with pressure evenly.

[@ModernVintageGamer]

lol so many people cringed when i did that, ive been doing that for years across many many PC and console builds and my temps have always been great

[@foxxy46213]

​@@ModernVintageGamersame never noticed that any difference in temps either

[@boleshuggah]

You have an amazing channel bro, keep it up please, we want to watch more!

[@infyprog]

You should start adding those cleaning products on your desc with referral links if they are available anywhere online.

[@robm.8494]

Boy oh boy, these fancy Xboxs blow my mind!

[@robm.8494]

wish i had a fancy one back in the day (too bad a time machine would be required) xD

[@JeanRodo]

Cool video didn’t know there was a Half Life port on Xbox for sure I’ll have to check it out!

[@fmwhitney7]

5:17 NOOOOOOOOO

[@minegaminglp7380]

I always imagined something like this and how cool it would be but i never knew stuff like this existed

[@TheJayX]

Fastest original Xbox oooh this a good video

[@Irresponsibleful]

you should put at least 4 times less thermopaste, as it spreads itself quite well and if you put that much it just leaves a bigger gap between metals... apart from that - great video !

[@GJR30]

your videos are always cool to watch.

[@mdrumt]

He's a (thermal paste) spreader, just like me! ;)

[@ModernVintageGamer]

yes! its been my preferred method for years

[@bookshelffury]

honestly man, i wanna thank you for all you've done for the original xbox. you can spread your thermal paste however you like :)

[@RisingRevengeance]

I've never seen anyone do that. It certainly doesn't help but it shouldn't hurt either I guess.

[@jinxterx]

Yeah you really don't want to spread it out like that, lol, especially with your bare finger. AS5 spreads out by itself over time, it's designed to do that.

[@NiGHTSnoob]

That used to be the proper way to spread thermal paste actually. Long before our modern synthetic pastes and large heatsinks you actually needed to manually spread it out to get proper coverage, though I would still recommend a plastic bag or disposable glove instead of your bare finger. Can't imagine skin oil being particularly helpful.

[@GrymsArchive]

And he spreads the thermal paste with his finger. Just like a guy from IBM showed me back in 1979.

[@chromeinox]

Incredible video, full of great and accurate information. And awesome console, btw!

[@daddyjankie]

*This makes me want to open my sealed original Xbox From its original Box*

[@omegarugal9283]

don`t

[@garystinten9339]

Noooooo.. Get a 2nd Xbox and mod that instead.. don't waste your investment for a few hundred hours of gameplay.

[@CanuckGod]

That does remind me, I still have a sealed unopened Xbox 360 S I got in 2011 or so for when my Phat 360 dies, though oddly enough it's still running fine. To be fair, I don't use it all that much anymore since I was using the Xbox One (and now Xbox One S) or my PS4, so there's that. If nothing else, I might try RGHing it eventually when I do start using it.

[@LovelyAlanna]

what I used to do was to encode my movies at 720p but reduce the bitrate just enough so the xbox wouldn't lag, that way I'd get a better resolution since mine was connected through component cables, it was necessary

[@LovelyAlanna]

PD: the original xbox is awesome with or without mods :)

[@GenGamesUniverse]

Heh nice one - using Pinball Dreams theme song!

[@boxeeb498]

Mate your channel rocks!!

[@Honeypot-x9s]

I legit laughed at how bad this guy is with tech. Used water + baking soda.. it’s a capacitor.. not acidic. Just use rubbing alcohol. Used Arctic silver thermal paste.. while not terrible, it isn’t great today, be better off with MX2 or MX4 or using noctua’s paste. Spreads the thermal paste out with finger on a CPU with a IHS installed.. again, not terrible, but dumb... IHS is installed on the CPU.. IHS stands for integrated Heat spreader just a fab in middle will do.. it will press out under pressure.. Applied thermal paste on sticker on the GPU... just stupid, the paper/plastic even if instantly thin, will be an insulator more than the paste will conduct, remove the sticker and then use less than a rice grain of paste on ceramic so doesn’t deep over.. *cringes hardcore*

[@SilentGamer-jt8dl]

He didn't do anything wrong really

[@0Scoops]

Idk what it is but when this guy sais xbox its so satisfying

[@atherahmed6397]

Is this the Xbox you're planning on giving away? I saw the 100k vid and I'm looking for the original vid. Congrats, your channel is uniquely great!

[@matthewives7436]

Love your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@squigin3380]

Can't believe some one left a cap in that.

[@eddielegs344]

Me to , i have done all my boxes in days beter soon then sorry. 8 boxes lot of work butt must bi done..

[@JagoTFC]

I saw a video where they swapped the processor. That was badass. And another where they soldered more ram. Incredible stuff. At that time I already owned two Xboxes (for lan games) and a I wanted to build one from scratch starting from the motherboard. Never done.

[@josephnealescratchcards]

Awesome video as always

[@allan6707]

Great video! Keep up the phenomenal work

[@adnlan90]

What a piece of hardware mods !

[@MrTERRY002]

Xbox classic is a video game ahead of its time. Fact

[@tuyatrojouey6485]

Damn, this Pinball Dreams soundtrack is Nooaaayyycce !

[@tatitorodriguez376]

i tried to watch this video without touching myself,......god did i try......

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

1.6 - these version xbox's don't urgently need the clock capacitor replaced, they aren't really known to leak and are higher quality than versions 1.0 - 1.5. If they go funny they'll just bulge and the system won't boot, then they can be replaced. Or replace all caps with good modern ones. This mod sounds interesting, the newest HEVC 2.65 encoded videos (excellent quality with greatly reduced size) and 2.64 have problems on old xbox's, 2.63 ffmpeg is usually best for them. So these upgrades could be worth it. But I think I'd just do the 128mb ram upgrade as my machine is gaming mainly (this is meant to help a lot with emulations like Sega arcade games etc).

[@trastewere]

Love this channel, keep up the good work sir.