Taking a Look at the Xecuter 3 Original Xbox Modchip - History, Installation, and Features!

The Xecuter 3, later succeeded by the Xecuter 3 CE, is one of the final modchips released by Team-Xecuter for the original Xbox. It has been hailed by many as the best modification on the console due to the well documented installation, the BIOS, and of course the plethora of X3 compatible peripherals released for it. After many people asking me to take a look at this chip, I ended up finding one and wanted to take a retrospective look at it by exploring the history of the chip, the installation, stepping through the features, and seeing if this is worth seeking out so many years later.
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[@dsgorham]

I'm an old school modder who had the purple Xecuter 3. Thanks for this. Brough back so many memories of doing that when I was 16.

[@MrMario2011]

😊

[@AshtonGodbout]

I just picked up an og Xbox running rox my Xbox, it shows a small tag on the system with the logo and it's details are lan and HD with small lights alongside bank select 1 2 3 4 and an on switch it labels (bank select 1 2 3 4) and (flash protect) at the bottom when I run it it shows evolution x and it's running unknown bios with evolution x V+3935 no clue what it is as I just wanted to resell it as the console was only $20 with everything but the box and plastics what would you suggest doing? It has 46 games on it and that's all I know about it as of now. Is it legal to sell it I just wanted to make a few bucks but now I'm lost

[@AshtonGodbout]

I can email photos of the system if needed I tried running it old fashion way with the original bios and it either red rings or says this console needs customer support but if I boot it with a game disk in it will play as normal skipping the menu screens and if I boot it stand alone it will boot to the mod chip menu, the mod menu shows start here reboot power off and skins

[@AshtonGodbout]

What's it's value as it stands? It's just the console with original hookups and an original controller nothing else, it has been opened up of course but I will not fiddle around with it as its unknown to me I assume it's packing a stock hard drive or an aftermarket one but I'm not sure and the seller said nish about it as when asked he said no clue about anything so must have been his sons or friends assembly

[@ModernVintageGamer]

50:54 though

[@MrMario2011]

GameCube? More like GainzCube.

[@alynicholls3230]

@@MrMario2011 i'm sure mvg has one of the cases with full size disk support. i thought he did a video on them.

[@mdekc13]

This was one of my first endeavors in modding systems. I recently utilized your vids and a dusty old PS3. Glad to see people appreciate how far the scene has come.

[@Inky2783]

Old school modder, this chip was the spark that started all my soldering skills when I was younger (now using those skills daily to repair all sorts of consoles). I installed many of these chips, back in the day, but had forgotten a lot about them. Thank you for this video taking me down memory lane. Lilly dog

[@MrMario2011]

Very awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@franciscolozada1059]

I laughed so hard when you hit the xbox so the disc tray could open, reminds me of those old days, awesome video as well

[@MrMario2011]

Half the Xboxes I pick up have to have some sense slapped into them, SMH.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Drive belt/O-ring hardens up and takes a shape after sitting up for so long. Just replace that cheap part & all is good 👍.

[@GloryFanatic777]

How long has it been used with slapping with out damaging internally the rubber band? Is it a risk to the internal disc drive to slap it to force it open ? I ask because I have found this situation to be relative for the past few months and am procrastinating the repair.

[@lordcanti]

I listened to the audio from this video while driving home from a far trip. Video also works really well as a podcast.

[@thePiratePimp]

Alrighty LilyDog! Finally was able to finish the video and damn that was an awesome amount of info! Well put together and well executed! Thanks for doing the work so that we could gain the knowledge! And definitely more videos like this would be a great thing!

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for the help on this, dude! Your photos were some of the best I could find 😁

[@thePiratePimp]

MrMario2011 it’s my pleasure to help in anyway I can. Now I gotta figure out how to bring them in the 21st Century. The HDDs are all IDE and the ribbon Cable is longer and different than usual so I have to string together some adapters and whatnot. Gonna be interesting for sure.

[@pulgasari857]

I modded my xbox with a cheapo clone chip back when XBMP came out and my Xbox has been in constant use since 2001. It's probably the most solid hardware + software Microsoft has ever produced, an absolute work horse, and it's a bit puzzling how shitty 360 was in comparisons, it's almost like they fired all the staff that created the original Xbox.

[@MrMario2011]

Been using it consistently since 2001? That's dedication.

[@JonathanDeane]

I feel like the original Xbox was super expensive to make, so with the 360 they wanted cutting edge hardware and at a cheaper price... It's the old pick 2 of 3 thing. You can have fast or good or cheap. Pick two... lol

[@dabombinablemi6188]

The Xbox's reliability can get a bit surreal at times. I've got 2x of them with blown caps (including clock capacitors), which by all means should have put them out of action. But both Xbox simply keep on working perfectly.

[@vipervidsgamingplus5723]

Part of it was a push from Sony with the PlayStation 3 so they cut a lot of corners on it and forced the 360 out quicker than what was reasonable

[@davidboden5486]

@@JonathanDeane the original xbox was made from basically off the shelf pc parts - its basically a pentium 3 pc so it was already proven . the 360 had tonnes of custom hardware - they rushed to market with flawed cooling .

[@MasterTurkey]

Great video man. The original Xbox was my first console mod. I was surprised not to see the software side of things. My biggest memories were the hassle in getting software and emulators from Xbins. Requesting access via an IRC bot and then FTPing all your goodies. It was due to the software being protected by XDA I believe. Side note, having the front panel made an easy install even easier. FYI.

[@MrMario2011]

I wouldn't be too surprised with the X3CP making things easier, I don't have one on hand to verify unfortunately.

[@rayhastings2934]

Ohh XBINS, I remember constantly exceeding download limit daily. :)

[@XbmcModsForXbox]

Finally been waiting all day

[@MrMario2011]

Same.

[@XbmcModsForXbox]

@@MrMario2011 lol yea you should make a xecuter 3 like a cheap lcd install that would be a sweet video to come out with

[@XbmcModsForXbox]

@@MrMario2011 Here is a good lcd to do it with www.ebay.com/itm/2x-HD44780-LCD-Module-1602-16X2-Character-Display-Blue-Led-Backlight-USA/111155758292?epid=5003554779&hash=item19e16644d4:g:KHcAAOSwNqFbfICR:rk:7:pf:0

[@typhdecker4099]

I enjoyed it actually, I've watched it till the end. when I got my xbox It came with Aladdin already, and I bought it in 2010 or something like that. That was my was my first contact with the console, and I loved it. Some years later I just did some minor mods to the console, like adding usb ports not just in the console, but on a joystick too, changing it's 8gb hdd for a bigger one and not much more. This year I dared to flash the old bios using a newer one that it came with HeXEn. Keep up with those good videos, man!

[@MrMario2011]

Sounds like a fun project!

[@aaronxenon5980]

yay! ive been waiting for a couple hours for this! Thanks Danny!

[@MrMario2011]

I've been waiting so long to drop this, glad it's out 😁

[@aaronxenon5980]

It’s amazing that the original Xbox modding scene has gotten where it is today! Hopefully we can expand in the future with new ideas!

[@smashskull5660]

been very longtime since done any mod's but great see people still doing it still

[@RastaJediX]

I love MVG. And you. You guys rock.

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks!

[@sdmods619]

X3 CE was a great chip - I installed countless of those along with the X3CP and LED port install and ring light. There also was an X3CP crystal edition that matched crystal Xboxes. I still have like 3 X3CEs laying around. I always threw out the rebuild boards and wired 1.6s manually.

[@MrMario2011]

Why's that? Less reliable?

[@sdmods619]

@@MrMario2011 I've fixed so many botched installs where they burned and mangled the LPC rebuild board so I just got in the habit of manually wiring as part of pin header install. It was also a selling point to separate myself from other installers. Mod shop competition was fierce in San Diego at one point. I have some crazy stories. You won't believe what kind of shit people pulled. Straight up Art of War

[@buddybleeyes]

Was amazing to watch you mod this! Kinda makes me wanna hurry up and sort mine out :') played the OG halo for the first time last month... holy crap what did I miss when I was a kid?!! 😂😂 Big up MVG!! And yes please do more awesome modding! :D and Lilly doggo ;)

[@MrMario2011]

It's such a great console and library to delve into! It also helps that it aged well enough thanks to HD capabilities.

[@lordcanti]

VIDEO IS FANTASTIC ! LILYDOOOOGGGGGOOOOOO. To answer your general question, I've been into the scene, more as a spectator, since like 2004ish. This video is a trip down memory lane.

[@MrMario2011]

Really appreciate it, my dude.

[@scramontoo6524]

This is my new favorite videos of yours!! I love learning about these sort of things and the original Xbox fascinates me so much! I’m thinking about an OpenXenium hardmod I’m just not 100% how the upgrade process would be for my softmodded 1.6, but I’m sure with enough of your videos I will be able to find it out!!

[@MrMario2011]

Thank you! And have fun, the OpenXenium is definitely the go-to.

[@mattieuleveille]

I guess I'm one of those lucky ones who held on to his X3 with front lcd panel and clear case modded xbox. I still bust it out for some roms every once in a blue moon. Thanks for the cool video! Old school modder here.

[@scubasteve31583]

I'm still rocking my old xecuter 2.3B Lite+ with the stupid pogo pins. After 16 years of fixing it constantly, I think today I finally got it right as I took out the extra pin for the D0 that wasn't needed on my revision. If it fails again I'm going to either do a pin install or just wire it direct. I'm an old school xbox modder, I was there in these days of 2004. My console was never online, I didn't care about that, I just wanted all the extra features like emulators and installing my games on my larger drive. The xbox was basically the raspberry pi before the raspberry pi. It's one of the greatest consoles of all time for these exploits.

[@MrMario2011]

Raspberry Pi before the Raspberry Pi is a good description of it 😄

[@toxzin156]

Lilly dog.....Keep up these types of videos! really enjoyed this one and the 52:45 flew by!

[@MrMario2011]

Appreciate ya, my dude.

[@SubUrDie]

As a kid I was lucky enough to have my uncle chip my Xbox with an X3, I had no idea about Xbox modding and all I knew was I getting free games. Until I recently saw MVG videos about the emulation and homebrew software and is amazed by the cool stuff you can do with a modded system. I am currently in the process of cleaning up my childhood console and upgrading the HDD. Thanks for the history lesson.

[@MrMario2011]

Awesome experience! I have a tutorial on upgrading hardmodded Xbox HDDs if you ever need it. 😃

[@davidlamphier6319]

Had a soldered x2 and a solderless x3. It was such a fun time to be a gamer.

[@stevenbenson9976]

Lilly Dog - T2Steve here Moderator at OGXbox webpage along with facebook page Former/final Moderator at xboxscene nice video, although I disagree that the X3 is not rare. I'd imagine their print run was somewhere in the 10-20k range in total. Lots of them have sadly ended up in landfills. The xBlast modded Aladdin chips do NOT support external LCD, and I wish that the LCD had made it into this video as that is a solid 40% of the reason why people bought these chips in the first place. Same with the full size faceplate that had the LCD imbedded along with the additional USB ports. The original xBlast chip does support LCD however, and has broader support for 3rd party LCD screens than the X3. also the xBlast OS has some newer/better features that the x3 chip doesnt include. Two of the features in the OS that were put in based on my feedback were the attempts to unlock a locked hard drive by using master passwords that are known - mostly xboxscene and teamassembly, along with the feature to attempt a repair on a failed flashed TSOP. It also includes the option (and I don't remember if I suggested it or not) to verify that additional RAM banks pass a ram test - which is handy if you are expanding the RAM. most of the features that the X3 includes are sadly no longer relevant. the final X2.5035 bios which can be used on large enough non x3 chips and TSOPs, along with the iND bios both support almost entirely the same features. altered boots, changed flubber, no video, ignoring the errors etc are all within their editable text file. While it isn't as convenient as the X3, they are present and honestly once you find something that you like, you'll never go into it again. as a final not Mr Mario, I suspect that your hard drive does support locking. it's probably X3 that is failing on it. you should give it a try in unleash or Evox and see if you have success, although honestly I dont know why anyone would want to lock their drives anymore on a hard mod

[@MrMario2011]

Good to meet you, Steve! I swear I read the Aladdin XBlast chips support LCD, although it could very well be what you have stated. Those extra features sound amazing, I didn't know! That's impressive. I can verify unfortunately that this hard drive does not lock. I have a few of them and have used a plethora of tools at my disposal, they won't lock no matter what! Even if you find the model on the hard drive compatibility page, one person has claimed they locked it and many people are absolutely stumped at how they did.

[@stevenbenson9976]

@@MrMario2011 you should come to our FB group. You have some fans there

[@highhat5229]

What's the going price of these lcd chips?

[@mrmanny1418]

im a sporadic modder, ive done my Wiis, Wii-u, PS2, ps3s, my psp, 3DS, i put one of those PSIO mods in my ps1 that a friend gave with a broken drive. he said you want it? i said heck yeah, its a video game! That was the perfect system to do the mod on as the drive was bad. i like using rom carts for my sega, nintendos , my colecovision. I did mods then ill stop because i dont have anymore to do. Im a softmod guy only busting out my soldering iron for the PSIO install. Your Lily dog is awesome, a beloved pet is precious!! Take care and thank you again!

[@MrMario2011]

The PSIO is great if you still want to keep the laser assembly, however it is a bit more cumbersome in usage than the newer XStation and MODE. Since you have a broken disc drive you might want to put your funds towards one of those!

[@mrmanny1418]

@@MrMario2011 the PSIO uses an SD card for playing games. i guess i could use the disc drive, but that is why i got the PSIO, to load images directly into the system. Its a pain for games with multiple discs (you have to push the SD card in and out however many times to cycle to the correct disc you want to load) I do have a MODE for the Saturn and Dreamcast (I heard a PSX add-on is coming!)

[@chewabledrapery]

Awesome video and awesome modchip, I'm still rocking the X3 on my Xbox that I fitted way back in 2004, the Xbox itself has had to have at least 1 replacement HDD since then but the modchip is still going strong! ;)

[@user-h2d5q]

This was the best mod chip ever made. This chip was the era when an Xbox could be converted to be a two-thousand-dollar media machine. with the ability to install games on the hard drive. Way before ps3 and Xbox 360 experimented with digital software. The halo 2 mods and custom maps were incredible.

[@MrMario2011]

Bob from RetroRGB once shared a story that he bought a super nice top of the line DVD player back in the day and returned it shortly after. The original Xbox modded with XBMC was better one of the best DVD players money could buy 🤣

[@bwi518]

loved the video , still have 3 xboxs with the X3 in them, one crystal loaded with front panel, iR etc, green with the pro switch and a white slim custom with matching (sprayed white) pro switch. Happy birthday to lilydog :)

[@MrMario2011]

Sounds like an awesome collection!

[@hualni]

I've always been fascinated by the Original Xbox. It is a giant among little people. I have always believed that if a game was developed with modern graphics for it, and the Xbox had an HDMI output, it would be competitive today. Probably an unpopular opinion, but I feel the same about the Gamecube. So much untapped potential.

[@dimnimrod2978]

Right! I say the same about the Atari Jaguar lol

[@WcaVR]

it's like you checked my internet history! lol about a month ago i was discussing the x3 with a fellow chatter in my discord and went in search to buy one for kicks :) Top video mate! You explained it well even for people who may not have known much, which is always the goal i recon. So cool mate!

[@MrMario2011]

You weren't in private/incognito mode! You caught me.

[@MobCat_]

I'm sorta in the same boat as you where I was around and used modded xboxs back in the day but i'm only now just getting big into modding them my self to the point where i want to make my own mod chip Yes MVG is a national treasure >__

[@MrMario2011]

Appreciate it! And yes, make your own!

[@MobCat_]

@@MrMario2011 yeah I want to do a no frills lpc rewire and modchip AIO like the xchanger chip but yeah im also going to look into xblast os now as i have a heap of those crappy Aladdin clones kicking around (idk if its public or not with those clones but pro tip you don't need to wire L1, L2, X, H0 you just need to solder it to the LPC wire BT to GND and wire up your D0 and your all good the mod chip will always be on)

[@MrMario2011]

Yep! I've installed several and have a tutorial covering the Aladdin. There are a few LPC boards coming back out!

[@maxshanly]

I remember bunking off school to install an X3 and a (then massive) 250 GB drive in my Xbox. Happy days.

[@JonathanDeane]

This is one long video!!! I may not be able to watch it all in one go, but for sure I will!!! Also I feel safe in hitting that like button prior to seeing it all lol Seriously though all your video's are great and I always learn a ton.

[@ModzvilleUSA]

I'm working on an X3 1.6 that was I picked out of junk bin frommy local "consoles for parts reseller" It was a 1.6 without the top, dvd or hdd. Everything in this bin was up for grabs, I spotted the modchip, added it to my stack and later realized it was an X3. The one I have is a red /white x3 and the layout on the chip is slightly different. I think I might give the DIY LCD mod a shot for the lols. Great video my dude, watched til the end, I'm definitely not an OG, started doing hard mods in the 360 / ps3 era. been interested since I had a chipped ps1 as a kid. cheers!

[@MrMario2011]

🤘

[@ModzvilleUSA]

@@MrMario2011 Das wassup. You nailed it with the documentary style vid my dude. Truly loved it. TX used to be the shit before they became gateway Sleezy paid cfw aside though, the new sx chips are great and I doubt anyone else would have figured out a mod for the patched / mariko switches. Keep crushin' it!

[@rayhastings2934]

Holy shit, I had no idea these were going for that much on ebay. I'm going to clean up my old version 1.1 with X3CE , and front X3 LED screen and list it on ebay. I can't believe people are getting bids for $350 +. Great video.

[@sdmods619]

Dude the Xtender + X3CP monster made me laugh out loud. I had a few people that I helped with that same setup. 3 freakin hard drives in one console. So damn heavy when done! I had one guy drop his setup.

[@spaxspore]

Mine is still rocking when i installed it on my xbox in 04. The same xbox in 2020 , as well as the chip are still going strong

[@MrMario2011]

Lovely!

[@appleman76]

I still have my X3 CE modded 1.6. I remember the X3 took an eternity to arrive after I ordered it but it was so worth the wait. I had no soldering skill so my dad did all the soldering, and was terrified he was going to kill my Xbox and disappoint me but the install went perfectly. The original DVD drive is dead but the 200GB hard drive and all the games I installed still work perfectly. I also used it as a portable media center, just FTP video files over and take it wherever you want to watch. Also used it to emulate older systems like NES, SNES, N64, many Gameboy generations, and even PS1. I remember playing Super Mario RPG and Mario 64 and having a much more enjoyable experience thanks to the Xbox's much better controller. And it was the best DVD player I've ever used, XBMC would try to find the beginning of the actual movie and start there immediately and if it couldn't you could just chapter skip through all the normally unskippable crap, damn that was a nice feature.

[@MrMario2011]

Very awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@dreamybacon]

If it wasn't for the Xecuter3, console modding would be a very different thing today, and, oh yeah, LillehDawg!

[@MrMario2011]

I personally disagree, we haven't seen anything as big as the X3 umbrella of products since then.

[@sdmods619]

I just found a box of my old Xecuter 2.6, X3s, and X3CEs. Just need to get my Xecuter programmer from my friend and going to finish up 6 Xboxes that have been sitting in my garage for 9 years. I still have my custom bios where I replaced the EvoX logo in the corner with sdmods. OG Xbox had a ton of great games and I'm happy to see the entire collection readily available and archived online. Microsoft doesn't seem to be as strict as Nintendo about old games. For now at least. Even in 2019 the OG Xbox holds up very nicely.

[@MrMario2011]

Nice box find!

[@MrChiPPyTubE]

Really enjoyed the "documentary" style of this video. Also like that Lillydog has her own Instagram account too. (Yes, I watched the video to the end.)

[@MrMario2011]

She's on Twitter as well!

[@MechaFenris]

I'm new to the modding of the XBox, not knowing much about it, really... and seeing your videos have piqued my interest in modding my XBox. I have a couple of spares that I think I'm going to mod when the chips come in, thanks to your tutorials. :) Happy belated birthday to Lilly. :) I think it'd be great if you made more of these type videos... Even though I was old and crusty during the XBox/PS2 era, I still didn't know much about the modding scene. (My original XBox, that has a bad DVD drive now, never went on XBox Live because I lived in nowheresville at the time and didn't have decent internet.) heh. Great video, sir. :)

[@MrMario2011]

Never too old and crusty to pick up a controller! Or a soldering iron for that matter.

[@straw_hat_legend8230]

Had a solderless xenium chip that my brother and I installed when we were 13 (7th grade) that lasted for years without any issues. Good times having all those emulators, XBMC and those awesome dashboards.

[@mantequilla9336]

Happy birthday “Lilly Dog”. I like the tutorial/documentary video very much, as a new modder that want to learn the history of the modding scene. Also we expect to see Lilly bd’s cake to the next video.

[@MrMario2011]

She got no cake, only treats.

[@mantequilla9336]

@@MrMario2011 thumbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/funny-dog-birthday-cake-hat1.jpg

[@guitaristtom]

I tend to mainly be a softmodder for various game systems, but after I learned from your video that the clock capacitors leaked I decided to take my Xbox apart and clean that up and remove it. While I was in there I also decided to redo the thermal paste on the system, that brought it down about 10 degrees! Which was pretty nice. Also, Lilly Dog ;)

[@MrMario2011]

Good stuff! Softmods are great for ease and initial convenience, but hardmods will always be better. It also gives you a good reason to do much needed maintenance as well.

[@GoTeamScotch]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I have a pretty decent amount of experience with modchips and BIOSes and all that, and I was wholly entertained the entire time. It was well edited, well narrated, well shot. No complaints here. My opinion on the X3- It's a 100% great modchip that has 150% hype. It's polished, reliable, and one of the most feature-rich modchips out there... but what makes one modchip better than another is very hard for most modders to distinguish or find value in. X3 has a reputation of being the best, but the next step down is also extremely close. Back when I started modding Xboxes (2008-ish), I did TSOP flashes exclusively. The point of a modchip is to load a custom BIOS, and that's what TSOP flashing accomplishes. I didn't own an Xbox with a modchip for years. That's because pretty everything I wanted to do I could accomplish with TSOP flashing. You just don't get the ability to switch between BIOSes or do some other more fancy things. I didn't really care though. So to me, modchips (including the X3) wasn't that big of a deal. The Live Config app is very cool and handy for key uses, but is a feature that appeals more to power users. For most people, after you set it all up, you'll won't really see that screen too often. X3 and the Live Config app is a luxury and what it accomplishes can often be done through other means (that might just have a different / more complicated process). I personally tend to use iND-BIOS when possible over Xecuter BIOSes. Anyways, anyone reading this in 2020 and beyond should strongly consider getting an OpenXenium modchip. They're very similar to the X3 and have a lot of the same features, except there's people still producing them so they're available for pretty cheap (about $20 right now). I have a couple of them and use them in my main Xbox + a 1 or two others. I recently started experimenting with LCD screens and LED boards (controlled by the modchip) too, which the OpenXenium supports, just like the old X3. Great video! Keep up the good work. See you on Reddit and elsewhere.

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for sharing! And yes, the OpenXenium is awesome, that's what I've been recommending when people want a modchip in 2020.

[@GoTeamScotch]

@@MrMario2011 yup it's a great chip. The onboard app XeniumOS isnt quite as fancy as Live Config, but it's still very good. Plus, I mean it beats a cheap Aladdin clone for barely that much more money. No brainer!

[@detronbrian]

the X3 was my first mod I did myself, Lillydog would love it.

[@jhowlett1264]

this was the last console era that i participated in. after that i moved onto pc gaming. but i still have my xbox, ps2 and gamecube. all of them with modchips installed

[@MrMario2011]

They're still great systems!

[@mechdude009]

Really enjoyed this vid man. Kinda new to the moddin scene and havent done much yet asfar as having a good understanding of ogxbox modding. Started I believe in 2010 with a friend soft moddin cecha01 ps3 and learned alot from that one unit especially checking the fan...rip. But since then Ive always enjoyed "unlocking" the potential of systems that I got my hands on which a few vids you've helped with so thank you for that : ) Recently lookin into a chip for my fiance ogbox and knew nothing about said chips, heard bout em pleanty back in the day vaguely of what it did so this helped fill in alot of gaps. Also happy birthday to lillydoggo! : )

[@MrMario2011]

Always fun to learn about modding more stuff 😁

[@DDICyber]

i still own my old original xbox with the purple x3 chip and the display lcd with the front buttons the complete one from the old good days

[@thePiratePimp]

Man, that Canadian Blue Halo 2 w/ X3CP & Xtender Kit looks pretty damn awesome!

[@MrMario2011]

🤔

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Japan got it too as part of a Dead or Alive game bundle. Can't remember which DoA title, though. America got shafted on it.

[@thePiratePimp]

@@TexasHollowEarth it came with DoA Ultimate 1&2.

[@TheKey32]

Holy holy, i had no idea the X3 was so capable and so rare! My OG Xbox was modded back in 2006 but only recently i modded it with a better Hard drive and XBMC4Gamers, all this time i had been using the chip to play burned games and nothing else lol.

[@MrMario2011]

I feel like there's more people than we'd like to admit out there who got really awesome chips like this and severely underutilized them like that LOL. Seen so many people the last few years unearth their original Xbox consoles with a cool chip like this and admit all they did was play burned discs. No online, almost no homebrew, no game installs, no game mods 😁

[@TheKey32]

@@MrMario2011 Yeah i really had no idea lol, its one of those things i also forgot about after getting my 360 around 2009. Im glad i kept it though and its in a great condition, now i can enjoy all these older games and i love it. Me and my sister used to play alot of splitscreen so i have a duke and a normal controller, funny enough i love the duke controller and i dont really get the hate, even as a kid i thought it looked cool.

[@kiosukeabg]

It was really good and entertaining video also that gamecube dance from MVG was golden, keep it up

[@MrMario2011]

He's a treasure.

[@michaelcrespo7289]

Lilly dog! I'm new to modding and have learned a lot just from your channel alone. Yet there is still so much to learn and that is obvious because I have yet to be successful in my mod. Oh well keep I'll trying.

[@BigBossRo7]

I had the exact Gamecube shell shown at 49:32, it was mainly just for fullsize DVD's and it had a port in the back mainly for the Qoob Pro modchip :)

[@MrMario2011]

That's awesome, do you know how much it was and where you got it from?

[@BigBossRo7]

I got it from a friend last year and sold it on, they are extremely rare though!

[@bENOFFICIALMASSIVE]

Just to add I'm a kinda new try hard hacker/modder :p and I got stuck onto your channel for that doco feel hey. Not sure which vid of yours which got you on my radar but yeh I watched and just learnt which I enjoy, feel like its half good for me than just watching a movie or something. It was a vid where it was like a vlog or a live thing or something. U where maybe modding or taking apart something I dunno but yeh sweetas!!!! Happy 4th b'day Lillydog!!! I'm 40 this year so dang go the number 4!!!!

[@MrMario2011]

I definitely have a few videos like that, glad those brought you in!

[@theretrogeek2281]

You have great content,always explaining the little details,subbed 👍🏽

[@GiSWiG]

Hey, your video is still being watched. LillyDog! Thanks for your video! It triggered my memory and I remember that I had to push and hold the white button on boot to get into the X3 Config Live! (X3 Config Live was disabled on boot) I do have an Xecuter X3 in my first XBOX, still going strong. I actually had to rescue it from a leaking capacitor the other day. I remember the "solderless" adapters when they were being sold. They just were not solid enough for me. I do wish I could have gotten a front panel, or at least the button bar that attached below the power button but ah well. I still got that switch panel that let's everyone know "Hey, I'm here" After having the X3 and having TSOP flashed a few XBOXes since, yeah, it's not worth getting and it probably wasn't that worth it back then. Now, softmodding and TSOP flashing is so much easier and when all is said and done and you are in a custom dashboard and playing games off the hard drive, you'd never know that you have a modchip, TSOP flashed or softmodded XBOX. TSOP flashing back then either was not known or quite risky (I can't remember, it was 16 years ago.) Modchips were the way to go. I went with the X3 because it was the coolest (YEA MARKETING!) but I was mostly interested in the ease of setting up the hard drive. You could do it all right there in the BIOS! Setup a new drive, lock the new drive, unlock the old, FTP files to it, no AID or HeXEn needed. There really wasn't anything like AID or HeXEn back then, you did everything by hand. (I could go all "You kids got it easy. Back in my day...uphill both ways!") Using FTP feature of the X3, I backed up the drive contents of the original drive, and would use that to put back to a new upgraded drive. Then you manually transferred your desired dashboards and apps. I'm setting up a 2TB TSOP flashed XBOX now. I will be putting a 2TB drive in the X3 box soon. It will probably be much easier with the X3. TIP for all! The controller ports are all just USB ports with an extra yellow wire. I spliced into ports 3 and 4 using a USB rear bracket and now I can plug USB devices like mice and keyboard in the back right above the AV plug. If you can't find an XBOX port to USB adapter and don't want to cut up a controller cable, find a USB ext cable, and splice it to port 4. You can then plug a flash drive in to it to transfer the game saves needed to hack the box.

[@Freddy-BA]

Never knew there was an X3 until today... we have always used an X2 for over 15 years.

[@robertdurdle4842]

I just picked one up today, complete with faceplate black 1.4. I think I'm going to keep it.

[@LiveModz]

51:26 YES MORE VIDS LIKE THIS!!! this is by far one of the best vidoes ive ever seen on youtube i would LOVE to see more btw i am expirnanced modder and dev lol Lilllllayyyy dawg!

[@15fakeaccount]

I remember using SmartXX v3 chip with "Spider solderless 1.6 adapter" back in days. Mod itself worked fine, but I too bad later messed up things with DVD power. Now I got more experience with soldering so running Aladdin with XBlast.

[@MrMario2011]

I don't know all too much about the Spider line of products aside from lightly researching the Spiderchip. It looks terrifying.

[@sn44k30]

I have modded systems since I bought my first PsOne back in 2003, more because of necessity. I'm Brazilian. Only around the PS3 era we got kind of accessible original games around the country. Before that, a single game could cost around a minimum wage, and that would have a pretty big effect on a family budget. We only have any gamers here because of piracy. There is even a few documentaries about Brazilian piracy, although I think they're all in portuguese. Anyways, I'm diving more into consoles other than ps2s just now, and I found this video pretty interesting, as I enjoyed all the other original xbox videos you made so far. I'd like to see something about the Thunder Pro II Gold actually. Heard about that chip A LOT around here about 2010/2011. They were pretty popular with the ps2 sellers, had a bunch of said features like running things from usb, but I never had the chance to test it. Congratulations to Lilly Dog! Keep up the good work, your channel is one of the few I actually comment to, and that's because of the good content.

[@MrMario2011]

I've actually never seen or heard of that chip until now! Too many PS2 chips to track, hah. I'd love to see some of those documentaries, but I don't know any Portuguese.

[@sn44k30]

@@MrMario2011 Maybe there is a chance that you might find one of those documentaries with english subtitles, but that's something I can't guarantee that exist. I saw some list with some ps2 chips somewhere on the internet one time, and I seriously doubt someday I'll be able to even see every single one of them. It's absurd how many there are. This one though was something that, at least here, used to compete with matrix infinity with popularity for some time.

[@irregularmana6216]

Thank you for making this video as i got an Xbox to mod and I know next to nothing about modding an Xbox.

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!!

[@RDJ134]

Lilly DoG! great video informative, loved the trivia, soldering, how the settings work and what they do. I serious hope to see more of this style video's about modchips or old mods. Thank you for making this and put in all the hardwork. My mods are softmods, i dont have the skills of soldering :(

[@MrMario2011]

Thank you! It was fun to make 😁

[@creeperjhgaming5346]

100% agree I almost feel if your wanting to get into xbox modding I would personally start with the Aladdin mod chip 😀. But this is the best system to start on. The community on it is amazing and more mods are coming out still [there actually are already done ones but coming to the public] such at the 1.4ghz cpu upgrade which I would not recommend attempting unless you have the equipment. That specific mod has been designed and is being beta tested but is not in full release do to cost of the pcb adapter. Altho the creator is trying to get funds to release the first batch.

[@MrMario2011]

It's coming back!

[@ErroneousClique]

6th gen? Sweet! What a coincidence! I have been working all day with the Wii SDK (and Gamecube SDK as well) to try to create official .rvm and .gcm images and am pleased to report that it was successful! This means that I can now take ANY dev NR or RVT disc and dump it to raw files, then take those files and recreate either a Gamecube .gcm image (different format than the homebrew .gcm format which is just renamed .iso) or a Wii .rvm image and burn it back to disc with the official Nintendo Writer program and the NR/RVT official multi-burner I have. These discs will then play in the NR reader or RVT-R reader just like the original disc did. Yes, this can be used to duplicate beta discs, but I was more after proof of concept as documentation on this is very scarce. Super stoked right now! ...and on top of that we get a MrMario2011 vid to enjoy! What an amazing day!

[@MrMario2011]

Get it all documented and archived!

[@ErroneousClique]

@@MrMario2011 I have documented it the best I can and taken a couple screen shots of the terminal commands. You need an official Nintendo burner to use with the official Writer program and also a Windows XP computer to run it all on. I am pretty happy that I finally got it all to work. Just burned an NR disc from an official .gcm image I created myself! The process is rather simple provided you have a dump of a dev signed game. Take the files, generate a .dlf disc layout file, then from that you can generate a .rvm or .gcm image based on what system it is for. There are a couple more steps but that is the basic process. Gamecube .gcm images take a little longer to make as you have to manually edit a template file, while the Wii .rvm image process for creating all files needed is done with terminal commands to the SDK software. It is super nice that the SDK and writer program/hardware will create images/discs for both Gamecube and Wii all in the same software package.

[@ErroneousClique]

@@MrMario2011 BTW, forgot to mention but I enjoyed this video for sure. Tons of info...and I also had no idea Xecuter released GC cases that would allow it to play a full DVD. I imagine the size was still limited as the laser track would not have full range of motion to the outer half of the DVD, but still great for playing cheap backups I would think.

[@MrMario2011]

I believe for full DVDs you need to patch them to be padded 3 GB images as opposed to 1.4 GB images.

[@cfq.tufanuf7601]

I still have my transparent green Xbox which I fitted an X3 chip. I've not turned it on in years, I believe it still has its original clock cap in so I need to remove it before even checking everything still works fine. I used to love playing "Black".

[@MrMario2011]

Get that thing out of there.

[@Cliffsrepaircorner]

Wow that much have really takes me back my mod shop back then used to do those all the time this was slightly before I really got heavily into doing it myself. But the most interesting thing was a lot of people what goes super crazy with the mods still they were pretty damn impressive for the time

[@MrMario2011]

They're still awesome even now.

[@Cliffsrepaircorner]

I agree I'm pretty amazing design as well with the solderless version

[@dronejunglistplatoon]

Lmao! Lily dog! Great vid! I’m not a modder but vids like these make me wanna go out and buy a soldering gun! More please!

[@gameover137]

Nice work! I truly enjoyed watching this video. Brings back some memories. (lilly dog)

[@MrMario2011]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@criteecgaming]

I was never a part of the hard modding scene, but was heavy into softmodding because it cost $0 and I loved to see what was capable on original hardware. I still have my original controller that I soldered a usb end onto to load the linux game save. Actually I'm still using everything I orginally bought in the early 2000's. It's crazy that it all held up and still works to this day. I tried using the way back machine to check out xbins.com but sadly there isn't really much on there. If you were into this back in the early days that was the website to get everything.

[@MrMario2011]

😁

[@bowlsnapper6206]

Lillydog. Heh. I lived through all this and did my x3+cp install on a 1.6in 2005 my senior year of high school. God what good memories. I will bring this chip back into production if its the last thing i do.

[@MrMario2011]

If true, look into R3DUX and see how you can help out there :D

[@danielboring2243]

Thanks! Love the video and the history!!

[@MrMario2011]

😁

[@clemtaur]

YES! More! Lillydog! Old Boring Tech from the '90's who is now wiring up from his collection of [Stuff] three Orig. Xboxs for the teens.. for the first time. Seen the Aladdin XT for sale an would love an install/exposition on it.. :)

[@MrMario2011]

I have several videos on the Aladdin already!

[@clemtaur]

...Anndd now I see You've already done one... :)

[@MichaelNewmanGSO]

I have heard of the chip but have not moded my console. I could install this but I am not willing to pay $100s to do it. I like this video please make more. My only ‘extra’ comment would be that you repeat yourself quite a bit sometimes. If you could fix that your videos would be perfect. Thanks for the video! Oh and Lilidog

[@MrMario2011]

Appreciate the feedback!

[@sdmods619]

I remember the Xecuter GC cases! The ones that were more prominent that came through my shop was not by Xecuter though and at the time were bundled with Qoob Chip. Man the Qoob Chip was awesome - you could run home brew apps directly from the modchip!

[@markporter2015]

great video as always

[@MrMario2011]

Thank you!

[@tiawldrp]

I have an earlier version of the chip and can't access my arcade games. It just says press ok and I don't know HOW 🤦

[@Lethaltail]

Lily Dog (boof) This was dang cool, dude. I'm not really sure where I would fit in, in terms of camps. I still have the copy of MechAssault I used to install a softmod on our first Xbox, which happened some time before I modded my Wii in 2008. I couldn't tell you when, exactly. It didn't last too long after blinding clicking buttons in a menu that was in French for some reason. I ended up wiping the disk, or possibly deleted a necessary file. It was only good for playing discs, until the clock needed resetting, at which point it was basically dead to at-least-7-year-old me. It probably could've been unbricked easily if I knew what i was doing. (maybe idk)

[@MrMario2011]

Get that thing chipped!

[@XbmcModsForXbox]

Love the video man keep it up

[@thatzokay]

just got one with a X3 CE for 25 bucks it is fully working

[@MrMario2011]

Awesome

[@staricklewis3162]

great vid i still got my modded xbox and an Xecuter 2,6CE chip still working perfect with duel bios recently upgraded with 2TB HD .I prefer hard mods than softmods though these days the easiest chip to get is an cheap aladdin chip.

[@earlspencer7863]

Hahaha I am one of those people in the tiny sliver that removed the chip to sell it separately :)

[@MrMario2011]

Good money to be had!

[@earlspencer7863]

Thanks for response! Found the Xbox through a friend that does garage sales and didn't know it was a modded console. It had the bank switch panel and a custom jewel so I immediately knew what it was and threw my money at him lol :) I thought about doing the LCD mod with it but I don't trust my cutting skills. Wish you could buy the precut faceplates like back in the day. Maybe someone has a laser cutting service?

[@Colin_Ames]

Great video!

[@MrMario2011]

Thank you!

[@brooklyn_uav4589]

I did one with the X3 and front panel with LCD back in the day. Now I'm hunting for one.

[@MrMario2011]

Good luck!

[@dvdbytes4348]

I don't know anything about modding. But I do have two modded Xboxes, including a crystal Xbox with an Executer 2 chip. And I used your tutorial to reinstall both. I was running in to a roadblock, until that tutorial of yours told me I needed 80 wire IDE cables. And personally I want to see more content like this. oh and lilydog turned 4

[@MrMario2011]

Glad to help!

[@HackDaBox]

old school modder here and yes ive had to use the wayback machine for my own stuff lol i have done it all TSOP, MODCHIP & SOFTMOD. really enjoyed the vid. i used to love the Duo X2 but installed mainly Aladdin clones as they were way cheaper but these days its softmod for 1.6 or TSOP for v1.0-v1.5 as really once you runa hacked bios the users dont care how it works but just the fact that it does work ! Do one on DuoX2 please ! lillydog

[@juanshanevillanueva]

do more video like this, and i love your videos.

[@GiSWiG]

I take back what I said earlier: The Xecuter 3 is worth it if you sell moddified XBOXes or like to test customizing BIOSes because the pepto-bismol chewable looking evox logo just doesn't turn me on. Plus, it works great for Sharp chips or 1.6 XBOXes. (I took your idea and I was going to TSOP flash my X3 XBOX but it does have a Sharp chip and it is a hassle and my attempts failed. It is kinda cool to boot into the original XBOX logo) The X3 XBOX was my 'main' but I decided to use my Halo BOX, TSOP it and put a 2TB drive in it. I thought using the orange LED and an orange XBOX logo looked good (Master Chief's visor color) and I didn't care for the peto-bismol chewable. I have of course the X3 1MB BIOS across 4 banks, but I have a evox, iND-BIOS and X2 BIOS on banks 1, 2 and 3. I used the EVtool to modify the evox BIOS to remove the pepto-pill, set the default LED color to orange and kept modifying the XBOX logo colors, tweaking them to look just right by flashing the evox bank on the X3 many times through HTTP to get the colors looking right and finally reflash the HALO box just once with the best looking BIOS. I'll use this for future XBOXes, especially when modding other's XBOXess that just need a simple looking gaming XBOX and to make it look/work seamlessly. I will try to get a better looking evox logo that sticks out enough to give the creators recognition, but not for XBOX owners to go go WTF is that? A pepto-bismol tablet?

[@MrMario2011]

Pepto-Bismol isn't even that good, yo.

[@ezzmonster84]

I picked up a scruffy looking Xbox version 1.2 for £10 (pound sterling here in the U.K.) It has an X3 inside! I was surprised i unsoldered it and I’m going to list it on eBay lol

[@thecow2756]

i have a old smartxx lt opx v2 on a 1.6 xbox i loved and still love that chip

[@MrMario2011]

Excellent.

[@spoof_aye]

great video ;P

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks!

[@killahmods7570]

great video bud id love to see a video on some of the old ps2 modchips :)

[@MrMario2011]

Have to get a hold of some first!

[@lonnymoore2622]

verry nice man thanks for the input about the chip oh and yea love little puppys cute name on lilly dog.

[@RobVK8FOES]

Quite frankly, I'm growing tired of seeing the "Check out my super rare Xecuter 3 Xbox" reddit threads, youtube videos and forum topics. The "Xecuter 3 is rare" meme is a perpetuated LIE and needs to die already! I was a veteran of the xbox scene back in its heyday and Team Xecuter dominated the market share for years and sold tens of thousands of these chips. Every man and his dog had an X3 and the X3 control panel, including me. I remember having two Xecuter 3 (non CE's) just laying around in a box in original unopened packaging, you couldn't give these things away back in the day because EVERY man and his dog had one, so I just threw them in the trash! I saw a few buy-it-now auctions recently on ebay for Xecuter 3 brand new and the seller was asking 600 euros, I almost choked on my beer when i read that considering i paid $60 AUD for mine back in 2004. Complete and utter insanity! If you paid more than $30 for a used one, even $150, or bought a 600 euro, you deserve to be fleeced of your cash!

[@MrMario2011]

You had 2 brand new in box and threw them away? Don't look at sold eBay listings for brand new X3 chips, you'll probably be kicking your past self. To the broader point: Yes, I agree. I still think all the threads seeing X3 hardware are cool, but it definitely isn't a rarity in the world of Xbox modchips.

[@cfq.tufanuf7601]

BTW I'm an old school modder. Consols modded PlayStation x 6 PlayStation 2 x 2 Xbox x 1 Lilly dog x 1

[@bENOFFICIALMASSIVE]

I've done my Wii, WiiU, Switch, PS1, PS1 Classic, and I've ordered McBoot to get into that for my PS2. I have my PS3 modded and my 360 Jtagged too but I didn't do those. I'd like to try expand. Doing an original Xbox would b cool. I have 3. One not modded, one modded and one modded but has error 16 or something. I'm thinking or been told with this error then I should mod it so since its been broken for ages it might be a good starter or learning console, especially because its already been modded. What do u reckon? Maybe take it apart?

[@danielblack6529]

I guess I'm a new modder? Or maybe just a newcomer, I don't really know... But I do know that I like that video. Lilleh Dawg!

[@MrMario2011]

🙏

[@sdmods619]

Yeah the front panel that came with the chip I had to line the wires flat under one of the USB ports and tape it down. I also never had an issue with slack either

[@jdreddeer]

Now all we need are downloads for the updated BIOS, tools, skins etc.