The original Xbox is so NOISY. Let's make it ˢᶦˡᵉⁿᵗ

[@fahisaurus]

A suggestion: use foam to seal the gaps between the fan and shell, and change the thermal paste on the heatsinks.

[@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem]

with something very advanced for cpus

[@desertman123]

heat up the xbox before you change the thermal paste, that shit is like epoxy after 20 years

[@MotorHorse]

@@desertman123 Tell me about it. I repasted an Xbox a year or so ago and that stuff pretty much IS epoxy. Thought I was going to damage the board or CPU trying to free that friggin' heatsink. I've never had such a hard time in all my life removing paste/heatsink and I've opened a lot of machines. Just have to have a lot of time and patience if you're unlucky enough to have that rock hard pink paste (they used different paste over the years and runs, if memory serves...some being far worse than other's). Ironicaly the GPU used a different white paste on my unit and that came right off, go figure.

[@nathanmead140]

@@desertman123 I had to do that on my 1.0 to get the GPU heatsink off without breaking anything, I just used a hair dryer on high 6 - 8 inches away from the board for 30 seconds and the heatsink came off easily.

[@yukondave8389]

@@MotorHorse I did this yesterday, and used Arctics thermal paste remover which worked well. I put a carbon thermal pad on the GPU and normal thermal plaste on the CPU, so I no longer have to bother with that crap any more. Mine also had that black epoxy like crap on the GPU as well lol.

[@msthalamus2172]

It isn't that they've gotten old. HDDs of that era were absolutely that loud when they were new. PC noise levels peaked at about 2006 before quieter and cooler components started really creeping in.

[@Roninkinx]

Man I remember how loud they were 2004 to 2007 oh my gosh idle, loud as a jet turbine. About PS4 Pro levels at idle.

[@lawenda2099]

I remember back in 2005 I got an Emachines PC, and if you booted it with someone next to you you'd have to move away just hear each other speak clearly. Almost makes me miss loud electronics.

[@MarcoZ1ITA1]

It wasn't the hard drives in 2006. It was the small high RPM fans that were everywhere, CPU, GPU, PSU, cases and even ram and HDD coolers. The loudest hard drives I've heard new were in the 90s (your quantum/maxtor fireballs and IBM DeskStars alike), but especially the very first ones in the 80s are super loud (when they were huge double slot 5 1/4'' peripherals, so a lot more rotating mass). Just look them up on KZbin.

[@Merahki3863]

@Naukograd i'm sure theres a modern motherboard bios out there with that feature you can toggle.

[@granite_planet]

@Naukograd Yeah the feature is still there (POST beep), you just need to enable it. I'm not sure if prebuilt computers have a PC speaker inside, but buying any motherboard will include one.

[@CedarGroveOrganicFarm]

If you're worried about the new fan, you could make a foam gasket -- It's likely the lack of flow isolation that's limiting the performance -- not the size difference** (the CFM's are probably pretty comparable)

[@AWAYTAE]

I don’t speak computer

[@willofthewind]

@@AWAYTAE Or maybe more like "Air could be flowing in wrong places. Add foam around fan to seal the edges and make a clean path for airflow." The idea is to get smooth airflow between the inside and outside of the case. I might also think the new fan's RPM (how fast it spins) could be slower overall for the power it receives, so even with a gasket it might need a small bump over default. Not sure of this fan's specs, but quiet fans often achieve their quietness in part by spinning slower at any given power setting, so even if it could push as much air as the old one at the same speed, it might not hit that same speed with the same power setting as the old one. I could be wrong about that for this particular fan though!

[@a2pabmb2]

@@AWAYTAE He's not speaking computer. That's fluid dynamics, broseph.

[@khhnator]

@@a2pabmb2 i guess we found another thing he doesn't speak then

[@AdubyX]

@@aidancommenting Explain like im -10

[@tmay2420]

Hey Matt, there's a seller called chimeric systems that sells 80-wire IDE cables that are built the exact same as the originals. Meaning the connectors aren't backwards and the folds are the same. Just thought I'd let you know!

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

They definitely make a bunch of really cool stuff. Got my sister to pull her old xbox out of storage and discovered chimeric when YTing modding them in the modern day. Haven't bought anything yet but the day is near!

[@5speedfatty]

They sell 512MB flash drives too for using to do the initial mod, which is helpful due to the xbox not liking some modern flash drives.

[@Iristallite]

@@5speedfatty That would have been nice to know, as a 128MB one I ordered off eBay (that was actually 256MB lol) didn't work at all, and I had to use my phone.

[@5speedfatty]

​@@Iristallite yea its a bit of a trap left in the process. thing is its expecting a memory card to be plugged in there ( original xbox controllers and mem cards are USB) if you throw in something larger than it expects its gonna fail.

[@methanoid]

Seller where please?

[@StuffOfSonny]

11:53 "I didn't even know I turned it on for a second there. That was so quiet!" This is why I don't mind a _little_ noise with my electronics. It acts as a preliminary "hey I'm at least trying to work" sanity check for me.

[@MuchWhittering]

A couple of years ago I cleaned out my laptop because it was noisy and overheating. When I turned it on afterwards I thought it was broken because it was suddenly silent.

[@Bloodray19]

Matt, I'd really like to see you getting a modern heatsink, that is suitable, or can be modified to fit inside, and replace the stock heatsinks, as they seem very suboptimal. That would heavily increase the cooling performance. I know that 60°C is fairly normal operating temperature for chips like these, but if you keep them at a lower temperature, say 30°, they'll last longer, which is an important thing to consider when we talk about discontinued vintage electronics

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

yeah, hardware preservation becomes relevant. Machined copper alloys liked in those coolers aren't much better at heat conduction than alu, but much heavier, so going for that sexy copper look might not even be the best choice. But a better cooler, perhaps something with heat piles and a more optimized fin profile should help getting the heat off the chip. Perhaps even an intake fan at the side (where holes are visible) could further improve cooling.

[@henry55430]

Don't forget new thermal paste

[@mackdee911h3]

That kind of option probably wont work for me personally. I have a 1.0 unit.

[@thatbillguy5211]

30°C?! Yeah right, maybe with water cooling with a car's refrigerant tank.

[@ianlehman8342]

The Xbox original's hardware is so low-power, we probably have the technology to cool one entirely passively

[@Fred_PJ]

The boot delay is related to the type/brand of the IDE to SATA adapter. I know this because back then I bought like 3 different IDE to SATA adapter boards until I found one that boots instantly.

[@Agret]

What brand is the one that boots instantly?

[@Fred_PJ]

I don't remember, sorry. I got mine on eBay some years ago, it was unbranded. I got 3 different adapter boards until I found one that boots instantly, just like the stock hard drive. I don't feel like disassembling my Xbox right now and regluing the feet just to check that. By the way if you're wondering I have a WD 2 TB hard drive.

[@somebonehead]

@@Fred_PJ Have you at any point found out what brand of adapter you bought since then?

[@tristanraine]

​@@someboneheadthis is old, but I have a Star tech one and that boots instantly.

[@Dikwili]

Lol “I’m going to go all out” proceeds to install a 120GB drive😔. Love you man. Edit: it’s not your SSD it’s your adapter that’s making you boot slow.

[@TheDoomerNeet]

The goal was sound. Not speed

[@Dikwili]

You totally missed the point of comment

[@thetechsavvy01]

And he is wearing a playstation shirt

[@General12th]

​@@Dikwili You know what, I don't understand the point of your comment either.

[@Dikwili]

@General12th I believe in you. You'll figure it out.

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

HONESLTY I didn't even know it was a requirement to have a 80 wire Ultra ATA cable for faster hard disks in the XBOX, I just had one laying around and thought it might help make things run faster without doing any test and shoved it in there after I soft modded and got a nice fast hard disk to put in it. I mean I knew that faster IDE Hard drives worked better with 80 wire cables to reduce interferance which improves data transfer speeds but I didn't know it was required for the XBOX.

[@KidTonyGaming]

THE MORE YOU KNOW 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈⭐️

[@jetcoughlogo5752]

kinda what I did too lol, got fancy black cable and stuck it there

[@brandishwar]

The 80-conductor cable was required for the faster ATA/IDE standards. So if you have a drive that supports Ultra ATA/66, 100, or 133, but use a 40-conductor cable, it'll perform only at Ultra ATA/33 levels at best. Given when it was built, I'm surprised the original XBox didn't already use the 80-conductor cable. And it's the faster modes the IDE->SATA converter boards likely require.

[@KidTonyGaming]

@@brandishwar guess they were trying to have money here and there for a lower MSRP

[@userPrehistoricman]

@@brandishwar The Xbox did very little with its hard drive, so it wasn't necessary to have an 80-wire cable.

[@iD4NG3Rs]

@MattKC 12:50 The original Xbox did 100Mb/s over LAN, so 11-12MB/s (+ a little overhead) is really all you're ever going to see, even original hard disks from that era could do 2-3 times what the network controller could actually handle.

[@MaxUgly]

I was really hoping he would benchmark the load times, throughput and random I/O. I think the random reads would probably where the biggest gain would be. Game load times might be twice as fast now without any seeking. I will never forget the first time I upgraded to SSD. Never looked back!

[@DougieFresh_83]

Huh. I never thought to mod a console to make it less noisy. Neat stuff!

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

@Naukograd same with my Xbox 360 E

[@123theprodigy5]

The fat PS2 was really loud, the fan was and also the disk Drive.

[@awesomeferret]

In a word... How? If an idiot like me can think of it, haha... So easy to do on the Xbox too.

[@humble2246]

yeah i've never seen this before

[@captain1334]

But I want the fan /hdd noise it’s a nostalgia thing

[@WaitWhat4355]

I got the same adapter as you for the IDE-to-Sata, whereas my friend got the red Star-Tech one. After looking up issues online after the fact, the Kingwin one causes a longer boot time for most people, even up to 15 seconds for me.

[@GoTeamScotch]

I have also experienced this. It's not just limited to Kingwin adapters either. Some other cheap adapters do this too. I've had several Kingwin adapters break on me. The StarTech adapters are my usual go-to. They don't cause long boot times and they are well made.

[@stevenhoneyman]

Everyone says the same thing about generic eBay unbranded green pcb adapters… but nobody actually details which converter chipsets cause the slowdown. Idea for the next video in this series maybe? :)

[@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem]

and?

[@desertman123]

yes can confirm, any adapter besides the startech gave my xbox weird issues

[@RikRikRikRikRikRik]

I have one of the generic green ones as the startech one isn't sold anymore in italy, but have had 0 issues with it, the only real issue was that all the pins from power to data connectors were exposed and might have caused a short if left uncovered, my console is super responsive too!

[@dharma_dude]

Not one, but *two* new MattKC videos this week? This year is off to a great start! Love your content dude, keep on keeping on 💕

[@a51mj12]

Damn this is sad, happiness based fundamentally on watching a youtuber for 15 mins... 😢

[@SparJar]

@@a51mj12 where did he say his happiness is based on watching MattKC? FoH troll.

[@chamber_hiro256]

Hopefully we get a third video next week

[@FarmYardGaming]

​@@a51mj12 "It's complicated"

[@Vikanuck]

I remember back when these came out in 2001, and my friends and I, only being in the 9th grade, and being pretty unfamiliar with anything outside of an N64 or PS1 at the time, we thought that the flippin jet engine sound of this thing was so cool and impressive lol. I honestly just remember us all being like “Holy crap man!! Listen to that thing!! It must be so friggin powerful!! 😳🤯” haha. But ironically enough, until I was finally able to get into my current Xbox One and clean the like, 5-6 years worth of dust out, it sounded remarkably similar for a while, and was quite nostalgic!!

[@GraveUypo]

to be fair it WAS "so friggin powerful" compared to a n64 a ps1. this thing does better graphics than even the wii

[@FunnyParadox]

@@GraveUypo Well, the XBOX and the Wii have around the same overall power (due to the XBOX having very recent cpu/gpu for the time, who were still revelent in the end of 2000)

[@couldntmixapotnoodle]

I can understand why you would do this but the reassuring click as the disc drive spins up to check for a disc and the Hard drive clicking to load the OS just lets me know everything is working correctly.

[@depressedbread6893]

Ikr. Usually i can tell if my xbox freeze or just loading for a long time just by listening to the harddrive.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Some adapters for SD and CF cards have an activity light, handy if you want to check it’s being used or not

[@depressedbread6893]

@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 there's also a mod for xbox to add a disk activity light

[@kristianperryadams]

Absolutely love this comment! I know my machine and I know what it means when it makes a funny noise. Edit: Also how would you know if you're overheating the CPU if you don't hear the fans increase to 100% speed?

[@depressedbread6893]

@@kristianperryadams you can't, unles you put your hand on it to feel how hot is it but it's not very accurate anyway. I think ps2 fat can't even control their fan speed either. Some console like ps3 do control their fan speed depending on the temperature. You can even modify it with homebrew like webman or irisman

[@wiegraf9009]

As someone with sound hypersensitivity I honestly like the sound of the Xbox fan. It's loud but it isn't grating in any way, just humming along doing its thing!

[@MadamLava094]

Oh my god, at 0:30 when you turn it on, mine made that same clicky/scratchy hard drive noise, you just BLASTED me with intense childhood nostalgia. Thank you.

[@limestonebutter]

Matt: “The fan is so noisy” Me with my PS4 that makes jet engine sounds: “Weak”

[@overdriver99]

LOL I remember my PS2 3001 model it sounds same noise level of modded PS4. I am looking for any replacement of this PS4 fan

[@NoTraceOfSense]

Blowiematron: Amateurs.

[@SATOTEHDOOD]

Same

[@TOWGyt]

@@NoTraceOfSense my server: *cough* you saying something? My server sounds like it has something stuck on the power supply, but i have taken apart the power supply and there is nothing!

[@itsTyrion]

Please tell me you ever cleaned and repasted it since 2014?

[@TheBigPoin]

I actually love the ol winding sound of the old xboxs, not sure what it is, just something nostalgic about it.

[@xdjiijii6543]

Thanks to anyone that added sponsor block segments

[@ahoj113]

^

[@ErikJohnsonFMA]

I really like these interesting projects you come up with. nice work!

[@marshallhorton7154]

How? You 6 hours early, I'm 7 minutes after upload, You: r/wooosh

[@SilverBirb]

@@marshallhorton7154 patrons

[@willemschipper7736]

I agree, they're always so fun to watch!

[@retrokilroy2506]

12 hours ago?

[@LevelCrossingFan92]

Johnson is MY LAST NAME TOO

[@HazyJ28]

That power supply could still kill you even though it's unplugged, especially since you went in immediately after unplugging it. Those large capacitors will hold a charge for a while, and touching the wrong portion on the PSU (even while unplugged) will outright end you.

[@depressedbread6893]

I don't think those capacitor can kill you, I've accidentally touched it a couple of times already. It's painful but i'm not sure if it would kill you(do not try it)

[@devmas]

@@depressedbread6893 It depends on how the shock goes through your body. There's a chance it could go through your heart, which is what could be deadly.

[@HazyJ28]

@@depressedbread6893 I wasn't referring to touching the capacitor itself, but the power supply (in general) in such a way that it would create a circuit through your body. Yes it absolutely could kill you. And even if it couldn't, I'm not willing to bet my life on it.

[@jaalcaid]

@@HazyJ28 nah these caps suck if you touch them but not kill you, unless you holded a bunch of them in paralel with one lead in each hand you would be fine

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

@@depressedbread6893 depends on the path across your body. If it crosses your heart it will stop and you will die from heart failure

[@fgfhjfhjfbhfghf5771]

As some who struggles with sensory overloads from too many noises going on at once this is a god send. Would love to see this with other loud consoles like gamecube or Wii U

[@awesomeferret]

Cool, I guess I can take unoriginal ideas and get fame and following for it too now! I'm still floored that people are impressed by something as obvious and simple as this. What do I know about KZbin I guess, haha.

[@Zerphses]

@@awesomeferret If it’s so obvious and simple, then why haven’t you done it yet? It’s been 6 months.

[@awesomeferret]

@@Zerphses I'm a busy college student. What can I say. Priorities.

[@General12th]

@@awesomeferret And yet, despite your business, your priorities include not only watching these unimpressive videos, but scrolling down, reading through comments, and responding with snark. You could have also just not said anything. You could have moved on with your life without having this exchange, and everyone would have been happier.

[@zachberg4675]

You could have possibly replaced the thermal paste with the new fan and gotten even lower temps

[@LumbyMcGumby]

This guy on Ebay sells a 3d printed shell for a 70mm fan I got that in my xbox now. Not sure if he sells it anymore but it was fantastic.

[@HobkinBoi]

if it was 3d printed then maybe one could find the files for it somewhere if it's not being sold.

[@juanmacias5922]

@@HobkinBoi I was thinking the same lol gotta love open source!

[@LumbyMcGumby]

@@HobkinBoi I still have the link I posted it on reddit awhile back but KZbin deleted it

[@mooch4274]

I just found your channel whilst hunting for Xbox original mods to get involved in. That was a fantastic video and professionally shot and edited. I can see why you have over 300K subs, you clearly spend alot of time on your YT videos. This video was really informative and enjoyable to watch. I will be using it for reference. Thanks again

[@arielnunez0612]

The first time I've ever been hype to hear that a vid is sponsored. Good for you dude, you deserve it!

[@NickyShadow99]

I'd love to see you take on the dreamcast and quieting it down *without* replacing the disc drive with an optical emulator. That's be a fun and probably mess of an experiment.

[@waterheart95]

It's pretty easy, you just add some lubricant to the plastic gear and to the rail.

[@scottoleson1997]

Is it supposed to buzz like that?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

on that note, add a reset button

[@itsTyrion]

@@scottoleson1997 needs lubrication, that should already recude the noise A LOT.

[@StellaFoxxie]

honestly i find the noisiness of the unmodded Xbox to be very cute and endearing. like this big little pentium 3 boi is trying his hardest

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

It’s part of the experience with the old consoles, I know playing on the big PS2 wouldn’t be the same without the fan noise lol

[@Felipe77646]

It’s also kind of calming, like your in the passenger seat coming from the airport to home

[@fgfhjfhjfbhfghf5771]

@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 tbf the later ps2 models were pretty quiet

[@charlienewman7496]

@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 I agree 100%. I would never want to quiet down a fat ps2 because it's part of the nostalgia

[@itsTyrion]

It also isn't the same without the DVD drive spinning up

[@johnluppi5152]

Amazing tutorial and walkthrough for someone looking to refurbish and mod their console like me. Haven’t modded or upgraded any piece of electronics in 10 years and your video made it really easy to understand what’s going on and what you’re doing has positive effects and you explained why. Good on you. Should do a ps2 or GameCube video as well.

[@Michael-Madrid]

imagine a micro centre actually being in Australia

[@thecrashdocs]

thinking the same thing. I was thinking I could drive from penrith to somewhere in the city. Amazing the fabrications people will come up with for sponsors.

[@Michael-Madrid]

@@thecrashdocs well to be fair, he probably doesn't live in Australia at the moment, seeing as that is his hand picking things off the shelf in the sponsored section, i was merely stating it would be nice to have one i could go to

[@CIubDuck]

@@thecrashdocs He lives in the US...

[@NexusXP]

He moved I think

[@PaulFisher]

I was caught off guard by this but yeah, you can see it’s the US version of the Amazon storefront in the screenshot, so I guess our friend Matt is in fact now stateside.

[@RogerCollectz]

Wth man. I love your channel and I’m subscribed and have all notifications on. I thought you stopped upload for a few months, KZbin NEVER notified me when you’ve been uploaded content. Thanks KZbin

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

Honestly, I never even thought Micro Center was even willing to sponsor someone on YT. Congrats Matt!

[@joshuab4586]

I want to do this as a gift for my friend, thanks so much for such a good follow through and problem breakdown. I’m sure you don’t design these as tutorials necessarily but the way you explain everything helps so much more than just the basic “do this, do that” instructions.

[@Hyser0510]

You could seal the fan gap with the air entry with hot glue, so it will always be shoving up fresh air and not just circulating hot air from the inside

[@TAGMedia7]

Matt: in regards to mounting a 2.5" drive inside of the 3.5" bay: what I did was measure out and drill screw holes from the bottom of the drive cage into the drive's bottom mounting holes, it works a treat.

[@SuperSmashDolls]

The extra start-up time is because of the IDE/SATA bridge; I don't think there's a bridge that's better about this. In fact, rarely, the bridge doesn't come up in time and the Xbox will actually just throw it's hands up and assume the drive is dead.

[@ezrabeltz]

I love how you're never sure if you even turned it on. when ever I turned on my Wii the only reason I knew it was working was the noise otherwise I thought something was broken

[@TheBcoolGuy]

I'm a grown man now. I run a business, I lift, I'm responsible, but your videos can sometimes remind me of the simple and relaxing pleasure of sitting down on a much too sunny afternoon or on a summer evening and playing video games on a simple console, like my PS2. It's nice. :))

[@mes1983]

Great video as always. As others have pointed out, change the thermal paste on both the cpu and gpu, could easily be one of the reasons for it running hot. Also the metal shielding behind the fan actually blocks a lot of air flow. I have personally cut it, and it really made a difference.

[@ThatSpaceKraken]

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I like the noise of the OG Xbox and my other old consoles. It's comforting in a way.

[@ianlehman8342]

Its amazing that most of its noise is from a tiny 1-inch wide fan on the gpu, because its bolted down. I like the noise, but note, that early model fan only has a bronze bushing, and if it's old enough it can make a groaning noise which can be fixed with a touch of gear oil

[@ModBros8434]

I think that a console's noise is part of its charm. It's nice to hear the unique sounds of one's favorite console when playing it

[@thierryrudolph]

The sound of an og Gamecube turning on is pure bliss

[@DFX2KX]

perhaps, if the noise is somewhat pleasant. I love the OG Xbox, but it sounds like a hairdryer. It's louder then my gaming PC is right now, and my GPU is pegged at 100%

[@DecibelAlex]

except when it's so loud that you have to turn up the volume on your tv to hear something. can't do that if you live in a studio apartment and want to play something in the middle of the night lol

[@patrik_x86]

Yep absolutely. I love the sound of hard drives clicking around

[@scottoleson1997]

Maybe, but to be fair, when I first played a Dreamcast when I bought mine last year, that buzzing sound scared the crap out of me and made me think the console was broken.

[@ImKirb]

This is an absolutely amazing project! I played xbox all the time when I was younger, but I'll be damned if that noise wasn't part of the nostalgia for me. Obviously what you've done is way better, but I love that loud lil guy jffjjffhfhhf

[@andriiburka]

“I’m using SSD because it has a SATA port which is much faster then IDE but hold on. I’m gonna using SATA to IDE because XBOX doesn’t know the SATA port”

[@clownfromclowntown]

I gotta say, Micro Center really is where it's at. I'm lucky enough to live near one and the day they won me over was when I needed a replacement cable for my sewing machine ASAP, and lo and behold, they actually had one!! Target could NEVER honestly

[@Katana2097]

When you booted it up with the new fan, I thought you'd killed the Xbox because it didn't make any noise. Then I remembered that silence was the whole point of the project 😂 I'm just so used to hearing that noisy start-up.

[@NemesisTWarlock]

KZbinr: *is australian* Micro Center: Yes, the perfect person to sponsor an ad spot for our US-Only Computer parts store.

[@simonomisimonomis]

I also thought that lol

[@sirflimflam]

I'd love to go to micro center. Can't bring myself to drive 250 miles for the privilege though.

[@swecreations]

Do you have trains in the US? Usually that would be a $20 train ticket and 2 hours.

[@sirflimflam]

@@swecreations Sure, but it would cost me about $60 for the privilege though, and a bunch of my time. Public transit in the US is...well, bad. At that price I might as well just continue buying everything from Amazon. Really I just wish the Fry's Electronics I lived 2 miles away from hadn't gone stupid and drove their entire company out of business.

[@itsTyrion]

@@sirflimflam 60$ for 250 miles? daaaamn. Greetings from Germany, I'd pay ~32€(35$) for a ticket to visit a friend who lives ~67km/42mi (car) away. And take 2h.

[@plazmasyt]

I watched this video and thought it was finally time to mod my own Xbox. I've been wanting to for a while but this really made my mind up. So I followed the softmodding guide mentioned and thankfully it worked, but I want to warn anyone else who does; make sure you have more than a single USB to move files with. The guide has you install UnleashX which, at least in my experience, erases your console's default dashboard. And if you're unlucky like me, you'll fuck your USB up and not be able to reformat it back to FATX like the Xbox wants because the default dash isn't there, so it can't do it for you.

[@AvidSonicFan]

I usually skip sponsored segments, but this one makes PERFECT contextual sense and integrates PERFECTLY into your modding story! Well enough to have me stay through the whole thing!

[@goldenflame690]

My one question is... isn't Matt based in Australia?

[@ahoj113]

Huh

[@ahoj113]

@@goldenflame690 yep he is

[@AvidSonicFan]

@@goldenflame690 I was going to say that I think Micro Center might have some Australian locations, but I found that it only has 25 locations in the US. So, I guess maybe he flew to America to one of these locations to pick up what he needed.

[@General12th]

I think Matt moved to the US before he made this video.

[@Anthony-gc7el]

This is the first time I've come across your channel and already I like it. Professional, straight to the point, well shot and interesting. Good to see the Original XBOX being worked on. Thanks Matt.

[@startedtech]

I have to question who both lives in the distance of a Microcenter and watches this channel but has never shopped there before.

[@gtno22]

0:31 That nostalgic rattle

[@HearMeLearn]

damn even I'm kinda tempted to do this... with an SSD and a user replaceable fan there's pretty much no reason this thing should literally ever fail. Other than like a capacitor or something, but at that point you could either do it yourself, or get the part and get some repair shop to do it for you

[@kickflipdemon]

11:58 the ide to sata bridge is slower than normal ide, it might be on an older pata cuz ur start up with the 80 pin wire alone should be a noticeable improvement

[@TheGlitchyMario]

3:28 I thought it was “Working with electronics is like a box of chocolates, as in delicious and should be eaten in moderation”

[@diesel64635]

My Xbox has been modded since around 2003. My dad used to rent games from Blockbuster and save them directly to the hard drive, haha. Later he just uploaded games through an ftp server. Really cool to watch you do this!

[@joeyawesomeness6142]

'Microcenters shelves are packed with anything computer related you'll ever need' *cries in GPU*

[@MordecaiTheFoxVids]

I actually just did this with an original Mountain Dew Limited Edition Xbox. Recapped and modchipped it as well. For the case fan wiggling, i just 3d printed an adapter that slotted into the metal casing where the old fan slotted into, then the new nexus fan screws into that. It's amazing how silent it is now combined with an SSD. Awesome video :)

[@damian9303]

I feel like the disc drive would be another part to consider for the noise level, I can already hear it realign the tray at boot

[@seesikopter]

11:44 “looks a mess but hopefully tastes great” I’m literally cooking while watching and the sauce doesn’t look like I imagined it 😂😂😂

[@lexluthermiester]

@MattKC Velcro would have been a great option for securing the SSD to the tray. Velcro is cheap too!

[@novaleader7305]

I always had my consoles behind glass doors in my TV set because the back had no wall so it was easy foe them to get air so I never noticed how GOD DAYM LOUD stuff like the Xbox was

[@masterbrosgames410]

3:50 That is so the laser can move freely

[@craigschmidt4849]

I’ll always love the sound of the absolute diesel engine of a fan it came with.

[@DerfJagged]

Hey, thanks for the shout for ConsoleMods! I'll definitely make the 80 wire IDE cable requirement more clear for SATA drives - especially since it's such a counterintuitive thing. Feel free to shoot me a message if you ever run across any issues or suggestions for the site and I can fix it (or you can just make the edit yourself, since it's open for everyone - subject to a moderation queue).

[@ahoj113]

Yo is the author! Hello!

[@techhoarder3416]

You can, in fact, use the middle connector at the motherboard. The IDE cables can be connected however you want provided that the drives are properly set to master and slave (and not cable select, which is when order matters). I always do this because it means no crazy folding right behind the DVD drive. And the part that goes to the HDD loops around the side of the DVD drive, then over the top of the DVD drive and on over to the HDD.

[@RedOverlord]

The issue with setting your fan speed in unleashx is that it will ONLY work in unleashx, once you load a game or other app it will default back to its original 20% this can be solved though by modchipping and using a custom bios.

[@MattKC]

Interesting, a few people have mentioned this, but I never had this problem. When I set it to a noisy 5.0x and launched a game towards the end of the video, it remained noisy the whole time, and definitely affected temperatures as you can see at 16:38. Maybe that's been addressed in a newer version of nkpatcher or something?

[@Mini-z1994]

@@MattKC Hm did you replace the thermalpaste on the gpu & cpu when you took this apart ? Might cool down the xbox more then when it originally came out with how much better thermal compounds have gotten, not too mention that original thermalpaste is probably 16 - 21 years old by now & probably isn't doing that great of a job anymore.

[@Dikwili]

You have to go a few steps further and change the fan speed permanently from within the bios you are running

[@Josh.Davidson]

Hi Toine, nice seeing you here!

[@RedOverlord]

@@MattKC Nkpatcher only affects the EEPROM so that doesnt really make any sense to me. Maybe you think its still the same fan speed you set but its probably not

[@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017]

This video reminds me of my ps3 I own. I don’t remember if it was noisy or not, but I do remember that it would heat up my room. That thing was literally a heater.

[@DongleSama]

i'd be curious to see what the temp would drop to if you replaced the thermal compound with some thing a bit more.... modern?

[@TooBokoo]

I put new Artic Silver on my chips last year and they usually stay in the 40-50 range. Also used some fine grit sandpaper on the bottom of the heatsinks to flatten them out as best as possible.

[@MrMegaManFan]

No one more perfect to make a console quiet than MattKC, the most soft spoken gamer on YT.

[@R4dm1n]

I've actually done an SSD mod to my OG Xbox myself, albeit the only issue being in order to advance the boot I have to hit the eject button (for some reason). Before anyone wonders, stock 1.6 motherboard. No modchip. Kingston 120 GB SSD.

[@hiRyan329329]

In my 1.6 Xbox (running a OpenXenium Modchip) I had a 256gb Mushkin SSD with the Startech adapter and it booted up just fine. It booted straight into XBMC4Gamers with an amazingly fast boot time and it loaded games and programs immediately. If I wanted to I could likely flash it with a different bios that skips the Xbox booting animation and give it a much faster boot time.

[@R4dm1n]

@@hiRyan329329 I’m using the same StarTech adapter since it’s the tried and true method for SATA on the IDE bus. I wish I knew why booting is broken on my softmodded Xbox though.

[@hiRyan329329]

@@R4dm1n that is pretty odd tbh. Maybe one of those Xbox modding forums will have people that could help you if you wanted it

[@pantherosgaming1995]

Some of the draw of this tech though IS THE SOUND. It's relaxing.

[@The8BitNerd]

9:16 Who needs power?

[@defuncy91]

to be honest, i like these type of videos better than the ones before the one where you actually repaired the Xbox, just a more comfy feeling you know?

[@dtesta]

Seems to me like a better option would be a SD-to-IDE adapter and just use an SD-card as storage.

[@Marsk1tty]

I thought the same thing! Especially since you won't be doing large writes to the SD card after copying the games over.

[@ghoulflier1016]

Great video. I did a similar mod a few weeks ago but with an 3D printed fan-adapter and a 60mm Noctua fan. That fits perfectly in the original brackets and it's not loose. But a chose an old 500 GB SATA drive with 7200rpm that I had which made the noise situation worse. Will try an 120 GB SSD this weekend.

[@mikeking5834]

@7:33 You're getting dangerously close to a plugged in and exposed computer power supply there. While those caps might not be enough to kill you they're still extremely dangerous. Just a heads up to those who modify their xboxs and are new to electronics and their hazards.

[@mhenlopotter1612]

I was really impressed with the amazing unboxing video you managed to squeeze into this!

[@michaeldaigle7207]

3:04 I literally started screaming "oh my god, oh my god!" because that's a trick i had to use with my white 360! I was thinking about it as you clicked the button and it didn't open, and just as I was like wait, wrong console, that probably wont work, you did it and it worked!!!! I'm laughing so hard right now.

[@nanopone]

i also have to do this with my white xbox 360. when i heard the sound of it getting stuck i was like "MATT, PUNCH IT" and sure enough, he did. works every time

[@michaeldaigle7207]

@@nanopone Like a charm

[@mr.foogle3004]

fan: makes barely any noise Matt: noisy Me: plays games on a "gamer" laptop that literally sounds like a miniature blender when it's running

[@zeriben12]

5:18 isnt that the windows 98 machine ssd? could swear it is

[@iraitsjffskts]

i think yes

[@NSHG]

MattKC: Ugh. IDE HDD noises. Me: *evil laughing in SCSI*

[@LumbyMcGumby]

Everytime I turn the fan speed up in the dashboard when I boot a game it drops back down to the default speed for some reason... I'm surprised to see that it worked for you

[@GoTeamScotch]

If you want to set your fan speeds permanently, you can modify them in your BIOS (if your console is hardmodded). Some BIOSes you have to modify and re-flash to your Xbox, others use a configuration file saved to the C drive. Do you have a modded console? Which BIOS?

[@LumbyMcGumby]

@@GoTeamScotch it's only softmodded

[@MattKC]

I'm not sure which dash you're using, but apparently UnleashX (which I used in this video) patches the kernel in memory so the fan speed will continue even after launching a game (at least until the next reboot). That seems to be the best solution for softmod only.

[@LumbyMcGumby]

@@MattKC I'm using XBMC4Gamers dashboard perhaps that's why?

[@wingbeltcreations5455]

I just took apart my Xbox for the first time because of your clock capacitor video. I have a version 1.0 Xbox that had never been opened since 2001, and while the whole thing was dusty, that GPU fan was a NIGHTMARE, so don't blame you for replacing the standard fan, since this thing can be LOUD.

[@user-ew5vj1sl1u]

8:15 lol

[@Pixelated_Sleepy]

MattKC is one of my favorite youtubers, largely because of the subtle humor and educational content. Love it, so much!

[@LinuxinaBit]

You should have gotten a Noctua fan... probably would've been better in noise and airflow

[@Lierofox]

Does Noctua make a 70mm? I see 60mm and 80mm, but no 70mm.

[@ixionn563]

I was immediately thinking a Noctua fan as well, but I don't think they make a 70 or 72mm. One of their cheaper grey fans (think it's called the redux?) would work great if the size is available.

[@Tistan01]

You were the person to make me get an OG XBOX second hand. I can't thank you enough, now I can play Shadow the Hedgehog.

[@kennekekenneke]

probably the cd drive's autostart feature that makes it take longer ;) It will try to find a disc if its broken and wait for a timeout. You should be able to disable it in the dash.

[@CamelJam]

I am so serious when I say this channel is grossly underrated

[@isoceptic]

I thought the title said 'The Original Xbox is so HORNY.'

[@SmackedByJack]

same

[@rimostle]

These weekly uploads are delightful.

[@CastToVoid]

Noisy XBOX? Not a fan...

[@theoperative017]

Truly you are the voice of a generation

[@ARandomAussie]

Sounds more like an egg incubator than a console.

[@aziel.212]

its still less noisy than most ps4's

[@zachlars3854]

the mechanical noise is music to my ears, pure nostalgia. soothing honestly

[@letsgoballistic]

I'm pretty sure the discdrive in my old xbox 360 arcade is one of the loudest sounds known to man.

[@Bboyman1150]

I love the mod but I kind of enjoy the loud noises the OG Xbox makes