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    Gameshark og xbox homebrew app help.

    Happy 2023 everyone! so recently my og xbox hdd died and i lost all my games and apps. i was able to recover some stuff but unable to find this app. if anyone can help me find it again id greatly appreciate it.thanks.
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    Hacking What is this on the back of the xbox?

    hi, i recently got a 360 with xkey installed but at the back there is this board with a mini usb. can anyone tell me what this is?
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    Hardware Nintendo Switch heat sink problem

    I check the board again and it seems there is a little bow thats affecting 2 of the 3 screws. If i can find longer screws of the same size as the original it would fix it permanently. For now ill use a temporary fix till i can find proper screws. I guess 3 mins of heat is enough to start...
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    Hardware Nintendo Switch heat sink problem

    Thanks for the reply. I did the refow with a heatgun and some flux. No more than 3 mins at about 350c. The blue screen went away and so far its working. Only one screw is really holding the heat sink in place. Can 3 mins of heat cause the board to bow? To me it just feels like the screw hole...
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    Hardware Nintendo Switch heat sink problem

    Hey guys, so i did a reflow on the soc to fix a blue screen issue. Unfortunately, when i was screwing down the heat sink the screws didnt tighten at all therefore not holding the heatsink in place.. Is there anyway to fix this?
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    Hardware Help needed with an unpatched BSOD switch

    Its getting harder to boot to hekate each time as it goes to a blackscren more times than not. What hardware components could i check to find out why its not booting hekate consistently.
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    Hardware Help needed with an unpatched BSOD switch

    So after getting hekate to boot i launched sysnand and it boot normally to the home menu. The problem is anytime i do a full shutdown it boots right back to a blue screen.only way around it is to launch sysnand through hekate. Any ideas what to do? The current firmware its on is 9.0.
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    Hardware Unpatched Switch with BSOD

    I had the same problem with my bsod switch which booted to black screen with hekate. It only booted to hekate when i changed the sd card brand i was using. Hekate my have issues with certain sd cards so try a different one and see.
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    Hardware Help needed with an unpatched BSOD switch

    @disco2001, thanks for the sugestion but it seems the issue in my case was the brand micro sd i was using. Hekate seems to be picky with the card it will detect. I use the micro sd i had in my other switch and it booted into hekate. I then chose launch sysnand and it booted normally. It seemed...
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    Hardware Help needed with an unpatched BSOD switch

    I bought this switch on the cheap hoping i could bring it back to life. From what i've read a corrupt nand could be the cause as well as major hardware problems with the cpu/gpu. Hoping for the former i got a guide to downgrade the firmware in order to get it working again. I setup my sd card...
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    Hacking Metal max 3 eng patched problem on r4 gold pro

    i didn't use ysmenu. i just use r4i v4.0b kernel to test it. i have no experience with ysmenu so i couldnt tell you how to. you could try this thread https://gbatemp.net/threads/ys-menu-7-05-questions-r4i-sdhc-and-rts.545328/ hope that helps.
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    Hacking Metal max 3 eng patched problem on r4 gold pro

    I just tried it with my r4 gold pro and it works. You just need to turn on real time save (RTS) for it to work.
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    Hardware Need help or advice with a nintendo switch repair problem

    Should the wire be insulated or not?
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    Hardware Need help or advice with a nintendo switch repair problem

    How do you make a jumper for a PIUSB chip with a single blown off pad to a filter? I see people mention doing it but not how its done with pics. What type, size wire and how to make the attachment. I would be grateful if someone could explain this. Also thanks for all the helpful responses ive...
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    Hardware Need help or advice with a nintendo switch repair problem

    I was using a cheap portable chinese heat gun. It has a digital read out which didnt seem accurate so i put it on max heat. According to the manual it only goes up to 400c. I will try bridging the pin and pad when i get a fine tip iron and report back. auto The charge port is fine and the...
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    Hardware Need help or advice with a nintendo switch repair problem

    Hi, i have a broken switch which i tried to repair on my own with no prior knowledge or skills in electronics. Watch a few youtube vids and gave it a shot. Results were less than spectacular for my first attempt but the switch did start working again.however only in handheld mode and not docked...
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    Homebrew How can I dump an installed title in WUP installer format?

    WiiU Title Dumper developed by Dimok here on gbatemp
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    Hacking Mighty Channels

    just want to say thanks for your hard work marc_max and for the joy this project has given to many .even though there wont be any regular updates i hope that in the future you will give it another go. all the best in your future projects and lot of success.
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    Hacking Mighty Channels

    for me ciosxrev21 only works when running mighty channels from homebrew channel if i try launching it from a forwarder channel the games freeze on loading. so i use rev 17 instead bc i want to keep using a forwarder channel. btw you didnt say if you tried running mighty channels from hbc or from...
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    Hacking Mighty Channels

    in the beta 4 release when launching mighty channels from a forwarder channel autoboot sd/usb worked with no problems. now in beta 5 autoboot only works from hbc. was this ability removed from beta 4 or is there any way to fix this?