Project Stellar, a new OG Xbox modchip with insane expandability

[DebianLoriX]

Thank you guys, so I think I'd better stretch to me my ps4, with latest goldhen it's like having a cfw!

 

[impeeza]

Conveniently not mentioned, eh?
(There's actually at least one very good reason not to, namely never advertise what you cannot in good faith guarantee especially as a small electronics manufacturer, but still...)

Further, this seems to be a proprietary design with proprietary firmware, that for the same reason may or may not have availability issues like the HyperBoot, or turn out an exit scam* like the PS2NetBox - not something I would put significant money in for benefits I find uninteresting and are apparently more related to the clone kernel!

* = never heard of its author, so no real prejudice against whoever may well be a reputable person - but given we, of all forums, got a finance section it might be worth remembering past performance is not an infallible indicator of the future, see the first name I dropped for one example

Now if it had Hitachi compatible LCD support?
...well, not even that, sorry - there are better value deals to get that

I was thinking about the same, it cost more than console

 

[SylverReZ]

 

[SylverReZ]

Friend, it's time to buy a ps5 already)))

Nah, its gonna take a while before the PS5 is fully hacked and is capable of booting ISOs. Proof-of-concept exploits, although neat, are rather worthless. :/

 

[mrdude]

Stellar HD+ Pron:
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That's a 128MB ram update - which is only usefull for a few non xbox games and emulators and for dev purposes. modchips are cheap as chips and most xboxes can be soft modded, the onboard hd mod is good though., However you can get an xbox to hdmi adapter for about £5, I made one with a wiitohdmi adaptor and get 1080i, 720p and 480p output from it with a great picture. As for bios to flash on to a modchip or softmod, cerbios is great and can use massive hard drives and compressed iso files and it's free.

 

[impeeza]

That's a 128MB ram update - which is only usefull for a few non xbox games and emulators and for dev purposes. modchips are cheap as chips and most xboxes can be soft modded, the onboard hd mod is good though., However you can get an xbox to hdmi adapter for about £5, I made one with a wiitohdmi adaptor and get 1080i, 720p and 480p output from it with a great picture. As for bios to flash on to a modchip or softmod, cerbios is great and can use massive hard drives and compressed iso files and it's free.

yeah, I says the same 100 USD for a chipmod, it cost lots more than console today!

 

[mrdude]

yeah, I says the same 100 USD for a chipmod, it cost lots more than console today!

The ram update in those photos is nothing to do with the modchip - so I don't even know why those photos were posted.

https://hackaday.com/2022/06/06/original-xbox-v1-6-ram-upgrade-stacks-tqfp-chips/#:~:text=RAM upgrades for the original,running alternative OSes like Linux.

https://quade.co/2018/xbox-128mb-ram-upgrade/

As for the modchip - any softmod or modchip can run cerbios - which is free....

If you want hdmi - that can be achieved for about £5., So 100usd for something that can be achieved for next to nothing seem pretty excessive unless of course the software made for that chip is amazing.

 

[SylverReZ]

yeah, I says the same 100 USD for a chipmod, it cost lots more than console today!

Only the best modchips like the Xecuter and SmartXX goes for a shit ton of money. I highly recommend the Xenium or the Cheapmod Mini if you're looking for a cheap alternative.

 

[mrdude]

Only the best modchips like the Xecuter and SmartXX goes for a shit ton of money. I highly recommend the Xenium or the Cheapmod Mini if you're looking for a cheap alternative.

There's also this open source version of the xenium:
https://github.com/Ryzee119/OpenXenium

Personally I have the Xecuter 3 in my Crsytal OG Xbox, and the crystal front panel that TX released with the lcd screen + bios bank buttons to switch between the bios images. The same as this one -

 

[SylverReZ]

There's also this open source version of the xenium:
https://github.com/Ryzee119/OpenXenium

I've currently got a Xenium Black Ice in my XBox 1.1, its a reproduction of the original Xenium ICE.

 

[wolffangalchemist]

Only the best modchips like the Xecuter and SmartXX goes for a shit ton of money. I highly recommend the Xenium or the Cheapmod Mini if you're looking for a cheap alternative.

Also a humble tsop flash works fine for cerbios assuming you aren't on a 1.6 console.

 

[SylverReZ]

Also a humble tsop flash works fine for cerbios assuming you aren't on a 1.6 console.

I don't really find TSOP mods to be reliable in my honest opinion. If you're not careful flashing a BIOS, say a BFM BIOS or that its corrupted, then you will most certainly brick your Xbox. Personally, I find modchips to be incredibly reliable since the BIOS is stored on a separate chip and doesn't tamper with the on-board TSOP.

 

[wolffangalchemist]

I don't really find TSOP mods to be reliable in my honest opinion. If you're not careful flashing a BIOS, say a BFM BIOS or that its corrupted, then you will most certainly brick your Xbox. Personally, I find modchips to be incredibly reliable since the BIOS is stored on a separate chip and doesn't tamper with the on-board TSOP.

True you should always check checksums on bios files before hand with tsop mods, i have back up methods if it fails to flash but some don't have the hardware needed for that.

 

[SylverReZ]

Just recently this happened.


He's manipulative and lies about everything, and DMCA's other people's work, because of unfair competition.

 

[mrdude]

Just recently this happened.


He's a biggest dick to the community for sure, trying to kill the OG Xbox as a whole.

How do you know that's true though? It could just be that someone has a beef with MakeMHz and is trying to stitch him up. Where's the proof and what's MakeMHz side of the story? The world and internet are fully of crazy people that make stuff up all the time. (Just visit the politics section on this forum for proof of this). So far all we seem to have is a he said/she said sort of scenario. Also where's the DCMA? - post it so we can read it.

 

[SylverReZ]

There's already an entire thread debunking him. I'm not a lawyer, but what he's doing is illegal. Filing false DMCA claims can lead you into serious trouble.

Spoiler

https://www.ogxbox.com/forums/index.php?/topic/12202-debunking-makemhz