Hacking xbox360 slim 120mm fan mod + fan override + no dvd /internal external hdd mod

[rantex92]

So recently i check upon my old 360 and found out that my fan was on his last leg then i thought about buying a new fan but buying is always a bad thing how about i do it from scratch
i looked into my electronic parts bin and found an mystery corsair fan it should be a "ml 120" but it has 2 blades more than a regular ml120 fan

But now comes the catch most if not every 360 models uses "mini pwm" or " gpu fan " header so an adapter would be needend i found one on ebay that worked nicely
while browsing ebay i came across a fan override mod from circuit surgery wich allows you to override the console’s fan speed signal and allows console to take over if necessary.

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after a few days both things arrived and i started to take the 360 apart but then a new problem started to appear the 120mm and the dvd drive together wouldnt fit
so i took the dvd drive out but if you would try to start the 360 without a dvd drive it would give you a error so the solution is to set a jumper

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after setting the jumper i saw that i had plenty of new room in my 360 so i thought how about i put my external in the free space and oddly it fitted perfectly

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but again a new problem came up how would it fit in the case ? + the external was laying on the capacitators and on the coolrunner chip
so i took a dremel and modified the internal hdd holder + the front and top panel

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after the dremel work it would fit nicely together and i routed the fan control to the hdd opening so its easier to set the fan speed

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and heres a view from the front with the external hdd inside and yeah i could have took the external also apart and do some kind of internal soldering to power the hdd but it was to much hussle for me

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now that thats complete i took the 360 for a testplay i played fable anniversary for about an hour and i couldnt hear the fan + the xbox didnt had that much of a struggle to keep the targeted 60 degrees celsius

all in all it was a nice project for me

EDIT: Another information i forgott to add you can also use the fan and heatsink from a xbox one s

 

[DinohScene]

Mind putting the pics in spoilers?
Huge pictures :c

 

[rantex92]

Mind putting the pics in spoilers?
Huge pictures :c

yes i could do that if you can explain /teach how to make spoilers

 

[godreborn]

[SPOILER ] [/SPOILER ] minus the spaces. You can also do SPOILER= to name the spoiler.

 

[rantex92]

[SPOILER ] [/SPOILER ] minus the spaces. You can also do SPOILER= to name the spoiler.

thank you

 

[hecker_isaac]

sorry to bring up an old thread but I was planing on doing a 120mm rgb fan mod to my 360 slim, could I just use a 4 pin fan?

 

[rantex92]

sorry to bring up an old thread but I was planing on doing a 120mm rgb fan mod to my 360 slim, could I just use a 4 pin fan?

srry for late answering

and yes but you will need an adapter (https://www.ebay.de/itm/184516003772?chn=ps)

 

[hecker_isaac]

srry for late answering

and yes but you will need an adapter (https://www.ebay.de/itm/184516003772?chn=ps)

ty, ill prob just strip the wire on my current fan, something fell into it and somehow broke part of a fan blade

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also do u have pics of the end result? like what does it look like from the outside

 

[rantex92]

ty, ill prob just strip the wire on my current fan, something fell into it and somehow broke part of a fan blade

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also do u have pics of the end result? like what does it look like from the outside

you could do that but i would check if the pinout is the same iirc
they should be mixed up (just use + and - pwm signal will not work** the fan would always run at 100%* )

*i would recommend to do a 12v mod for the fan since without it it will be capped at 5v and will not run at full power

**if you want to control your fan you would need a fan override mod

and yes i could take another picture but there wouldnt be much to see it just looks like a normal slim model

 

[hecker_isaac]

ok, ty. tho i would kinda want it to run quiet, which is why I'm not just buying a replacement fan. i might make an intake at the top of the box (I have mine standing) using some small raspberry pi fans.

 

[rantex92]

ok, ty. tho i would kinda want it to run quiet, which is why I'm not just buying a replacement fan. i might make an intake at the top of the box (I have mine standing) using some small raspberry pi fans.

depends on your xbox model for instance you shouldnt do an intake on an corona/slim since its cooling is depending on sucking the air to cool all the components

even on my project that little dremel work impacted negatively the airflow sure cpu got better cooling but the ram runs hotter

if you want quiet and cool you could try to build an aio hybrid watercooling system in your xbox thats what i will be doing when i have the spare parts around

 

[hecker_isaac]

depends on your xbox model for instance you shouldnt do an intake on an corona/slim since its cooling is depending on sucking the air to cool all the components

even on my project that little dremel work impacted negatively the airflow sure cpu got better cooling but the ram runs hotter

if you want quiet and cool you could try to build an aio hybrid watercooling system in your xbox thats what i will be doing when i have the spare parts around

mine is a corna slim so ill keep that in mind. but what about the stands they make for slims?

Watercooling? i was thinking about that tbh but it seems like a lot of work. if u do go through with it def post about it. if I did do watercooling I would prob just put the 360 in a cheap gaming pc case

stands

 

[rantex92]

mine is a corna slim so ill keep that in mind. but what about the stands they make for slims?

Watercooling? i was thinking about that tbh but it seems like a lot of work. if u do go through with it def post about it. if I did do watercooling I would prob just put the 360 in a cheap gaming pc case

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dont use those stands most of them arent realy cooling anything and some of them even blows hot air back into the system

i will definetly post about it and i think your small pc case idea is very good didnt thought about that myself
i would have probably just slapped the radiator on top and called it a day

 

[hecker_isaac]

good to know!

yea, there are a couple of people who have put Xbox 360s in a PC case and there are plenty of diagrams on how to use a PC psu and how to wire the ring of lights and extend it so you can still use the original button and controllers since it is also a controller receiver. and if u didn't want to go through with water cooling you could prob just get a copper heatsink, since they distribute heat better than aluminum. it wouldn't be silent but you will see performance gains.