I don't need any guff about the fact that I have horrible soldering skills. I fall into the demographic of the solderless chips ( thats why they make them ). I know that they exist for the XBOX. I assume to get Xecuter quality features on a chip, I'd have to have an Xecuter soldered in. Are there any solderless ones that come close as far as features are concerned?
You can still get solderless kits in Australia, but honestly they'll set you back so much it's honestly not worth it. You're best to pay for a service close to your area. Oh and 1.6 installs of the XT is 1 wire.
The spider chip, I'd so love to get my hands on this again!!! Just needing one! Let me know if you find it!!!! ;-)
I know for a fact there isn't a single person in the entire midwest that does that (publicly). I'm sure SOMEONE exists that can solder in chips, but they don't advertise it. I'm just going to get a Xapt3r1.6 adapter to go into the right holes on the board and then buy a proper xecuter chip to connect to the Xapt3r1.6 and then flash a bios. (As recommended on other sites). Anyone know what the best bios is?
There are solderless attachments for XECUTER chips as well, but be aware of the price of the attachment and the chips alone. You might be up $40 roughly (last time I checked). I was in a similar situation as yourself, since I wasn't good a soldering, but I believe I can do it now. Make a WTB thread in the marketplace and ask for the service.
I just don't trust people I suppose. No offense to anyone here. Anyway,I found the proper adapter http://www.modchipcentral.com/store/product.php?productid=17808 and people say to plug this Xecuter chip into it http://www.mod-chip.com/xbox/xbox/xecuter-26-ce-p-48.html
Pretty sure any modchip will work with the xapt3r. No need for a xecuter one. the xapt3r is just a way to get the connections to the LPC header, chip used doesnt matter.
I read that the different adapters handle the dispersion of the 5v's differently. Like different pins get different voltage through them. Someone said to NOT mix brands because they're designed to work with their own chips. I don't know how true that it, but I'm just going to stick with it, because it sounds like a valid business tactic.
Then practise and do it yourself. Honestly if I can do it, I'm sure you can and I haven't soldered for a very long time either...
