Xbox DVT3(?) Development kit in Blue

Got a very strange Xbox XDK today. I couldn't really determine if it is a DVT3 or a DVT4 as it is not booting up right now.

The Top plastic is blue (painted from the inside) and doesn't have the metal shielding. The ports on the back are blocked and the PCBs that should be in there are also missing.
The interesting piece is it seems like it should be like that. The plastics are pretty good painted and there are no signs that the extra PCBs (the development kits normally have) have ever been installed. The HDD in there is a different model (u-series 8 instead of 5) and the cage doesn't have the screw terminals for the extra electronics.
The Bottom plastics state it as a prototype and it does have an asset tag from Microsoft.

The Board is very clean and an early revision (..-006 while..-009 is retail) and does have a different layout (just small things) and a resistor installed by hand as some kind of fix.
It seems to be a DVT3 as the MCP x2 is different to the MCPX X2 normally found in a debug or development kit.
The sticker on the board states it as an "XDK B2" so i guess some kind of internal Development kit.

I guess it has some kind of software problem right now. It turn on and immediately starts flashing red-green.
It doesn't frag but simply flash red-green with no audio or video output. Any guess?
Going to backup the eeprom later on to see if it is damaged or not.

Any guess whats the story behind it?

 

Interesting find... So is the "Development Kit" text on the outside of the casing? I always assumed it wasn't.

 

Transparent blue top ey? Hotness

 

The top paint would be from someone else, not MS, lots of people sadly did that. There were also a few dozen top shelves sold separately by a seller, but that doesn't seem to necessarily be the case here. People abused dev kits sadly.

The Xbox itself is a DVT4, at least that's what the case indicates. August 2001 are final units. Beta DVT3 kits were made for one period of time months earlier. B2 stickers show up a lot. Can't say more, at work right now.

 

Full picture of the motherboard would help in identifying it, could also be pieced together from several units off a shelf.
DVT3's have the Arcade connector(black ultra-scsi looking) behind the CPU and also the JVS port(4 pin red connector) near the LAN port.

B2 comes after A1 said C3(PO)

 

Took 2 quick shots off the front and backside of the motherboard.
The MCPX still has me thinking it is a DVT3 as my DVT3 has the same MCPX chip and i never saw a debug kit with an MCPX that is missing the second X.

 

In addition to Borman's post. They are painted like he said, however full painted cases were sold by someone on some forum. Years ago doing research and looking for cases it showed up. The photos of the cases had a rainbow-like logo on the bottom right or left. They could still be around but like I said years and go, can't even remember the site.

 

It's an early DVT4, likely from the first production run, unless someone swapped cases between a dvt3 and 4 plus painted. It's possible mind you, but the date is clear. Plus the painted top is DVT4 era. As Syclopse said, it's missing some of the ports you would expect on a dvt3 as well.

 

What is sexy is no Microsoft stamp on the motherboard like a DVT3, I don't own a DVT4 but do the finals' have "Microsoft" printed on them like the retail motherboards do?

Edit: Actually is that Microsoft I see under the 3 big caps on the bottom left? I think I see an "o".

 

The Board has the Microsoft Text printed on. Will try to get it working in the next couple days. I'll kerp you all updated.

I think it could really be a mixed up unit. Or a DVT3 with a DVT4 Top.
The August preview 2001 recovery set i have would match it up.
At least it is a strange unit.

 

Right but the preview set is the last for dvt3, and no dvt3s were manufactured that late. August 2001 is the first set of final code dev units.

strange can just be someone screwed with things though

 

thats one cool case

 

Didnt we see this here a few years ago? I feel like a blue top dvt4 had a thread before......

Mcp x2 chip isn't that uncommon, at least I don't imagine it is, in a dvt4. Mine is running 5933.1 so i know that is not something a dvt3 can do. Here's my dvt4:

 

I'm just gonna get my 2 cents in here and think maybe its legit? Can't really see how you can paint clear plastic and keep it clear, unless i REALLY missed out on some life skills or something ..

I'm thinking its another strange kit like the orange one. Could be hella wrong but worth looking into it at least.

 

I was thinking the same, however there is a paint in the US that is intended to spray on stain glass that is clear colored when you spray it and it dries. This would one way of doing it. I was thinking it was legit because of how dark the internal "ribs" of the shell appear darker like they are in other retail color editions and green debug kits. However, if you zoom in on the first pic N64 puts up, look carefully at the ridges on the right side of the console with the white carpet in the background. The ridges are clear with the carpet seen behind. If it was molded in blue, those ridges would be blue. So, it seems the color is sprayed inside the shell.

 

You're absolutely right, guess it was painted

 

Its painted from the inside guys. It was done a lot in the modding scene. And it is done a lot through things like RC car racing.

 

Yeah, trust me I really wanted it to be legit just so it would be another unicorn out there. But sadly no.

 

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?/topic/478031-xbox-development-kit/

Ill just leave this. Cant confirm for sure it is the same one with the pictures dead, but it shows that people did unfortunately do unspeakable things to these Xboxes.

 

I thought for sure it was posted in Assembler as well but when we were on the old forum.