Xbox Slim 4GB model (1439) Mod

[TriplexDread]

Ok, could be here for ever going into details, needless to say this was done on a couple spare slim's that were given to me by my nephew because he had managed to get them banned. No other mods have been done apart from the internal USB modification. No need to worry about copyright infringements

Basically the standard 4GB model has a small memory module inside that is removable. It plugs into a small header on board
I found the 4GB not really big enough nowadays, so did some searching about and found a page where'as a guy had modded his to accept a USB card reader. He simply soldered it on and fitted a 32GB SD card. It worked. Then he took it a little further and tried an external USB drive. Boom, from 32GB to 465GB with a 500GB drive. Now he also said he has had confirmation that a 1TB drive also works.

I took this information and took it a little further by simply fitting an external USB port to the side of the case to allow easy access for either External drive, Pendrive or whatever USB storage device you deem fit. It was very straight forward to do. Involved a little bit of cutting and adjusting, however worked well. The first one I did was trial and as such I didn't measure properly so the grill hole is a little big due to where the USB port is mounted and space around for the plug. The second one I learned from my mistake. There was a little issue with the fan cowling, however a little Dremel sorted that out in no time.

Two different models were used one was a standard 4GB the other was a 120GB model. The 120gb 1439 model would not accept anything larger than 32GB. This apparently is down to firmware issues. It also had different connections and no mini USB header. It was a standard single line header on board with through hole connections (picture included)


Why you may ask? Well now a multitude of games maybe be stored on the HDD for access and saves wear on disc. Yes disc has to be inserted however after a while they stop spinning. In turn this cuts down noise and heat production. And shed loads of space I have more pictures if anyone is interested?


Steve

 

[Ian]

Nice work . I love seeing what sort of things can be done with mods to hardware!

When you said that the consoles had been banned, what exactly does that mean? I've not used a 360 before.

 

[TriplexDread]

Not sure what he was doing with them tbh. Basically MS ban the console so it can't be used on Xbox live again
The ban is enforced by the serial number of the console itself not the account owner. So the account owner can buy a new console and use it on his/her account. They will ban consoles if T&C's are not adhered too. He was probably cheating or causing some sort of trouble and people have reported him for it.

 

[Ian]

Ah, I see! You'd think they'd ban the account, rather than the console though .

 

[TriplexDread]

Aye. Just aswell really. Teenagers

 

[EvanDavis]

CONSOLE BANS

 

[TriplexDread]

A better more depth explanation Evan, thankyou. Fortunately his account was not suspended for what ever happened.

 

[TriplexDread]

This is a link to my Youtube account concerning the above. It is a slideshow of the photographs

 

[TriplexDread]

I have just read that the latest Update 2.17349 allows upto 2TB external drives to be connected

I think this is only for the Slim models. I tried connecting 3 external devices on an older Phat model however only 2 devices were accepted. It seems to shut the power off to the ports after 2 devices