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I got this original Xbox free off a buy and sell page, ordered the cables and it doesn't turn on. I was thinking of using it as a case for my PC. What should I expect for challenges, what tools (beyond the proprietary screw driver) do y'all think I need? Has anyone tried this before, if so, how'd it go?

Have you tried restarting it?

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I got this original Xbox free off a buy and sell page, ordered the cables and it doesn't turn on. I was thinking of using it as a case for my PC. What should I expect for challenges, what tools (beyond the proprietary screw driver) do y'all think I need? Has anyone tried this before, if so, how'd it go? Any help would be appreciated!

Have you tried restarting it?

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2 minutes ago, Esemes16 said:

Thanks!

If you wanted to delete it to just change the font you could of just edited this post

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Just now, Max_Settings said:

If you wanted to delete it to just change the font you could of just edited this post

No, after I posted it I realized there is a different sub forum for case modding.

Have you tried restarting it?

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54 minutes ago, Esemes16 said:

I got this original Xbox free off a buy and sell page, ordered the cables and it doesn't turn on. I was thinking of using it as a case for my PC. What should I expect for challenges, what tools (beyond the proprietary screw driver) do y'all think I need? Has anyone tried this before, if so, how'd it go? Any help would be appreciated!

sizewise, it should fit a matx board and some peripherals.. you'd have to get a SFX power supply as the regular atx ones won't fit..

i'd gut the xbox completely, then dremel down any plastic that stands up from the ground, then i would probably just find a piece of mdf or something and glue it into place in the botttom of the case and mount the hardware on top of that.

i would also cut holes in the lid as i'm not sure how good ventilation it gets when everything is closed up (it will get much hotter than a original xbox) 

you'll have to modify the power and reset buttons if you want to use them, i think they are soldered onto a pcb which controls them (long time since i modded my old xbox)

you could probably convert the controller ports to usb, and mod the connector cable to have usb outputs or just replace them completely, but it will look kinda janky either way.

you'll also have to cut openings for the cables.. 

Have you tried to perform a sudden temporary interrupt of the electricity flow to your computational device followed by a re-initialization procedure of the central processing unit and associated components?


Personal Rig Specs

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CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.8GHZ
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z270H GAMING
Graphics Card: Inno3D ICHILL GEFORCE GTX 1080 TI X3 ULTRA
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black DDR4 2x8GB @ 3GHZ
Storage: 2 x Samsung NVMe SSD 960 EVO 256GB in Raid | 2 x Seagate 4TB Expansion Desktop 

(seagates are originally external drives removed from casing and installed internally)
PSU: Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W 
Case: Mission SG GGX 3.5 (same as Rosewill Cullinan or Anidees AI Crystal with other stock fans)
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just stumbled across this video of someone doing what you want to do
 

 

Have you tried to perform a sudden temporary interrupt of the electricity flow to your computational device followed by a re-initialization procedure of the central processing unit and associated components?


Personal Rig Specs

Spoiler

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.8GHZ
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z270H GAMING
Graphics Card: Inno3D ICHILL GEFORCE GTX 1080 TI X3 ULTRA
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black DDR4 2x8GB @ 3GHZ
Storage: 2 x Samsung NVMe SSD 960 EVO 256GB in Raid | 2 x Seagate 4TB Expansion Desktop 

(seagates are originally external drives removed from casing and installed internally)
PSU: Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W 
Case: Mission SG GGX 3.5 (same as Rosewill Cullinan or Anidees AI Crystal with other stock fans)
Cooling: Kraken X62 for CPU, Corsair H55 with NZXT Kraken G12 for GPU 

 

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6 hours ago, Esemes16 said:

I got this original Xbox free off a buy and sell page, ordered the cables and it doesn't turn on. I was thinking of using it as a case for my PC. What should I expect for challenges, what tools (beyond the proprietary screw driver) do y'all think I need? Has anyone tried this before, if so, how'd it go?

i once tried to salvage a DVD drive from an original Xbox, those things are fucking fort knox. I did battle with it for 2 hours before giving up with bloody hands............

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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5 hours ago, DnFx91 said:

i once tried to salvage a DVD drive from an original Xbox, those things are fucking fort knox. I did battle with it for 2 hours before giving up with bloody hands............

Did you have the "proprietary" screw driver? Its Torx something...

Have you tried restarting it?

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I just realized maybe i should start with something smaller, or... bigger and easier to work with... Thanks for your help anyways! 

Have you tried restarting it?

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