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Xbox

PAL version

Current Status: Semi functional with screen flickering

(will put photo later)

Kernel: 1.00.5101.01

Dash: 1.00.5659.03

This is my original Xbox that I got as a gift in 2002-2003 sometime. Played it to death as a teen, fond memories of multiplayer at sleepovers and stuff. Also my friend bringing his Xbox over for console link LANs and my Dad hand rewiring an ethernet cable into crossover ethernet XD. Some of my favourite games of all time are on this thing, I completed San Andreas 100% twice (saved over original by accident), probably have a few thousand hours in that game alone.

Stopped using it as much by late 00s decade, left it sitting in a shed for a year in a sharehouse circa 2010, but still taken it with me wherever I have moved. Eventually I loaned it to my brother in law around 2018 not really expecting to use it again. THEN I kinda fell in love with the games again while playing some on the Xemu emulator around 2021-2022 and eventually asked for it back so I could fix it up.

It still has all of my old saves dating back to 2004, and profiles of old friends from multiplayer Halo and the like. It's now become a bit of a project to maintain, and I am considering modding it properly at some point.

Games I have currently

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Halo 2
• Need for Speed Underground
• Need for Speed Underground 2
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Brute Force
• Mercenaries
• Fable
• Rocky Legends
• James Bond 007: Nightfire
• Madden NFL 2003
• WWE RAW 2
• NHL 2K6
• Recently given to me by a friend:
• True Crime: New York City
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
• Shenmue II
• Project Gotham Racing
• Blinx: The Time Sweeper
• Crimson Skies
• TimeSplitters 2
• Tony Hawk's Underground 2
• Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Games I remember having or renting at some point

• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
• Burnout 3: Takedown (demo)
• Conflict: Vietnam
• Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
• James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
• Mafia
• Medal of Honor: Frontline
• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
• Midtown Madness 3
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
• Rugby League
• Rugby League 2
• Spartan: Total Warrior
• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
• Tony Hawk's Underground
• Tony Hawk's Underground 2
• True Crime: Streets of LA
• Unreal II: The Awakening

Troubleshooting/Repairs

• I removed the clock capacitor by bending it back and forth until it snapped off (I don't have soldering stuff)
• The disc tray was sluggish and getting stuck. I got a spare rubber band for it, but it was actually for the 360 disc drive (many sellers don't make that clear or just lie and said it will work with original Xbox). I ended up putting the old one in some just boiled water in an attempt to shrink it slightly, and it worked! disc drive functions as normal now.
• Screen flickers near-constantly and briefly blacks out every few minutes. This post on reddit looks the same, replies are suggesting it could be leaking capacitors or failing GPU. I plan to replace all the capacitors at some point as they are pretty cheap and I can get help with soldering. For now I am leaving it turned off :(

Resources

• ConsoleMods.org Xbox:Versions page - Has a lot of technical info and toubleshooting links
• Xemu Website - free cross platform Xbox emulator
• Insignia Website - free fan-made replacement for Xbox Live on original consoles and Xemu
• XLink Kai Website - free cross platform player-to-player network (like an online system-link replacement) that works with original consoles and Xemu