Complete VGA Mod Guide (Diagrams, Hex Edits), HD vs. S-Video comparison, bad games. Options

[leeloo5]

1. I use the ind bios 06 since my Hard drive is 120gigs. Sorry, but I can't help you with not picking up the G partition.

2. I also have a 1.0 with Xenium ice and i use the Ind bios 5001 vga patched 06.

3. Any capacitors should work, but i'm not perfectly sure about that. I picked some standard ones up from Radioshack. the cheap ones should be fine, but more expensive ones just allow for higher voltages (which should not occur anyway).

4. I don't know why your games would be green and your dash fine. Unless your games are on the non-working list, there should be no problem. for example Halo 1 and Halo 2 work great for me.

5. For any display problems, it might be good to unplug the monitor cable and replug it in after the game / dash has loaded. this way the monitor is recieving a steady signal that doesn't change around. some monitors are pretty picky.

Note: I'm only someone who sifted through many tutorials I felt were vague and unclear. I only have one setup, a US xbox 1.0 with a Xenium Ice and I can only test so many monitors. I wrote the guide to give people another perspective with what i think are clearer images. I'm sorry if I can't solve your problems, I hope you guys understand and good luck.

[notonxbox]

Been trying to find an answer on something......

I'm assured I'm getting the best pic I can with my setup. hd pack with the components to a component - vga cable. high res options enabled using enigma. I can see an improvement when I use a 720p game.

So my question is - why make the vga mod? Is the mod cheaper? Or does it give you something that my setup won't? Will something like x2vga give me anything i don't have now?

[leeloo5]

you have SoG (sync on green).... YAY. so no, you can use your setup fine, no difference. I dont have any monitors with SoG, so i need to incorperate a sync splitter circuit. Only benefit to x2vga is that you can play some games like Jade Empire without the green tint.

[Textbook]

you have SoG (sync on green).... YAY. so no, you can use your setup fine, no difference. I dont have any monitors with SoG, so i need to incorperate a sync splitter circuit. Only benefit to x2vga is that you can play some games like Jade Empire without the green tint.

I wouldn't say that's the only benefit. I think there are a couple other major benefits of the X2VGA. First, it doesn't need a hacked BIOS so that means you can still play on Live / unmodded just fine. I think another advantage it has is the great 720p, 1080i support. Many (not all) monitors will give a purple tint with homemade cables and a VGA BIOS.

This post has been edited by Textbook: Aug 8 2006, 04:28 PM

[jippie]

I'm going to feel stupid but anyway.....

Can someone tell me how to make a SOG cable without the LM1881 chip??
I really did look though this guide but saw nothing on just a cable!!!


EDIT...

found what I needed here
http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=32.html

sorry again.

jippie

This post has been edited by jippie: Aug 28 2006, 05:28 PM

[FrostyTheSnowman]

Scroll to the bottom of that page and click on 'My monitor supports sync on green', and follow the prompts.

[drukenslob]

Hey,

Im trying todo the vga mod but I find the information scattered and sometimes un-useful


I did this diagram:


Along with this tutorial
http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=37.html


It should make the mod easier and less of a pain.


Please feel free to use, distribute in your tutorials, post etc


Feel free to comment on the above, thanks.

[rogerlike]

I'm not sure where this info belongs so I'm sorry if it's OT... The new Splinter Cell: Double Agent resets the GPU properly so unlike previous Splinter Cell games (1 2 and 3 all have the green problem) the colours are all fine with the VGA bios and cable hack. Good news for stealth co-op fans who run system link off a couple of xboxes...

This post has been edited by rogerlike: Oct 31 2006, 07:00 PM

[rogerlike]

I'm sorry, I was wrong about that... :/

[circusmonki]

thanks leeloo this cable works perfect. with the help of FrostyTheSnowman i was able to get the NKPatcher10-vga10 working (for softmods).

So my question is - why make the vga mod? Is the mod cheaper? Or does it give you something that my setup won't? Will something like x2vga give me anything i don't have now?

My complete cable with the sync splitter cost around AU$13. The annoying thing is the LM1881N cost me AU$12 . But some people rekon you can get the LM1881N for about $3 so that I think would make it a hell of a lot cheaper then your setup.

Also I would recommend the NKPatcher vga method even for people with chips. have your xbox activate the softmod when you switch the chip off i think

I wanna thank leeloo5 and especially FrostyTheSnowman for this perfect picture



XBMC in 720p on a 19" Polyview V396 lcd monitor. Just beautiful

[FrostyTheSnowman]

VGA on the XBOX is just gorgeous, isn't it?

Now you know why i'm such a big supporter of VGA on the XBOX.

Nice picture by the way.

[leeloo5]

Hey,

Im trying todo the vga mod but I find the information scattered and sometimes un-useful
I did this diagram:
....

Your VGA plug only has 14 pins . anyways, I like my diagram since it visually draws each pin to each pin. color coded too, anyways as long as you get it working its all good.

thanks leeloo this cable works perfect. with the help of FrostyTheSnowman i was able to get the NKPatcher10-vga10 working (for softmods).
My complete cable with the sync splitter cost around AU$13. The annoying thing is the LM1881N cost me AU$12 . But some people rekon you can get the LM1881N for about $3 so that I think would make it a hell of a lot cheaper then your setup.

Also I would recommend the NKPatcher vga method even for people with chips. have your xbox activate the softmod when you switch the chip off i think

I wanna thank leeloo5 and especially FrostyTheSnowman for this perfect picture

....
XBMC in 720p on a 19" Polyview V396 lcd monitor. Just beautiful

1. Happy it works
2. Prices all pretty much depend on ebay at the time for me, since that's where I got the parts, for me it was about $20 total.
3. My modchip does not like softmoding plus I like being able to use the dashboard. I know I can use UIX (which I setup for my friends softmods), but I like the MS dash for 480p enabling and just to have it.
4. exams are often crappy.

edit: images removed

This post has been edited by leeloo5: Dec 5 2006, 08:02 PM

[losman]

I made my system thanks to everyone here. Here is a picture of my VGA cable:



Unfortunately for me - I am selling my system:
System on eBay

[joesnose]

ok ive read the tread but didnt see an answer, if i use a vga bios can i still use my xbox on my telivision or is the bios purely vga?

[quickline]

Thanks for the great tutorial.

I just have one question - I built the cable with all of the components (lm1881, capacitors, resistors) and it works fine on my 19" LCD, but I get a green tint on my 19" CRT - what does this mean?

Which supports SOG, which doesn't?

What can I do to fix it?


Thanks