Alright I decided that getting up to power on or reset my xbox was a pain in the ass so i decided i would try my hand at adding a controller Power Button.

I followed this tutorial: http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/power-b...-controller.php

and i think i did everything right i here are some pics and an explaination of what i did:

First inside the Xbox I cut the yellow wire going to my first controller port. i then soldered on a new length of wire which i proceeded to solder to one of the bottom Legs of my Power button.



Then i went over to the controller (controller s in the tutorial it is a duke dont know if that should have an effect) and i soldered to a black wire to the very top solder point and then a yellow wire to the third solder point down. and then to the momentary push button.



any input would be greatly appreciated. dont really understand why it doesnt work it should work though everything i have ever learned about the xbox and electical work.

What happened to me is I soldered it to one of the things on the back of the power button, and it didnt work. So unsoldered it and touched the wire to all of the four things and found which worked. Looks like you habe everything working so far.

nevermind somone responded.

^^^^ Did you read mine?

hrmm didnt work

i also tried to other tut where it says to connect it to the second from bottom pin along the left side of the power /eject board

could this be a controller problem???

My second problem was not everything was connected. Make sure your power cord is plugged in and the power/eject board is connected and everything. And it works alot better if your dvd drive and hdd is plugged in.

Solder the yellow wire to the point in that picture then remove the switch and touch the wires as PhalC1 suggested. You could have a dry joint or an incorrect switch.

yeah man it is all done i got everything running like i tried turning it on with the regular button that worked and then turning it off from my controller and that didnt

Is that 8 or 8 and 9?

It would be 2 (SW2 Power) using the above as a reference.

No I mean the prong thingys in the back of it. Not what wires just the number from top to bottom.

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The yellow wire (red in the main pic) is connected to point 2 (SW2) on the main panel which would be the 8th one down. Point 2 and point 2 only.

Tango - why not do the memory card power switch mod, much cleaner than a switch in the pad.

My Red and and Black Ground are working fine because the LEDs are coming on.

I did one for one of my controllers, a memory card, and the xbox live connector thingy.

well i have been running ohm tests on the wireing now

and i have continuity between the controller dongle and my yellow wire in the controller

and i have continuity up to the controller port so i believe there may be a problem in my port

possibly casued when i drilled out for the port LEDs???

im gonna pull apart the controller port now and see what is goin on int here.

and it finally works . . . . damn those controller leds were a pain in my ass when i did them and they came back to bite my ass again.

now the trick is to get it all back together without breaking anything


thanks for all your help guys.