1. Try the link again, it worked for me a second ago, try copying it into the address bar.

2. There will always be the green tint for those games unless you use the softmod version which supposedly fixes the problem (i dont have a softmod so i dont know), I think for some people HD mode doesn't work so they use VGA mode, I don't and never have so dont know how that works.

3. if a monitor can support 720p it will be fine. Here are my various experiences (never cropping). one monitor displayed fine, awesome!!!!, one monitor wouldn't display at all, flickering in and out or not at all. The other will display fine but tear the very top of the image in a weird way, so I just used 480p.

4. My games dont seem darker, I have an xbox v1.0. You could adjust the contrast / brightness i suppose. I also noticed that many computer monitors wont display bright enough in general, maybe that's your problem.

Hope all of these answers help, I haven't been to the board in a while.

note: its funny, I dont like any of the non-working green tint games except KOTOR and Jade Empire, but i've already beaten both a couple times. its as if they dont want me to play them.

Great tut leeloo5, worked fantastic. Yet I have one problem that is making me angry. I have enabled 480 auto on the m$ dash via the hex code edit and if m$ dash works in 480, unleashx is supposed to work in 480 to but it won't let me change it. Any hints from anybody that has got unleashx to work?

ok, ive double and triple checked my wiring, and i can only get audio and no video through my monitor, anybody have any trouble shooting ideas?

try another monitor. not all work, especially lcds. You could also try turning the xbox on and then plugging in your monitor. sometimes this works better.

unleash x: no idea. If you want to use this as a perminant solution and you like unleash x, i dont know what to do. if you just want it for certain situations, you could use XBMC those times.

doesnt work on my old toshiba monitor, but worked on 2 17'' NECs and my dell 1905fp lcd.

i just slapped my circuit together and it works! thanks for your help leelo and everyone else who has contributed to the xbox vga scene....

still have to put a final cased version of it all together and i am having one problem so far...boots to my evox dash and the colors are correct, but it is very slow! i'm thinkin its a bios issue..im usin the ind-5001.67...i've been out of the scene for awhile and i must have something mixed up...i gotta 160gb inside and need the right bios support to access it, the 67s don't let me see anything! gunna try out some other bios revisions and such...xbox is a 1.1 w/ a sammy

Can someone tell me why this won't work on a v1.6b? Also, this mod can't go up to 720p?

Which 0.1uf capacitors shall i get? For use with the LM1881 chip, should it be the Ceramic Disc capacitors? If so what voltage rating should it be?

Please read rhough the whole thread!

Anyways, until now nobody figured out how to manipulate the gpu/ video encoder in order to output RGB instead of YCbCr. For the resolution, there is of course no limitation except for your monitor, assuming you are using a cable in HDTV-mode.
Maybe one day there is someone who can make a hack/bios which will output resolutions like 640x480 and 1080x720 or 960x720?

All my games have a green tint but dashboard is normal etc, i got the correct bios but i must say the ind-5001 is buggy it doesnt pick up my g partition using .67 bios version.
Whats the problem?

I have a 1.0 modded Xbox with a Xenium Ice. I was wondering what at the moment is the best, most reliable, most games work, etc...VGA bios for use with the VGA cable. So far I have seen pixel8, TATX, and the iND-BiOS 5001 bios. Are there any newer ones, or better ones available? I'm just looking to get the best

Edit* And X2-5035 I saw somewhere was said to have worked.

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.



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

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

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?

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

Can this work with a soft modded XBox using AUto Installer Deluxe 3 and XBMC 2.01?

Are there any commercial product that use the LM1881.
I was thinking of desoldering it if it comes in a popular electronic I might have knocking around.

You can order samples from the National Semiconductor website.

If anyone would be interested in building a cable for me for some extra $$$ drop me a PM.

Hey guys,

after reading these interesting threads about the whole VGA thing, I just decided to build such a cable and try it by my own. So now after a long time of soldering its done, but I can't get no picture on one of my 3 screens except the flubber animation. I used the LM1881N and the other standart parts as in the guide...
The only way to get a picture is at the moment to switch the cable to standart VGA mode and after the flubber animation with a green tint its over...black screen. All other switch positions like HD or AV didn't work at all...
So please help me... I'm lost...

greetings from germany!

P.S. You are the best here, great work so far!

1. Switch your console over to NTSC (using Enigmah's NTSC-PAL Switcher)

2. Switch your mode setting on your VGA cable to HDTV (2+3 Mode)

3. Enable 480p in your Microsoft Dashboard using an HDTV cable (or blindly using your VGA cable...)

4. Boot your XBOX with a VGA BIOS and your VGA cable, and you're set.

Be nice if this said specifically which .1 cap and 680kO resistor to get.

There's 1/4 watt, 1 watt, etc etc and NO search doesn't come up with results on which is best.

Hey there!

Thanks Frosty, my Pal xbox V 1.1 runs now properly at 2 of my 3 screens. You've done a very awesome work!
The only problem is with my IBM G74 screen. There are many dropouts (the screens goes blank very often). And the whole picture is very bright, when I have a picture . I can't even go to the screen settings menu because the picture goes blank when I try to do this. Could the resistor I used be the trigger of this failures? I took a 470kΩ resistor.

Thanks for the support!

Greetings from germany

Proverclocker

P.S. Sorry when my english is a bit strange Is it?

I just got around to building one of these. Got some issues

I didnt have the exact componoents on hand, I used a 470kO and a 220kO in series for the 680k, and for the .1uF caps I used 2 .047uF in parallel. I think that part should be fine

I flashed my second bank on my duox2 with frostys x2 5035


Problem is i dont get anything on screen when i boot from either bios, on either of my monitors.

Do i have to enable 480p/720p/1080i before anything shows up? if so whats the easiest way to do so (I dont have a tv with component imputs around)

My X2 5035 will actually boot into VGA on any XBOX v1.0-v1.5 regardless of whether or not the HDTV settings are on. But you do need an HDTV cable to use it... no other mode setting will work at all with this BIOS except for HDTV (Mode 2+3). (no other cable of any kind will work with this BIOS)

What mode setting are you using on your cable? (some guides use Mode 1+3 which does not work with my X2 5035)

Follow this guide to build a cable that is compatible with my X2 5035:

http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=32.html

I followed a different guide before that i messed up the wiring (box was being turned on by plugging in the cable)

used the guide you pointed to, wired perfectly, but I suppose the 1881 may have been damaged (doubtful), but I will try some things

Is there a site that says whether my monitor is SOG or not?

Here's a couple of links to pages that should help.

VGA Mod Tutorial on 360Mods.net

PS2-Linux Monitor Sync-on-Green Compatibility List

ok i got a question i have a moniter that the vgs end that connects to the computer is a hd15 pin male and it is bad or lose wires in it if i cut a end off of a old moniter that doesnt work can i splice the wires and it work and on the moniter cables there is a round thing about 3 to 5 inches away from the end what is that and does it need to be there or not i dont know if it is doing anything or just a straight throw thing
i would like to get this moniter working so any help that i can get on this will hopefully help
thanks so much

Ferrite core, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrite_bead

Hi guys, I'm new to this topic so my question may seem dumb. I tried to buy a component 2 VGA cable and use that with my component xbox connector to hook it up to my monitor. I don't get any picture on the screen and my monitor complains saying "Not Optimum Mode. Recommended Mode 1600x1200 60Hz"
My question is this, how different is the VGA connector hack described in this thread from an off the shelf component to VGA connector?
I tied holding the 2 triggers and pushing down the 2 sticks, but nothing happened. I have a moded XBOX running xecuter 2. I went to the system setting screen and tried both enabling the 480p,780p & 1080p and disabling them with the same results.

Do you know if your monitor supports Sync on Green (SOG, if you check the specs on the manufacturers website it should say). If it does then you shouldnt need anything other than a component to to VGA cable, if not you will have to build/buy one with the sync separator circuit. The other problem is some newer monitors dont like running at such a low resolution as 640x480 (480P) have you tried starting an app/setting your dash so it uses 720P and then plugging in the monitor and see if you get a picture in that mode?

Hi there, how can I get a LM1881.

It might help if you could tell us what region you live in.

For europe, there are 2 postorder companies specialised in electronic components. Farnell In One and RS components.

They work together with american companies doing the same thing. You can find the name of that company on their website.

In some cities, you have component shops that sell integrated circuits for repair purposes. A phonecall is usually all it takes to know if they can find that component for you.

regards.

Ah, sorry - I'm in New Zealand, I find it's really hard to get anything in this country due to our remoteness. >:-(

Aiight, I'll ring spam my local computer stores.

All are taken with a Nikon digital camera set up on a tripod. The actual image was produced with my 800x600 digital projector. The images were taken one after another, in the light and everything was the same. All digital photos are then adjusted for contrast with Photoshop Autolevel function.

as of right now the site is down :/

The link in post #1 worked for me today.

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. All are taken with your Nikon digital camera on a tripod set up. The real image is produced by my digital projector 800x600. It may be true, is not the fact that digital signals are encoded in different ways and should be amended, and that these signals are scaled and address are displayed.