SICKmods' ATX to Xbox PSU Converter v1.0 Posted by XanTium | December 10 18:46 EST

Those who read our forums know this has been out for a while already, but it wasn't mentioned on the x-s news yet, so here it is: [QUOTE] Our ATX to XBOX PSU Converter 1.0 has been released. This device will allow you to use ATX Power Supplies to power up your Xbox version 1.0-1.5. This is a great feature for casemodders who have their Xbox in a different case, such as a PC case. You'll be able to power it up using the Xbox's power button like normal. Along with this, we also have ATX Extenders available, so you can install the Converter without splicing the wires on the power supply. [/QUOTE] Official Site: psuconverter.sickmods.net

wasn't these already done? I am looking at one in my hands right now.

uuuuuhhmmm,

did you read it?




great product though!!

another great product built to last.

never had any of pablots or sickdimensions electronic device's fail or have any problems to date.

and these are defiantly worth posting on the x-s new's page it is a nice product at a good price and been around long enough to confirm it .

cool stuff, but the real question is.. when do i get my hands on the Wii sound reactive LED fader?

Xantium, you really need someone else in charge of the news. XS news just plain sucks. Totally outdated and plenty of irrelevant information clutters the site. Btw, why isn't anything fricken updated at all?!!! Prime example; Interviews. Remove them if you wish to discontinue them. Jesus...

how many watt ATX power supply is needed?

Will 120 Watts work?

http://www.mini-box.com/?sc=8&category...it=A&id=417

Im guessing xbox news is abit slow atm lol.. They will be talking about Xecuter 3's next.. lol

Well, that's not really nice to say. What have you found that's so interesting that everyone should know about? Hmm?? Besides, I'm sure Xantium is busy with other things as well.. Also, news is pretty slow atm..


Check out the tut in my sig..I dont even remember what the wattage was on the PSU I used.. but it works. I think its 60watt (it's a PicoPSU btw). (It won't run standard 3in HDDs or 5.25in Drives..)

This device by SICKmods should be really good and help many o' plenty run an ATX psu! w000t.

p.s. Me want that Wii dealy..whens the release!?!

I am looking forward to picking one of these up for a future project More great stuff from Sickmods!

Too late my friend, already got one just 2 days ago.
I wish he would have the cable already spliced with the converter on.
You basically just get the board and the atx cable, you gotta cut it and correctly rewire it as well as splice in the converter.

Ah well.

Oh and its cool, very well made. Instructions are a little confusing if you dont know crap about electronics, but I figured it out after doing some searches on the intorweb.
Thubs up Pablot.

what I meant to say is this TYPE of device has been out looong ago... NOT THIS ONE exactly but xbox to atx has... so is there anything special about this one? guess I should have been more specific.

Well since tribemods closed he is the only one selling them...Its just as easy to make one in my opinion but for people who dont know how to make them this is the guy to buy from his led boards are very high quality

This one has been out for about a year.. Nothing special about it.. just helps noobs and lazy people convert without having to build there own.

must be a slow week for the scene
we need some better hacks on the 360
Rip

it's kind of funny that I should see this news post get up, I just barely ordered on of these, it came in yesterday

TribeMods used to have one and AFAIK they were the only ones who made one. And they kind of fell of the map as their site disappeared nearly a year ago with nothing more then a 360'ed version of their logo.

I've had a big Xbox 1 mod in limbo for months and months now, I'd planned on building my own adapter but never got around to it and finally decided to just spend a bit extra and buy this one, I haven't used it yet but i'm very pleased with the quality.

It's nice to see that there are some people who still give a damn about the OGXB

Cool! Nice to see it on the front page. I submitted it a while ago, but I imagine the staff is extremely busy these days, so thanks Xantium for posting!

To answer some questions, yes, 120W should be fine. I forgot what the Xbox uses, but I believe it's around 60-90W.

As for the PulseVU for Wii, we should have that released on Monday or Tuesday. That's a fun one; my favorite so far. I'm not sure if Wii news makes it front page here yet though.


It's better than the 360 at the moment as far as I'm concerned.

now if they make one for the 1.6 ill be happy. Although i think pablot said the 1.6 xbox uses too much current in standby for a standard atx psu or something like that.

Ya, it would be nice, but unfortunately it's never going to happen for just that reason.

is there a max power limit i can use. I was thinking of using a 220W PSU along with this. Is that too much?

No, you can never have too much wattage. So that should work perfectly.

/pablot

That things crazy! Though 2 things pop into my mind...
1) It wouldn't fit standing up underneath the hard drive, where the power connector is
2) it probably has 5v standby, so you'd need to rewire it through this little board we are seeing
3) (the extra one) You'd have to remove some of the pins anyway, to wire though the atx to xbox adapter anyway, so u may as well just remove the connector on the bottom of that psu, so u can put the board in between and then hard wire it in (its not like it'd have to be removed, u could even stick it to the mobo!)

My points. I didn't see a price on them but will look now (these mini psus)! Im very keen

its a nice product,i ordered it a couple of weeks ago and modded my mini xbox with it,works amazing thanks sickmods.

nice product SICK.
Good to see you're still around. Contributing alot to the scene!

ps: heyyy it's flashfreak

Man sick you and pablot have the coolest xbox mods bar none. Hope people are taking advantage before they become extinct because they are one-of-a-kind mods.


I know I am! Somebody is visiting your store soon to buy me a bunch of Christmas presents



Thanks for doin what you guys do.


*and this sounds really stupid and crazy but im serious, Im buying a Wii for the girls for Christmas and basically its only because of Zelda and your Wii mod. I HAVE to have that thing. That friggin video you guys put up sells it!


You guys seen that? Aesthetically AMAZING.

lol I was just thinking the exact same thing. The Wii wasn't too appealing as a project box until I saw Sickmod's mod for it

Haha, thanks for the kind words everyone! Now buying a Wii just for our mod.. that's just awesome.

As Bunnie observed in Hacking The Xbox (2003), the standby power is not really that sensitive, as it's only running the low-speed logic that turns the power supply on (and in any case, you're starting off with a regulated 5v supply). So you can get 3.6v standby voltage for $0.20 by putting two diodes between the 5vsb line and the XBox.

And with a 3.6v standby voltage, the XBox still works.

And the XBox still works when you hook the two PWROK lines straight together.

Which just leaves PWRON, which can be reversed with a simple transistor/pullup resistor.

What do I get for my extra $17 ?

How will this ATX to XBOX chip work on 1.0v xbox if they run off an AT power supply?

They don't. They have a proprietary connector that looks like an AT, rather than a proprietary connector that looks like an ATX. In both cases, the PSU is electrically closer to ATX than AT, but compatible with neither.

uhm, you don't get anything if you don't buy it. No one is making you buy it. But other than that you get it prefabed with correct level conversion on all signals. The schematic is freely available for those that want it, both the one this is constructed after and the bunnie version.

/pablot



It won't work. The AT PSU doesn't have a 3.3V rail, further more it doesn't have a PsOn signal, so you can't turn it on electronically (without the use of relays and such).

/pablot

If i used a 12v ATX power supply to run my xbox off my vehicles 12v could i use an ATX to at converter cable on my 1.0v xbox or is the wiring different than a standard AT connector?

I'm afraid I've never seen one of those, could you link me to one?

/pablot

wonder if they will make one for x360

There are differnt types of power supply units for standard atx computers and they run off 12v and put out 95-200w

yeah, I know about the PSUs, its the ATX-AT converter cable that I've never seen

So some more info about that one would be nice.

/pablot

ATX 20 pin to AT P8 P9 plugs with switch


ATX to AT Adapter (20pin ATX connector to P8/P9 AT connectors and optional p10)

sorry to revive an old thread but for a n00b who just began to moding his xbox him self im realy clue less as to how to connect the psu to the converter ive looked at the diagrams on the sickmods site but dont totally understand em. as anyone got any pics of this converter wired up properly?

Well, I looked through my pics and the best I could find was this. It's sort of a bad example though, because it's wired straight into the PSU, without using an extender, but it might give you some idea as to how it's installed.

so like i just snip the wires that are just needed for the convertor board, solder them on and for the remainder use the extender cable?

Well, the Xbox uses a different layout of the wires than the ATX layout, so you have to move nearly all (if not all) wires around so the 5V from the PSU matches up to where the 5V should be for the Xbox connector, etc., for all the wires. The Converter intercepts 4 of the wires, so those passthrough the converter and out the other side to the Xbox connector.

think i uinderstand what you mean, will post pics when im done and before i power it just to make sure