Ok, I will try and be as clear as I can with this. Also note, I did not perform the modification, that was done by a third party who I am not familiar with, but is known to my brother.

My brother just moved back home, and brought my Xbox back with him. I tried booting it up, and got an Error 5. After taking the box apart, I noticed the chip had come off it's pins, and was rattling about inside the case. I replaced the chip to it's normal position, but now the Xbox does not boot to anything, just straight black screen, or boots and shuts down immediately

What I know
It's a Duox2 Chip
The Xbox was working before it got shipped
It was using a combination of Avalaunch and XBMC for dashboards (booted to avalaunch, but XBMC was available)
From what I've learned from the forums, it appears the D0 has come loose from the chip (see image)

Sorry the pics look like ass, I have really shaky hands.




What is the best way to proceed?

Carefully strip the end of the wire to expose the copper wire beneath, then re-solder the d0 wire to the d0 pad on the chip. Once done, make sure you re-seat the chip properly.

A $10 Radio Shack soldering iron (soldering pencil) will be fine. It only takes a few seconds to re-connect the wire.

Alex has it nailed there
google search came up with This that might help.




but if this ^^^ is true for you i wouldnt recommend doing any soldiering as it requires a steady hand

Cool beans.

I shall go out tomorrow for supplies, if I don't already have an iron laying around somewhere, and I will report back tomorrow with results.

And just to clarify, i just need to heat up the existing solder point and join the wire to it, no extra solder required?

just strip the end, hold it up against the solder on the d0 pad, then touch the tip of the iron to the wire until the solder melts it into place (a few seconds). Put down the iron while still holding the wire to the pad. Wait for it to solidify again, then let go of the wire.

If you let go before the solder solidifies, you'll have to do it again.

... and that 30 gauge wire is really tiny so don't tug on it or you may break the wire or pull up the trace it's soldered to (bottom d0)