Trinity XBox 360 cleaning, refurbishing and RGH3 modding
4I did another boring ol' live stream the other day refurbishing a 360 that I bought online and cut it down to share here for those of whom may find it informative. Just a simple DVD drive repair this time around. I know there are many guides already out there but I thought this might help those who run into certain issues that aren't always explained elsewhere. From the perspective of running into problems as they occur and showing how to resolve them. Also questions you may not have even had.
0:00 - Photos from the online listing
1:03 - Discovery process
3:46 - Disassembly
9:11 - Investigation of the innards
10:58 - Cleaning the innards
13:18 - Pico diagram & preparation
15:09 - PicoFlasher installation
16:12 - Reading the nand
13:33 - Close up of the solder points & preparation
18:26 - PLL preparation and installation
22:54 - POST preparation and installation
24:35 - Creating/Writing XeLL
25:19 - Navigating XeLL
25:52 - Creating XeBuild & Writing the Nand
26:55 - Testing
28:24 - Remaining RGH3 maintenance
31:55 - Reinstalling the X-Clamp
35:08 - Software crap
37:31 - Change of plans
38:55 - More software crap
39:48 - FTP crap and problems you may also run into
44:12 - Quick touch on Dashlaunch
45:07 - Setting up game links found in the content directory
46:25 - DVD drive cleaning & maintenance
54:15 - DVD drive testing
54:44 - Disc dump linking and test dump
56:40 - Recapping what was done outside of software
57:25 - Ring of light LED replacement
1:02:00 - Cleaning & reassembly
1:02:30 - Showing off the new ring of light
Useful links:
RGH 3 Guide: https://xbox360hub.com/rgh-3-guide/
Software & FAQs: https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox_360:Xbox_360_Mods_Wiki
Jrunner with Extras (much thanks to Octal450):
https://github.com/Octal450/J-Runner-with-Extras?tab=readme-ov-file
3D print a postfix adapter (not required for Trinity):
https://github.com/Androxilogin/3DPostFix
PicoFlasher Zero file, 3d printed case & diagrams
(much thanks to liquidzorch for porting it to the Zero)
https://github.com/X360Tools/PicoFlasher/issues/24#issuecomment-1666996348
PicoFlasher (for the original Pico Pi; thanks to Balázs Triszka/X360Tools):
https://github.com/X360Tools/PicoFlasher
Also Balázs Triszka's ko-fi:
https://ko-fi.com/balika011
I feed kitties:
https://ko-fi.com/annyx/
RGH3 resistor values:
Falcon/jasper - 22k (diode is optional; for better boot times)
Trinity - 3-5k
Corona - 1k
Note: these are not set in stone. If you did everything correctly and you still can't get it to boot, search some of those keywords, such as "resistor falcon" in the https://old.reddit.com/r/360hacks/ subreddit.
If you can't get it to read your nand?
Probably your soldering.
If you can't get it to write?
Check your soldering.
Use a multimeter. Make sure no two connections are accidently bridged.