Xecuter 3 CE

Team-Xecuter

Description

The Xecuter 3 is such an advance it is considered 5th generation and as always is leaving the competition behind as you can see by the features, not only do they always lead the scene on the latest advances they also have the biggest user based support of any other product giving you the quality of product along with the support you need.

The Xecuter X3 XBox modchip is the latest mod chip to date introducing the latest features available for the Xbox. It works on all Xbox consoles and allows you to play all import games, homebrew code (as well of course as games from your region) and more. The final X3 has 16 I/O ports to support a multitude of future add-ons. Team Xecuter has developed a Parallel LCD interface which requires no soldering and simply be plug n play.

Team Xecuter has also successfully implemented the new HDD upgrade function. It's so fast and simple to use - boot X3 with new HDD, select New HDD Upgrade (you can also set your LBA48 settings on the fly) - Your drive is partitioned and ready to FTP at up to 11,000 kb/sec in less than 5 seconds (This is included in the beta trials). The hardware info section now has an Xbox version checker & video encoder checker - including the new Xcaliber.

Another new feature is the User Selectable Startup Logo. Instead of it saying XECUTER3 you can have any logo you wish - and color too! Now the great thing about this new version is that before you had to manually convert the bmp image to raw data using some dos app - our new bios will convert it to raw format on the fly so all you need to upload to your xbox is xecuter3.bmp. The new FTP Bios Loader is brilliant. You simply FTP into your Xbox - select the admin folder and you have 4 options - 2048k, 1024k, 512k and 256k. If you have a 1MB (1024k) bios which is the size of the X3 bios - simply open up the 1024k folder. You then get two more folders Banks1234 and Banks5678. Choose which bank set you wish to store the bios and upload. Your bios is flashed and verified in seconds.

Features

• * Xecuter 3 Modchip
  
• * External Switch & Cables
  
• * Option 1 - All The Wires For A Wire Fit
  
• * Option 2 - Pin Header For Pin Header Fit
  
• * Both fitting options are included, it's up to you which way you decide to install
  
• * 2MB Flash Rom With 15 Bios Storage Options
  
• * Dedicated 256K Backup Rom with a new Linux based bios (Can be upgraded to any bios you wish)
  
• * i2c Bus for X3 Config LIVE!
  
• * New Enhanced SPI / i2c Interface
  
• * New Enhanced 16xI/O Bus for Full LCD support (and other future hardware add-ons)
  
• * All LCD modules to be custom made with adapters so no soldering required
  
• * Flash Protection Control
  
• * Mod Disable - Quick Press of Power or Eject (External LED will indicate RED LED)
  
• * Quick Press Power+Eject >1 second to boot from 256k Backup Rom (External LED will indicate YELLOW LED)
  
• * Quick Press >1 second to boot from 2Mb Flash Rom (External LED will indicate GREEN LED)
  
• * HDD Activity LED
  
• * LAN Activity LED
  
• * LPC/D0 Alignment LED
  
• * D0 Control
  
• * Wire Install Option + Included Wire adapter
  
• * Pin Header Install Option
  
• * New No-Solder Pogo Pin Install Option Available
  
• * New external programming interface Compatible with all current bios's
  
• * Supplied with all adapters & wires
  

Bank Modes

• * 256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/256k/
  
• * 512k/512k/512k/512k/
  
• * 1024k/1024k
  
• * 2048k
  

X3 Config Live Features

• * All works direct from new X3 on any new install.
  
• * Select which bios bank to boot from on-the-fly
  
• * Switch to either retail bios mode or FULL debug bios mode
  
• * Display / Edit bios names from each bank
  
• * Full DHCP & Static IP Support
  
• * Built-in FTP Server with Boost Mode (Over 11,000kb/sec !!!)
  
• * Built-in Web server
  
• * Flash BIOS via HTTP
  
• * Flash BIOS via FTP
  
• * New FTP Based Bios Storage System
  
• * Control all BIOS / Mod functions and settings from HTTP & PC App
  
• * Enhanced BIOS flash speed
  
• * Built-in Onscreen Keyboard
  
• * Customize all features of the bios on-the-fly
  
• * LBA48 Live Control (Select Partition 6 or 6+7)
  
• * IGR Live Control (Enable or Disable)
  
• * Quick Launch Feature (select different features to be executed with game pad combos)
  
• * Customize start-up animation colours on-the-fly (With Active Colour Picker System)
  
• * Customize start-up flubber colours on-the-fly (With Active Colour Picker System)
  
• * Change Camera Angles of the start-up animation (select between 15 options or choose random)
  
• * User selectable start-up logo
  
• * Password your XBOX for extra security
  
• * Change your power LED colour on the fly
  
• * Set your Internal Fan Speed on-the-fly
  
• * Enable or Disable Reset on eject
  
• * Boot to original MS Dash
  
• * Boot to original MS Bios
  
• * Load Bios from HDD C, D, E, F and Flash
  
• * Load Bios from DVD-ROM and Flash
  
• * Format & Partition HDD
  
• * Install & Partition Brand new HDD (ready to FTP in less than 5 seconds!)
  
• * Lock / Unlock HDD
  
• * Set / Display Video Mode
  
• * Progressive Scan Control (480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i)
  
• * Set widescreen / letterbox
  
• * New Audio Options (User selectable background music)
  
• * Set / Display Game Region
  
• * Set / Display DVD Region
  
• * Display HDD Password
  
• * Display All Xbox Live Configuration
  
• * Display All Network Configuration
  
• * Display all Eeprom public and encrypted data
  
• * Display Xbox Version
  
• * Display Video Encoder Version
  
• * Save XBOX Eeprom to X3
  
• * Restore XBOX Eeprom from X3
  
• * Auto Save Eeprom to X3 on first install
  
• * Save Settings to Eeprom
  
• * Set default dashboard
  
• * Setup custom dashboard selection (5 Options)
  
• * Set drive to boot dash from (C E or F)
  
• * Set LBA48 settings
  
• * Auto Fix of corrupt date / time
  
• * X3 Software Integration to other dashboards
  
• * Brand new X3 Bios Manager for the PC - MANY new features including full BIOS configuration via built in web server
  

What comes in the box

• * Xecuter 3 CE Modchip
  
• * External Switch & Cables
  
• * LPC Rebuild For Versions 1.6 & 1.6b
  
• * Option 1 - All The Wires For A Wire Fit
  
• * Option 2 - Pin Header For Pin Header Fit
  
• * Supplied with all adapters & wires
  

Pictures

Technical Spec

Source Material: InGaN

Emitting Colour: Blue

Emitting Wavelength (nm): 465-470

Size: 5mm

Intensity (mcd): 6000-8000

Viewing Angle (deg): 20

Forward Voltage (mA): 3.0-3.2

Forward Current (V): 20-30

I want to connect them to the 5V source from the 360 HDD and I was just wondering what resistors i should use. Would and 82 Ohm be ok? or 100ohm or am I completely off?

What are the requirements?

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possibly willing to do this to learn. IDC if you think it's over my head, I would honestly like to know and learn, it's not like it's my only 360.

Each screen in the BIOS contains a lot of information.

Taken from X3 Busted Chain to try and preserve the last traces of Xecuter 3 Tutorials

• 1. X3 Build: This is the version of the X3 BIOS you have installed on the modchip.
  
• 2. Dip Bank Select: This indicates which selected banks are being used to boot the BIOS. Generaly this will show "1-4" or "5-8" since the X3 BIOS is 1024KB and each single bank is 256KB.
  
• 3. Harddrive Space: This line displays how much harddrive space is available on each of the installed drives. C: & E: will be there for sure. F: and G: are only used if you have a harddrive in your XBOX that is large enough.
  
• 4. User Area: This list presents options you can select by moving the D-Pad or Thumbstick up or down and pressing "A" on the controller.
  
• 5. CPU: This displays the current processor temperature in degrees Celcius and Fahrenheit. Temperature should range from about 40º-65ºC (104º-149ºF). Your XBOX will overheat and shutoff at 71ºC (160ºF).
  
• 6. MCPX: This displays the current Media and Communications Processor temperature in degrees Celcius and Fahrenheit. This temperature is generally cooler than the CPU.
  
• 7. IP: This is the current IP address the X3 chip and XBOX is using. This is either statically assigned in "Settings" under "Network" or assigned by a router or server on your network running DHCP.
  
• 8. Date & Time: The current date and time as set on the XBOX.
  

Common Controller Buttons:

A certain set of buttons works for nearly all screens for various functions. Only buttons that are used are listed:

• Digital Pad or Left Thumbstick: Navigation only. Move up or down in menus, or move around on the virtual screen keyboard when typing in file and/or BIOS names. These controls are used purely for highlighting selections on the screen.
  
• Right Thumbstick: Press down on this thumbstick to switch between lower and upper case letters on the virtual keyboard.
  
• A: In this guide I refer to "clicking" on options because I've written a lot of instructions for operating systems and it is a force of habit. This button is used to confirm selections.
  
• B: This button is used to go "back" or "cancel" a screen in many cases and after the main BIOS is flashed, you can press this button to "Continue" without customizing the newly flashed BIOS' name.
  
• X: This button is used on the screen after the main BIOS is flashed to bring up the virtual onscreen keyboard and name the newly flashed BIOS. The virtual onscreen keyboard uses this button to delete the last letter entered.
  
• Y: This button is only used on the virtual onscreen keyboard to store the name that is entered.
  
• Back + Black: Reboot your XBOX from the X3 BIOS screens by pressing both buttons at the same time.
  
• Back + White: Take a screenshot by pressing both buttons at the same time. Your screenshot will be saved in bitmap format to E:\x3screenshots on the XBOX hard drive. (Via FTP, this is usually /E/x3screenshots).
  
• Power + TIME: Push and hold the power button down to turn on the XBOX with the modchip disabled.
  
• Power + Eject: Push both the power and the eject button and hold them for a moment to boot up the and make the X3 modchip load the backup BIOS. (Very useful if you screw up your main BIOS.)
  

Of course you must have your Xbox connected to your PC's network to use this function. There are many tutorials here on how to do this - all you need is a crossover cable network cable if connecting direct to your pc or a standard network cable if you are plugging into a hub or router. If you have any problems just make sure any firewall is disabled. If DHCP doesn't work static ip should work fine (static IP is always 192.168.0.99). Don't forget to make sure your flash protection is disabled before continuing !

Select Enable Network Flashing.

The TCP/IP protocol is now initialized. This process will take no more than 60

seconds to scan for a DHCP assigned IP address. Obviously make a note

of whatever address you are assigned and then skip the next step.

If a DHCP assigned IP address cannot be found then you are assigned a static

IP address (always 192.168.0.99)

Open up Internet Explorer (may or may not work in Firefox) and type in the IP

address that you have been assigned e.g. http://192.168.0.99. If your network

is working correctly you will see this screen. All you need to do is make sure you

have the bios you wish to upload and that your X3 switches are set to 1mb mode

(this can also be achieved by not connected the switch at all - default is 1MB Banks 1234)

Everything is explained on screen. For this example we have selected X3 1959 Bios.

Now select upload and flash.

Now you need to check your TV screen to see if everything is going smoothly.

This is what happens if your X3 has its flash protection enabled. You wont

be able to update anything at this stage. You need to make sure the flash

protection is set to off on the mod and on the switch if you have it connected.

You will need to start over from the beginning.

As you can see the 1MB (1024k) Bios has been grabbed from the network,

the X3 2MB (2048k) Flash Rom has been detected and things are progressing

nicely. The yellow bar = ERASING.

Superb we are almost there. The green bar = FLASHING.

The Flash has now completed. The Xbox will now turn off automatically.

Now turn it back on again yourself (quick press power button so X3 Logo

on switch is BLUE).

Success! Enjoy Your new Xbox adventure.

Taken from Team-Xecuter to preserve the end of Halo 2 and Xbox Modding

• Long press of power: ModChip Disabled
  
• Short press of power: ModChip Enabled
  
• Both press of power & eject: Modchip Backup (Mostly likely FlashBios)
  

If it is your first time with your chip in you want to do this

• Xbox version 1.0-1.5: ON ON OFF OFF
  
• Xbox version 1.6-1.6b (and rumored 1.7): OFF ON OFF ON
  

Note the 5 switch must remain off so that you can flash it, then keep it on all the time to prevent accidentally flashing.