Xbox question

[o9z]

What is the difference between a v1 and a v1.6 xbox? Which is better?

 

[jkoon]

Well I know the new versions don?t allow you to softmod it because they have a newer version of the xbox dashboard installed.

I also remember reading about a recall that xbox had on the power cable so perhaps the newest version has fixed that issue as well.

 

[MrDudeMan]

they have different connections internally and newer hardware. the 1.0 and 1.1 have "daughterboards" for the controllers while 1.2-1.6b do not. also, the earlier drives have a very crappy DVD drive. the video chips also changed as the versions progressed. my 1.5 boots up about 3 seconds faster than a 1.0-1.2.

the 1.0 and 1.1 use a different power supply connector and i think the ram is also slower. the differences arent huge, but there are definitely a few.

 

[o9z]

thanks! Both of you gave me much more info than I previously had. Guess the answer is simple.....1.6 is the winner.

 

[orakle]

The only thing (in my eyes) different about the 1.6 is it's more of a pain in the ass to install a modchip. You have to do a "rebuild" of the LPC port on the motherboard which involves soldering a few wires on the underside and installing a pin header onto which you drop your chip. Check out www.xbox-scene.com for more information.

 

[jkoon]

Yea I forgot about the better dvd drive in the newer models, I have a friend that says it makes for a pretty big improvement if your discs are scratched a lil.

 

[keeleysam]

The best ones aer 1.2-1.3 IMHO... Most of them have the 10Gb drives, the LPC holes aren't filled, no daughterboard to deal with, and thats when they started using Samsung DVD drives.