Easy/beginners' mods?

So Many Kinds of Bagels · Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:33 pm

I want to start working more with electronics and customization, and I want to start off with a popular or easy mod. I'm not looking to buy an Xbox, by the way.
(I'm open to everything.)

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:44 pm

If you want an easy portable, do an NES using an NOAC.

If you want an easy hardware mod, try LED modding something.

If you want a soft mod, get an XBox, PSP, or GP2x. They are easiest.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:51 pm

LED mod all you Systems is pretty much a must for all beginner mods.
Fan mod a N64 (which I am going to do here soon)

Jewel LEDs for your Xbox (www.xbox-scene.com) tells you how to make your Green Xbox Jewel into Clear one, and how to put LEDs under it to shine through.

Disable the CIC chip in a NES (My first ever mod, disabling the NES lock-out chip to rid the System of the Blinking screen, plus if you burn your own Rom carts, you don't have to worry bout installing a lock-out key chip on the Cart.

Overclock a Original Gameboy (Just simply Replacing the Crystal with a faster one, to make the CPU run at a faster clock speed)

Gamecube LED Controller ports (Google "Mod that Cube")
Dreamcast LED controller ports
Dreamcast LED Modem
Dreamcast LED Fan

Xbox HDD Activity LED (Warning, can kill your HDD if not careful, trust me I killed my Friend's HDD doing this)

Switch Xbox's Green LED to Show Red LED (Green will then be Technical problems, and Red will just be Power on)

Xbox Soft Modding

There are a lot of Easy mods to do, just find what you want to do and do it, or experiment and make a New mod

So Many Kinds of Bagels · Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:47 pm

Thank you very much for all the feedback. I guess I'll start out with some LED work. Now to find the cheapest console on eBay...

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:06 am

PS: Your sig is the ultimate truth. (And blatant fanboyism!)

Twisted Warthog · Post by **Twisted Warthog** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:35 am

Ahaha Nintendo is the best company. Fanboy is right.

So Many Kinds of Bagels · Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:25 pm

Twisted Warthog wrote:Ahaha Nintendo is the best company. Fanboy is right.

Hey "Dude...", want to not help elsewhere?
Sweet, brah! K, thanks.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:33 pm

I like that sig. Stoled!

So Many Kinds of Bagels · Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:43 pm

Lol, feel free.

...JUST GIMME MOD ADVICE.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:49 pm

You spelt it NinTEDo.

Why not try to make an audio amp from a kit or something of the sort. Kits are great for figuring out how circuits are put together, and for soldering practice. Couple it with some knowledge of electronics (A Cap in parallel smooths out voltage lines) and you got yourself a beginners guide to electronics!

So Many Kinds of Bagels · Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:02 pm

Kurt_ wrote:You spelt it NinTEDo.

Why not try to make an audio amp from a kit or something of the sort. Kits are great for figuring out how circuits are put together, and for soldering practice. Couple it with some knowledge of electronics (A Cap in parallel smooths out voltage lines) and you got yourself a beginners guide to electronics!

You spelled it spelt.

I gotta fix that...thanks 0.o

Yea, I did a couple of kits, read a couple of books (including Electronics for Dummies, lol), but nothing really explained to me how I can make something on my own. What I mean is, I have virtually no "electronics common sense"--If I see a circuit board, I'll have no idea what's going on. I can identify resistors and capacitors and what-not, but it's all useless if I can't put anything together with what I know.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:26 pm

That's what Datasheets and University are for.

Unless you've always been a wiz-kid I dobut you'll be able to do that kind of thing, unless you're familiar with the different kinds of ICs. You can type in the number on google of a certain chip and such, I suppose.

jperryss · Post by **jperryss** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:17 pm

Twisted Warthog wrote:Ahaha Nintendo is the best company. Fanboy is right.

Says the guy who just bought a PSP over a DS.

Anyway, X2 on building a small project. I'm doing one of these very soon (I did say small).

http://tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy-tutorial/

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:27 am

you can make a vac-forming table for cases and whatnot, I built it for a portable, and I've used it many times since then.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:47 am

And with my guide nobody cares about, it's virtually free!