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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: diablo416 on April 08, 2007, 10:20:35 PM

Title: xbox to computer?
Post by: diablo416 on April 08, 2007, 10:20:35 PM

i have an xbox that stopped working because of the cd drive, im not going to replace it..
but i noticed that xbox is pretty much a pc, with everything built into the board.. i wanted to
take the nvidia and intel chips and put them on a dell dimension board, i dident think it was possible..
but im wondering is it possible to take the entire xbox assembly , minus the cd drive.. link it to the dell from inside by the ide cable and then like it to a dvd drive? .. i already no that the bios isnt the same would that matter? i dont want to use the xbox .. i just want to use its resources .. so could this work?

Title: Re: xbox to computer?
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on April 08, 2007, 11:16:56 PM

There is a person that made a sweet xbox 360 laptop.
Link below:
http://www.hackaday.com/2006/09/10/xbox-360-laptop/ (http://www.hackaday.com/2006/09/10/xbox-360-laptop/)
http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_1.htm (http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_1.htm)

(http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/final/jones_left.jpg)

Title: Re: xbox to computer?
Post by: Calum on April 09, 2007, 06:38:54 AM

That's just an Xbox 360 still, not a PC made from an Xbox 360.
I doubt that this will work if you want any recent OS, the Xbox has (if I recall correctly) integrated graphics, 32Mb of RAM and an 800(?)MHz Pentium 3 CPU.
The CPU is still fine to run XP and the like, but you would need a lot more RAM.
Good luck anyway, you may find a way to make this work.
I for one doubt it, but I would be the first to say well done if you did manage it somehow.