Converting Original Xbox Into Case For RaspberryPi

retroprogrammer

Hey guys, I was going to do this a year ago and I did make a post about it here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12093/project-my-first-home-made-console/2 , but the hassle of moving houses made it really hard. Know that I have settled in I can start making my case for my RaspberryPi 3, I will be using the original Xbox and taking it apart the inside, I might keep the Xbox ports and see if I can use it. I will being posting as I progress through this build. Right now I am going to be taking apart the original Xbox I will post some pictures below :-)

Any tips will be helpful

I used this video to take apart the Xbox:

retroprogrammer

You can view the pictures at my GitHub here: https://github.com/retro-programmer/Converting-Original-Xbox-Into-Case-For-RaspberrPi I am a novice at GitHub and just made a account 2 weeks ago :-)

I will update as I continue, I will probably update on the weekend as I need to go and buy some parts.

retroprogrammer

Can I still use the original Xbox button for shutdown and reset and the leds?

space cadet

Just curious did the hard drive crap out on you? The reason I'm asking is the xbox softmod modded rocks!

retroprogrammer

@space-cadet Yes, the first time I bought it, it was working but when I plugged it in yesterday it was Brocken. The hard drive was to blame

Drakaen391

@retroprogrammer yes, if you want to keep everything in place, you will have to figure out which wire does what,

It looks exposed, so it is literally following the wires

retroprogrammer

Here is an update on my project, I have got the original Xbox controller ports to work with the RaspberryPi Retropie. You can view the picture on my GitHub here: https://github.com/retro-programmer/Converting-Original-Xbox-Into-Case-For-RaspberrPi
I also have started a build diary their to.

retroprogrammer

Another update, now I just got this:

to work with Retropie I got the blue LEDs to turn on when the RaspberryPi is turned on and to turn off when the RaspberryPi is turned of, I am not sure what to do with the eject button, any suggestions, and red LEDS.

And I got the fan that was in the Xbox to work too
I will post pictures of all of this on my GitHub tomorrow morning :)

Other stuff I need to do are put all the cables in(HDMI, Ethernet, ETC) and buy the following:
https://www.jaycar.com.au/rj45-cat6-tool-less-keystone-jack/p/YN8038
https://www.jaycar.com.au/0-5m-usb-2-0-a-male-to-usb-a-female/p/WC7708
https://www.jaycar.com.au/keystone-insert-hdmi-hdmi/p/PS0771
https://www.jaycar.com.au/micro-usb-extension-lead-100mm-pair/p/WC7756

edmaul69

@retroprogrammer as far as the eject you could wire it up to reset or if you decided to make the disk drive functional then you could use it to eject. The disc drive could be used in dosbox and kodi. I have an xbox that i will be modding eventually with a pi. Smartxx had these little adapters that switched the controller ports to usb ports. I have a couple of these to use on the pi. I also have the dvd remote dongle for the xbox that i am hoping i will be able to get to work in kodi.

retroprogrammer

@edmaul69 I wish I could use the disk drive but the previous owner had jammed it and broke the disk drive, He had modded it, but I have a Xbox that was modded by me :)

retroprogrammer

@edmaul69 Where would you wire the eject button for reset?

edmaul69

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edmaul69

@retroprogrammer if you look on the pi next to the usb ports there are two holes that says “run”. You can solder a pin header there. One of the holes is ground and the other is the reset. Make sure you wire the eject wire to the correct one if there is a shared ground on the power button board. you dont need to wire a ground to the ground hole if there is a shared ground. Again make sure you wire the eject button to the correct hole if thats the case. I believe the square one is the correct hole.

retroprogrammer

Okay everyone I have finished my project "converting a original Xbox into a case for a RaspberryPi " I will be posting some pictures of the inside and outside later :-)

retroprogrammer

I have posted the pictures on my GitHub here:
https://github.com/retro-programmer/Converting-Original-Xbox-Into-Case-For-RaspberrPi

I am officially done! everything works fine!

retroprogrammer

Hey guys, I even got a start-up video splash screen, that looks like the real thing, I will put it for download on my GitHub here: https://github.com/retro-programmer/Converting-Original-Xbox-Into-Case-For-RaspberrPi

It is called: HD 1080p Original Xbox Startup in HD.mp4

edmaul69

@retroprogrammer any chance you can post pics here. Im on a cellphone and all the images say “cannot open. File is too big.”

space cadet

I'm gonna fix my xbox n soft mod it again.

retroprogrammer

@edmaul69 when I tried posting on forum it said the file was to big to, I took pictures on my phone I will try and post again :)

edmaul69

@retroprogrammer you can put them on imgur and then post link here. Has to be link on imgur that has .jpg or whatever in it.