I remember when soldering was the main mod option for everything

Ngl I was digging through some old boxes last night and found my first mod chip for the original Xbox. That thing was huge compared to what we have now. Back in 2002 I spent like 3 hours trying to solder 24 wires onto those tiny points on the motherboard. One slip and the whole trace lifts off. Now you can softmod a Switch with just a paperclip and a microsd card. It's wild how far we've come in 20 years. Anyone still hold onto those old chunky modchips for nostalgia?

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rileyl9813d ago

Dang, that TSOP flash brick had to hurt, did you ever figure out the exact short or just reflow the whole thing?

nina14713d ago

Still got my old Xecuter 2.6 sitting in a drawer somewhere. Probably belongs in a museum next to a rotary phone. Reminds me of the time I tried to TSOP flash my Xbox and ended up with a paperweight for two weeks because I accidentally bridged two pins with a glob of solder the size of a pea. That thing still boots up though, which is more than I can say for my first car.