#How to homebrew xbox 360 mod#

There are a few different revisions of the 360 slim. E series units are pretty hit or miss, as most of them cannot be modded.

#How to homebrew xbox 360 mod#

The best console to mod is probably the S series, as it does not suffer from the poor manufacturing process of its predecessors and has a few extra features, chief among them being the built in Wi-Fi. If you have an older Phat unit with a 'blades' dashboard it may be possible to attempt and original JTAG hack, so it would be wise to refrain from updating it if possible.

These are newer revisions of the old phat units and are less prone to overheating. If you insist on using one of these revisions they will require a specific exploit method that is beyond the scope of this guide. Unless you are lucky enough to find one that is on a very old dashboard version (in which case you can attempt a JTAG mod) its best to avoid these consoles. They have a high failure rate and will give you a lot of trouble when you attempt to exploit them. These motherboards are come from launch edition XboxвЂ™s and are a pain to mod. Lastly, Microsoft released the Slim E (Winchestor) series, which is more of a budget unit and has no analog AV out or S/PDIF.

These consoles are slightly smaller, feature an optical audio port, and have built in Wi-Fi. In early 2010, Microsoft also released the Xbox 360 S series. The original white models (known colloquially as вЂњPhatsвЂќ) went through about 4 major internal revisions to fix the dreaded red ring of death issue. The Xbox 360 went through a number of different revisions in its life time.