NEW: Xbox Version 1.6

[Neo]

Xbox v1.6 is here ... first pictures and analyse! *updated*
>> booyeah on the xbox-scene forums bought a new Xbox console today and he's the first one reporting to us with the new xcalibur videochip.
It was already reported some time ago a new xbox videochip would be used in new xboxes (thought to be first in the crystal LE Xbox ... but apparently all those were still v1.4 (Focus videochip)).
But now that we saw the first pictures of this v1.6 apparently much more changed then just the videochip ... it's basicly a total new board design. (LCP is still there but with point #4 open ...). "D0" probably also moved as the "D0-area" totally changed.
It looks like it won't be possible to put an extra 64MB ram anymore as the extra places to solder these chips have changed.
Also ... it looks like there's no onboard TSOP anymore. The BIOS chip might have become a read-only chip (that rectangle "Xyclops" labeled chip above the LPC?) so it can't be re-programmed anymore or maybe they placed the TSOP on the back of the motherboard now. It's all just a guess rigth now ... we don't have any confirmed info yet.

Here are some specifications of Booyeah's v1.6 Xbox:
DVD-drive: Philips
Kernel build: 1.00.5838.01
Dashboard build: 1.00.5659.03
Manufacture Date: 2004-03-22

It's unknown at this moment if there is extra or new security. This Xbox will (probably) require a new bios (with support for the new xcalibur videochip) and maybe more.
More news will be posted here when we have it ...

Pics
http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/4/xboxv16/xcalibur_01xs.jpg
http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/4/xboxv16/xcalibur_02xs.jpg
http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/4/xboxv16/xcalibur_03xs.jpg

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Source: Xbox-Scene.com

[Memphis]

The pics won't link due to Xbox-Scene's protection for their images.

[Neo]

The first two work for me...

[nimbles]

Looks like none of the current modchips will work and from the chat at xbox-scene, no-one seems to know where the tsop is- having said that there's no pics of the underside of the board so we haven't got the bigger picture yet.

[old engineer]

Pics are nice and sharp, shame they didn't pull it apart so we could see the underneath though :(

[nimbles]

You guys in the us can make some money on this :D


>> Well, here's a bit more information about the new Xbox v1.6 board coming from various people dicussing in the xbox-scene forums.
- Xboxes with a manufacture date of 2004-03-22 are v1.6. 2004-03-11 are still v1.4. So far these very recently produced xboxes are only found in US stores ... but it's only a matter of time before they come everywhere (when old stock clears).
- We now saw pictures (see below) of the backside of the board. There's no TSOP there either - so bios/kernel (firmware) must be on another chip. First guess is still that new "Xyclops" labeled chip above the LPC. It's unknown yet if the onboard bios/kernel will be flashable or not. Will have to be researched by HW teams.
- We do NOT know yet if it's still possible to force boot from LPC. Neither do we know yet if the LPC bus changed (apart from the visual difference that there is a LPC point #4 now - this point was not on older xbox versions). So it's also unknown yet if the current modchip hardware will be compatible with the v1.6
- The 5530 and 5713 retail kernel (seen in xbox v1.4/v1.5) has already support for the new xcalibur chip.
- The audiochip is also gone. The new videochip (labeled xcalibur) is bigger then the one used before (conexant/focus) so it's possible audio and videochip are now combined in this new xcalibur chip.
- The new 'xyclops' and 'xcalibur' have not been identified yet as any known chips. These might be custom chips made by/for MS.
- Modchip teams are showing interest for this new v1.6 xbox and will probably start research as soon as they manage to get one of these v1.6 xboxes. I saw in the forum thread SmartXX will get 2 v1.6 xboxes soon and Team Xecuter is doing a public request for v1.6 xboxes (they give you 300usd for one v1.6 xbox)
not gonna try posting the pics as I always end up linking to a google pic but you guys know where xbox-scene is anyway right? (http://www.xbox-scene.com) ;)

So anyone who has a v1.6 can sell it to Teamxecuter for $300 :eek: dunno how many times that'll work though :D