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Take one XIR Easy Kit from www.XIR.us ...
Date: 03.04.2007
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... and one softmodded (or chipped) XBox and get to work
Date: 03.04.2007
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Turn the Xbox upside down to reveal the bottom where you can find the screws carefully hidden.
Date: 03.04.2007
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You can use a small flat blade screwdriver to pry off the rubber feet and you can either try to carefully peel off the stickers, or just make a hole where the screws are
Date: 03.04.2007
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Get yourself one of these and never worry about having the right tool for the job. The bits we are interested in are the T15 and T20 (Torx) bits. For the screws in the case, you will need the T20
Date: 03.04.2007
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Turn the Xbox right side up again and lift the top off. This needs a bit of frigging left and right as it is quite snug
Date: 03.04.2007
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Looks just like a PC, doesn't it?
Date: 03.04.2007
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Remove the IDE cable and power molex connector
Date: 03.04.2007
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Undo the screw which holds the HDD bracket in place. You will need a T15 for this
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Undo the wiring
Date: 03.04.2007
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Lift the HDD bracket out to reveal the motherboard
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Locate the big molex connector at the front of your Xbox
Date: 03.04.2007
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Date: 03.04.2007
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Get the connector with two wires from the XIR Easy Kit
Date: 03.04.2007
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The white one needs to be connected to the 3.3V STB wire, which is the light brown wire in the picture
Date: 03.04.2007
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The black wire needs to be connected to the 3.3V wire, of which there are two present on the molex connector. Pick the easiest one and push it into the molex connector
Date: 03.04.2007
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Put the connector to one side whilst you connect the other things up
Date: 03.04.2007
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Locate the yellow connector at the front of your Xbox and disconnect it
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Get the XIR Easy Kit ...
Date: 03.04.2007
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... and insert the yellow connector into the XIR Easy Kit
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Take the black connector from the XIR Easy Kit and ...
Date: 03.04.2007
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... insert that into the connector where the yellow connector used to be
Date: 03.04.2007
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Pick up the IR lead from the XIR Easy Kit ...
Date: 03.04.2007
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... and connect that to the brown connector on the XIR Easy Kit
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Date: 03.04.2007
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Push the IR end of the IR lead through the hole where the yellow connector wires go through
Date: 03.04.2007
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With a bit of fiddling and with the assistence of a small pliers you should be able to pull the IR lead through the bottom grill at the front
Date: 03.04.2007
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Date: 03.04.2007
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Finally, connect the two wired lead (the one that is pushed in the big molex connector) and connect it to the XIR Easy Kit
Date: 03.04.2007
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Unplug the molex connector ...
Date: 03.04.2007
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... and hide the XIR Easy Kit underneath the wiring loom
Date: 03.04.2007
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Get yourself some double sided sticky tape ...
Date: 03.04.2007
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... and attach a small piece to the backside of the IR component
Date: 03.04.2007
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Peel of the other side of the sticky tape and stick the IR component to the front of the XBox
Date: 03.04.2007
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Pull back the wires again to make it as tidy as possible
Date: 03.04.2007
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The big moment :) Connect the Xbox up to a power source and the green LED on the XIR Easy Kit should light up
Date: 03.04.2007
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Date: 03.04.2007
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All you now need is to try it. The DISPLAY button will switch the XBox on and the 0 button will switch it off again
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Now you are ready for some XBMC action!
Date: 03.04.2007
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