How to JTAG your Xbox 360 and run homebrew

Step 2: Getting your parts

Tools
Soldering iron
Solder
Computer with LPT port.

Parts
1x 25 pin d-sub connector (male or female depending on which kind of cable you have)
Digikey # 225FE-ND

1x 25 pin d-sub cable (lpt cable) You can actually skip the cable if you buy a male connector and make your wires long enough to extend from your xbox to the computer
Digikey # AE9863-ND

3x 330 ohm resistors (only for Xenon motherboards)
Digikey # P330BBCT-ND

1x 1n4148 switching diode (if you have Zephyr, Falcon, Opus or a Jasper get 3x of these)

Refer to the image below to tell what kind of 360 you have.

There has been a new update to the standard wiring you should use for the JTAG wiring on Xenon's which requires just 2x 1n4148 diodes.  I've never used this method before so I can't really help as much if you have problems.  But I would suggest going with it instead since it is supposed to be electrically superior and uses less parts so less room for failure I guess.

Comments

[Badmandan48]

anyone mind telling me how i find out whether my xbox is a zephyr, falcon, jasper etc.

[SmellyRat117]

Anyone know where i could get a pre-modded one? I dont want to risk my xbox so i was thinking i could just get a pre-modded one cheap. (Max would be around 150(i know its dumb and crazy)) I WANNA HACK ASSASSINS CREED BROTHERHOOD! I BELIEVE I CAN FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XD

[anilsson1]

Don't use this outdated method if you have a Zephyr, Falcon, Opus or a Jasper. I used this and had to re-do it all a few days later because I got red rings, which is common with this method. Here is the best method: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=719652

You need, in total,
5x 100 ohm resistors (for LPT)
2x 10 000 ohm resistors
2x 2n3904 transistors
a db-25 male connector (for LPT)
1x 1n4148 diode (for LPT)

[KillerJalapeno]

EBay/radio shack/bestbuy u can even take the droides from ur printer lol

[o iL3GeNDz v1]

uhhh yh how the heck do we get all these parts, argos? eBay? currys?

[Hitman101]

Radioshack bro.

[GM Wallen]

Radio Shack

[abaddoncultist]

lol i walked into maplins with a jtag diagram and they just went and found the parts for me! simples!!!

[o iL3GeNDz v1]

maplins? never herd of it :( how much did it cost, i cud just get a jtag from my m8s dad, meh ill do that, abaddoncultist hav fun hackin, if it works, what game r u hacking? im hackin mw2 8D

[lewisjay1]

Maplins is basicially the english version on radio shack :L and btw Abaddoncultist nice compare the meerkat reference :L

[andy70707]

I always buy my components from ebay. For just over £1, you could get 100 diodes. In maplin, you could get about 4 for that price. Only reason I go into maplin is to buy 1-off resistors of obscure values or when I desperately need a component and cant wait for the shipping.

[jayhawkpride12]

Alright so big question, can we use a Female LPT to USB adapter to connect to a computer? My desktop does not have the LPT port and I dont feel like buying a PCI card with it if I don't have to

[metalowns11]

how do u know if your xbox is hdmi

[DARKSUPR3MACY]

If you didn't know how to tell if your xbox is hdmi or not PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't try this! Not trying to be mean or anything, but thats the basic of the basic, and jtagging is fairly complicated. :)

[gtm1260]

well, i was going to ask the same question, because i thought that it was a lot more complicated than if the xbox had an hdmi port on the back.

[cturnbull802]

if you have an hdmi port on the back

[4jose1]

can i use 270 ohm resistors