The solder pads are very small, but if you're patient and careful you should be able to heat both of the pads, and apply a little extra solder until the two pads are connected. You'll need to solder the R7D1 pad to the R7D2 pad, and the R7D10 pads together. The image above shows the locations of the pads. Most consoles require this same modification (any console from revision 1.2 through revision 1.5). In the case of my revision 1.3 console all I had to do was bridge two pairs of solder pads. The process of preparing your motherboard depends on the revision of your console. You will need to modify the motherboard to disable write protection on the TSOP flash chip. In order to TSOP flash your system you'll need to open up your original Xbox to get to the motherboard. I may eventually make a tutorial on how to softmod, but for now you can follow this tutorial on Reddit. Your console needs to be already softmodded, because otherwise you won't be able to run the Hexen boot disc.Hexen boot disc, I used the 2017 version.A revision 1.6 console doesn't have a TSOP flash chip, so this method won't work, you'll need to buy a modchip instead. Original Xbox console, revision 1.0 through 1.5.The process shouldn't shouldn't take any more than an about an hour at the most once you have all of the items on the list. Here's a list of things you'll need to TSOP flash your original Xbox. Some features include booting from homebrew disks, using unlocked hard drives, and upgrading RAM. By flashing the BIOS with an aftermarket BIOS you'll be able to unlock additional functionality that the Xbox is capable of. Basic hardware initialization code is executed from the BIOS every time the Xbox boots. The original Xbox has a small EEPROM chip on the motherboard in a TSOP package.This chip acts as the BIOS of the original Xbox. This is a guide on how to hardmod an original Xbox through the Xbox TSOP flash chip. A softmod is useful, but doing things like replacing your hard drive is much more difficult than with a hardmodded system. The second method is a hardmod, which requires a physical hardware modification. The first, and easiest method is a softmod. There are two types of mods you can do to run homebrew on your original Xbox.

Hexen 2017 installer disc