just got two windows put into my case, painted the case black, and started to internalize my hard drive and realized i need a finer tip on my soldering iron. Ordered some 4" blue cathodes, and going to do a clear drive top mod pretty soon. still have to paint my faceplate in the same gloss black i did my system in, but since I'm going to be taking it all back apart my trim on my windows arent that great, but heres a pic of it.






EDIT
I guess I can show off my old system too, this one was a launch console, that is still working fine with xtreme 5.2 on live and not red ringed yet.

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Please don't kill me for posting a lot of pictures, i swear it's not my fault. I usually make a system, sell it and make another one. Been doing this for over 6 years. Made/Modded Psp's, Playstations, Playstation 2's, xbox's, custom computers and now 360's.

Specs:
-Xbox 360 Elite Falcon Board
-Blue talismoon fans
-Blue XCM V2 fans
-Clear air tunnel (Used to be a lit blue tunnel, but leds didn't work so i removed them)
-Talismoon Xray Window kit
-llammas xclamp replacement done to both cpu and gpu with AS5 applied
-Ram heatsinks added
-Fan grill removed
-5 Blue 0603 smd leds for ring of light
-4 Blue 0603 smd leds for controller
-2 3mm leds in hdd
-XCM smooth black controller Shell + painted black chat pad

Runs 8 degrees fahrenheit above room temp on cpu side, gpu barely registers above room temp.









Here's a video of it

Specs:
-Pre HDMI Xenon Board
-XCM Chrome Case
-XCM Chrome Controller
-9 Blue 0603 Leds
-Talismoon Blue Fans
-llammas xclamp replacement for gpu with as5 applied






Specs:
-Pre HDMI Xenon Board with GPU heatsink extension
-Case painted dupliclor flat black
-5 blue 0603 leds for ring of light
-4 blue 0603 leds for controller
-12v mod for stock fans
-llammas xclamp replacement with as5 applied
-fan grill removed
-tin foil heatsink tunnels

Xbox ran 8 hours playing halo 3 intro, highest temp spike was gpu side 18F above room temp.



Specs:
-Pre HDMI Xenon Board with GPU heatsink extension added
-XCM Translucent Halo Green Case
-XCM Translucent Halo Green Controller Shell
-Talismoon Green Fans
-Talismoon Green Lit Air Tunnel
-XCM DVD Window Kit
-Fan Grill Removed



Specs:
-HDMI Falcon Board
-Halo 3 limited edition console
-5 orange 0603 smd leds for ring of light
-4 orange 0603 smd leds for controller
-18 3mm leds for backlit effect (bright as hell)
-8 3mm leds for talismoon fan replacement
-2 3mm leds for hard drive
-llammas xclamp replacement done to cpu and gpu with as5 applied
-Fan grill removed
-Molex connector added from power supply to power leds
-2 Power Resistors rated for 5W (to safely run 9 3mm leds @ 12V)












Specs:
-Pre HDMI Xenon Board
-Talismoon Blue Fans
-Fan Grill Removed
-Talismoon auroa light kit
-5 blue 0603 smd leds for ring of light
-4 blue 0603 smd leds for controller
-2 blue 3mm leds for hard drive

I told my buddy i'd give him an xbox 360 if he helped me fix the transmission and replace the head on my car. Instead of giving him a plain xbox i decided to give him something a little different.







That's about it for the 360's. I have other pictures of xbox's and other things. I have never had a xbox returned to me except for a good cleaning.

If you have any questions or want any parts or good vendors for the parts just let me know.

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Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX560m 2GB - Primary Hard Disk: Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD

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(Before you post) (Everything You Need For Xbox 360)

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Most of the systems i buy have the 0102 rrod error, freezing issue, or sticky tray.

I usually don't buy complete working systems unless the price is decent. If you follow llamma's tutorials and overheat the gpu you shouldn't get any consoles back (well at least for that error). I've sold consoles to different states so I thoroughly test the console before i ship it out.

Dec 2007 i had a premium stolen from me and in Febuary 2008 i had an elite stolen from me. In march 2008 i bought an elite brand new from best buy and it lasted maybe 3 months until it started to freeze. I got pissed off and modded the hell out of it. I use it every day for maybe 6-8 hours a day depending on what i have to do the next day. I've never had any problems with it since.

I think you misunderstood about how the controller lights up. 0603's are for the quadrant location leds. The lights that light up the buttons are included in the xcm controller kit.

Here's a picture of it




It's basically a board with leds added onto a controller shell. You only have to solder 3 wires to the controller for it to work.




Even i wouldn't go the llamma route to add leds to the controller. The xcm is a far better option and you can turn off the leds if you want. I usually have them off because it really kills battery life on the wireless controllers. While plugged into the play and charge cable i'll usually have the controller lit.

Hope this answered your questions.

*edit*

Mike look at this beast

Crystal clear limited edition console (Not sold in US)
-Custom Clear controllers with Blue leds
-5 5mm led array in dvd drive
-2 3mm led for front
-2 4 inch blue ccfl tubes
-1 80mm blue ccfl ring
-80mm firework fan
-Nvidia southbridge chip heatsink
-round ata/133 IDE Cable
-500 gig ata/133 16mb cache hard drive

I know i'm forgetting mods too
















The controllers have maybe 12 smd leds in them and they jump around while plugged in. Only 2 are lit at once, it's hard to get a picture of them.






Sold for $530 Shipped

Asus Republic of Gamers G53SX-A1 - Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @2.00GHz - Ram: 16GB DDR3 (10600)
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX560m 2GB - Primary Hard Disk: Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD

(The Beast) (My Miner 2.8gh/s) (West Michigan Computers) (My Reflow Machine)
(Before you post) (Everything You Need For Xbox 360)

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