THIS One Chip Will Change XBOX Modding FOREVER | Project Stellar
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- This Will Change XBOX Modding Forever | Project Stellar
MakeMHz just released their game changing mod chip for the original XBOX, Project Stellar! This modchip is unlike anything that’s come before it and it promises to change the XBOX modding landscape. So does this new modchip live up to the hype? Let’s find out!
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4:20 Project Stellar Kit Parts
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12:25 Project Stellar Features
17:26 Pros and Cons
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i strongly appreciate the whole category of "make future mods easier" mods, especially when they go this hard into the ease of use
Big ups to Nacho. Modded 4 systems since watching and now sounds like 5!
Thank you! So glad your found the videos helpful! 🙏
He modded more than 4 Systems lol
@@whitewolfsounds2273 tool is saying he himself has modded 4 systems thanks to nachos videos guiding him....
@@norith4300 oops, my bad, didn't read that right
@@MachoNachoProductions great video
I installed my Stellar last week, it's working great already but I'm very much looking forward to fully unlocking the power of my much loved OG XBox as things develop!
Same here! Can’t wait to see more features rolled out
I bought the original XBOX with a mod chip in 2002 or so. What's the deal with this chip? I could play the games from HDD etc.
@@vermiform yes, the Xecutor chips I believe. So I'm wondering what I could do with this chip, that I couldn't with the other...
It seems like for those of us who bought a mod chip 20 years ago and got it working long ago, it's not quite as exciting. And the OLED display is quite silly. But I do appreciate the level of fit and finish that I see, especially with that HDMI mod.
@@igordasunddas3377 mine is in storage, but I think I modded mine with an really old chip running unibios w xbmc. I think the chip would is a cool stand alone solution for a fresh mod og xbox. This would be an upgrade considering the old chip I had in there🤷🏾♂️
One function I'd love to see is ram with backup to a microSD to replace the swap/cache partitions to allow for the use of an SSD without the potential for wear out.
Do you know how fast that micro SD card will die if used as swap?. Also not to mention performance loss.
@@RandomNJ I said ram backed by a microSD card for a reason.
Add enough caps to dump the contents of the ram to the microSD when it's powering down.
Then the microSD will only have one write on power loss.
Same principle as an acard ans 9010
@@magfal I don't think you know how much the og Xbox used it's swap.
@@RandomNJ enlighten me then. I've monitored disk activity on a running system using a TSR tool.
Have you seen any games that didn't constantly write to and read from the disk to make up for the low amount of ram?
Did you know that quite a few games does this in partitions that are supposed to be used for persistent data?
@Random NJ I don't think the micro SD will die quickly. They make Security ones for dashcams and such that are written to constantly and exposed to much higher temps than are in an Xbox.
I wouldn't use an off the shelf one, but a security one would likely work fine.
And if the micro SD is just swap space it doesn't really need to be that large either.
Love the increased usage of FPGA boards. They are more or less programmable hardware
So they are super fast and great for IO and Video/Audio
Definitely want to see how much easier it is to upgrade hard drives. That's been on my to do list for a while.
May have to do a follow up video
+1 for me! I would love a full stellar xbox video from start to end, including new hdd!
Agree 100%.
Please make the video. I was a big part of the xbox modding community back in the day. Currently the lack of concise information is slowly leaving the xbox modding to advanced users. Making these videos plays a major role in preserving the Xbox modding scene
@@MachoNachoProductions That's something I would like to see.
you encouraged me to mod my original gba console with the aluminum shell and i did really well with the mod and im very happy i found your channel
That’s awesome! I’m glad you found the channel too!
Damn. I wish I had the time and skills to create things like these. Amazing work from the developers. Thanks to Nacho for showing us these devices.
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it's almost Gibberish to Me, but I'm TOTALLY undeducated in Code etc, well just Uneducated Generally I s'pose 😂
@@mrmagoo.3678there are services that will take your console and mod it for you! It is expensive but if you love these games and maybe dont have the skill to mod them its a good option.
Nice video 👍
I got my Stellar and installed it into my main Xbox, a debug kit shell with a 1.4ghz CPU board. For me, the CPU being supported it really nice. It negates having to patch each game individually.
It's an impressive piece of hardware, and I'm excited to see what new features are added over time. One thing that really makes this modchip stand apart from others is that it recompiles the Xbox bios at boot, and has a dual-core ARM processor on board. This means it can patch routines in the Xbox's bios without needing to re-flash, and it has extra memory and processing power, which opens up new possibilities. My main gripe is just that some features aren't there yet (that were put on the features page as if they were present) but I trust they'll be added over time.
Definitely a project to keep an eye on.
"$160 is a lot for a closed source mod chip." Between the history behind this project, the creator, unprofessional business practices, broken promises and more... I'll wait.
I have been waiting so long for a video on this!! Thank you!!!
As someone who came into the scene at the same time the Xbox was getting modchips and softmods, I tend to take my software knowledge of it for granted. Hearing you say that the software side was a bit cumbersome and sometimes confusing but not the actual hardware modding made me chuckle because Im the exact opposite. I have no problem with bios,dashboards, hard drive upgrades, etc but the thought of soldering is just something I dont have any skills in. Tried to do a Wii modchip back in the day and ended up paying a friend. Love all the videos! Anything original Xbox on this channel is an instant watch.
Also, for those who see this and get this chip. Give insignia a try! Its a fantastic service that will only get better with more members! Amazing to see the setup utility included.
The soldering skill needed to mod the OG xbox is still the major wall to entry. What they really need to mass produce is those easy solder ribbons of theirs. The HDMI mod soldering is especially daunting not that the d0 point is easy either. (personally I lifted the pad when I did it an had to solder a bodge wire, which make that easy kit impossible)
Mine is already modded from way back in the day (been so long since I fired it up I can't even remember what I put in aside from the fact that it was a "solderless" kit). I'd love to change it out for a new, better mod chip along with HDMI output, upgrading the cooling and putting an SSD in.
The last update for the cpu upgrade is awesome! I wonder is it works okay for the @OC Cpu as well.
It would be nice if they added the 720p patches somehow as a stellar feature
I got mine, i can’t wait to install it. But would really like to see a front panel display. I had to remove my display due to it not being compatible with the Stellar, so at the moment i just have a cutout in my front panel. Another thing i would like to see is the ability to reflash the original bios chip using the modchip. Very few modchips were capable of this, and the ones that were have long been discontinued making them really difficult to find.
never watched your vids before but just came across this one and i absolutely LOVE your intro video man!
I remember how much of a pain in the butt formatting a bigger HDD was, i think it involved disconnecting the DVD drive and running both HDDs to clone. Soft modding was fairly simple but required specific things
Swapping to a bigger Hdd is simply as balls in 2023. You can do everything pc side with fatxplorer now.
@@JoshLineberry Eatonworks put so much into fatxplorer, definitely the fastest route for setting up drives and moving large amounts of data to the xbox.
Wow -- what an EXCELLENT vid!!! The photography is OUTSTANDING! As a YTer myself, I know EXACTLY how much work it would be for you to capture all that excellent video! Great sound, too! Nice to see someone who KNOWS HOW TO USE A MICROPHONE! So many YTers have their friggin' mic in front of their face and I HATE that, so good for you!
Thank you for changing your music up!
Now THIS is a gamechanger. The 500 Gamecube options, the 2-5 PS1 and Dreamcast ODE mods… all boring and convoluted (yet awesome when you decide to install one)- but the OG Xbox is the one system we just didn’t have any accessible-for-the-masses modding options for until now.
This is so cool.
Soldering the HD+ kit IS NOT for the masses. Completely the opposite.
Xbox has been an easy console to mod for a long time, especially through soft mods.
@@blahdelablah yeah sure, look at Nintendo Wii
@@pftmclub The Nintendo Wii is easy to softmod too, what's your point?
@@blahdelablah how did xbox became easy console to mod when nintendo wii only need one sd card?
Great video, one i was waiting for :)
I wonder does this break the HDD Limit like with the CERBios?? Exciting times!!!
I’m looking forward to more features coming to StellarOS. I’ve been using the Stellar for a little bit now since the last update added legacy HDD partition support. I didn’t want to have to repartition my HDD if I swap another modchip back into my Xbox. Prior to that I had a Xecutor 3 installed. I’ve been using the HD+ mod from Makemhz for a while now too.
Also, what game is that at 19:47?
There goes another $105! 😂
I did the same setup after watching your 20th anniversary build, and I’m looking forward to project stellar delivery!
I also ended up installing a mod for using an Xbox 360 controller on the original Xbox using a 360 USB dongle for PC, but I’m looking forward to newer Xbox controller support as well!
Hi, thanks for this nice walkthrough. Would love to see the harddisk setup..
I would love to see a video on setting up a new hard drive with stellar. Thanks for a great video. Cheers! 😊
Thanks Nacho! I just got mine in today w/ the XBOXHD+!!
Great video, and i love the fact you were so clear and honest about its cons.
I look forward to your videos!!! They make me want to get into modding, until I do, I'll just keep watching. Keep up the awesomeness
Imo it seems like they are overselling the product. This isnt an OS, its just a settings app, and there were a lot of bold/exagerrated claims/promises being made that i found weird, like how he 'reverse engineered the entire xbox os'.
Even if theres more to the OS, the vast majority of the code is still unmodified microsoft code, so i kinda hate when people market these custom distributions as unique OSes, because they are still the exact same OS, just with different apps. This is really common with android ROMs and modded OSes, but you never see it with linux distributions which is how it should be.
They have also made their HDMI adapter proprietary to Stellar in a move likely to force people to choose their chip. You can no longer buy the stand alone non Stellar version.
tbh its not like reverse engineering the OS is that difficult of a task bc the source leaked a while back (when xp leaked, the xbox bios did too)
Not only that, its essentially a raspberry pi running its own operating system, connecting to the Xbox like every other modchip. Its nothing special. Take a look at how many wires there are going to the ram chips, and all the other components involved on the Xbox motherboard. How practical do you really think the extra handful of Mbs of ram this thing provides really is when its coming through something as limited as the debug port.
Luckily for us, this thing has already been exploited and you can bypass it to use the HDMI. That’s what they get for trying to corner the market with lies.
I hope that one day a mod chip that requires no soldering or modification to the board becomes a reality. Like something you can just plug in to an existing port or something. Id love to mod my og 1.0 xbox but i dont trust my soldering ability
Same here.. everything system I have modded has always been soft modded bc I hate taking a chance on ruining a board. I did a Xbox 360 controller mod one time but it was just 3 wires and I still made it look straight fugly on my controller board.. It worked but you could tell my soldering skills were straight garbage hahaha.
If you can find one these days, they used to make solderless adapters. Just screw it on, slide the pin into d0, and plug your chip into it.
I still have mine with a Xenium Ice on it.
I definitely remember softmodding my Xbox being a chore
This seems really cool especially if it supports modern hard drives
It took a while didn't it? Splinter Cell and all that. I'm stuck in the stone age with my mods. I'm still doing disc swaps etc lol. Just can't get the new soft mods to work (Xbox, Saturn).
Going back a decade later trying to re-softmod the Xbox gave me no joy as there must have been some confusion with the old firmware and tying to install over it..
This looks pretty interesting to me then, as a savage with no soldering skills (and happy on my crts), I'm going to see what my specs are and give this a go.. Hopefully 😆
I am so down to see about setting up a new hard drive. Also keen to find out if stella supports the larger drives like about the stock limits. An lcd support would be very cool.
Let's hope these remain available for quite some time, this really is the xbox modchip to end all modchips.
Nice looking bit of kit, and great to see the XBOX modscene is still alive and well!
I would love to see the HDD video, hope you'll find the time to make it!
Wow! That is one hell of a clean mod. I have modded a 1.6 myself and there were lots of wires(used an aladdin). Glad to see the OG Xbox getting some love in '23.
I briefly got into soft modding Xboxes years ago, did a few for friends as gifts, etc. My experience was the same. I always had to cobble info together and use different sources because I'd inevitably find that the guide I was using had incorrect/outdated info. I had begun cobbling everything I had found together to hopefully make a definitive soft mod guide, but I lost steam and never got around to actually making the guide.
I just had the Project Stellar modchip and the Stellar XboxHD+ Kit installed in my original Xbox. So far I can't get enough of it and looking forward to all the features being updated such as wireless universal controller support. The newest update allowed native loading of ISO's, XISO's, and REALLY small file size CISO (CSO) support. Repackinator will do the conversion to CSO for you. I can't recommend Project Stellar and Stellar XboxHD+ enough!
Great video as always, keep up the good work.
Love the Intro Soundtrack!
Nice to see some new blood in the old xbox, but I have the Xecuter front LED panel and would really want to retain that. Otherwise looks awesome, particularly with the HDMI upgrade!
there are plans to add support for new and existing panels
I was shocked this wasn't $200 or more, considering the list of features, the design, and the polished GUI. what a wonderful addition to the modding scene. always really happy to hear about new tech for retro consoles, especially if they make it easier to do.
Luckily those days are over it seems. Especially FPGU prices and custom printed board prices. Back in those days it was so much different.
Ordering! Thanks for the Castlemania code as well Tito!
You make it look so simple. Great video.
I've installed it with the HDMI upgrade kit. Can't wait for the native iso loading!
Definitely would like to see an HDD setup! It's probably the most daunting part of the mod process at this point, so a clear tutorial would be amazing to have!
It's very easy now due to eatonworks fatxplorer beta3 and jcrocky5 tools disks/XBMC4Gamers dash
My Xbox has an original Zenium Ice chip in it. Bought it in 2002-2003 and used the solder free installation adapter. Super easy to hook up. Still works perfectly too.
Legit! Still rocking my Xenium Ice over here, as well. Amazing chip, and the solderless adapter made everything an absolute cakewalk to install.
Hello. What is the wireless adapter you use for the controller? Also, where can I find a clear case that ships internationally? Can't find one anyway... Thanks!
Looks great, I think I installed my Xecuter2 mod chip in about 2003! Was only a couple wires to solder, though. Might have to grab a second Xbox to try this chip
Is the tiny OLED screen just for show at the moment, or is it also used for showing errors/troubleshooting? I'm just wondering why it's there, or has the developer got ideas for it in the future?
What controller are you using? I have been looking for a wireless solution to the OG XBOX 12:35
You have no idea how glad I am that I waited on modding my Xbox and went for my GameCube after recent updates to its scene. This is not only amazing but timed amazingly too!
Love it and your content.
Why? Cerbios that has been out for a while can do everything most users need or want and you can do it with a 20 dollar chip or a tsop.
@@JoshLineberry What is tsop?
When you do the comparisons, the 720 and 480 should be swapped. People are accustomed to having before and after shots be left and right respectively. Its just weird seeing the after shot being on the left side of the screen.
Yep. Threw me off
I felt that
The intro is AMAZING
I'd definitely like to see a follow up video doing a swap of the HDD!
It would be great to see how easy this could be with this mod
Swapping the hdd is stupid simple already. You can do everything pc side now thanks to fatxplorer and it's so fast.
@@JoshLineberryIf it’s so easy, maybe post a link to how to do it?
@@majorgear1021 don't even need a video. Is it softmod or hardmod?
how did you make that intro with the consoles and the intro with that modchip?
Yes I would love to see the HDD setup section.
I know the video is about the console mod but what controller do you use?
I found it very pretty.
Titto my brother, U smashed it again! Amazing video tutorial 💪😉! I would appreciate if U make a video about the OS as U mentioned, great work bro & keep it up 💪🙌!
This thing is unbelievable. The way it interacts with the HDMI kit is so so cool. This is one to definitely keep an eye on!
I got mine in the mail just last week. I like you have an older revision of the HD+HDMI mod for my 1.6 Xbox. Glad the upgrade is such a breeze from another modchip.
One question: do you have to use the 5838 kernel or could you use an earlier retail kernel (e.g. 5101)?
I really need to get around and install my Stellar already.
Also yes, I would love to see the hard drive video.
I remember modding the drive but good God that was ages ago. Crazy that people still rock this old Xbox.
I would assume this is super simple even with a softmodded system. Just ordered one. Wondering if I'll have to remove all softmod stuff for this in the Stellar OS settings and if I'll have to redo my Insignia setup.
Great video!! Definitely looks awesome! Shout out to the wireless logitech controller! I had two back in the day and loved them!!😄👍👍👍
I have been waiting for this video!
Got into modding xboxes recently ... I'm so hyped!!
looks really promising, will be following closely. Seems like switching from a soft mod won't be too difficult.
I grew up on this stuff. I am so here for it!
So what are the other 3 I/O ports for, and are they just serial? And what is the SD card slot used for? That wasn't explained either.
I'd like to see the HDD setup in a future video :)
So I don't understand how much soldering am I expecting to have to do if I don't have or want HDMI? Does every version of the board require the rebuld you mentioned? I don't understand why you couldn't have added that information and context.
it would be really helpful if you did this but using a stock Xbox it’s assuming a lot that we’re already coming with a modded Xbox. Thanks as always for the great content.
13:01 Ooohh!!! Haven’t seen the Xbox Logitech controller in the longest time!!!!
I liked the Duke the most but it was my first wireless so it was still pretty exciting
What I'd love to know is how to mod the xbox and KEEP the ability to output video via component cables. I had to switch to composite due to me softmodding my console and my CRT doesn't display 480p.
Would love to see a "Project Stellar: One Year Later" video in the future. Alongside hdd installation
This is incredible work and super cool. Makes me wish I gave a flip about the original Xbox's library lol
Mod chips have had those "future" options greyed out for a decade or more, and no one made them work yet. Other than the easier setup and nice menus, this mod chip is little more than an iterative change to decades of mods for the console. Would love to see someone make all that other stuff work, but the probability that this will be "the one" is quite low.
I bought the Stellar kit with Xbox HD+ altogether. Would you recommend installing Stellar first or the HD+?
Very interested in this one, can't wait till I have the time to do this.
were did you get the Wirlerss controller from?
I got mine last month but I preordered it in October. I can't wait to use my 20th Anniversary XBOX controllers on my system. There support is great on discord. I attempted the install on my own, took pics with a microscope. Although they judged my so-so solder job, they saw I was one leg off. I fixed my mistake, and everything is working perfectly.
love seeing projects like this, Accessibilty causes adoption but a lot of techy projects forget that and go full RTFM.
WOW I think I speak fro everyone when I say the production quality on this chanel is amazing! 😀
The links to the mod chip and the HD mod you have linked up to castlemania do not seem to be working
Please do a video covering new hdd setup. I have a stock xbox I'm planning on doing stellar, HD+ and hdd all at once.
This is beautiful, but do you know if theres a way to attatch the gameboy player to the wii?
Man I some have some very fond memories of soft modding way back in the pre 360 days. That's all I needed 😊 been so long its hard to believe it's still goin hard
it's really interesting to try the best version of GTA SA that was released only for original XBOX in 720p
Saw they released this and was waiting for your video so I could learn more about it and see if it is worth it for me
wow this actually upgrades the xbox iso and hdmi built in os region change and new controller compatibility
id love to see the hdd upgrade side of the chip. my xbox is still running the stock 5gb hdd that it came with at launch.. its always been so cumbersome to deal with the locking and unlocking or having a compatible pc to do it all.. i havent touched the thing since softmodding it 20ish years ago..
I love your videos. I never really got into the XBOX. I pretty much only own and play Nintendo, Sega and Sony consoles. But nice to see all the mods for these other consoles too!
I would be very interested in the hard drive feature also keep up the good work Tito you deserve all the views
Had mine installed over 2 months now, was wondering how long this video would take lol, its an amazing mod which i had some problems with at first but were kinda user error
I still have the original X-Ecuter chip running in my OG Xbox, man I was probably 17 at the time and had the crappiest soldering iron and didn't even use any flux. That thing was built like a tank!
can you run games from the sd on that board?
very much interested in how the hdd setup goes, the old way was such a pain that if an easy fix lile this works it'll transform the modding scene and make it much more accessable imo