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Revision as of 18:07, 28 April 2018
There are different retail Xbox hardware revisions:
- Xbox 1.0
- USB controller is on a separate PCB
- GPU has a fan on the heat sink
- Xbox 1.1
- USB controller moved onto the motherboard
- Fan removed from the GPU heat sink
- Xbox 1.2
- Xbox 1.3
- Removed LFrame signal from LPC Port
- Xbox 1.4
- Xbox 1.5
- Xbox 1.6
- Removed data and power lines from LPC port
- Xyclops chip (includes ROM instead of flash = BIOS no longer flashable)
- Microsoft later switched to lower quality Hynix RAM. These Xboxes with non-Samsung RAM are sometimes referred to as 1.6b by the modding community.
You can find more information about the hardware used in each revision below.
Contents
History of Xbox 1.5
Possibly never existed[citation needed], but will otherwise be very rare. Production was halted and 1.4 was produced again[citation needed].
Identifying
While not definitive, here are some ways to help identify the revision of your Xbox.
Manufacturing Details
| Date Range | Revision | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 01/2001-10/2002 | 1.0 | Hungary |
| 11/2002-04/2003 | 1.1 | Hungary, Mexico |
| 05/2003-03/2004 | 1.2 | China |
| 04/2004 Onward | 1.6 | China, Taiwan |
Serial Number
The serial number looks like this:
LNNNNNN YWWFF
- L is the production line
- NNNNNN is the number produced that week
- Y is the last digit of the production year
- WW is the number of the week
- FF is the factory code
Note, this table contradicts the previous table.
| Factory | Location | Revision |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | Mexico | 1.0 or 1.1 |
| 03 | Hungary | 1.0 |
| 05 | China | 1.2 or later |
| 06 | Taiwan | 1.2 or later |
| Serial Number | Revision |
|---|---|
| LNNNNNN 20WFF | 1.0 |
| LNNNNNN 21WFF | 1.0 |
| LNNNNNN 23WFF | 1.0 or 1.1 |
| LNNNNNN 24WFF | 1.1 |
| LNNNNNN 25WFF | 1.1 |
| LNNNNNN 30WFF | 1.2 |
| LNNNNNN 31WFF | 1.3 |
| LNNNNNN 32WFF | 1.3 |
| LNNNNNN 33WFF | 1.4 or 1.5 |
| LNNNNNN 42WFF | 1.6 |
| LNNNNNN 43WFF | 1.6b |
DVD Drive
There are four retail drives known to be used by Microsoft in the retail version of the console. any Xbox DVD drive can be used in any retail xbox.
List of Xbox DVD Drive manufacturers
- Thomson (Xbox 1.0, 1.1)
- Philips (Xbox 1.1 and above)
- Samsung (Any)
- Hitachi-LG (8050L)(mainly 1.6?)
Hitachi-LG GDR-8050L
This DVD-rom drive, most commonly found in Xbox 1.6 and 1.6b is reading DVD-+R, DVD-RW and CDRW media, but fails to boot most CD-R discs source: xbox-hq.com Hitachi-LG GDR-8050L DVD Drive In Xbox.
on 30 January 2006 TheSpecialist posted at Xboxhacker.net that he succesfully flashed a Hitachi drive to boot a copied game on a unmodded xbox: breakthrough: XBOX 1 firmware hacked !
Hard Drive
| Revision | Drive Manufacturer | Drive Model Number | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Seagate | ST310211A | 10G ? |
| 1.0 (XB:2001-10-26 FF=02) | Western Digital | WD80EB-00CGH0 | 8G |
| 1.1 (XB:2001-10-29 FF=03) | Western Digital | WD80EB-28CGH1 | 8G |
| 1.2 | Western Digital | WD80EB-28DFH2 | 8G |
| 1.3+ | Seagate | ST10014ACE | 10G |
Video encoder
| Video Chip | Revision |
|---|---|
| Conexant | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 |
| Focus | 1.4, 1.5 |
| Xcalibur | 1.6 |
EEPROM
| Xbox Model | Manufacturer | Model |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 (Others?) | Catalyst | CAT24WC02J |
MCPX Version
| MCPX Version | Revision |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 - 1.6 |
BIOS Version
| Kernel Version | Revision |
|---|---|
| 3944, 4034, 4036, 4627 | 1.0 |
| 4817, 4972 | 1.1 |
| 5101, 5713 | 1.2 - 1.5 |
| 5838 | 1.6 |
