ordered the money maker machine =)

[rawfuls]

I haven't looked at the site-yet, but just wanted to say, it's better to use correct spelling and grammar over being lazy and using shortcuts and such. Take it this way, I would spend more on a company that has correct grammar over a company that shortcuts the spelling. Just my two cents....

Again I haven't seen your site yet so I'm just saying....

[t-maxxracer32]

Originally Posted by feistyacorn

Thats cool you got it to work. Have you ever used a ring fader from Sick Mods? I used one in mine and it is bad ass! The came out with a version 2 that adds a lot of awesome effects. I would have to guess that a lot of people would want this. They also have cheep LEDs.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZWfoGy1qiY[/YOUTUBE]

The video didnt work but yes I have seen the mods and will look into it!

thanks for the advice!

Originally Posted by rawfuls

I haven't looked at the site-yet, but just wanted to say, it's better to use correct spelling and grammar over being lazy and using shortcuts and such. Take it this way, I would spend more on a company that has correct grammar over a company that shortcuts the spelling. Just my two cents....

Again I haven't seen your site yet so I'm just saying....

you are correct. I tried to spell everything out and make everything seem professional..

for example.. instead of RROD i put red ring of death... some places I abbreviate but for the most part i spelled it out all..

and instead of you can txt me anytime.. i put text... Its the small things that I think matter.

also I would like to point out that I did not make this site intending on it actually bringing in me money...

maybe 6 months down the line... but right now my business will come from forums, youtube, and ebay. This site is just made for testimonials and a place where I can show off my work.

[t-maxxracer32]

ALSO!!

I just modded the firmware on my benq drive!! it plays backup games and regular Msoft games!!

I am very excited about this as I have been trying to get this done for months!

[mambarustler]

Any work for PS3's? YLOD, is not as common the the RROD on the 360. But it still happens my 60GB PS3 has gotten it twice, but with some research I managed to fix it for under $20 myself and am 16.

[t-maxxracer32]

Im going to stick with 360s.. for now.. I have seen the ps3s YLOD and everything, but in my opinion there is more money to be made in microsoft products. ps3s n such just arent as popular

the machine i bought came with ps3 stencils so if i get bored with 360s i can start messing with ps3 stuff.. there products are just so much more complex and harder to take apart.. I modded 2 ps3 controllers and it was a friggen mission taking the dang things apart.

[mambarustler]

Haha yea, first time I took my PS3 apart it took me about 2 hours to get it all working properly. Second YLOD took me about 1 hour to be bak in working order. PS3 YLOD is just too rare.

[Finnster]

What the hell is reballing? I think you may be talking about solder joints, but IDK.
Perhaps its better to be a little less specific on the method of repairs unless asked? It sounds a bit confusing and intimidating if you are not really into this stuff.

Mine broke once, and I have no idea if "reballing" would help. Maybe your work doesn't apply? If you just say you will fix it for $40 and improve cooling and heatsinking on top, sounds understandable and a good deal.
Perhaps just a picture of a board on the soldering machine, so it looks like a highly professional and automated service w/o having to be too technical. IDK, just a thought.

G/l and if I have another RROD, I'll lyk :)

[PBO]

I'm more ignorant than anyone & I'm amazed that people would pay money to have the box cut & clears installed etc. Clearly I'm missing something

Great work if you can get it...want a free testimonial t-maxxracer32? happy to support even if I don't understand it!

[t-maxxracer32]

Originally Posted by Finnster

What the hell is reballing? I think you may be talking about solder joints, but IDK.
Perhaps its better to be a little less specific on the method of repairs unless asked? It sounds a bit confusing and intimidating if you are not really into this stuff.

Mine broke once, and I have no idea if "reballing" would help. Maybe your work doesn't apply? If you just say you will fix it for $40 and improve cooling and heatsinking on top, sounds understandable and a good deal.
Perhaps just a picture of a board on the soldering machine, so it looks like a highly professional and automated service w/o having to be too technical. IDK, just a thought.

G/l and if I have another RROD, I'll lyk :)

If you pull the GPU CPU and southbridge chip off the 360 they will not have an easy "solder job" There is a grip of little balls holding the chip in place..
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/65...67cee5e0d0.jpg

What i do is lift the chip up with the machine.. get the other little mechanism i bought that holds the chip in place while i resolder all the balls back on. (reballing)

I dont have to solder each ball individually or anything like that.. they come preform to each specific size and I use solder paste to hold the balls on while I put it back on the board.. then reflow it together (heating up the board causing the solder to join up with the board)

typically the main problems with 360 whether its RROD 2 or 3 E74 etc... is just the GPU CPU or southbridge chips.

that is why the xclamp mod fixes almost everything because you clamp the chips down tight. Even with a cold solder joint it will still clamp it so tight that they will connect.

Problem with this is that it doesnt always clamp it tight enough and it will typically bend the board


your advice on what to say about my RROD fix is good. I may change it up to that.

Originally Posted by PBO

I'm more ignorant than anyone & I'm amazed that people would pay money to have the box cut & clears installed etc. Clearly I'm missing something

Great work if you can get it...want a free testimonial t-maxxracer32? happy to support even if I don't understand it!

not everyone knows how to do these mods that I do and it really took me like a whole year to get good at it.. good enough to where i feel confortable doing it for other people..

Reason why people pay good money for it is because it looks sick! its original.. very rarely will you see someone with an xbox like this..

Alot of it is that people wanna impress there freinds but dont feel like putting in the effor to figure it out themselves so they pay someone else to do it..

does that make sense?

and if you wanna give me a testimonial id be happy to take it

[t-maxxracer32]

here is a look at my finished monster 360



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbDuFx9N9k

lemme know what you all think!

thanks

[simplechamp]

I have a few suggestions:

1) If you are really serious and want to set up this small business right I would suggest registering your operation as a limited liability corporation (LLC). There are a few reasons for this, a big one being that having an LLC gives you some protection. If someone should ever sue you or something like that they can only go after the assets of the LLC, not your personal assets. It sounds ridiculous to think someone would ever sue you, but it could very well happen (someone claims your work on their Xbox caused a short, started a fire, and burned down their house). Especially if you are looking into doing the firmware modding and game backups (personal use or otherwise), you don't want to risk losing your house or car if Microsoft catches wind and decides to make an example. Right now you are small, but you could grow quickly, and forming an LLC from the start is a good idea. It doesn't cost much at all, and can be considered cheap insurance.

2) Keep good financial records of all your transactions; payments received, purchases for goods and materials, other misc. expenditures. This way when it comes time to do taxes you can claim the money you spent on the reballing machine and other equipment/materials as business expenses.

3) Register a domain name. Using the free website host and domain is an OK starting point, but doesn't seem very professional.

4) Brainstorm some ways to differentiate yourself from the competition. There are many people out there fixing Xbox's, you need to give the people a reason to choose you.

5) Branch out and diversify your offerings (e.g. someone mentioned fixing PS3's)

Good luck with your new venture!

Edit: Just checked out the website, good idea to mention the reballing machine, highlight that more (pictures showing equipment?) to further differentiate yourself from the competition and show you have invested in this operation. The only thing I would be a bit wary of as a customer is the 2 week warranty. To potential customers that doesn't show much confidence in your repairs. Usually I think 1-3 months is a pretty standard warranty for refurbished items, so you may want to consider that.

[pinkpanda3310]

Good advice ^

[Modding_out]

Hey t-maxxracer32, What all needs to be done to run pirated games in my xbox? Does it affect live? And can you hook me up with games?

On my bro's original xbox he had a finicky little mod chip (if you bumped the xbox their was always the chance if the chip moving and effin evry thing up) installed to make pirated games work....The up side was,we had like 100 games.........and some times up to four on a disk

[Finnster]

Nice modded xbox. Looks good.

[t-maxxracer32]

Originally Posted by simplechamp

I have a few suggestions:

1) If you are really serious and want to set up this small business right I would suggest registering your operation as a limited liability corporation (LLC). There are a few reasons for this, a big one being that having an LLC gives you some protection. If someone should ever sue you or something like that they can only go after the assets of the LLC, not your personal assets. It sounds ridiculous to think someone would ever sue you, but it could very well happen (someone claims your work on their Xbox caused a short, started a fire, and burned down their house). Especially if you are looking into doing the firmware modding and game backups (personal use or otherwise), you don't want to risk losing your house or car if Microsoft catches wind and decides to make an example. Right now you are small, but you could grow quickly, and forming an LLC from the start is a good idea. It doesn't cost much at all, and can be considered cheap insurance.

2) Keep good financial records of all your transactions; payments received, purchases for goods and materials, other misc. expenditures. This way when it comes time to do taxes you can claim the money you spent on the reballing machine and other equipment/materials as business expenses.

3) Register a domain name. Using the free website host and domain is an OK starting point, but doesn't seem very professional.

4) Brainstorm some ways to differentiate yourself from the competition. There are many people out there fixing Xbox's, you need to give the people a reason to choose you.

5) Branch out and diversify your offerings (e.g. someone mentioned fixing PS3's)

Good luck with your new venture!

Edit: Just checked out the website, good idea to mention the reballing machine, highlight that more (pictures showing equipment?) to further differentiate yourself from the competition and show you have invested in this operation. The only thing I would be a bit wary of as a customer is the 2 week warranty. To potential customers that doesn't show much confidence in your repairs. Usually I think 1-3 months is a pretty standard warranty for refurbished items, so you may want to consider that.

1. Do i need a lawyer or something to get this LLC? or who
would I talk to about it

2. I was thinking about getting myself a "real" business, but my dad steered me in another direction.. He has been a business man for the last 30 years and told me that untill I start making 15-20k a year I should not register myself and not claim anything..
I plan on keeping financial records, but I still havent made a decision whether im going to claim any of it or not.

3. In the futur if the business is doing well I will spend the extra money on a domain name, but the website is not for me to gain actual business... it is more so just for testimonials and a place to put all my work. Ebay, youtube, craigs list, and word of mouth will be my biggest business

4. I am trying to find my own style and technique when it comes to modding xbox 360s but I have never been terribly creative so I base all my ideas off other people then try and do my own thing.. after a few months I will get it down. Also, the way I differentiate myself from others like you said is this machine that I have bought.
Once it comes, I will take some pics of it like you said and post it up to my sight and my flyers that I have made.

5. after a few months once everything picks up and I have xbox 360s down I will look into PSP's Wii's and Ps3's but I want to master one technique before I go into another.

And you are right about the 2 week warranty.. since I do not have the machine I cannot say for sure how everything will work.. in theory the RROD should never come back with my service, but my problem is that people do ridiculous things to there 360. A freind of mine generally leaves his on all day all night.. I do not want to fix someones 360 and have them screw it up by doing things like that. I will probably raise the warranty to a month, but first I really need to see how the machine works.


I really appreciate you taking your time to look over everything. You are right with everything you said, and in time I think that I may be able to meet all of your ideas.

Originally Posted by Modding_out

Hey t-maxxracer32, What all needs to be done to run pirated games in my xbox? Does it affect live? And can you hook me up with games?

On my bro's original xbox he had a finicky little mod chip (if you bumped the xbox their was always the chance if the chip moving and effin evry thing up) installed to make pirated games work....The up side was,we had like 100 games.........and some times up to four on a disk

You need to mod the firmware on your DVD drive.

be sure you have a dual layer burner on your computer.

I would not recommend playing backup games on live just because microsoft can tell pretty easily.. you can stealth patch games that enables live play, but I dont trust that too much..

personally, If a game is good enough to play on live then you should just buy it. I only play COD online.

Originally Posted by Finnster

Nice modded xbox. Looks good.

thanks man