Spider Chip Instructions for XBox

Opening the Xbox

• 1

  Remove all cables from the Xbox and place the console face down on a table. Pull the rubber feet off the corners of the Xbox with the tip of theTorx screwdriver. Scratch the two stickers off the bottom of the Xbox with the tip of the Torx screwdriver.

• 2

  Remove the screws from the holes beneath the rubber feet and from beneath the scratched-off stickers with the Torx screwdriver. Stand the Xbox face up on the table with the power button facing you.

• 3

  Pull the outer case off the Xbox with your hands. Place the outer case aside.

• 4

  Remove the screws surrounding the DVD drive and the hard disk drive with the Phillips jeweler’s screwdriver.

• 5

  Lift the DVD drive off the Xbox. Remove the two plugs attached to the back with your fingers. Place the DVD drive aside.

• 6

  Lift the hard disk drive off the XBox. Remove the two plugs attached to the back with your fingers. Place the hard disk drive aside. Blow off any dust in the Xbox with compressed air.

Installing the Spider Chip

• 7

  Remove the Spider Chip from the static-free bag. Hold the Spider Chip by the base, avoiding touching the pins attached to its bottom.

• 8

  Locate the 16 large holes to the left of the rectangular computer chip that has “NVIDIA” on it, which should be facing you upside down. Remove the screw at the center of the 16 large holes with the Torx screwdriver. Place the included metal washer over the screw hole.

• 9

  Rotate the Spider Chip so that the notch is in the upper-left corner. Line up the pins beneath the Spider Chip with the 16 holes. Push the pins beneath the Spider Chip into the 16 holes. Insert the included screw into the hole in the Spider Chip. Screw in the screw with the Torx screwdriver.

• 10

  Insert the ends of the wires attached to the right side of the Spider Chip into the metal-colored holes to its right in this order: The top wire goes into the hole that is even with the bottommost right pin; the wire next to the top wire goes into the hole that is directly across from the topmost right pin; the wire next in line goes into the hole that is to the right and one hole up from the topmost right pin; the next wire goes into the hole that is directly above the topmost right pin; the last wire goes into the hole that is directly above the hole that you just placed a wire into.

• 11

  Insert the ends of the wires attached to the bottom edge of the Spider Chip into the metal-colored holes to its left in this order: The leftmost wire goes into the hole that is directly across from the bottommost left corner pin; the next wire goes into the hole that is directly above the hole that a wire was just placed into; the last wire goes into the hole that is directly above the hole that you just placed the last wire into.

• 12

  Reattach the two plugs into the backs of the hard disk drive and the DVD drive. Place the hard disk drive and DVD drive back onto the Xbox. Reattach the screws.

• 13

  Place the outer cover back onto the Xbox. Turn the Xbox over. Reattach the screws. Turn the Xbox over.