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I am trying to build the thinest 360 laptop ever!

killarshark33
killarshark33 over 15 years ago

After getting some help from darkuncle33, I have began to draw up plans for the thinest xbox 360 laptop to date.  Hist is under 2 inches and I have the ambition to get it under 1.5 inches.  My goal is to get it to 1 inch but I will settle for 1.5 inches.  It will require heavy modding and I may not finish for a while due to school, but I will hopefully have it done by november and I plan to sell it when I finish.  This will be a 15 inch model making it extremley small.  But I need some input:  I have the wireing for Jtagin a slim should I jtag a xbox 360 laptop?  Also obviously the thinner i go we are going to start losing port so I think i will have 2 USB optical hdmi and external monitor inputs.  The hardest part will be the dvd drive as I have no idea what I can shave off of it.  The heatsink I can work with or even make my own.  If you guys have any sugestions please tell.  Finally I will be documenting the entire process via live streams and youtube videos, I will figure that out later though.  Thanks for any help!

 

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No CNC will be used only the shop tools I have.

I plan to use Aluminum.  I thought about acrylic but decided not to as when you dremel it the stuff melts and you do not get clean cuts.

Also tell me what a fair price you would pay as I would want to sell it so I could make another one for myself. 

    --Price if it is under 1 inch and price it is 1.5 inches.

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    e14 Contributor over 15 years ago

    Good luck. You have my email, if I can help let me know. I am doing a thinner one but 1.75" is as thin as I am going to try. that one will be for me because it will take so much work that i will never get enough my selling it to cover the labor. I have the mobo ready but like you the dvd drive is going to be trouble.  I think I may have it I will let you know if it works.

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    e14 Contributor over 15 years ago

    Good luck. You have my email, if I can help let me know. I am doing a thinner one but 1.75" is as thin as I am going to try. that one will be for me because it will take so much work that i will never get enough my selling it to cover the labor. I have the mobo ready but like you the dvd drive is going to be trouble.  I think I may have it I will let you know if it works.

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    killarshark33 over 15 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Yeah there would be no way to sell this as no one would pay the like 4000 it would cost to build.  I have no idea if it will work but I am still going to try it my wind up that I can only make it about 1.75 inches thick.  As for the dvd drive it is going to be very hard to slim it down. 

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