How to RGH3 a Xbox 360 Slim (Corona) - Chipless RGH 3.0 Tutorial!

Hardmodding methods for the Xbox 360 come back once again with one of the coolest implementations I've seen to date in the form of RGH 3.0 from 15432! While previous RGH methods required a glitch chip, different timing files, playing around with different wire routing methods, RGH3 eliminates a lot of that by completely omitting the need for a glitch chip! Why use a glitch chip when we can use the console to glitch itself?! Aside from the NAND wiring, the only other installation in the console is simplified down to two wires and a resistor. That's it!

This video will walk through the process of discussing RGH3, discussing prerequisites, and stepping through a full Xbox 360 S or Xbox 360 E disassembly to get RGH3 installed. The installation itself will cover preparing the required resistor, exposing an incredibly small point to solder to, wiring everything up to the console, and building ourselves a custom NAND for some homebrew goodness.

#RGH3 #Xbox360 #Xbox360Modding

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Timestamps!

0:00 - What is RGH3?
2:59 - Corona Versions & NAND Differences?
4:03 - NAND Programmer Options
7:14 - Soldering Prerequisites
9:28 - Postfix Adapter Requirements
13:29 - Hardware Prerequisites
20:53 - Xbox 360 S Disassembly
27:12 - Xbox 360 E Disassembly
32:42 - X-Clamp & Thermal Paste Removal
35:28 - Wire & Resistor Prep
38:50 - Preparing Points
40:30 - Exposing PLL
43:02 - Soldering RGH3 Wires
46:27 - Installing a Postfix Adapter
51:48 - RGH3 Wire Cleanup
53:21 - Heatsink Reinstallation
55:01 - Bridging NAND Resistor Points
57:49 - Identifying 16 MB or 4 GB NAND
58:20 - Soldering 16 MB NAND Wires
1:00:01 - Soldering 4 GB NAND Wires
1:03:46 - Partially Rebuilding the Console
1:05:15 - J-Runner with Extras Setup
1:06:41 - xFlasher 360 Programmer Setup
1:07:34 - PicoFlasher Programmer Setup
1:08:37 - Building a RGH3 16 MB NAND
1:15:09 - Building a RGH3 4 GB NAND
1:20:46 - Making a NAND Backup
1:22:57 - Teardown/Outro

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Xbox 360 Console:

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Xbox 360 Postfix Adapter:

1K Ohm Resistor:

Raspberry Pi Pico:

T8/T10 Screwdrivers:

X-Clamp Removal Tool:

X-Acto Knife:

30 AWG Kynar Wire:

Heatshrink Tubing:

Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste:

ArctiClean Thermal Paste Remover:

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Downloads & Links!

J-Runner with Extras:

RGH3 Written Guide:

xFlasher 360:

PicoFlasher:

Aurora, Dashlaunch, and XeXMenu Setup:

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[legoboy-oxkx]

Another thing to mention, the process does differ a bit from your guide if you're doing a 4GB Corona with the Picoflasher. You don't see the drive on the computer, just read the NAND in JRunner like the 16MB.

[etienne]

I have zero solder skills and looking at investing in all the kit to do this on my old Xbox 360. But I just have to say, watching you work and how easy you make it look which I'm 110% sure it is NOT easy. This is a masterpiece of a video.

[bigpaco]

I’ve been modding consoles since my preteens and this BY FAR is the most thought out, thorough, and enjoyable guide. Really, thanks a bunch:D

[the_mellnator]

I normally don’t comment on videos but this has to be the best tutorial I’ve ever watched. 1st time try worked on soldering, even the point I had to scrape off on my V2. I honestly think the 4GB NAND points are easier to solder than the 16MB because they already have a decent amount of solder on them and accept new solder with ease.

IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH JRUNNER NOT RECOGNIZING THE NAND AS “REMOVABLE TYPE” UNPLUG POWER TO THE CONSOLE! As simple as it sounds I was stuck for 30 minutes thinking I bricked my system because Jrunner would see the device, but not the allocated space or drive letter.

When plugging the Xflasher into your PC, If your computer doesn’t assign it a drive letter and give the pop up to format the drive, you need to unplug power from the console and give it a few seconds and plug in the console, then the Xflasher. I had to repeat this twice after writing the ecc for my computer to recognize it again correctly.

The only thing I missed the first time was writing the ecc. I forgot to check the RGH3 option and thought I bricked it when I couldn’t get a video signal. Just plugged Xflasher back in and wrote the correct ecc and I saw Xell this time!

A RECENT UPDATE TO JRUNNER has changed the labels of the buttons from that shown in the video, but they are still in the same place and do the same thing. They just say “Write Xell” now instead of write ecc.

[masterchef]

If you are getting “Header is Wrong” using the PicoFlasher and maybe other flashers… it’s because your wires from the flasher to the Xbox are to LONG. I made this mistake, my wires were around 20inches long and I was get this error. They are now around 6-9 inches long and it works perfectly fine now. Please pass this along, that the NAND wires need to be short…. Maybe at most 10 inches long.

P.S. Thank you for sharing this video with us all.

[Fortune]

Hey man, just gotta say... Didn't have much prior practical soldering experience and was actually going to do practice projects up to eventually having this mod done. Watched this and decided to just go for it. Following along and taking my time (~4 hours from first cracking the console open), I got everything soldered and flashed first try, and now have it all running on Aurora with a fully loaded 1TB drive as we speak! Even followed your other video to get the backwards compatibility portion fixed as well. Much much appreciated for these guides! Having me want to dive into other projects like this..

[Xenon_VA]

Went through a viciously troublesome period with a 0031 error on a Corona 360 E. Figured out that there was a bridge between the PLL point and the resistor next to it! The point is so incredibly small! But now that I resolved the bridge, I was able to perform the RGH 3!

I just want to give my thanks to you for your incredible guides and to Octal for all his brilliant resources.

[WittyFoal]

Mr Mario and everyone who contributed towards the RGH3 project i thank you to the moon and back god bless you for these guides and all the information. I successfuly modded my first trinity today and i used kapton tape around the point we have to scrape did not scratch a thing thank you man it worked <3 <3

[SkullatorNZ]

What an absolute beast of a video! MrMario delivers the legendary content the people need, even in the face of adversity. We’re not worthy 🖐🤓🤚

[Tieigo]

When you see him shaking while soldering, you can really appreciate and see how hard of a ducking job this is to solder, it's classified as an advanced soldering job. Props to you, i will follow this guide as a reference. Saw some other videos of yours and can't recommend enough.

[Night__Mail]

Thank you so much for this guide - clear, easy to understand and the close up shots were really useful, particularly demonstrating how to position the postfix adapter.

[TomassZnotins]

Hey mate, I went into this with minimal soldering experience and pulled it off without a snag on a 4gig and a pico. I cannot thank you enough for making such a well though out tutorial, you are a gentleman.

[claycummins]

MrMario to the rescue. My 360E would not boot after the RGH3 mod. Then I watched your video and discovered WINBOND! Thank you for noting that in your comprehensive video. It saved my sanity.

[speedlolita]

Literally just finished an RGH3 install on a Corona V1 unit with a Pi Pico. Your post RGH3 install guide was most helpful. :)

[hatkid]

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but if you are going to be playing Guitar Hero on your fancy RGH, DO NOT mod a Corona, due to desync issues that make them unplayable! There are fixes that have been made, but only for the on-disc songs. None of the DLC have gotten Corona fixes. And even then, they don't always prevent the desync problems.

[sumbigboi]

2nd xbox 360 guide of yours ive tried (1st was a failed 1.2 rgh falcon) and this actually worked! thank you so much!

[osamaal-humaimidi]

Just a suggestion,

sometimes even the 30AWG wires cant solder properly on the tiny pads, especially the PLL via, so the best way to do it is to take one of those stranded wires, cut a small piece of it and slice it open, then take about 3 to 5 strands and twist them until they become one very thin wire, make 4 of them.
now solder each of those thin wires to the tips of both wires, make them short so that you dont have lots of exposed conducting wires, put a little solder on the tips of those thin wires then solder them on the pads.

you will notice that its much easier to solder them on the pads and you wont risk yanking those pads out of place if you move the wires in the wrong direction, as the thin wires at the tip are very soft and will just break if you pull on it, keeping the pads intact.


also dont go with a very high temperature on the soldering iron, start at 280C then slowly go up, those pads/vias are so delicate to the point the iron would basically burn them. i learned it the hard way after destroying the SMC_PLL point on my trinity, so I had to connect the points on both sides of the SMC_PLL with thin wire strands

[oHacks.]

Successfully rghed my trinity using your video on it and I recently picked up a corona and I went to watch this guide aswell. It didn’t disappoint at allll. The quality and thoroughness of your videos is so good. I was lucky to have a corona v1/v2 so it wasnt harder than the trinity and was pretty similar and it all worked successfully. Thank you!!

[arve]

Excellent guide, MrMario! Successfully modded 16Mb Corona X360E. Thank you very much!

[fivepercentfornothing]

just did it on an E with a corona postfix adapter and pico flasher, haven’t done much soldering before, it was incredibly difficult but i managed to do it :) thanks for the great guide