Finally I have finished the xbox laptop! After 6 months, 3 xbox 360's and a lot of hard work. I have made a small video of it here: Xbox Laptop Video. Also take a look at my pictures page for more pictures of it! Also I would like to say a thankyou to the following people for making this project possible:

Ian J Christmas for reballing my xbox
Sam Darwish for supplying me with a new xbox 360
Freakinvoice for supplying me with hinges from america
My mum for encouraging me not to give up the project...
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Over the past few days I have been working really hard. Last weekend I finished building most of the case, I cut holes for the headphone sockets, and the two usb plugs. Then the glossy black spray paint I had been waiting for arrived. That afternoon I spray painted the whole case, the cover, the screen sides, and the screen back glossy black. It now looks much better, rather than that old white colour. I have also flattened more capacitors on the motherboard to make it smaller. I desoldered t...
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Today I have desoldered the rear usb and ethernet and the front memory card plugs. I als hot-glued some terminals so they dont come loose or short. I also soldered 3 wires for +5,+12 and GND for the screen. I was not sure if the xbox power adapter would be enough to power the screen but when I tested it it ran perfecly. I also bumped the resolution upto 1080p and the tamps didn't go over Celsius! Here is a Link to the test video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKcoFSu-93M
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Here are some pictures of the casing that I have just made. It is not glued yet as the superglue and epoxy resin are coming tomorrow in the post.


 This is teast of the joints I am using to join the corners together ^

 This is a picture of the case held together with blue tack and the motherboard and dvd drive in :



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Here is a picture of how the components inside the Xbox laptop are placed. Not it is actually placed on a full size drawing but you cannot really see it.

 

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