Engadget's how-to make an Xbox 360 laptop (part 2)

by Ross Miller on Apr 25th 2007 8:26PM

Ben Heckendorn's back to serve as educator for all those would-be modders who wish to emulate his Xbox 360 laptop (mark II). Steps covered in the second part include designing the case, modifying the heatsink, hacking (dare we say Hecking?) apart an LCD monitor and combining the console's and monitor's power supplies. Despite the many descriptive images, explanations and downloadable resources, this project is not for the faint of heart.

The final chapter of the how-to trilogy will show how to compile everything into a working beauty and is coming soon.

See also: part one

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Tags: ben heck, BenHeck, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (4)

Does the Elite come with BenQ Drive?

I heard that it doesn't, but I haven't seen one to tell you the truth. So I could be wrong.

No it dosn't.... read this:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/20/xbox-360-elite-cracked-open-guts-exposed/

"Their first notable discovery: the Hitachi GDR-3120L DVD drive. To be honest, we expected to see the newer (and "super-quiet") BenQ VAD6038 but the guys at Llamma poo-poo our desires claiming, "... there are no flashing utilities available [for the BenQ]"