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208 Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering Vendor Name Vendor Contact Info Specialties and Notes Digi-Key www.digikey.com Wide selection of original manufactured 1-800-344-4539 (phone) components. Hobbyist-friendly, prompt service. $5 1-218-681-3380 (fax) handling charge on all orders under $25. Excellent website features real-time inventory and pricing check information, data sheets and parametric search tools. Jameco www.jameco.com Economical hobbyist-friendly vendor. Components 1-800-831-4242 (phone) are a mixture of original and surplus stock. Good 1-800-237-6948 (fax) selection of tools at a reasonable price. $5 handling fee on all orders under $20. A wide selection of doit-yourself kits available. MCM Electronics www.mcmelectronics.com 1-800-543-4330 (phone) 1-800-765-6960 (fax) Mouser www.mouser.com Tools and component vendor that stocks a good 1-800-346-6873 (phone) selection of original components. Hobbyist-friendly, 1-817-804-3899 (fax) orders@mouser.com no minimum order, no handling charge. Newark www.newark.com Larger, traditional component distributor. Broad 1-800-463-9275 (phone) component selection but not all components are stocked; you may have to wait some weeks for certain orders to get filled. A good place to go for components you cannot find at other hobbyistfriendly distributors. $5 handling fee on all orders under $25. Fry's Electronics McMaster Carr Specialty consumer electronics service/repair tools and parts as well as common tools and components. Sells hard-to-find security bits and replacement parts. $2.95 flat handling charge, no minimum order requirement for internet purchases. www.frys.com Retail electronics store that stocks a reasonable selection of components and tools. A great place to go and browse if you do not like catalog shopping. Only found in California, Texas, Oregon and Arizona. www.mcmastercarr.com Vendor of mechanical hardware, metal stock and machine tools. A place to get raw sheet metal and fasteners to finish off a project. Website is comprehensive and helpful. FindChips www.findchips.com Automated parts search engine. Search dozens of distributors for parts. Most hobbyist-friendly vendors are listed in this search engine. Table A-1: Table of vendors of components and equipment.
Appendix A - Where to Get Your Hacking Gear 209 Prepared Equipment Order Forms This section contains a selected list of tools sold by Jameco that you can order to get you geared up for hacking. The “basic” order form contains all the bits and drivers necessary for opening up an Xbox, as well as some basic soldering tools. The “advanced” order form contains a set of tools and utilities that are useful to have on hand, but are expensive enough that those on a budget may consider ordering them only as they require them. In addition to the tools in these order forms, you will need a few small parts for the projects described in Part I. Please refer to the introduction of each respective chapter for a list of parts that you will require. Basic Order Form The table below lists the basic tools that you will need to do the projects described in this book. You can order these parts by going to Jameco’s website, www.jameco.com, and clicking on the yellow “Quick Order” button on the left hand side. Enter in the Jameco part numbers listed here and get started hacking! (Prices may vary.) Description Jameco Part Number Price 16 to 30 Watt Variable Soldering Iron 116572 $18.95 1/32” Conical Bevel tip for soldering iron 35326 $4.49 Small pack of 60/40 Kester flux core solder 73576 $2.59 2 oz Kester rosin paste flux 73584 $1.59 Desoldering Wick 175986 $2.49 Soldering iron tip cleaner and conditioner 132986 $4.95 26-Piece SAE Hobby Tool Set 170069 $14.95 Wire stripper, 22-30 gauge 127870 $4.95 Total price $54.96 The 26-piece SAE Hobby Tool Set includes all of the bits, drivers, and screwdrivers necessary to disassemble an Xbox, including the T-10, T-15, and T-20 torx bits. I have included the 1/ 32” conical bevel tip in the order form above because the soldering iron comes with a horrendously large 1/8” chisel tip. A 1/8” tip is useful for soldering together small countries and creating solder shorts all over your fine-pitched components. Conical bevel and chisel tips feature a flattened region that enables rapid heat transfer, and thus are easier to use than conical sharp tips. I have also included some soldering iron tip cleaner and some rosin paste flux. They are a little bit pricey, but they will make your life a lot easier, trust me.
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