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    Xbox 360 Gaming Receiver

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by gladel, Sep 24, 2009.

  1. gladel

    gladel Notebook Geek

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    This is a longshot, but is there a way to rig the Xbox 360 gaming receiver inside an MS-1651?

    Better yet, how to make the cable of the gaming receiver short since its awfully long to be called "wireless," hehe.
     
    gladel, Sep 24, 2009
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    catacylsm Notebook Prophet

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    Lol, your mad but i like your thinking, are we talking the crossfire reciever here?

    If it fits, you could try and hide it in the dummy PCMCIA card slot (the pcb for the reciever this is) and then have the usb cable shortened so that it slots into the USB easily with no cable flopping around.
     
    catacylsm, Sep 26, 2009
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  3. gladel

    gladel Notebook Geek

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    Yea, that is what I'm talking about.

    It's a miracle for MS to create an ExpressCard version of its gaming receiver. Moreover, to hatch this idea.

    Any other takes?
     
    gladel, Sep 28, 2009
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    Yeah true that, another idea would be to try and set wifi into an adhoc broadcast mode or something and try get software to verify the searching xbox controller.
     
    catacylsm, Sep 29, 2009
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    A radio receiver include as it was for Bluetooth doesn't exist yet! isn't it?

    It will be great (like the receiver for the mouse Logitech Nano VX) but for the 360pad (i have it, wireless for windows, exceptionnal quality), how about the synchronisation? You need the button to activate your pad...
     
    Tomabyss, Sep 30, 2009
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    Well thats true, the synchronization would need setting right, and the button to activate the pad we would activate the connection for crossfire via the pc, or rig up a little switch, its quite easy i suppose its just hiding it well, or figuring out if we can use wifi in a broadcasting mode to connect to the reciever, but i dont think anything can do that, what are the xbox controllers using to connect, its not bluetooth it is?
     
    catacylsm, Sep 30, 2009
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  7. Tomabyss

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    It's a 2.4 Ghz receiver (5 Ghz for the Wifi if i'm right)
     
    Tomabyss, Sep 30, 2009
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    Hmm, i suppose it could be do-able to a degree, wifi tends to have 5 and 2.4 ghz support, Im still trying to get hold of the crossfire one from game i think. NEVER IN STOCK!
     
    catacylsm, Sep 30, 2009
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    You could try cutting the usb cable and soldering the wires to the usb headers for the port next to the esata part and hiding the receiver in the expresscard slot. Problem is I don't now if the port will be usable afterward.
     
    Ayle, Sep 30, 2009
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    Indeed it would be great having just a small receiver. I don't know whats up with MS making a receiver with a very long cable, hehe.
     
    gladel, Oct 2, 2009
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  11. gladel

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    But what about the button on the receiver? It would not fit inside the ExpressCard slot.
     
    gladel, Oct 2, 2009
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    You mean its going to connect to WiFi radio frequency? Is that possible??
     
    gladel, Oct 2, 2009
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    Thats really what i think we should focus on figuring out, i'd assume it is.
     
    catacylsm, Oct 2, 2009
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    The expresscard slot is spring loaded, I figure you could relocate the button near the spring mechanism. Or put the card next to the wlan card, and put a photo sensor in the xpresscard slot that would act as a button.
     
    Ayle, Oct 3, 2009
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