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How To Install The XCM Rapid Fire Gear Lite Xbox 360 (Hard)

View Original _____________________________________________________ Guide Provided By: XCM Live Narrated By G.G. Estimated Time: 1-3 Hours Experience Level: Expert Items Needed: T8 Screwdriver, soldering iron, solder, wire, desoldering wick (optional), wire cutter (optional), Small knife (preferably an exacto knife), pliers (optional). This more difficult rapid fire lite install method allows you to set the A, B, X, Y, RB, LB, RT and LT buttons to rapid fire mode. If this guide seems to difficult, use the easier guide LOCATED HERE. The easier guide will not allow you to use any top buttons as rapid fire. Also, please note there are 2 different controller board version types. Make sure to follow the correct one. _____________________________________________________ IMPORTANT NOTE: This item does not work with the newer version 3 wireless controller motherboard. You can start by taking off your battery pack to see what version controller you have. Simply look at the exposed motherboard. An easy way to tell the difference is the version 2 & 3 motherboard usually has a resister on the board circled below. Occasionally you will run across version 2 motherboard that does not have a resister as shown below. I would say version 2 controllers are slightly easier to work on. Note that there is sometimes variations on the motherboard. Sometimes you may think you have a version 1 controller after looking on the inside behind the battery pack, but you may actually have a version 2. VERSION 1 View Original VERSION 2 View Original VERSION 3 View Original ________________ VERSION 1 ________________ 1) Take off the battery pack and use the XCM T8 screw driver to take off the 7 screws as indicated below. View Original 2) Pull the back shell off and take out the parts. Take off the analog thumb sticks and rumble packs on the controller board. View Original 3) Replacing the LT & RT buttons is completely optional. You may leave in your original white RT & LT buttons if you wish. View Original 4) Your controller should now be completely dissembled. Install your new LT & RT buttons. View Original 5) View Original 6) Gently scrape away the green material with a sharper object such as an exacto knife at the surface points shown below. Once you do this, you will be able to solder to the board. To be 100% sure where to scratch away, line up your "XCM Soft Yellow PCB" on the board and scratch away where needed. This is for quick solder installation of this yellow PCB. IMPORTANT: Make sure to cut all traces before you install the PCB.[/size] View Original 7) View Original 8) Cutting traces is not as hard as it looks. Make sure you get yourself a nice sharp object such as an exacto knife. Push down with a little force and keep cutting over the trace line. You know you've gone deep enough once you see a brownish color underneath the green board. View Original 9) . Make sure to cut the RTO trace before soldering on the "Soft Yellow PCB". View Original 10) View Original 11) The bottom wire in <4> can be routed on top w/ the other wires. You do not have to route the wire on the bottom of the controller if you do not want. View Original 12) The next few pictures will show a version 2 PCB ribbon installed. Although there are not as many solder points on the version 2 ribbon cable as the version 1 you are installing, you should get the basic idea of how it should look installed. View Original 13) Note: Again this is a version 2 PCB ribbon installed, it is only to show you the basics of installing the PCB. View Original 14) Note: Again this is a version 2 PCB ribbon installed, it is only to show you the basics of installing the PCB. View Original 15) View Original 16) Getting this stupid ribbon cable in place in this step can be somewhat time consuming and very annoying. Check out step 15 for an easier way to install this ribbon cable. View Original 17) Take out the screw that the arrow is pointing to below. Gently pull up the board with a screwdriver or something similar. Once the board is a pulled up higher it is easier to install the PCB piece. (Again this was being done on a version 2 board, you may have noticed the solder bridge different than your version 1). View Original 18) Once you put the board back in the ribbon cable should slightly show like below. View Original 19) Put the rest of the controller together and it should be ready to go. View Original 20) If you are having issues with the left analog stick clicking when you hold it down and turn to the right, then you will need to shave off some of the board like shown in the picture below. You can simply do this with a sharp object such as an exacto knife. Be sure not to shave to far as there is a bus line that runs inside. View Original 21) View Original ________________ VERSION 2 ________________ 1) Take off the battery pack and use the XCM T8 screw driver to take off the 7 screws as indicated below. View Original 2) Pull the back shell off and take out the parts. Take off the analog thumb sticks and rumble packs on the controller board. View Original 3) Replacing the LT & RT buttons is completely optional. You may leave in your original white RT & LT buttons if you wish. View Original 4) Your controller should now be completely dissembled. Install your new LT & RT buttons. View Original 5) Gently scrape away the green material with a sharper object such as an exacto knife at the surface points shown below. Once you do this, you will be able to solder to the board. To be 100% sure where to scratch away, line up your "XCM Soft Yellow PCB" on the board and scratch away where needed. This is for quick solder installation of this yellow PCB. IMPORTANT: Make sure to cut all traces before you install the PCB. View Original 6) View Original 7) Cutting traces is not as hard as it looks. Make sure you get yourself a nice sharp object such as an exacto knife. Push down with a little force and keep cutting over the trace line. You know you've gone deep enough once you see a brownish color underneath the green board. View Original 8) View Original 9) . Make sure to cut the RBO trace before soldering on the "Soft Yellow PCB". View Original 10) The next few pictures will show the PCB ribbon installed from different angels. View Original 11) Everything should look similar to below. View Original 12) Everything should look similar to below. View Original 13) View Original 14) Getting this stupid ribbon cable in place in this step can be somewhat time consuming and very annoying. Check out step 15 for an easier way to install this ribbon cable. View Original 15) Take out the screw that the arrow is pointing to below. Gently pull up the board with a screwdriver or something similar. Once the board is a pulled up higher it is easier to install the PCB piece. View Original 16) Once you put the board back in the ribbon cable should slightly show like below. View Original 17) Put the rest of the controller together and it should be ready to go. View Original 18) If you are having issues with the left analog stick clicking when you hold it down and turn to the right, then you will need to shave off some of the board like shown in the picture below. You can simply do this with a sharp object such as an exacto knife. Be sure not to shave to far as there is a bus line that runs inside. View Original 19) View Original Troubleshooting Guide Problem: None of my rapid fire buttons are working. Solution: Go back and look at your install. Make sure all wires are properly connected to the correct points on the yellow PCB. Make sure all trace lines are cut properly. Make sure your wires are connected securely to all points on the board. Problem: When I click on the turbo button, one of my rapid fire buttons lights up instantly and nothing works? Solution: Go back and look at your install. The button that lights up right away when you press the turbo button most likely just needs the trace cut as you probably forgot to do so. Problem: I am having difficulties plugging in the yellow PCB cable to the controller. Solution: Take out the screw like shown in the picture 17 above. Lift the board and it will be easier to plug this wire in. Problem: When I push down on the left analog stick and move to the right I hear a click noise. Solution: You need to shave off some of the board inside. Check out the picture on number 20 to show what you need to shave down.