punkt is german and means "period" or "full stop".

iprep uses mtkflash, which is DOS only, so it will not work for that.

considering the demos are in one signed package, there's no way to access and modify the shaders.

you don't need the PIC if you are using the infectus.

20cm is pretty long, you might get interferences from that. generally it should start attempting to downgrade, though.. either the addon doesn't have good contact to the points on the infectus, you miswired something or you are not using the right version of the software (0.3.8 beta 2) with the addon code (not homebrew).

ear buds for the fine work, a normal tissue will do for the top, and use alcohol, it helps a lot in getting it off.

the clamps do, but since heat rises, the clamps don't actually warm up.
there's not much cooling the bottom will do, if you want more cooling, you'll have to do it at the top, preferably inside by transporting more heat away from the heatsinks.

make a new, full backup from your original. that's the only safe way.

no, you're not a filipino. you're a truebred idiot.

the benefit would at best be tiny, since the metal shield doesn't have much of a heatspreader effect in the first place. the MB is hovering above the metal case, not contacting it directly.

you most definitely did not find a single thread discussing illegal, downloaded games.

considering a thread on this very topic was answered to not even 2 hours before you posting, you can't have searched very hard. check the "Clarification..." topic.

if you have such a big problem with him making money off his work, why don't you write a free software with 79 support?

I have redone all solder spots on the related traces, as far as I could follow it, they're all good. from what I can see the only missing spot left would be on the chip itself, but I can't see anything wrong on those either.

bad dump then, that's not a valid size.

if it gets stuck at that point, you probably didn't unplug the drive at the right time or plugged it in at the right time.

There's two theories: one is that the emulator actually contains a list of disk IDs, the other that it checks what libraries and functions are used by the game, and runs only if all are supported.
the problem with patching would be that the game would very likely crash, because MS usually does check if the games work or not, and if not, they don't get added to the list.

I got a controller here where up/down stopped working on the right stick after it fell down.. the potentiometer is working fine (I measured the changes in resistance) and the connections are good, I see no missing components either.. anyone see this kinda issue before? or maybe even got an idea which pin on the controller chip is responsible for this poti?

then you can still use it while you are connected to live.

are you an idiot or something?
the games are backed up on MS' servers. if your console fries under warranty and is sent in, MS will transfer your downloaded games to the new console or return the points for them.
there is no need for a backup.