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NOTE: If you use a lightgun or racing wheel or the like, you will not be able to use them on the controller port that you modify. They use the yellow wire. You will need to plug them into a different port to use them.

Parts Needed
1-Momentary Push Button normally in the open state (I used Radio shack #275-646)
Some wire
Some Solder
Soldering Iron
Dremel

Well the first thing I did was to figure out where I wanted the switch. The only place I could find enough room for it was above the left joystick. It also looks nice there as you can see later.

I then put the nut on the inside of the controller shell and drew around the inside of the nut with a marker onto the top part of the controller shell. Break out the Dremel :)

After you get the switch in, tin and solder some wire to the points on the switch. Connect one wire to the ground solder point, which is point 1 in the picture. Connect the other wire to the yellow wire solder point, point 2.

Now close up the controller and set it aside.

Open up your XBOX and take the drives out. Clip the yellow wire coming from controller port one and attach another longer wire to it (the part of the wire coming from the controller port). Then attach the other end to the front panel PCB (look at the pic). It is the second point up from the bottom. The other part of the yellow wire that goes to the USB daughterboard is not used so it can just be left hanging there. Close up your xbox and try it out. Pretty sweet.

Here is the end result:

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