One thing I'd like to see on these videos is a parts replaced list with costs of parts. I think a lot of people would be interested to see what a repair costs.

@Deja117

6 ай бұрын

That would be cool, but he wouldn't be able to give exact prices as he's got a lot of random parts laying around from the years he's been doing this kind of thing. So he mainly uses spares from devices he couldn't save. There's also other costs for a repair shop too, cleaning, electric, advertising, hiring staff and training them, equipment (like soldering irons, multimeters and oscilloscopes), paying for the building... It all adds up in the end unfortunately. You CAN do it cheaper yourself, but you need to know HOW to do it yourself, preferably without breaking anything.

@newcartaste8986

6 ай бұрын

@@Deja117 yeah he could still post prices of parts replaced and availability (if any) of said parts. I understand he runs a shop, but he also runs a KZread channel on fixing broken items. a lot of people watch to be entertained and learn.

@thetechdoc792

6 ай бұрын

There's no way to do this. Part prices are all over the place and rising.

@FaddyMatty

6 ай бұрын

Part of the reason he is able to do these repairs is because of all the extra components he has from other systems that weren't repairable. Hdmi ports, retimer chips, and known bad components are cheap to replace. Power supplies, disc drives, etc are not. I will only repair game consoles if I know what is wrong with it specifically because I don't have extra parts laying around.

@tomimar2001

6 ай бұрын

@@Deja117 that's why repairing stuff doesn't make a lot of sense in most cases. Just the man hours dedicated to processing and repairing a damaged item add up to more than the item being repaired.

I am amazed at how much completely crushed items still sell for

@cdnron75

6 ай бұрын

Only because KZreadrs like this buy them for content. Nobody should ever pay that much for a busted up Xbox. Paying for auctions like this should not be encouraged. This Xbox is going to fail, likely in the near future because with that amount of damage sustained, there are going to be micro cracks in the trace layers of the mainboard.

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

@cdnron75 I think he is upfront about the damage the console sustained, if he sells them. And if not, people can watch his videos. In the meantime, however, this console could bring some joy to someone. PS: It would be cool, if he has links or QR codes for the consoles he sells, so people can see for themselves, what he did with them.

@cdnron75

6 ай бұрын

@@Matty0311MMS It wouldn't be cost effective to sell this with the amount of parts that were replaced. A used one that hasn't been damaged can be picked up for not much more. Plus with the mainboard itself sustaining damage it's not going to last long. It might even start to exhibit problems if he tests it thoroughly and thermal expansion/contraction starts to happen. I wouldn't recommend that anyone buy this console.

@ChaseSchleich

6 ай бұрын

Me too. I looked online for busted consoles when I wanted to practice repairing them, but the prices for junk tech was way too high.

@otroflores91

6 ай бұрын

Just the current state of the economy. For example, you used to be able to pick up a used beater motorcycle (sometimes nice non running bikes) for 1k or less. Now people want that much or more to haul away a junked motorcycle.

Amazing how that board in the disk drive still worked.

@Tronicsfix

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was a little surprised!

@NoahMKE

6 ай бұрын

Comment id from a day ago but the video is 10 minutes old!?

@xos

6 ай бұрын

@@NoahMKE If you 'join' the channel as a member, some of the tiers get early access to videos

@person9931

6 ай бұрын

@@NoahMKEhe probably has the early access membership

@YOGURTSTONER

6 ай бұрын

It's Xbox of course it still works

Well done Steve! Great video, luckily you didn't need to swap those chips on the disc drive board!

I always enjoy the calm manner in your videos. It's also good to know a seasoned pro like yourself can be caught out by those damn ribbon cables that give no hint as to which way up they need to go. I made the same mistake after modding the SNES mini and spent longer than I would like to admit cursing, wondering why it wouldn't power on after I'd finished!

I watch every video in anticipation of seeing the perfect amount of thermal paste. It's truly a sight to behold!

thats amazing i hope you get the recognition you disserve in fixing all kinds of electronics. god bless your business if you have one❤❤

ITS ALIVEEEEE ! thanks for the video man

Hi Steve, do you have a video on how you learned to repair old consoles? I'm familiar with most of the tools but was wondering how you learned the actual practical application of fixing up these consoles. Thanks for the content!

One time i went to Walmart, and walmart had the ifixit tool kit and i was amazed and got myself one since im into opening consoles and controllers including computers for repairs

Just bought my first ifixit tool kit today to replace the dying ssd in my laptop - thanks for inspiring people to fix their own tech!

I'm amazed at how bad that console looked and Steve still looked at it positively and maybe repairable nice fix Steve

Great Video, Great Repair, and Great Save! Thank You.

Your videos inspired me to start buying game consoles and fixing them to build my setup.

It's a tough sell if you're an individual wanting to repair a Series X to get a deal, but if you have parts laying around and your knowledge I imagine you'll get a pretty nice return on this. Thanks for the content as always.

@MyRegardsToTheDodo

6 ай бұрын

Hardly. I mean, if a console is in such bad condition, you basically turn two defective ones (like this one and one with a fried mainboard) into one. Meaning you'll pay atleast around $300 for the parts alone, plus shipping. There won't be much that can be salvaged after you fixed one console up, literally every piece you got left over is broken beyond repair (maybe except for the PSU, but I wouldn't trust it). Adding the shipping for both units you'll probably save around $30 compared to a known working used one, if you buy them for yourself, not to resell them. This doesn't factor in the risk of not being able to fix either of the two consoles you'd have bought and the time you'd have to put in to fix them (2-3 hours at minimum, if you're doing it for the first time probably more). And if you're doing this to resell the console again, you have to pay taxes and ebay fees and stuff like that, so it's really not worth it from a business angle. It's only worth it if you want to fix your own console that you've already owned and that broke on you (like when you already have an Xbox Series X with a blown mainboard) and even then you'd have to factor in the risk of potentially not being able to fix it (might be cheaper to sell it off for parts and buy a working one). Oh, and of course I guess that both this and the console with the blown motherboard came without controller/cables, so you'd have to buy these aswell, if you're fixing your console up.

I haven't seen any videos in weeks and I'm subscribed. Glad I checked today

The Series X has such a cool internal design. Seriously impressive engineering!

i like how you mentioned the t8 security torx before starting

I appreciate and respect competence. Steve you should be proud that you not only a great repair technician but a great KZread. Cheers

Amazing video! I cannot believe what I saw! Also I didn’t see the pledge link in the description which I was going to go to since I’m doing some minor repairs like replacing the analogue stick in a joycon (such pain!). Did I miss it somewhere?

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

THANK YOU for letting me know. I'm adding it now. Not sure how I missed that, lol

@robert_roland63

6 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfix You are so welcome! I know these things do happen from time to time. Have a wonderful day!

Similar to a car mechanic, the more repairs you do, the more parts you have laying around and the easier it is for you to find replacement parts for the things you're working on

Awsome video man great job 👏

Geez, it looks like someone took a hammer to this one! I'm amazed you could get it working.

the meme "that's a lot of damage" instantly came to my mind

@XD-gq4so

6 ай бұрын

Lol

I thought for sure that it wouldn't work, that's awesome that with a little repair you fixed it.

@pikachu896

6 ай бұрын

You'll know it's working when he puts it back together to "see if it works". Gives away the result.

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

Hi @FaddyMatty, I'm fatty Matty. 😜

No way that xbox work even after so many bends and broken Amazing work🎉❤❤❤

I will never get tired of how well built the Series X is. It's just so dense. Anyway this is not a repair or fix, this is what we call a rebuild.

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

"We can rebuild him..."

@GamerBoy-ny9mg

6 ай бұрын

Xbox always has the best hardware and build quality rather than ps5

@GhostOdyssey

6 ай бұрын

Agreed! However, I've always thought that the power supply should have been on the outside, like an adapter brick instead. Would that keep the thermals down?

@Mostbaleia

6 ай бұрын

This video made me quite angry. He just dumped and replaced everything, savaging the main board and miscellaneous. "Fixed", no bro, you rebuild it with spare parts.

@spambaitpro

6 ай бұрын

@@GamerBoy-ny9mg This is a joke, right? Red Ring of Death, anyone? Anyone?

One day I would love to see an antique electronic repaired such as a radio. I would think it would be quite interesting to watch.

@anthonyshiels9273

6 ай бұрын

Bob Andersen's KZread channel bandersentv repairs vintage and antique radios and televisions. Paul Carlson and shango066 also have similar content. shango is the most entertaining of these three presenters. His commentary on the ads is simply priceless.

@mercier300

6 ай бұрын

there's other channels for that

@m4heshd

4 ай бұрын

If you like that kind of stuff, watch Wristwatch Revival. Trust me, he's just like Steve. So satisfying to watch.

After replacing the case, The fan, the psu and dvd drive not alot left lol Great video

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

Plus the one thing that always gets replaced: The thermal paste.

One could make a ship of thesius argument, but I think what matters is the disk drive board and motherboard. Thankfully those were mostly intact and that's pretty incredible given the damage. But this is a great example of why only a repair shop could take this on, having so many spare parts was what made this reasonable. If you had you tried to source each one of those on ebay I bet you wouldn't break even after re-selling it (off the top of my head you needed wifi board, mobo component, heatsink, power supply, disk drive case, fan, green thingamabob, housing...)

@MyRegardsToTheDodo

6 ай бұрын

No, even for a repair shop this wouldn't be worth it. The "spares" entirely came from a console with a blown mainboard, so Steve basically turned two defective consoles into one, with no leftover parts of both, maybe except for the PSU. This was only worth it for youtube content.

Nicely done Steve!

Hi Tronicsfix, I would like to know what kind of thermal pads would you suggest to replace them on a ps4 and a ps4 pro, I wanted to replace them but I don't know how many mm to take them, I thought 1.0mm you would recommend?

Would be great if at the end of the video we saw a summary of all the parts that needed to be replaced

You make,such a good work bro

The only thing working on this one was the motherboard and disc drive. Nice job getting it all together!

@jimmymac12311

6 ай бұрын

He did replace the disc drive though. Only one board on the original was salvageable.

Almost 100k views in less than 24 hours. Well done! :)

Dang that thing had some dents. I smiled when the logo came up on the screen. ❤🎉

Did the beat up power supply end up working? Did you test it?

Me: The perfect amount of thermal paste doesn't exi- *Angelic music plays* My God....

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Lololol!

Would pulling the memory chip off the disk drivers board and placing it on a new one make it usable with the current motherboard? What exactly is the marrying component for those?

You have the best video thanks😃😃

Hi. I was just wondering what the tweezer tool you use to disconnect wires is pacifically called and I need one to clean my PS5 fab?

Where did do you buy it from? I’d like to get one

Good job mate 👍

Nice !! I did that with a Xbox360 back in 2008 and it didn't work , they had different DVD drivers models and it had to be specific serial numbers etc.. that's when there was the DVD flash exploit.

Did you change the green plastic and the fan at the top or did you put it all into a donor case n fan?

he FIXED it! great vid.

These even broken are getting more pricey 😬

@shaunmorrissey7313

6 ай бұрын

That's because youtubers pay stupid money for junk

@CecilTheDarkKnight234

6 ай бұрын

given that the series x revision will remove the disc drive/replace the current series X, I see the OG models "even broken ones" shooting up in price.

@Actuallynotpete

6 ай бұрын

I'm gonna guess the price is for the APU/GPU not the console itself

These videos would be even better in higher resolution! I'd say 4K! Love the content!

I actually just did the same DVD drive board swap the other day to save a Xbox one cod special edition! It was the first time I’ve ever tried to do it and I was successful!

Great video tronicfix I am a big fan of your channel. wow that poor Xbox series x. rip I bet it's the perfect amount of damage XD

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

...to make it into a full length repair video.

I'd like to hear stories from your console repair days of some of the stories you were told about how someone's ex damaged their machine.

Damn! Great job!!

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks!

Amazing! At first looks I thought it would end up a donor. Kudos

Good job!!! Wow, the previous owner really made someone mad.

How the hell did all those internal parts get so banged up like that? Looked like somebody took it apart, kicked around for a while, then put it back together.

@dantenajera9687

6 ай бұрын

Just throw it

@caslor2002

6 ай бұрын

it is just physics = Principle of conservation of momentum

@hexidimentional

6 ай бұрын

the outer plastic is rather flexible, probably took a bat to the poor thing

Love watching your videos

@16:58 love to see the Tomb Raider games there as well!

Your videos inspired me to try repairing as a hobby. A few questions: what tool are you using when you're checking for shorts? Also, where to buy broken stuff in bulk?

@boelensds

6 ай бұрын

scrap yard, thrift stores electronic shops.

@videogamehelper13

4 ай бұрын

the tool that is used is called a multimeter, there are tons of options with tons of different use cases. Usually you want one that can check continuity, voltage drops, and resistance

I knew that the perfect amount of thermal paste could fix the Xbox. 😏

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Lol, yep! Always does

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

Plus, the cannibalization of other dead consoles. 😜

Great job! That Xbox was beyond playable till you came along. Well done bud.

Great job Steve :)

Question out of curiosity. So If one needs to replace a disk drive in one of these, how to get around the disk board being paired with it? Do the chips have to be moved to a donor board? Thanks.

On thing that boggles my mind is how often things labeled as broken cost so much.

@MattSwain1

6 ай бұрын

True but I suppose you might buy one like this in the hope that even if you can’t fix it, there’ll be a load of spare parts from it given that most of the big electronics brands don’t make it easy to source parts for devices that could actually be easily repaired. Obviously one like this would be a real gamble given that it was so beaten up but as long as the main board turns out to be good then you can easily get the $150 back if you have the tools, the know how and some patience (I score 0 of 3 here!!!)

@acatterz

6 ай бұрын

I’ve always believed that people just don’t read things properly. They see “Xbox Series X” and place a bid on eBay without reading the “Broken” part, and even if they don’t end up winning the auction, it pushes the price up.

Don't own an XBox, but the build of that machine is just awesome. So densely packed and performing while staying fairly quiet. Just a nice piece of engineering. That said: Are people these days _really_ paying 150 USD for what is essentially a broken box full of parts without having any idea which, if any, of them will still be working? That just seems completely insane to me. Sure, for a repair shop with tons of spare parts lying around, this _might_ be a fun gamble every once in a while, but.... I'm sorry, it's just insane.

@MrAnarchyMarine

5 ай бұрын

One time, years ago, he bought a "broken" xbox one for 60 bucks. Turns out it just needed a solid internet connection so it could update properly. The gamble can be way worth it. Even if you're only able to salvage them for spare parts and Frankenstein one together.

I would have loved to see you fix the power supply.

For the disc drive for series x could you use components from a Xbox one s disc drive mother board

Hey, I've got an elite series 2 with stick drift. Do you do repairs, and I'm not asking for free work. I can order the parts and ship to you. I'm terrible at soldering.

While it took quite a few spare parts to fix this I am impressed. Taking into consideration the initial $150 and spare parts required, was it worth it? I can imagine you have shelf loads of spares anyway.

@TronicsFix Is it expensive to learn how to solder?

I'm 2 minutes in, and I'm going to predict that we have an XBox of Theseus. Let's see if I'm right. Update, I finished it, and I'm pretty sure the only parts you salvaged were the disc drive board and the mother board, so I think it's safe to call it an Xbox of Theseus.

@StormsparkPegasus

6 ай бұрын

I was just about to make a Ship of Theseus comment, you beat me to it lol.

@thisguy00

6 ай бұрын

Haha same here 😂😂

@Formula7Driver

6 ай бұрын

Or the more modern version would be Trigger's broom

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

And with the parts he replaced over the years, he could probably build several broken consoles.

@MyRegardsToTheDodo

6 ай бұрын

@@Matty0311MMS He could build a completely broken one from the parts that were left of the two consoles he used to build one working one here.

It seems like we are going to have to replace this, and this, and this, and that. Lets power it on. Classic 😂

@Raweroa

6 ай бұрын

The Xbox is so beaten-up It's just a donor of few boards that were used for fixing another Xbox with a fried chip at this point 😅

@kbmccarthy11

6 ай бұрын

haha yeah unfortunately I think he got robbed at $150. this one was totaled. and I doubt he’d even try to resell after fixing given the absolute trashing this console took.

Excellent stuff!

hey! I have a 2011 3DS, and for some reason it’s no longer reading any of the games I put in the slot. I was wondering if you still fix those by any chance

Awesome video !!!!!! Very impressive

I love it when a plan comes together

Hey steve. How about fixing a N64, Megadrive/Genesis or even a Dreamcast/Gamecube. That should be a fun fix for you mate. Good fix today!

My 2ds left dumber is loose on the board, what do you recommend to fix it?

So I have a question my Xbox just keeps turning itself on from fully powered down what would be causing this and could a bad power supply brick be the cause of that

Great work

Hi Tronics could you tell me how hard it would be to replace the wifi chip in a Nintendo switch?? Mine won't pick up the internet anymore

Yesss! Congrats Steve for fixing the "destroyed" Xbox Series X!!🎉

Could you replace a Series X disc drive with one from a One S or X?

I noticed as the disc spun and read it shortly after it popped the disc back out and the installation stopped. Curious what was going on at that point

WooW you fixed a probably Hammer Smashed Xbox, Impressive !

If the heatsink is not punctured and only the fins is bent you can just bend them back might want to try could save some on the repairs

I would love to see thermal paste versus liquid metal on the Xbox series X

Great fix!

Save the old drive for parts motor etc.. even old power suply

Awesome fix. 👍

Holy, RIP that Xbox 😅

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Ha, ha, yes, exactly!

@mr.charchar

6 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfix Glad it all works now!

Hey @tronicfix I have an issue with a backward compatible ps3 It has 4ports on it. Well my issue is that it has the yellow light of death. I bought in whatnot. Is there anyway I could pay you to fix it?

You know what I like about you? You always apply the perfect amount of thermal paste.

JB weld the fan good as new 😂

This man never disappoints us 😂

Got a question: Why dont you use a microchip reader and programmer to just.. read the pairing on the drive, and reprogram the replacement drive with it?

@MyRegardsToTheDodo

6 ай бұрын

They're encrypted. It's a means against piracy.

Seems like someone cheated on their partner 🤭

@jakz737

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@weniard

6 ай бұрын

Yup

@iconofsin4578

6 ай бұрын

You dont even have to cheat. Women destroy your stuff when they want

@juwanhowardhll8019

6 ай бұрын

@@iconofsin4578 damn but sometimes true

@iconofsin4578

6 ай бұрын

@@juwanhowardhll8019 yeah man...

Would love to see you fix this PS3 BC model that a friend damaged their motherboard. However, it still turns on and boots. I would donate it 😁

Hello! I hope you can help me with a problem. I have a Thinkpad T490 and for some time it is not powering on. It is charging, but when i try to start it the led goes on, then off, the fan spins for a few seconds and stops. After 3-5 seconds it lights again, the fan spins again and i can hear one beep and goes off again.

You are great man 😊👍