If you like this video you'll probably like my BROKEN GameBoy Micro video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2thuKNyiqnYfJM.html Should I make another video showing me replacing the thermal paste and capacitors?

@retrogamingcritic3555

2 жыл бұрын

In older consoles

@aydenconnor4398

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss!

@MikeeVee

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@williamsjohn83

2 жыл бұрын

The capacitor for the keeping the time is notorious for failing in the OG Xbox. I simply removed mine and didn’t bother replacing.

@heroichornet3240

2 жыл бұрын

U should update an old Xbox to make it a newer one

That is the cleanest retro console I have ever seen. I wish the ones I fix were that clean. I also recommend checking the capacitors and the one for the battery

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I was so surprised at how clean this one was.

@TheSoapyJew

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The clock capacitor is almost always busted and leaking. In my expirence.

@revengenerd1

2 жыл бұрын

I keep my consoles that clean, I got a used Xbox in 2009 (to be fair its had little use) that still looks new inside, when I got it I took it apart and put new thermal paste on and softmodded it, got 2 more in 2014 that I did same.

@NALTOdeluxe

2 жыл бұрын

Will you ever upload something new? Thinking of subscribing. :)

@NALTOdeluxe

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSoapyJew it depends on the model and production date.

Steve, I replaced a laser with a replacement one time and my disk drive wouldn’t spin up either, come to find out the manufacture puts a blob of solder to short it out to prevent damage to the diode during shipping! I wicked the blob of solder and bam! It worked perfectly! I’m not sure if your replacement laser has the same thing but check it out!

@Junji101

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Steve should see this I've definitely read about that online when i was looking for replacement parts

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. For some reason I didn't show it but I did remove the solder.

@RileySkye100

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I figured it would be the solder blob. I usually have them when I order PS2 laser replacements.

That’s Xbox was incredibly clean inside, that’s not the normal state they come in. Also, pop off or replace the clock cap. The thermal paste might need to be renewed too, it’s the standard service job to those old Xboxes.

I love how simple the original Xbox is to open up and repair. Everything is really easy to take apart and replace. I wish consoles these days were as easy to disassemble as the original Xbox was.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. This console is a breeze to open and repair. Love it!

Steve, please do more retro console repairs like this one!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

If this video does well then I'll do it

I just fixed mine last year. Well not a total fix since I was not able to repair the DVD drive laser, but it is working great. And since I softmodded it, I could say it is a great emulation machine. It is a Xbox V1.4 (Sept. 29, 2003)

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Yes, I'm finding that it's not uncommon to buy faulty "new" lasers for these.

I kinda liked the black faceplate on the drive with the green. I remember getting a used original XBox once though and wanting to upgrade the hard drive size. The drive is locked, so you have to connect it to an external power supply, start the XBox so that the drive will receive the unlock command, disconnect the IDE cable, connect it to a PC while the drive is still powered on, boot the PC, then you can then copy all the stuff off of it and create a new drive from it.

Just seeing this piece of hardware put a smile on my face. Such memories.

Man the good old days when you could just replace a disk drive without having mated Circuit boards with firmware and crap.

Thanks to your videos i felt confident enough to try and repair some of my broken stuff. I had a couple of batteries powered lights that were in bad shape electronically. I reflowed the solder connections on one and that fixed it. On another it was desinegrating, so i had to throw it away, but I managed to replace the power button flex of an iphone 4s which i was really proud of. Thanks again for being an inspiration and someone who points out the possibilities when it comes to repair.

I'm so happy to see that you got a hold of a retro console to see what was fixable and what wasn't. It's also nice to see you experiment with older consoles just so you can see what kind of hardware was implemented that makes the system perform the way it does. It is something I've been wanting to see for a long, long time and I'm glad you got around to doing it. I hope you get to do something like this with a PlayStation 2 console. For now, this was fantastic. Great work Steve!👍😁

Make sure you replace or even just remove the clock capacitor on non-1.6 revision boards (like this one). They all fail eventually, leak, and kill the motherboards.

Wow that is the most cleanest Xbox system I have seen honestly. Whoever had it took really good care of it even though a fail disc drive which happens on older systems unfortunately.

I'm curious how could you know the "laser lens" is bad If you didn't test it on a working drive too?

Hey man I picked up an original Xbox from the swap meet months ago that would not turn on. Did some research and soldered in new capacitors. It worked! The disc tray wouldn’t open and I replaced the ruber band. This console meant so much more to me bc I was able to fix it. I’ve got your channel to thank. You’re super inspirational and this is not the first console I’ve fixed although it was the toughest one to fix. Bottom line is keep rocking man! I appreciate your channel and hard work. I have learned so much!

Nice video, Steve. I believe that Xbox is old enough where the clock capacitor is a concern. You should remove it. Also, I personally would have just swapped the entire disc tray instead of just the green piece. I would have probably ended up breaking it when trying to pry it off.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Ya, I need to check that. I wanted to make the video as long yet interesting as possible so that's why I did it that way.

@RDJ134

2 жыл бұрын

My toughts where on the clock capacitor too, thats a realy big problem for this console when they start to leak.

That has to be my favorite repair I've watched in some time. I never could afford or get the Halo consoles for any generation, so it was fun to watch you fix this one.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it. If this video does well I might have to make another video replacing the thermal paste.

Now you're talking! This is up my alley. The big thing is those clock capacitors. They'll leak and damage the entire area on certain models

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I've heard. I'll have to take a look.

@NALTOdeluxe

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for acknowledging it’s not all models. Mine doesn’t have the issue.

@halofreak1990

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix As Nikkcade said, not all original Xbox consoles have this issue. You should check if the chip near the A/V port is named Xcalibur. If so, it's a v1.6 Xbox and you don't need to do anything about caps, unless they're bulging. Also note that, unlike the previous revisions, which can live without a clock capacitor, the 1.6 _requires_ one in order for it to boot. As an aside, this video reminds me I still need to figure out why my OG Xbox won't power on, anymore. All capacitors on the motherboard look fine, and the problem doesn't seem to be with the power supply, either. Yet, I get absolutely nothing when I press the power or eject button

Just subscribed, I like the fact you don't hide your misdiagnosis or errors and show the full process. Thanks.

Absolutely love the way they did those shells back in the day❤ and so good it gets a new life by fixing it!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

YES! These shells are really cool.

Enjoying these vids alot! You should do more older consoles like this. Maybe PS2 and PS3 or just older consoles in general would be cool!

70k to go. Should be at 1 million by mid December

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe...if I get a few videos to go big. I'm getting about 10k/mo right now so it may be 2022 but no worries. It'll be cool whenever it happens.

@virgildeklerk

2 жыл бұрын

Very nice looking xbox. I always love retro console repairs so if you ever try a C64 or Amiga or so that would be so cool.

Can’t wait to watch this one Steve! Also I have a question. Have you ever badly injured yourself whilst fixing your devices/consoles?

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Not since I was a kid. I cut myself pretty badly with a razor blade trying to open something when I was a kid. I had many other smaller injuries too from devices but most of my larger injuries were from working on the ranch.

@revengenerd1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix 30 years later, I still haven't got truly into soldering as when I was a few years old my brother used to solder small things sitting on the floor, one time my dad came into the room in a rage about something I dropped a toy and dad told me to pick it up, I hesistated and he said do it or else, put my hand right on the solder iron and got infected and a huge bubble on my hand., had a similar story at school with hot glue which is why I didn't use that either.

You'll definitely want to replace the capacitors they're known for being leaky over time.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I've heard.

@SmittyEh.

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing! otherwise board damage.

@thatryeguy6145

2 жыл бұрын

Mainly the clock capacitor.

@kc4415

2 жыл бұрын

You don't need to replace them, just removing them is enough to prevent rot

@wettuga2762

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix XBOX v1.6 doesn't have a clock capacitor, but v1.0 to v1.5 do have a clock capacitor that will FOR SURE leak and damage the motherboard. There are 2 solutions: replace the capacitor which will last you some more years, or remove the clock capacitor and install a custom dashboard (after hardware/software modding the console) that will update the date/time when connected to the Internet, so you don't get bothered with setting it every time you connect the XBOX to the power.

Great video! I softmodded my xbox og with the old hotswap method. These things are tanks. It was an enjoyable starting point. Good memories.

Nice one Steve! Please do lots more old school consoles and other 80s and 90s electronics!

Gotta remove that clock capacitor. Opened my og after a long time and that cap bled out on the motherboard and ruined some traces

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I might have to check that out.

@PinguTM

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix yes this needs to be done. it's an easy fix

about time!! Thanks for making this video I have been waiting for this.

My only issue with replacing the whole disk drive is who knows when that drives laser is on it's way out. That's the only reason I would still opt for the laser itself. For $60 though and you can still get a faulty one, that's pretty lame.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. You never know how old the laser is in a used drive. If I ever find a reliable source for brand new lasers I'll replace it again probably.

That’s crazy, I bought one in 2015 and it’s sitting in my car right now, I’m definitely ganna take a gander at it after watching this incredible video

Love these types of vids, Keep up the good work!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

I did not think it looked bad with the black tray front. Kinda defined the tray but definitely keep it authentic 😆

I remember my friend having an original Xbox, I had a PlayStation so we would go around each other’s house playing multiplayer to play the exclusives back when online gameplay didn’t exist for consoles! The thought of 4 people playing split screen with a multi tap brings back memories.

You have to adjust the two pots for the replacement laser. From my experience, values of ~1720 Ohm and ~860 Ohm, respectively, worked well.

Ahhhhhh this brings back so many memories. I spent so much time inside this box back when I was a kid, it’s crazy ..

Ahh, the good old days when you could swap a disc drive without having to do a board swap. I love working on these old beasts

That Halo Title Screen brought some good old memories!

Great job man!!!! Keep on going👍👍

Wow! VERY surprised at how clean it was for being a 20 y/o console! Very nice job!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I was too. Looked so good inside!

Boy it’s been a while since I have opened one of those. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for the video. Remove Clock capacitor, lol

Awesome job Steve! Be sure to also replace the clock capacitor as well.

Great video. I actually have a halo edition with the same issue and have black ones laying around that are "good" so I will be trying to swap out the drive at some point.

Love your vids! Amazed what you.can do with a little bit of knowledge and patience. :)

I have to say that I love my Manta driver kit. I'm in IT, and do a lot of repairs on laptops for the company that I support, and it has all the bits I need, plus more. I've been using it for a few years, and the quality has held up nicely.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I love that toolkit!

That brought back memories. I used to mod the heck out of those for friends. Stick a huge hard drive in it and rip everything to it, custom XBMC OS etc. These were awesome pieces of hardware that did a lot more that just gaming. Unfortunately with newer media codecs, the processing power just couldn't keep up anymore, so I had to move on to other things. I still have one left in my bin of old consoles :D

I loved my halo Ltd Ed console, in fact I still have it packed away somewhere. I believe this model came with 2 matching controllers. It was my first XB and I always remember how heavy it felt when the store handed it over to me! 😂 😂

Yay my childhood :)

Funny how a green box can bring back so many childhood memories! Great video 👍

I am impressed how good this old xbox can be disassembled. That's good!

Such a great special edition console! Keep up the good works!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Hello Steve, some months ago I changed the lens of my ps2 and I had to calibrate it, ohms and the distance of the laser to the disk, I also had to program it to be recognized because it wasn't exactly the same model, in fact it wasn't original. It took around 4 hours to make it work fine.if you don't do it it doesn't read the disks. You also have to remove one soldering. Greetings!

Great vid. I have one on my bench now with a faulty PS, basic black. Would love a Halo green one. My local retro game store has one for like $200.

This is the best time to have my lunch period. Keep up the good work!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

WOAH, you turn it on with it open and it didn't explode, simply amazing.

I feel like that see through plastic in those colors are so late 90's. But so nostalgic. And yes I know xbox was released in 2001 but was still developed in the late 90s.

I used to have one of those when i was young, and i had alot of good memories playing with friends after school. Also thank you for fixing it, its nice to see old memories bring back to life.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Man this video has brought up my old memories. Playing halo with my friends with dual screen. Love those days 😍😍😍.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like some good memories!

I have a microchipped version of this Xbox! Got all the classics, from Black to both Halos, both KOTOR, Hit and run, GTA 3/Vice city/San Andreas and a whole load of others; best present my dad ever gave me!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome!

Damn! I remember taking my old Xbox apart to clean, memories right there, Great Job Steve !

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I never had one of these so this one is my first memories of taking one apart!

@xS7EzRAGEx

2 жыл бұрын

Even better for you! Such a great console I love the simplicity of the internals

Finally Steve hopefully see you work on ps2s and GameCube all the good retro gaming consoles

You’re the best! Do you ever have to go back and look at your own videos to reassemble something? I’ve done that on anything from electronics to cars. ;)

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Not usually but I think I have once or twice.

Never got an original Xbox, great choice for the Halo Edition and interesting issue with the laserdisc. Great video as usual !

Nice video! I have an original Xbox that has trouble reading disks and I probably need to do the same thing.

Great fix! Another item saved from landfill. Good job 👍🏻

Love that early-2000s translucent plastic aesthetic of the Special Edition!

Oh man, I gotta drag out my old Xbox. Really easy to work on these. Modded my original console back in the day.

Still use mine to this day as it can play literally almost everything.

I kinda like the visual of the green case with the black drive tray

One of my favorite consoles from a design.. break away cables. Peaceful yet sleek OS. I loved the Original Xbox. For some reason whenever I see one the Morrowind Theme plays in my head lol

Awesome! More retro repairs please!!!

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I will if this video does well.

This video made me feel old as hell i remember buying my halo xbox at game crazy when i was 12 sheeesh

Would be nice seeing you upgrade the internal Hard Disk with a bigger one. I remember that there was a tool to backup the Key and prepare the new HD.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

I might have to look into that.

Great job Steve, man I miss the OG Xbox, my parents couldn't afford one so I used to spend all my time after school in Virgin Megastores (old CD/DVD/Game shop in the UK) where they had a display console for people to play. Management knew I wasn't up to no good so they left me to play it for hours at a time lol

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Inside stores is the only place I was able to play games since I didn't own any as a kid either! I never had the OG Xbox. It seems like a pretty well made console. That's amazing that they just let you play it for that long. Seems like whenever I went to play there was a bunch of kids already in line.

@TheCod3r

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix it was a pretty expensive console to be honest, but my mum was unemployed and we were pretty much poverty so even if it was cheap I wasn't getting it lol. Yeah the staff had a bit of a soft spot for me I think because I used to help them out with odd jobs like organising the CDs if I saw them out of place. Crazy to think but people don't realise just because we do well now we wasn't always on easy streak. Definitely no silver spoons in my crib lol

Now we just need to see an Xbox 360 or PS3 on this channel. Would love to see you try and get a red ring Xbox 360 working or a yellow light PS3

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe but there are so many other videos of that stuff.

@bls3746

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix true but it would be interesting to see if you could do it. Your a pro at fixing stuff

Super happy you fixed it. Maybe too happy? hehe... I have almost that same console, it's an emerald LE just doesn't have the Halo branding, which is too bad. Mine looks and works like brand new (have all the OG packaging too). Not a mark on it anywhere, I turn it on every now and then for some Halo 2 campaign hehe...

Yessss do more of these retro consoles

I just bought a OG Xbox in the last days before my 2nd year of college started. Was surprised to find little to no dust, a 120GB WD and a Xecuter 2 Lite in it. Miiight need some PCB work as the clock cap DID spill guts but not much (as in it doesn't seem to have had time to ruin stuff). Power button doesn't respond after the Xbox heats up (it just won't do anything at all when pressed) but eject does.

5:00 laser diodes are very static sensitive. It just takes 1 person to mishandle it to blow a laswer.

It would be great if you made a video pointing out the clock capacitor that is supposed to rupture on these Xboxes.

Great video! I am repairing my first one as well, need to get a replacement power board on eBay or a parts Xbox locally to pull from

a few years ago my cousin was going to throw his original xbox away due to this same disc reading issue, so he called and asked me if i wanted it, I said yes of course lol, i took it and replaced the disk drive with a new one i bought off ebay and it still works great to this day!

Can someone help me? I was copying the h-encore to my ps vita and the screen started to flicker. Now the vita turns on and off by itself and the home and power buttons doesnt work.

Don't you have a blob of solder on the new laser assembly you have to remove first to activate the laser? They usually come with a blob of solder to protect from electrostatic discharge during shipping.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I removed it. I should have showed it but for whatever reason I didn't.

If u got like scratch disc dude like that u can clean them with a good cleaning surface machine I forgot what it called but retro people collect and clean old disc from scratch 👍 it works really great lol I think u can use the tool for cleaning new disc as well 👍

its stuff like this is why i keep all my old electronics, some people call its hoarding, i call it spare parts :)

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

The longer you keep stuff like this the more it'll likely be worth in the future.

I LOVE YOUR WORK. ❤️

Heh, I was getting ready to ask you where you got the Samsung laser, but given the result, I guess not, lol. Anyway, since I couldn't find a laser at the time, I had to do what you did, which was just buy a whole new drive for my Xbox which I bought new back in late 2004, IIRC. With the replacement drive I bought on eBay, it's still going strong 5 years later!

The fire actually started when I pushed play on this video 🔥

I got a rush of nostalgia. Used my modded Xbox as a media centre and also backing up games.

Nice video.I remember playing halo on my old Xbox wish I would have had this edition.Would be nice if I had this to make a easy fix for dummies video on my channel

Great job, as always:)

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks!

Finally some love for the OG Xbox!

i had 2 of those. i also had a mountain dew xbox. all with samsung drives. i sold them when i moved 5 years ago. that console might have been mine. i keep my consoles immaculate.

Remove the clock Cap! It kills the Box by leaking on the Mainboard.

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm hearing.

warning: everytime you open an xbox original a sailor dies at sea

I love this console, is the first one I bougth with my on money, so many memories, good job

@Tronicsfix

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's impressive. These were expensive back in the day.

Great Fix!

I picked one of these up at a shop about 5 years ago after my original one was damaged beyond repair. Unfortunately it stopped opening about a year ago. I am unsure what type of drive it is and when I tried using the ejection port either the paper clip I used snapped off or the drive simply refused to open. What should I do?

I had to replace the disc drive in my old Xbox long ago. I also got a Halo Edition off of eBay that I don't think has the capacitor issue. The old Xbox still starts up so I don't think the capacitor damaged the motherboard. I will have to open it up an take a look.