The couple that diagnose electronic hardware issues together, stays together.

@JA-qi1fb

6 ай бұрын

And if they get the voltages & contacts wrong, they kinda stick together.

@jayhollowayii2

6 ай бұрын

@@JA-qi1fb I’m dead 😵 lol 😂

@thewubmachine840

6 ай бұрын

This is part 2 of ''RARE Mountain Dew Xbox is BROKEN''

@StarfilmerOne

6 ай бұрын

Don't wanna be involved in something that's not mine business but the fact his wife is cutted and my interpretation of her mindset giving me vibes like don't leave for work, you and your stupid job blah

@bigtrev333

6 ай бұрын

@@StarfilmerOne Please help, I tried to read this and now I smell burnt toast.

That error 07 is the HDD timing out. Could be a bad hard drive, bad/loose IDE cable, or something else. Replacing the HDD on these isn't as simple as replacing it. There is an encrypted key that ties the drive to the motherboard. You'd have to install a modchip, or extract the key and format a new drive with that key. You can extract the key with a Raspberry Pi among other methods. That drive is on its last life, which explains the noise you're hearing.

@Shadepariah

6 ай бұрын

Modchip time!

@usernamesareweird4880

6 ай бұрын

Oof

@cheesetomatoes

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, that buzzing sounded like a hard drive that was having trouble spinning up to me

@sansnom

6 ай бұрын

Modchip is not necessary, he can softmod the console, clone the harddrive, replace the harddrive and then uninstall the softmod, I have done this in my console with a falling harddrive

@sadmac356

6 ай бұрын

That would explain the beeping

Tip for clearing out vias: Try 3d printer nozzle cleaning needles. They come as small as 0.2mm diameter so should be able to clear out most vias if needed. You can also try acuupuncture needles as they come in extremely fine diameters.

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Great tips!

@asicdathens

6 ай бұрын

Most of the time they sell acupuncture needles for cleaning 3d printer nozzles and they charge 3x the price

@stevenbenson9976

6 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfixnot sure if the pun was intended but it was appreciated

@Chalepastel

6 ай бұрын

heyyyyyyyyyyy, he's gonna be here all week, make sure to tip your waiter! GIVE IT UP FOR @@Tronicsfix !!!

@Gojira_Wins

6 ай бұрын

3D Printer cleaning needles ARE acupuncture needles.

That Genesis looks like a Dreamcast 😂

@TexasDevin

6 ай бұрын

He said it twice. It's obviously a Genesis :)

@robshanks171

6 ай бұрын

@@TexasDevin Limited edition!

@MaxRager80

6 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure it is a Saturn.

@zachfutv9986

6 ай бұрын

Ninja Sega genesis disguised like a Dreamcast.

@Gangst3r_PL

6 ай бұрын

Helo Kitty Limited Edition Dreamcast Console looks like Genesis to Steve what a addisapointment 😅 How dare you 😂 By the way you make a Great job and Love to see New video on your Channel❤

That beeping noise is from the Seagate hard drive. That's the cry of death. I'd swap out that hard disk. Or give it the proper power.

@princegroove

6 ай бұрын

It’s groaning in agony. 😂

@manny3273

6 ай бұрын

Yep probably should dump the key and clone the disk or else it will be pretty much useless without a modchip

@stevenbenson9976

6 ай бұрын

@@manny3273if you dump the key there's no point in cloning the disk. Just make a new one that's pre soft modded, bridge the tsop and flash the console. Or just leave the box flashed

@cheapasstech

6 ай бұрын

That disk can be unstuck with tapping it gently on its left side (seen from the connector) he probably did that placing the unit on its side

@rockapartie

6 ай бұрын

@@manny3273 You do not need a modchip, just Rocky5 or TruHeXen softmod disc, easy peasy lemon squeezy.

The beeping noise definitely sounds like the hard drive platters were stuck or the drive was otherwise not spinning up correctly, and that 100% tallies up with the error you got after the console first turned on. It might be that nudging the cable was enough to make it seat properly and run the drive correctly, or it might be that the drive managed to free itself - hard to say, but I wouldn't entirely trust it.

@owomushi_vr

6 ай бұрын

This

@shade6997

6 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you I have heard that exact beep from a hdd before unfortunately in my case was a dead hdd problem was the reader on the plates

I had one of those Seagate hard drives die so badly in an OG Xbox it actually burnt out one of the chips on the drives main board! I believe as others have said that the platter wasn’t spinning hence the beeping noise, you need to either soft mod this ASAP and dump the EEPROM and maybe even zero out the drive key (as drives are tied to the main board) or fit a mod chip and change out the hard drive. Lots of resources on the OG Xbox Facebook group as to what your next step in saving this console should be :)

11:12 Don’t be alarmed, that just means there’s no AV port connected. Gave me a scare when I bought my first one! As for the buzzing, I’m not 100% sure.

That was a amazing fix! Always impressive to see you find those little details!

I love Tronics Wife being along to help out today! Agreed too, we all know Steve is going to fix it :D

As an Engineer as a Hardware developer I really like your videos. 💪🏻👁️

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

More TronixWife! Love watching these tag-teams with you two. Anyway, as always...great work! Keep being awesome!

I always enjoy the follow up videos like this and break downs of what was done with the items fixed

I think it's genuinely the cutest and most wholesome thing ever that your wife spends time with you like this on something you enjoy. I'm so happy to see your channel grow so much since I subscribed way back when! Wishing nothing but the best for you both!

Congrats on the fix! Your channel has inspired me a lot to continue to repair stuff and do electronic maintenance in general. I got an iFixit toolkit and screw sorter for Christmas and I am going to get a hot air station soon. I have a solder station already so I plan to repair a Pokémon pinball gameboy cartridge once I have a hot air station. I have a degree in electrical engineering and I really enjoyed learning circuits and soldering while I was in school. Thanks for your videos!

Watching you fix anything is always a joy to watch and a highlight of the week! Even a bigger joy when Tronicswife is in a video! Just love watching you guys work together. Think we need more videos of 'The Tronics family' 😂

Man there's just something different about this tech repair channel from the others. I always am entertained and enjoy these videos. And I hope tronicsfix never changes the host. These videos wouldn't be the same without you

Great video, I wasn't sure if you were going to get that running. It was starting to look like the board might need replacing. Glad you got it going.

I'm so impressed you got that working. Great job!

Awesome that you both considered the options in the comments. I haven't a clue about any of this but it's interesting to see how all this works.

It's always a pleasure to see Tronics Wife in a video! 👋

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! It was a fun video to be part of. - TronicsWife

@stevenbenson9976

6 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfixin in a similar position to you. We're both named Steve, and we both must have great personalities because your spouse and mine are both way out of our league

@BrainHurricanes

6 ай бұрын

@@stevenbenson9976 Now why would you think that ? You're just as good as your spouse. Looks are superficial and fade away. A good soul stays. Btw it was the SteveWife responding, not Steve.

@stevenbenson9976

6 ай бұрын

@@BrainHurricanes I'm assuming they both read them

Love it when hosts read folk's comments and apply them also awsome job co host (Tronics wife)! Great format for us all to enjoy.

I very much enjoyed this two videos from the xbox, loved to see it working 👊🤙

4:40 I love the Sega Genesis, such a revolutionary system💖💞

@princegroove

6 ай бұрын

You mean Dreamcast.

CONGRATULATIONS Steve!! Keep up the good work!

So glad to see you got it fixed.. What a rare gem.

You are seriously one of the best people I’ve ever seen at fixing electronics. Love the channel!

Love your videos man been watching for about 2 in a half 3 years now learned everything ik about fixing ps4/5 and Xboxes from you thanks man

more episode like this please... it was fun learning to diagnosis this xbox with you.

This was very interesting and informative. Learning how to debug electronics! More like this please❤

Man those flimflam modulators are always shorting out. 😂. I really liked this video format. Going through the comments while fixing it.

Great job Steve, I'm sorry I doubted you man! Good for you salvaging that board!

Be careful when moving electronic devices while there are spinning parts like the optical drive or the hard disk because they act as a gyroscope. I once shattered a CD because I suddenly changed the orientation of the vertical axis of the player.

I don't know why that alarm tickled me so much but it really did! Awesome content as always Steve!

Cheap tip: to clean those VIA get yourself a set of welding tip cleaners. They are super small and very cheap.

"This will be fixed by the end of this video!" Me before finishing:Bold statement,Steve! Me after finishing:Well dang,he did it!😂

A really nice piece for a collection. I know how much effort it takes to find faulty vias and broken traces so the least I can say is OUTSTANDING WORK!!!! :)

Awesome, Steve. Always glad when one of those pieces of history come back to life. Keep fixing them

Mountain Dew, X-Box 2: Electric Boogaloo!

4:45 The famous Sega Genesis x)

Great work! I know nothing about electronics repairs but this was interesting to watch. Curious about that beeping and how simply wiggling the wires stopped it. lol

Glad you got it working. Really enjoyed watching this one.

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@gerardhernandez8941

6 ай бұрын

Hi steve would you please do a repair video about changing a dying original xbox hard drive without soft modding it,big fan of yours from trinidad and tobago.

It was touch and go there for a little bit, but I’m glad you pulled it off! Well done

As a vehicle electronics diagnostician for the last 40 years, I do appreciate all you show in your videos...

Having your wife read the comments is a nice segment

Not an expert by any means, watched many of not all tronics videos. This episode was a pleasure to watch. Mr and Mrs and the team x

07 is HDD timeout, clone the HDD to another one (maybe even a bigger one) using Rocky5's tools and it'll be complete.

@SithLordAnakin

6 ай бұрын

Personally I think Rocky 4 was the best movie.

Love seeing you successfully able to manage to fix old/special edition devices

As usual excellent job, Steve!

Nice to see a part 2 on this and you getting it working, it definitely needed some help! Also nice to see your wife back again giving you a hand, you guys make a great team. Now lets see some more "Part 2's" of things you gave up on in previous videos, maybe your wife can read comments from those previous videos too and you'll find what's wrong.

Love these communal team effor style of video!

Nice fix! I would still give that board a good going over, many vias look in questionable condition. Just to extend the life of the unit if anything.

I can see corroded it looks like aging and could be humidity get in the circuit board and decay some of them . Good job finding it .👍

It's alive! Another one saved from the landfills!

This was a fun 2-parter! Thanks for the awesome videos

Nicely done Steve!

Very satisfying to see you fix it great job

Thanks for the awesome content once more TronicsFix! What wire do you use to make these repairs? Looks like the sheath melts off when you solder it to something??

Yo, I was watching the other video of this and i wanted a 2 part, here it is !

Nice, you were able to repair the power trace without having to reroute. Good job steve

Glad to see this! Good work!

Loved your helper. 😊. Good work 👍.

Nice revisit and helping out from TronicsWife.

Well done fixing this important bit of gaming history.

Simpsons Hit and Run, nice score, that's a fun game. Great job fixing it. I remember a long time ago I wanted this one so bad, or the dark green debug XDK box.

I love that it put you right back into someone's save game, who knows how old that is.

7:08 And that’s when he knew… he done fluxed up

Nicely done bro 👍🏾😁😁

Loved this format

This is so coooool!! Thanks for the post!

I just love, when Your wife joins! She is adorable, smart, calm..and watching You two together makes me smile.. :)

Nicely done!

Nice work. Guess I should replace all the caps in mine before they go bad! Thankfully mine is a rev 1.6 that has a better clock cap.

Great job on bringing another OG Xbox back to life 😎

Happy to see a happy ending to this story ❤️

I'm glad you got it working

This is the video that we all needed and finally got!

Tronix-wife needs to be the new supervisor saying you can’t do it then you make it happen! lol

good team work ;)

Thanks for the upload!!!

Tip for finding where a component or whatever on the reverse side of a pcb is- use a small penlight to shine through from one side, while looking at the other side.

0:40 that was the problem with the ps1 slim i bought, just added more solder and bam, stiff as a rock now. now more crack and having to push down on the power cable to turn that sucker on. 9:10 this is amazing, trying to mod my xbox 360 slim and thought i bricked it, but almost ran into this same situation, now i know how to fix it ❤

The couple that fix together sticks together! 🎮🥰

Tim guessing that’s the wife, good 👍🏻 for you man, someone who supports your happiness.

Congrats my man!!!!

Nice work

Thanks for the content

Also, I've said it before, but your editing is so great

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

I've got a great editor (Dan Hinz)!

nice that , to read comm for help. good job !

Yellow means no a/v cable.

In a serious suggestion, I find clearing out vias using a 3D printer nozzle cleaning needle (and heat) works really well.

Hi! Great Video! What sort of enameled wire do you use?

Nice to see Jess in on the action!

there can be somthing hidden within the circuits this was a fun revisit! Maybe revisit some other cool special edition boards

Well done guys! :)

Thanks for the whatnot invite and the 10 bucks. I also have tons of vintage games to sell

Wow that was quite the ordeal! Great collab with the wife! I am still wondering what that "Beep!" was! :O

It's always cool to see y'all together. When is she gonna start soldering on caps for ya? Lol. Also, that is a Dreamcast. Unless you bought some sort of weird Genesis/Dreamcast Frankenstein hybrid.

Great way to get in those small holes to clean, is to purchase a set of welding torch tip cleaners/carb jet cleaner. Mini files and brushes. They're reasonablely cheap for a set that goes < 2mm.

Nice to have your partner on the video.