after hours of toying and experimenting i got the damn thing to work. to be honest i cant say what it was that fixed it which is a shame. i was...
no the screen is blank/black... and yes i've been trying to avoid (no pun intended) thinking about the possiblity that the chip is screwed as that...
i am in the similar situation as jbing1982 i have opened the xbox 3 times since and tried repositioning it yet there doesn't seem anything wrong...
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