Hello when I insert the main cable for the xbox to the plug socketr, it makes alot of surgic electric spark sounds really loud, and the xbox starts up sometims but it wont last, anyone know whats wrong? thanks in advance! -Mike
Did you get your replacement power cord for your Xbox? www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox/console/powercordreplacement.htm It could be a range of things: your chip or motherboard may be shorting out, or perhaps condensation, did you spill anything on/around it lately? But it sounds as if your Xbox is about to die on you. If you need another I have 8 pre-softmodded Xboxes on hand, just PM me if you are interested.
Nah lol, I found out, it's just the power bit at the back, it needs a little solder on the back, or a replacement bit at back. Thanks anyway, it's pre-owned and hasn't been used since like 2003. -Mike
Good find Mik3h, Actually, this is a well documented and long known flaw in early Xboxes. In its quest to squeeze every penny out of the parts costs, the power supply board contractor used power receptacles that did not have any strain relief on them and relied on the solder joint to hold the connector to the PC board. After lots of plugs and unplugs, the joint breaks and starts arcing, sparking, and finally failing if it doesn't first start a fire. Instead of recalling all those boxes and fixing the problem, Microsoft implicates the power cord as the problem and sends a $1.50 cord with a circuit breaker to replace the $0.25 cord. The new cord <might> help prevent a fire by popping the circuit breaker before the arcing starts a fire, but it doesn't solve the problem. The best fix is to either replace the power supply board (about $40), resolder the connector and be prepared to do it again in a few years (free), or drill a couple of holes in the box to put screws into the receptacle so that it takes the strain instead of the PCB (free, but harder). The good news is that if you have one of these boxes, it is probably a 1.0 box and you have room in your TSOP to store 4 BIOS'es which makes it a modder's dream.
Nice Well, I'm taking it into a local shop, where I'm gonna get the guy to re-solder the connector. Hopefully that will fix that problem. Thank's a lot guys, can't wait to get playing this Cheers -Mike
