▲ 3 r/originalxbox
Hi everyone. Some context:
- Xbox 1.2/1.3 bought of FB Marketplace.
- Worked fine - I TSOP modded it with cerbios, SSD, still worked well.
- Noticed the caps near the CPU were bulging and clock cap had started to go.
- I removed the clock cap and replaced the three near the CPU.
- After that, the xbox ran for a few minutes before artifacts began appearing on the screen or the image froze - then the xbox shuts down.
- After that unable to get an image again until it "cooled down".
- I put new thermal paste on CPU/GPU - same issues.
- I then realized the caps I had put in were the right specs in uF and voltage, but not low ESR so I ordered some and put them in - even replaced the 10v one below, exact same issues.
- I tried the motherboard in another case with another PSU, same issues.
- I compared thermal imaging of this MB to a healthy one, they look the same.
- Traces look prestine.
So I'm out of ideas without probing every component using a multimeter. Can anyone suggest next steps?
u/KingLouisLXXVII — 22 days ago