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[RiceCake]

`Have a v1.1 console and a v1.4 console, so I got my hands on both the regular issue bulky ass fault interrupt cord (In a box that was shipped from some Omnipack company here in Canada) and their excuse for a special cord (shipped from the states in a paper envelope).

The 1.4 isn't mine though so I can't really break it open for pictures. My v1.1 though makes alot of light crackling, new power cord or not. This console doesn't even go through alot of heavy use (I've unplugged the power cord in the rear maybe two or three times in its lifespan).

Might not be serious but in certain situations it could cause a serious fire, or if you were using a fumigation bomb or something it could cause an explosion (Unlikely, but eh, whatever).

This post has been edited by RiceCake: Mar 20 2005, 08:55 PM

[TMG8]

Wow this is more serious than i thought thank god for XS I opened my xbox 1.0v up and found my solder points to be cracked brown and burnt. not to mention the spot welding like marks in the shortout protection plastic.... i have yet to check any other xboxs but im sure it has happend on manny more than 1 in 10,000..

[smokeingit]

i didnt know it was this big issue, as of a year and a half ago i was fixing this power supply issue. what i did was stick metal robs from one point to another... simply solder even the heavy stuff wont fix it... you have to use thick lead to make it hold. i have done about 20 power supply fix's but i always thought it was because the people liked to disconnect and reconnect the power supply.



~Smokey

[Charbless]

I have foxlink power supplys in 1.2/1.3 and two 1.4 are they at risk?
 I was sent normal small cable not big bulky one also it sounds like lot of people here arnt using common sence why are they plugging the lead at back of xb in when the powers running through it you should plug that end in first before you plug the wall socket end in.

[majik655]

in reply to the news topic on main page..

I have had 3 power supplies fail due to faulty soldering from factory all foxlink and not all MINE  just 3 that have passed by me to fix..

I am not sure it is right to say faulty soldering as it looks like the pushing of the power plug INTO the power supply seems to move the "poles" leading to the solder joints...  they just seem to move way too much...causing a hollow solder joint to be created.  

Refilling the joint will fix it... however I am just not sure HOW LONG it will last.. So far it has lasted for months.. but is it because of better soldering job.. or because the user stops unplugging and plugging in their xbox as much?

Either way.. they have lasted longer than the user had it before it burnt up.

[JaXbox]

QUOTE(Charbless @ Mar 20 2005, 09:00 PM)

...also it sounds like lot of people here arnt using common sence why are they plugging the lead at back of xb in when the powers running through it you should plug that end in first before you plug the wall socket end in.

Yeah - exactly..
I can get a crackling/sparking noise from both my v1.0 box AND my v1.6 box, when plugging a "live" power-cord into the back of the boxes.
 
I'm not saying that M$ didn't make a huge mistake here (after all, they should have secured this weakness before releasing it), I'm just saying: perhaps ppl should be a little more carefull, given the fact that M$ apparently did a lousy job on the PSUs.

edit: how do you spell typo  :rolleyes:

This post has been edited by JaXbox: Mar 20 2005, 11:10 PM

[fahrenheit]

Don't know if this is of interest to anyone, but I got a universal replacement powersupply (third-party) from ebay, to go into my Jap v1.0.
I plugged in the replacement cord with the GFI and powered it up, but after about one second, the GFI tripped and shut the console off. I disconnected the power connector to the hard drive and powered up fine. I plugged the hard drive back in, but the GFI tripped again. So I got the original cord without the GFI and it has been running fine now for a little over an hour.

[FSM]

So, I was reading about all those poor people who have been having problems with their power supplies, thinking 'gee, I'm sure glad I am not one of those poor souls', THEN, I recieved my new power cords for both my v1.0 and v1.1 xbox's.

Mind you, these have not had ANY problems... So... I am playing Halo 2 in my house, and I'm on my 1.0 'box with a mad, mad game going. I figured, Hey, I'm using these new cords, although they fit a little tighter, they had an extra 2 inches length on the old cords, and the damn hair-dryer wallwort happened to fit perfectly in the entertainement centre's, so anyway...

Doing some mad gaming, and I'm on the 1.0... All of the sudden I'm hearing this clicking... and smelling this HORRIFIC PCB fired heat-sink compound burning sensation in my nose... That poor 1.0 xbox shut off... and that damn Xbox wallwort started clicking, and flashing red/green... Like I had a bad HD in my box 'christmas tree light' style flashing...

Needless to say, this box had been run hard from day one, never unplugged or moved, and now I am *NOT* happy... I have a VERY BAD xbox, the Power Supply connector to AC decided to desolder half of itself for no freekin' reason...!

MS... I am a certified MS tech, AS WELL am a Very PAYING Certified Gold Partner...

DO SOMETHING FOR US.

-FSM
a.k.a. C.J. Smith

[snake3k1]

So, if we have a foxlink PSU, then we should solder together these two points??

(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/g0t_m4xx_21/foxlink-edited.jpg)

[Potenza]

So, if we have a foxlink PSU, then we should solder together these two points??

Whatever you do, do not connect these two points as it will create a short circuit.

You just need to resolder those two points, but NOT connect them.

[luther349]

i have a xbox now with the orignal cord i did hear sparking when i pluged it in to the xbox itself for a year now but i never had a problem with the system. now with the new powercord i dont hear any kind of arking when i plug it into the system. so i guess in my case it was the powercord at fault. however from the pics i have seen thers also some faulty powersupplys witch should be addressed as well. and being my xbox is such a rare system i would be pissed if it burned couse its a 1.0 with a 10gb stock drive and a sammy 605t dvd rom you knoe the one that reads cdr and last alot longer then the crap topsion drives.

its a shame m$ is trying to cover up a real problem with these older systems. thay say thers a 1 in 10,000 chance of a fire well with abought 5 to 6 million xboxs out there most of them are older systems thers going to be a real problem in a short amount of time. so juging buy trhe amount of cases reported by the number of xboxes out there in the wiled the number is mutch higher then 1 in 10,000 probly more along the lines of 1 in 1,000.

This post has been edited by luther349: Mar 21 2005, 01:22 AM

[RiceCake]

1 in 1,000...I'd say its more like 1 in 10. Most PSU's have cracks but won't spark. Its a time bomb kinda situation. Eventually it'll probably die out.

Lol, if for some reason I'm around the MS building or campus I think I'll tape an original power cord to a bucket of water, and put a big sign "If bad fire, pour on Xbox, continue playing".

This post has been edited by RiceCake: Mar 21 2005, 02:50 AM

[snake3k1]

i'm glad i waited for a response before i did anything

[clif]

heh still looks like foxlink still sells those psu's, heh should e-mail and ask them for a replacement.

 Foxlink PSU

its the 3rd one down.

This post has been edited by clif: Mar 21 2005, 03:17 AM

[clif]

ops that goes to there main page, here is the direct link to it, well not direct but as close as you can get.  
Foxlink PSU