Topic: The Power Cord Conspiracy (Read 3049 times)

JaXbox · « **Reply #465 on:** April 06, 2005, 10:05:00 AM »

QUOTE(From IT AsiaOne article - AsianMS support dude)

In rare cases, solder joints have broken.

QUOTE(From IT AsiaOne article - AsianMS support dude)

...a rare electrical component failure

Bogus! I opened up my v1.0 box the other day, and guess what, both joints in the FoxLink PSU were loose (I could carefully apply pressure to the solder joints and observe them move as described by others in this thread).

How can this be a "rare electrical component failure" if so many ppl in the scene have experienced this with their PSUs ?
BTW: nice article

Edit: spelling arrows :rolleyes:

This post has been edited by JaXbox: Apr 6 2005, 05:07 PM

Ritchzee · « **Reply #466 on:** April 13, 2005, 05:33:00 AM »

The completely stupid thing is that the cheap bastards who designed the XBOX only had to allow for two extra screws to hold the power cord recepticle firm and none of this would have happened.

Typical of todays manufacturing standard, they would not even need their bull crap cover story of faulty power cords to cover their arses.

Do they really think people are that stupid??

My Box never gets unplugged so i wont be bothering with it, but i have had a few failed power supplies accross my work bench that had failed for oither reasons than the bad power connections.

cheers

Rich

MrOnline · « **Reply #467 on:** April 13, 2005, 07:45:00 AM »

same here... so far i've fixed the solderpoint on 3 foxlink psu for 1.0's
and the shit is only sitting there in solder, nothing else holding the power connector...

did the solder and no sparks came after... also used some hot glue

Clvsportsman · « **Reply #468 on:** April 22, 2005, 09:46:00 PM »

Many thanks to GOT M4xx 21 his advise was sound and not to technical. The pictures posted where a great help

I would also like to mention XanTium His post on how to open up the XBOX and get to the parts in question where also very helpful.

Cheers to you both

All I have to say is Thank You!!

As a side note:

30 mins researching the web
$10 for Star wrenches to open the XBOX
$15.00 for the soldering iron
45 Minutes of repair
NOT HAVING TO LISTEN TO THE 14 YEAR OLD COMPLAIN THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO DO AND THE WIFE KISSING ME ALL OVER :luv:

PRICELESS!!....LOL

seriouslysilly · « **Reply #469 on:** April 23, 2005, 06:35:00 AM »

QUOTE(Clvsportsman @ Apr 22 2005, 10:16 PM)

... AND THE WIFE KISSING ME ALL OVER :luv:

PRICELESS!!....LOL

yup, that's is priceless

FierceGaming · « **Reply #470 on:** April 24, 2005, 02:36:00 PM »

My xbox version is a 1.0 and I have a delta power supply, the foxlink looks like it has cheaper solder and it seems kinda mellowed, mine looks pretty clean, however it did have one bad solder point which I fixed.
(I also ordered a power cord, will see which one I get)

Mekapo · « **Reply #471 on:** April 24, 2005, 04:42:00 PM »

I read through parts of this thread (no time to read 33 pages!) I have a 1.1 xbox and I have gone through 2 PSUs. I have a modded and an unmodded box so i constantly switch the power cable from one to the other and i hear audible sparks a lot of the time but ignore it because im dumb. I want to know what I need to do to prevent my power supply from dying (YET AGAIN!) this 3rd time through. I have the 2nd one still, is there a possibility it is repairable? If the answer is as simple as having 2 power cables and keeping both xboxes plugged in at the same time then that would be awesome. If there is something I need to do in addition to that, then let me know! These PSU's aren't cheap (and getting more expensive by the day, now that more and more of these are failing.) Thanks in advance for the help guys. Thanks!

-Mekapo

minura600 · « **Reply #472 on:** April 29, 2005, 11:13:00 PM »

i think i blew my xbox's psu's fuse but i cant find whr the fuse is. i posted pics of my psu in the links below. can someone pls help me!

pic 1
pic 2

ex_peludo · « **Reply #473 on:** June 18, 2005, 10:20:00 PM »

I pluged my xbox and it made a sparking noise. I quickly unpluged it and noticed a faint burnt smell. I opened the xbox to let it cool down and logged in to the forums to see related problems. I read a similar tale and the problem was the dreaded power supply joints. I removed my power suply( a delta power supply by the way!) and found one of the points had NO solder on it!!! It was just stiking out. I took some pictures and then put some solder on it. I'm going to wait until tomorow to try it out.

G0t M4xx 21 · « **Reply #474 on:** June 19, 2005, 10:46:00 AM »

QUOTE(minura600 @ Apr 30 2005, 07:24 AM)

i think i blew my xbox's psu's fuse but i cant find whr the fuse is. i posted pics of my psu in the links below. can someone pls help me!

pic 1
pic 2

in your first pic, its the little black cylinder behind and to the left of the power connector, labeled "F1" on the board.

liam · « **Reply #475 on:** June 19, 2005, 11:24:00 AM »

I've got a 1.3 box, and they just sent me the normal looking cord.

i havent checked to see what PSU i have, but i will check later today.

1212kiwi · « **Reply #476 on:** July 04, 2005, 12:04:00 AM »

my friend had a 1.4 box, but it has a foxlink.. i fixed it

IRBubbaB · « **Reply #477 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:55:00 PM »

My son has an Xbox manufactured 7-24-2002. It has a Delta psu and it burned up today. He had a replacement cord sent by MS. It began acting up with that cord, sparks flying in the back, etc., so he switched cords to the old one and it just fried.

G0t M4xx 21 · « **Reply #478 on:** July 28, 2005, 11:06:00 PM »

yeah chack the main solder joints.

Also it has been confirmed that there is another source of the sparking, and yes, it is actually in the connection between power cord and PSU.

From what I've found, this issue is far less common than the solder joints actually breaking, but, sometimes, the pins pn the PSU plug don't make a very good connection with the power cord, and can spark, or at least go high resistance and get very hot.

I have heard many cases of the replacement (huge) power cord tripping very often, even when there's nothing wrong with the psu.

My guess is the cord has a very sensitive current limiter, and if the current draw is even slightly higher than it should be, it trips. So yes, lots of LED's or other goodies running off your psu will cause it to draw more current, which will not only up your electric bill

, but possibly trip the replacement cord. Even on an unmodded box, it seems that the current limit is too sensitive and will trip randomly.

IMO the wall wort power cord is causing more problems than it is fixing.

If your solder joints are ok, and the old cord doesn't feel excessively loose, just run your old cord if the new one is tripping all the time.

As for the "normal" looking cord received for 1.2-1.6 boxes, use it. It does have that extra little lip on it, which will save some strain on the power connector.

lostboyz · « **Reply #479 on:** July 29, 2005, 07:20:00 AM »

yea my 1.0 had really bad joints on it. i could actually wiggle the power plug in the back to make my xbox turn off. i just completely resoldered them and threw in two screws where those holes are on the plug on the inside of the box. i think it would been a good idea to secure it to the board a little better. o well. im using the new plug as an extra protection from now on

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