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[hilmarh]

Hello, I've been lurking the forums for a while now and it's been very helpful, but now I've ran across a problem I can't solve. I have a post-RROD xbox. It looks like someone has repaired it before, when I got it in my hands it had no thermal paste and it looks like someone gave up on it. So I did the X-clamp fix and heatgunned the HANA/GPU area and it booted right up.

I do not know how the condition was before RROD with the controllers but when I try to add a controller I do this:

I turn on controller and xbox
I press then sync button on the xbox
I press and hold the sync button on the controller
They recognize each other and start blinking in sync
Soon they start blinking out of sync
The xbox stops blinking and displays no green light in the first quarter
The controller just keeps blinking all four quarters until I remove the battery

Now what I've tried is:
Searching the forums (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Two wireless controllers
One wireless controller with plug and play kit
One wired controller
Tried two RF daughterboards
Held the xbox sync button for 30 seconds then turning off and on again.

It has no HDD connected and nothing additional.

Here are two high-res photos of the board itself. I can't see that the person that previously fixed it made any trace cuts or bumped any capacitor/resistor off.
http://i.imgur.com/6haf6.jpg - Below (Noticed that southbridge is a bit blurred, can provide another)
http://i.imgur.com/lK6OP.jpg - Around RF connector

What do I try next?

I have a 350°/500° celcius heat gun and soldering stuff.

This post has been edited by hilmarh: Nov 27 2010, 11:48 PM

[Racersnare21]

One of my controllers does this as well.  My work around is to just jump start it so to speak.  I put in a plug and play without the battery in, start the xbox once its recognized put the battery in and unplug the chord, good to go.

[hilmarh]

QUOTE(Racersnare21 @ Nov 28 2010, 01:59 AM)

One of my controllers does this as well.  My work around is to just jump start it so to speak.  I put in a plug and play without the battery in, start the xbox once its recognized put the battery in and unplug the chord, good to go.

Thanks for the reply, as stated above I've even tried wired controllers, so the controller itself is not the problem (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (I did try your advice just to be 101% safe and it just acted the same.)

[iateshaggy]

get a new rf modulator board aka rol board.

This post has been edited by iateshaggy: Nov 28 2010, 11:28 PM

[hilmarh]

QUOTE(iateshaggy @ Nov 29 2010, 12:27 AM)

get a new rf modulator board aka rol board.

If you are talking about this

(IMG:http://i.imgur.com/Eiwru.jpg)

I've tried 3 or 4 of them as stated in the original post (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This post has been edited by hilmarh: Nov 28 2010, 11:46 PM

[iateshaggy]

well if that doesn't fix it then your controller must be screwed.

[hilmarh]

QUOTE(iateshaggy @ Nov 29 2010, 02:02 AM)

well if that doesn't fix it then your controller must be screwed.

If you are talking about the handheld controller itself, as stated in original post I've tried 4 different controllers of all kinds, wired, plug and play, wireless etc..

[MadMaxGR]

QUOTE(hilmarh @ Nov 29 2010, 02:12 AM)

If you are talking about the handheld controller itself, as stated in original post I've tried 4 different controllers of all kinds, wired, plug and play, wireless etc..

He means (my guess) the Southbridge controller. Which controls all the I/O.