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DarkDeity

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« on: June 11, 2004, 12:24:00 PM »
when i boot my v10.0 xbox all i get is:
  • Eject light flashing Orange,off,orange,off etc..
  • No a/v
  • It boots up, shuts down,  (does it 3x) and then stays on
  • I can eject my dvd-rom but the power button wont shut the xbox off
the cpu made a popping noise because the heat sink was off ....

is the mobo fried?

it was doing this before i stupidly took the heatsink and let the cpu pop (i didnt know it would pop)
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thedustycelt

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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2004, 12:35:00 PM »
This post is a joke... right?  :jester:

Tell me its a joke.... :huh:
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DarkDeity

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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2004, 12:41:00 PM »
welll it was late.. i took the heatsink off to LOOK at the cpu... then i forgot to put it back on.. fired it up.. 1 minute later im like "FUCK"
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thedustycelt

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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2004, 12:58:00 PM »
That poping sound you heard was the remnants of your procesor leting out a tiny little scream as it died forever...

Your xbox motherboard is hosed...

Version 10.0?

did you mean 1.0?

Hit ebay and buy a new board...
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opjose

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« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2004, 01:02:00 PM »
Actually not quite.

Thankfully the Xbox uses INTEL chips not AMD... in this regard.

Intel chips have thermal-current limiters on board.

If they get too hot, they merely shut down.

ORANGE is usually a good sign, because it means that the CPU started but did not get very far executing code.

To go orange it has to probe the video stuff via some BIOS/KERNEL code.

If the latter is not readable it drops right into a frag instead.
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