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Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: XanTium on October 22, 2005, 10:33:00 PM

feel free to vote/discuss.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ndsbass on October 22, 2005, 10:34:00 PM

my psu is still going strong after like 3 shorts caused by me (whoops)

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: 1starvingartist on October 22, 2005, 10:42:00 PM

sheesh, new post . hmm wonder who'll wind up makin more; time or, $$ off consumers in the long run.

guess too many kids broke their box, n' M$ could capitalize.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: mgamer20o0 on October 22, 2005, 10:56:00 PM

had a xbox psu blow and now it doesnt work. even with a new psu.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: VOlition on October 22, 2005, 11:05:00 PM

Nope, my psu didn't blow up and I know it's not planning to. I just got recently, probally 5 months, and it will last longer.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Shadow Fox 14 on October 22, 2005, 11:06:00 PM

still using the original PSU after resoldering the two points

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: lordvader129 on October 22, 2005, 11:08:00 PM

mine never blew up (was a delta) but i had repaired several foxlinks for people, all with the same burned solder joints in the back, i fixed probably about 5 of these as much as a year before MS started sending the cables out

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: neb15 on October 22, 2005, 11:13:00 PM

never had a power problem although i did have a few shorts due to mods...

yay polls are back finaly :D

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Alkane on October 22, 2005, 11:38:00 PM

At the time that it happened to me, I had no clue what happened. Year or more before MS officially recalled the cables. I was testing a VGA cable I'd made when I heard crackling sounds. I figured the sound was coming from the papers the Xbox was resting on. Next thing I knew there were sparks flying out of the machine. Needless to say, the PSU was toast.

I've been fixing the PSU units as I see them.

Here, the owner complained of hearing crackling sounds everytime he plugged the power cord. With further inspection, I found the plug points burned -- with with a hole.
(IMG:http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/t/stroth_g/sample/xb_psu_fix/PSU_01_forum.jpg)
Foxlink on a v1.0

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Xijar on October 22, 2005, 11:58:00 PM

I ordered two of the replacement plugs just because they were free, but I don't use them on either of my Xboxes simply because they're ugly and bulky and take up too much space on my outlet strips. Never had any problems with the PSU, although I've been meaning to resolder them for sometime, just to be on the safe side.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Elusive hacker on October 23, 2005, 12:00:00 AM

i was lucky had a Delta in my V1.0 and still going strong

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: brandonvb on October 23, 2005, 12:05:00 AM

Before the whole replacement thing my psu started sparking at a friends house, when we noticed, it was too late. I got a new psu off eBay, after re-soldering the plug didn't revive it. Now it works fine.

I would have also gotten a free cord from MS, but the serial sticker on the bottom my my box was gone so long ago.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: miggidy on October 23, 2005, 12:50:00 AM

I never had a problem until a few days ago, I think mine is ready to go.
I hear a low frequency, but high pitch sound coming from my PSU when the power cord is connected, all this while my Xbox is turned off.
It sounds very similar to the low frequency sound hear from your television when it's on but you have it on one of the empty video channels. You know the ones with the black screen and no sound.

It's pretty strange, the sounds kicks in a few minutes after I turn my Xbox off.
I unplug the power cord from the xbox and it goes away, obviously.
At this point I think my PSU is screwed but I'll get the replace power cord just to see if it makes a difference....

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Puskas on October 23, 2005, 01:13:00 AM

have an original v1.0 xbox... been used almost EVERY day since I bought it in march 2002.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Alex548 on October 23, 2005, 02:34:00 AM

QUOTE(miggidy @ Oct 22 2005, 11:54 PM)

I have a 1.2-1.5 PSU having the same low level high pitch sound... neither the old or new cords solve this problem. Nothing seems burnt on the PSU...

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on October 23, 2005, 03:48:00 AM

still using the original cable...the other one was exactly the same

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ruli00 on October 23, 2005, 04:58:00 AM

-ruli00

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: TMG8 on October 23, 2005, 09:26:00 AM

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: GoP-Demon on October 23, 2005, 10:29:00 AM

actually i voted that it blew up with old wire but it actually blew up cuz i put it on a metal table :/

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Post by: quarky42 on October 23, 2005, 10:53:00 AM

QUOTE(miggidy @ Oct 23 2005, 01:54 AM)

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Post by: leeko98 on October 23, 2005, 10:55:00 AM

Long story short, I found out that those shitty 3rd party PSUs SUCKED! Stuck with the real deal FoxLinks by buying a used one off eBay. Can't wait to see how the 360 PSU will hold up!

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: edwinmcdunlap on October 23, 2005, 11:09:00 AM

I've got a 1.6 Xbox, which is too new to require a replacement power cord. No, it hasn't blown up yet either :-P

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: The.Deceitful on October 23, 2005, 11:27:00 AM

Have had my 1.0 since launch, no PSU problems....just the damned Thompson that broke down that had to be switched for a Sammy. Other PSU's have blown on modded boxes, but that was because of me. Was never really careful when I first starting to mod.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Skyblast on October 23, 2005, 11:30:00 AM

Mine didn't exactly blow up, but now it won't stay on for a few minutes before the replacement cord pops it off, so I guess mine has begun its demise..

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: wolrahnaes on October 23, 2005, 12:51:00 PM

1.0 bought launch night.

Never had any problems with it, but the solder joints were cracked, so I repaired them.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: jonathan2007 on October 23, 2005, 02:16:00 PM

I haven't had any problems with mine (I am using the new replacement bulky cord now just to be sure though). I am using a pretty old Xbox (I believe a 1.0). I really should check the solder points just to be sure. They probably need some fixing because I use my box a lot.

P.S. I just found the Fast Reply button here. I have used it for quite a while at Neowin and liked it. I am glad the admins put it on here too. Except it defaults to email notification or replies which I don't like...

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: xboxgamer733 on October 23, 2005, 05:19:00 PM

The PSU in my 1.0 Xbox hasn't yet died, but I had to re-solder the joints on the bottom a few months ago, because the plug would wiggle too much, and sometimes spark. Also, I've been using the chunky power cable for the last few months, and it hasn't had to be reset yet.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: LightningStruckMyXbox on October 23, 2005, 07:15:00 PM

My original cable got hot and melted. Got replacement cable a year later and a note saying "You should replace your standard cable imediatly to avoid possible damage to your xbox system".
Only a year to late M$!

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: miggidy on October 23, 2005, 07:24:00 PM

QUOTE(Alex548 @ Oct 23 2005, 10:38 AM)

I have a 1.2-1.5 PSU having the same low level high pitch sound... neither the old or new cords solve this problem. Nothing seems burnt on the PSU...

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Fyreblaze on October 23, 2005, 10:08:00 PM

My psu blew up on me. It started sparking like crazy and smoking so I unplugged it. I opened it up and saw that it was a problem with the contacts on the connecter. Apparently they broke over time from unplugging the cable from the xbox. All I did to fix it was solder the points and It ran fine afterwards. Keep in mind that this was a version 1 xbox from when it came out and this was the only problem I've ever encountered.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on October 24, 2005, 04:40:00 AM

QUOTE(Fyreblaze @ Oct 24 2005, 03:19 PM)

All I did to fix it was solder the points and It ran fine afterwards.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: C o s m o on October 24, 2005, 07:43:00 AM

Thanks for this poll, XanTium! I have been wondering this exact thing for about 2 months.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: synslatch on October 24, 2005, 09:50:00 AM

my xbox is still working good, but ive got a friend whos PSU blew up, I ordered him a new 3rd party one and it worked fine again and then about 6 months later it started shooting sparks lol, he brought it to me and turned out to be a bad solder point, and it was arking, didnt take much to fix thought, works fine now

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Metalb00 on October 24, 2005, 02:56:00 PM

all the boxes ive had the psu is fine , even the one that zapped me when i accidently touched it

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: module on October 24, 2005, 03:44:00 PM

My box's powersupply blew (solder joints), and the bulky replacement cable didnt even cut power to my xbox. I soldered it up and now it works fine.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Gaymer on October 24, 2005, 03:53:00 PM

QUOTE(module @ Oct 24 2005, 11:55 PM)

My box's powersupply blew (solder joints), and the bulky replacement cable didnt even cut power to my xbox. I soldered it up and now it works fine.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: GreenPixel on October 24, 2005, 05:20:00 PM

There should be another option on the poll that says: No, I soldered up the points just in time. That's what happened to me. I had heard the crackling when I would plug it in, but when the news hit, I opened my box up and have never had a crackle since. Another testimony to how great this forums is!

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Post by: cRACKmONKEY421 on October 24, 2005, 07:30:00 PM

toasty. Mine didnt blow up yet, but I have a foxfire on a 1.0 xbox... foxfire Psu's blow apparently. I think I heard the crackling noise one time, but it could have been crack I was smoking. Anyways, I resoldered it with some mostly silver solder with a higher melting point... dunno if it helped but everything is still working just fine. Now I use the replacement cord in my usual setup, but my xbox gets moved a lot and I don't take the big birtha replacement cord with me.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: acbella on October 24, 2005, 08:22:00 PM

I got on the xbox website a few months ago pretty much told me to replace the cord....how likely is it that something like that would happen. I bought it used...

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: toyato89 on October 24, 2005, 09:34:00 PM

Mine never blew up. I still have it somewhere, but I replaced it with a Lik-Sang switchable one so I could bring my xbox to Germany with me. That has been working perfectly ever since I dropped it in, and the old one I never remember having problems with it.

Funny, I ordered my free cable from M$, but I never got it in the mail. Oh well it was probably that huge ass bulky thing anyways...

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: mantorok on October 25, 2005, 10:09:00 AM

My PSU never had a problem, but i am ready for the time it blows up. But i have have it for 2 or 3 years directly connected to the wall and still running and beautiful. Maybe it has to be because my PSU is so FULL of that white glue i cant see most of the parts.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: mantorok on October 25, 2005, 10:09:00 AM

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: syntaxerror329 on October 25, 2005, 01:16:00 PM

As a mod chip installer I have replaced about 10 power supplys. 3 of them had the typical power connector broken off the cicuit board with black arc'ing all around.

I am glad they break so often. I get to make lots of money fixing them for people locally. Its better then having to ship your xbox to M$ and wait forever.

The BoXX Doctor

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Post by: sick_mate_xbox on October 25, 2005, 10:19:00 PM

did the xbox recall/power cord replacement warning even get issued in australia? i havent heard anything about it. the first i knew of it was when i saw the pinned topic in the tech forums..

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: module on October 26, 2005, 02:53:00 PM

QUOTE(sick_mate_xbox @ Oct 26 2005, 01:30 AM)

did the xbox recall/power cord replacement warning even get issued in australia? i havent heard anything about it. the first i knew of it was when i saw the pinned topic in the tech forums..

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: Barnolde on October 26, 2005, 03:58:00 PM

I resoldered my power supply back on my V1.0 and it's worked fine ever since. Before I soldered it back on, it's spark and smoke.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on October 27, 2005, 12:52:00 AM

QUOTE(module @ Oct 27 2005, 08:04 AM)

I don't think so. Australia probably uses a different standard for power, so they must be using a different power supply. I think it is just the NA consoles that had the flaw.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: the stupid one on October 27, 2005, 02:09:00 AM

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Oct 27 2005, 12:03 AM)

yeah us aussies runn of 50hz 240vac. what does everyone else run off?

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on October 27, 2005, 02:37:00 AM

QUOTE(the stupid one @ Oct 27 2005, 07:20 PM)

110v, 60hz, If I recall correctly.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: rulvnthatwigs on October 30, 2005, 04:58:00 PM

Mine blew right after I voted no. And it wasn't even plugged in but it was still charged. It was outside of the xbox and pow it blew up in my face.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on November 01, 2005, 01:50:00 AM

QUOTE(rulvnthatwigs @ Oct 31 2005, 11:09 AM)

Mine blew right after I voted no. And it wasn't even plugged in but it was still charged. It was outside of the xbox and pow it blew up in my face.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on November 12, 2005, 01:45:00 AM

QUOTE(stezo2k @ Nov 12 2005, 05:48 AM)

3 pal xboxes with original leads... psus have never blown

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Post by: lildave151 on March 14, 2006, 03:49:00 PM

I've blown a couple power supplies but one was from a short from modding (adding leds) and the other was lightning.

Title: Did Your Xbox Psu Blow Up?
Post by: TheIrishLad on August 03, 2006, 09:51:00 PM

QUOTE(Abdulrehman @ Aug 3 2006, 12:41 AM)

there's one question that i have to ask...

u see i bought a xbox360 110v (US version) and connected here in pakistan where all things run at 220v so it blew up.The thing that i wanna ask is that did my psu blow up or the console blew up cause it really hurting if u a buy a 650$ + system and it blows up! NOTE: i connected the wires to the 360 as well !!

hoping u guys can help

Its probably just your power supply.

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