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OG Xbox Forums => Hardware Forums => General Hardware/Technical Chat => Topic started by: yld-bros.1 on October 01, 2007, 12:38:00 PM

Title: Strange Orange Flashing Problem
Post by: yld-bros.1 on October 01, 2007, 12:38:00 PM
I have a Halo edition xbox with the older motherboard, the 1.4 I believe, modded with a TSOP flash.  It was working fine up until about a week ago and then it started to get weird on me.  I would shut off randomly during games or using XBMC, and now when I go to turn it on the fan spins really fast, I get a flashing orange light, no video and then it just turns off.  It does not FRAG at all.  I assumed it was overheating, but I can let it sit overnight and it will still do the same thing.  I opened it up again and started to look for anything unusual and the only thing I can find is the capacitor at C7G2 (towards the front left of the motherboard) had crusty white stuff, which I am assuming means a faulty capacitor.  If I replace this capacitor, will it work again?  Is there something simple that I am missing?  Any tips or clues would be greatly appreciated.