Topic: Accidentl;y Left My X-box (1st Gen) On For 3 Months (Read 148 times)

Electron_Sam78 · « **on:** September 07, 2012, 06:41:00 PM »

Wow, nobody has any ideeas?

chorizo1 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2012, 10:27:00 PM »

I been here for years, and can honestly say I've never heard of this. wow. It's seriously overheated/damaged in my opinion.

relaxxx · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2012, 07:58:00 AM »

Yeah, might be some fried caps somewhere. could be anything really. I would try another ROL board if it was me but then I've got a box with over 200 ROL boards...

1 month or 3?

I was just thinking with my power rates here that would be nearly $60 if it was a 200 watt Xenon.

Electron_Sam78 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2012, 05:26:00 PM »

what's an ROL by the way?

shambles1980 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2012, 05:51:00 PM »

ring of light..
its the little jobby on the front where the buttons and lights are.

Electron_Sam78 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2012, 12:00:00 AM »

well I did another search and found people with issues similar to mine. I followed the troubleshooting guide here: http://diy.sickmods....-Eject_Pinouts/ and it seemed the power trace on the motherboard had an open. I found a small spot, no bigger than a speck, in the trace that is just missing the metal. I don't know if it overheated and that spot was defective and blew open but there was no burning or corrosion that I could see. Now I guess I'll just live with it because I can't solder well enough to try a fix on my own.

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