Broken PROTOTYPE Xbox One X - But Can I Fix It?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024

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  • @Tronicsfix
    @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +48

    Thank you so much to Ridge for sending me this wallet and supporting the channel! Here’s the site if you
    want to check them out AND get 15% OFF! > ridge.com/tronicsfix

    • @qwertykeyboard5901
      @qwertykeyboard5901 2 года назад +1

      These sponsors and their games, its a sign of bad parenting.

    • @Nobe_Oddy
      @Nobe_Oddy 2 года назад

      whoa I found a difference!! lol - if you pause video @ 2:38 and look at the rear ports of the board, on it's left side, look at the top one. not sure what it's used for, but the top of it (the silver part we see) the one on the left has an opening on it while the board on the right does not... plus there are other differences around the edge of it too :)
      idk if this helps at all but i doubt it - just thought i'd let you know :)

    • @williamf739
      @williamf739 2 года назад

      Hi when do you know you have to replace the heat paste in the gpu and is it a must to do so on a 1 x ?

  • @Osopolar0001
    @Osopolar0001 2 года назад +355

    Imagine being so good at electronics repair, that you can almost fix everything with the perfect amount of thermal paste

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +38

      Lol

    • @dogedibest
      @dogedibest 2 года назад +12

      How much thermal paste I have to put on my microwave?

    • @mikek92
      @mikek92 2 года назад +4

      Wonder if it would also fix the wife , lol !

    • @mackemsruleFTM
      @mackemsruleFTM 2 года назад +3

      well apart from it's supposed to be a tiny peas size amount he puts twice as much on as he should

    • @mpieru88
      @mpieru88 2 года назад +5

      - I broke my arm
      - You need the perfect amount of thermal paste

  • @jackalovski1
    @jackalovski1 2 года назад +324

    As a production engineer, I can say that those red marks on the clamp are typically inspections marks to show that somethign has been fully inspected. You'll find this on prototype equipment because they're typically hand made and hand inspected before the full production equipment has been fully installed and verrified. This would also explain the thermal paste. It's also very common for preproduciton parts to be deffective and having to be reworked, so it could have been repaired before even leaving the factory.

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +56

      Interesting. Thank you so much for commenting and shedding light on this.

    • @RedRingOfDead
      @RedRingOfDead 2 года назад +5

      This is some interesting stuff you telling here.
      Please tell me more

    • @jackalovski1
      @jackalovski1 2 года назад +59

      @@RedRingOfDead My background isn't in computer hardware but automotive electronics. But with any project the release date is fixed and you have to get all the equipment ready before then and you will often have equipment that has been delayed or hasn't been finely tuned so you have to assemble things by hand in tempoary fixtures. you will often have only a limited amount of components too as those will also be pre-production which is why things are reworked insted of being scrapped. This Xbox looks like an "off tool; off process" validation sample typically used for compliance testing. For example the preproduction parts on my production lines were used for vehicle validation and crash tests which might suggest why this prototype doesn't have all the CE markings as they're all pre-production, unvalidated components. Also, you will have inspection marks on things, sometimes plastic will be stamped with a pin prick if inspected by machine or lables will often be dispensed and applied only when a part has passed testing. But manual inspections can use paint markers, solvent markers or on black plastics chinagraph penciles. Circuit boards have continuity testers that typically have hundreds of fixed, spring mounted electrodes that come down onto the traces or solder points to check all the solder points are fully soldered at the same time. I hope this information is useful.

  • @Notpoop906
    @Notpoop906 2 года назад +167

    Prototypes, dev kits, debug kits, alpha and beta demo kits. All of this stuff is right up my street and IMO probably the coolest aspect of any consoles life cycle. I just love the idea that there are specially capable (and also incapable in some aspects) versions of the machines we all know and love from under our TVs that can appear to be something completely alien and different on first glance. Playstation always makes great looking debug and dev consoles IMO. They are always vastly different to the retail machines. Although I also REALLY REALLY liked the appearance of the Xbox 360 dev consoles with the side car addon. I wanted one of those so bad back in the day. Just for how cool they looked with the alternate color scheme and aforementioned side car attachment.

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +16

      Some of them are really cool looking.

  • @Rayjacker2
    @Rayjacker2 2 года назад +34

    Hello Steve, while I am not a Microsoft engineer, the tag at 2:50 very likely means "Cactus Development - 28th Revision, A model". Not quite sure about the 28A, but that is my best guess.
    Very nice work on the repair BTW, hope you can poke around this prototype a little!

  • @VictorLeePadillaCordova
    @VictorLeePadillaCordova 2 года назад +57

    Normally red dots are usually used by quality production to confirm that they have inspected that area, the one in the usb can be also quality but because is a label is to mark a visual defective, it should be removed after defective is corrected

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +9

      Good to know. Thanks!

    • @callumb4980
      @callumb4980 2 года назад +1

      I’m guessing the red marks on the cpu bracket are marks to track which screw has been torqued

  • @NotoriousRawDogger
    @NotoriousRawDogger 2 года назад +22

    That's a piece of gaming history. Am sure Steve will take care of it

    • @Gerardhutt
      @Gerardhutt 2 года назад

      He is going to play jenga with them again

  • @stephensonmatthew7
    @stephensonmatthew7 2 года назад +77

    Interesting video, how about a follow up video, where you go through the software and see if it’s anything special, plays games like a normal console etc. ?
    That’d be cool!

    • @GeneralMalice
      @GeneralMalice 2 года назад +10

      I can yell you sir it plays like a normal xbox one s. No change I can see since I've gotten it back!

  • @keanondelport1815
    @keanondelport1815 2 года назад +1

    tried and failed to fix my xbox series x controller today. you make these things look easy. mad respect man.

  • @rayanjilani
    @rayanjilani 2 года назад +54

    Hey man, I would really love to see some repairs on PS3s.😊

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +30

      Noted

    • @FR4M3Sharma
      @FR4M3Sharma 2 года назад +12

      @@Tronicsfix Phat ones pls.

    • @evo7836
      @evo7836 2 года назад +2

      Would love to see this also.

    • @FilthyJFK209
      @FilthyJFK209 2 года назад +1

      @@Tronicsfix Would also love some phat ps3 teardown and repairs, maybe a good deliding video!

  • @schweatty
    @schweatty 2 года назад +5

    Probably a "Production Prototype." Used more for developing the production process than system engineering. Still super cool.

  • @ibd1977
    @ibd1977 2 года назад +2

    Extra respect for component level board repair.

  • @leviathanx0815
    @leviathanx0815 2 года назад +50

    It is actually kinda funny. Majority of your fixes were defective display driver chips. Looking at the datasheet of this one, an ESD rating of 2kV is also pretty low... I wonder if the board designer didn't plan on a proper ESD protection or if hot-plugging kills the chip (would also be kind of a bad PCB design). Just as reference, I am working in the automotive industry, on one sensor we made the customer requirement was 20kV ESD protection on the connector pins with a highly dense PCB of roughly 20mmx60mm. My coworker actually managed to design that thing to withstand up to 18kV ESD... (you can test it with a high voltage ESD gun); we all were pretty impressed.
    But honestly, I would have assumed that at least consumer products should have strict requirements on ESD and related input surge protection.

    • @herrakaarme
      @herrakaarme 2 года назад

      In these kind of consumer products the cost requirements come before anything else. A console's life cycle typically begins by the main unit generating deficit (compared to the manufacturing cost alone, not including R&D costs), as it is, so the budget is pretty tight.

    • @leviathanx0815
      @leviathanx0815 2 года назад +10

      @@herrakaarme even if the budget is tight, it does not justify on saving a few cents. Surely, I can tell how "a few cents" can accumulate over an estimated amount of produced units. I sat next to one, arguing six hours with the supplier to get a discount of half a cent for a resistor (if you wonder: it would have saved around half a million production costs based on the amount of the to be produced target units).
      But anyways, in things like TVs, AV receivers etc. you can somewhat estimate when the next generation may make its debut (not that it justifies /sloppy/ designs), in the console market it's hard to tell when to take the balls in your hands and design the next generation, so you would assumingly design your device to last at least three years to five years and it's just a fail in my humble opinion that a device "dies" by just plugging in a display cable. For the consumer it "dies", for the technican who knows the cause it's "just a chip worth a few cents" to be replaced. And in the end it doesn't make good publicity reading about failing consoles left and right by any manufacturer.

  • @thethufir
    @thethufir 2 года назад +3

    Having worked in a professional PCB factory, Triangles/arrows are usually meant to point out errors or possible errors on a board. Different colors have different meanings.

  • @Coolman6564
    @Coolman6564 2 года назад +7

    Those red arrow stickers are used by QA inspectors to identify defects, so when they return it to manufacturing line techs, they know where to look.
    Also, the prototype designation at that late of a development stage prob means that the chips used are different than production. Compare memory module PNs and APU die serials?

  • @JoeyDoesTech
    @JoeyDoesTech 2 года назад +2

    I done this repair recently for the first time and wish I put the solder onto the chip pre installation 😂😂 Great video Steve!

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +1

      Thanks man! Yes, it's MUCH easier to pre tin everything. It aligns itself nicely usually if it's pre tinned.

  • @darkguardian1314
    @darkguardian1314 2 года назад +3

    2:41 Those are inspection arrow stickers that indicate a defect or area of concern.
    I’m a QC/QA Tech and use them all the time during inspection.
    Many times it’s related to a IPC or Mil standard issue related to reliability.
    The component may be functional.

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +1

      Interesting. Thanks for commenting. I didn't know that.

  • @GeneralMalice
    @GeneralMalice 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for the fix. The xbox works great. I'll have a new project for you soon. I just spent 9600$ on 200 systems 500 controllers and so much more!! TY sir! Curry said ty as well!

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +2

      So glad it's working well. Thanks again for sending it to me. Looks like your channel is getting a little sub boost too so that's great.
      That's a lot of systems you bought! Hope it's some good stuff.

  • @btshalflifegarrysmodayasee9497
    @btshalflifegarrysmodayasee9497 2 года назад +3

    Nice fixing this rare piece of Xbox history! By the way, the Xbox One X was codenamed Project Scorpio.

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +1

      Yes, I know. I bought an OG Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition

  • @colescrustycars
    @colescrustycars 2 года назад +2

    Love your videos.. I have a suggestion to think about. I'm recently getting into retro gaming and reviving all my old consoles. How about some videos repairing and or modding vintage consoles? Replacing the pins inside NES toasters, PS1, PS2, PS3 etc, original xbox mods and repair, heck even Wii repair and mod, they are still cheap and great for modding and emulation. Heck even xbox 360s with the red ring of death! I'd love to see these old consoles brought back to life and there is no shortage or broken ones to be had cheaply

  • @thecatalyst8540
    @thecatalyst8540 2 года назад +1

    Judging by the HEB snacks, Derek is from Texas. Much love Derek. Thanks for your videos Steve, you're the best.

  • @BurnabyAlex
    @BurnabyAlex 2 года назад +1

    2:30 I used to use paper marks when inspecting boards for defects at a previous job, so it could be a resoldered pin it's pointing at.

  • @kikihobbyrepair
    @kikihobbyrepair 2 года назад +2

    Really nice fix Steve! I love these special editions :)

  • @furkanbulat8307
    @furkanbulat8307 2 года назад +1

    quality of the macro shoots were amazing steve! very good video.

  • @useradmin1652
    @useradmin1652 2 года назад +1

    So close for 1 million 💚 , we need a live stream for that 🎉🎊

  • @virgildeklerk
    @virgildeklerk 2 года назад +4

    Hi Steve nice fix ones again. I'm wondering why the redriver/retimer chip is notorious for getting faulty but the HDMI port and filters etc stay good in most normal usage cases. You would think if there was a voltage peak or some sort of short the filters would first go instead if the chip. Have a good weekend 👍

  • @JoseRicardo-pn3ve
    @JoseRicardo-pn3ve 2 года назад +4

    I absolutely love your content I always recommend it to all of my friends and hope everything is going well 🙌🏻

  • @uberwootage
    @uberwootage 2 года назад +1

    Those stickers are used in production to point out an issue that needs to be fixed that was found at inspection.

  • @12345.......
    @12345....... 2 года назад +4

    Steve, cranking out videos like a mad man!

    • @changethegame12
      @changethegame12 2 года назад +2

      how did you do that man you posted it yesterday?

    • @lorissantostefano3883
      @lorissantostefano3883 2 года назад

      @@changethegame12 he probably travels in time😱

    • @changethegame12
      @changethegame12 2 года назад

      @@lorissantostefano3883 i think so

    • @Salvator_Satanae
      @Salvator_Satanae 2 года назад +1

      @@changethegame12 maybe the date of his phone was behind a day when he posted the comment so it shows as yesterday?

    • @changethegame12
      @changethegame12 2 года назад +1

      @@Salvator_Satanae but his date shuldn´t affect ours
      my theory is that the video was posted in private and he is a patreon member so tronixfix gived him the link before us

  • @ninjapwnsatlyfe
    @ninjapwnsatlyfe 2 года назад +1

    Man I want an xbone x so bad. Love the look over the standard and s

  • @TheCynicalCake
    @TheCynicalCake 2 года назад +1

    Watching your channel every day. Are there any similar UK based channels I could send my electronics to?

  • @evo7836
    @evo7836 2 года назад +1

    One thing you can always guarentee in a console repair or disassembly video from Steve is thermal paste trolling.

  • @arturkochan4649
    @arturkochan4649 2 года назад +1

    man youre so cool in front of camera i even dont mind promoting items, usualy i just skip promotion content

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад

      Hey thanks. Appreciate it.

  • @aggamingpoc5055
    @aggamingpoc5055 2 года назад +2

    You inspire me every video. Very entertaining. Keep up the good work :)

  • @bnt2331
    @bnt2331 2 года назад +1

    another chill fix video my dude keep up the good work, see you guys next time!

  • @ARXInfinite
    @ARXInfinite 2 года назад +5

    I wonder if the Series X prototypes are different. I believe so because in the teardown we saw last year at March. the Production motherboard looks different

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +3

      I'd love to get my hands on a broken one of those!

  • @ThatOneBonk
    @ThatOneBonk 2 года назад +4

    well, since we got into prototype kinds of stuff, why don't you make a devkit repair? would be really interesting to see one of those inside

  • @weaselot2213
    @weaselot2213 2 года назад

    Soldering under a microscope looks amazing, I’ve never seen quality like this before.

  • @johnnyd5186
    @johnnyd5186 2 года назад +1

    Call me old-fashioned, but I think at least one adult in the family must learn how to do some basic repairs around the house. I've already fixed a leaking pipe, a cracked roof, replaced shower heads, installed an antenna, so on and so forth. This knowledge must be passed on to other members so that this "legacy" continues... Steve, you're an inspiration to us all, not only when it comes to passing valuable knowledge on electronics, but you push us to go a little bit further. Thanks to your vids, I've decided to start soldering (my biggest fear) and I still suck at it big time and still do a lousy job, but I've soldered that little cable connecting the vibration motors to the board in a Dualshock 4 and it's been months! I've also replaced all LED system in my TV set recently, all thanks to you and your videos. Thank you so much!

  • @whollymindless
    @whollymindless 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing that prototype with us!

  • @TinkerManMick
    @TinkerManMick 2 года назад +1

    Is the pink sticker perhaps a moisture detection sticker like they do with phones?

  • @M0HAK0
    @M0HAK0 2 года назад

    Really dig the videos man! I may not have your skill at all, but I do appreciate you showing us how you fix a bunch of electronics.

  • @jamesd1848
    @jamesd1848 2 года назад +1

    Love the new microscope!!!

  • @TheSkaldenmettrunk
    @TheSkaldenmettrunk 2 года назад

    Interesting to see a prototype of those and even more interesting: see the inside of it.

  • @Spartan122S
    @Spartan122S 2 года назад

    Never seen one of those, great job!
    Edit: notice the Master Chief on the scorpion easter egg

  • @Mayden_America
    @Mayden_America 2 года назад

    HEB. Big sign the contributors of the Xbox are from Texas lol. Great video!

  • @HD-wf3bp
    @HD-wf3bp 2 года назад +1

    I Just got my Ifixit pro kit Lets go! :D

  • @alistairal-saraf8172
    @alistairal-saraf8172 2 года назад

    Great repair as usual Steve. I have an Xbox One X and a few backwards compatible PS3s if you want to fix them on your channel

  • @VintageCR
    @VintageCR 2 года назад

    its quite funny how much the casing or rather outer shell of this xbox one looks like the old playstation 2 (the fat model)

  • @tobiwonkanogy2975
    @tobiwonkanogy2975 2 года назад

    Could be QS or ES , very cool , very cool.

  • @aurora6758
    @aurora6758 2 года назад +3

    Come on let’s go. Love when I see your notifications

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад

      Thanks for watching!

    • @123theprodigy5
      @123theprodigy5 2 года назад

      @@Tronicsfix how!!! That’s impossible it is a prototype, I wasn’t expecting it to work, So I’m dumbfounded.

  • @awilliams1701
    @awilliams1701 2 года назад

    I have a feeling those red dots and the sticker were something prototype related. Just a hunch.

  • @shadowfrost44
    @shadowfrost44 2 года назад

    Great job! Would have like to have seen if the dashboard was any different

  • @doomzday0529
    @doomzday0529 2 года назад +1

    I was watching one of your Xbox controller repair videos and wondered where you got your joysticks from( I want to fix my controller with drift)

  • @buzzlgyr
    @buzzlgyr 2 года назад

    Would love to see a repair and custom build of a PS3 or ps2

  • @jefferycook3131
    @jefferycook3131 2 года назад

    Lol, in Australia when something is cactus it’s buggered 😹

  • @sgottoboni
    @sgottoboni 2 года назад

    Awesome fix man. Love the content.

  • @Cousinsburger
    @Cousinsburger 2 года назад +10

    Any interest in fixing an espresso machine that can't be serviced anymore due to it's age? I can ship it out to you right away :)

  • @yashkeswani6948
    @yashkeswani6948 2 года назад

    Always waiting for your videos
    Very relaxing and satisfying repairs
    "Let's check this out...Do we have anything on the screen"
    Console repair Guru
    Lots of love from India

  • @argedismun2
    @argedismun2 2 года назад

    Forget the prototype, I’m more interested in the Xbox one X dev kit with the lcd

  • @Miguelhn94
    @Miguelhn94 2 года назад

    i trully wonder how his warehouse looks like, since he has so many parts for so many consoles!

  • @coincollectingtime821
    @coincollectingtime821 2 года назад +1

    It was three days since you up on your last video and you usually upload weekly! Are you becoming more active on RUclips?

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад

      I usually upload more during the holidays. More people are watching and more brands are wanting to advertise. Win-win-win

  • @Gexe89
    @Gexe89 2 года назад +1

    My kind of video. Thank you as always :p

  • @mtshark7
    @mtshark7 2 года назад

    Nicely done Steve!😀👏

  • @fallingstar6191
    @fallingstar6191 2 года назад +2

    Is it a older update or is it a custom update? and does it play online? Also, is it signed as in does it run non retail games?

  • @emmettturner9452
    @emmettturner9452 2 года назад

    My friend in Villa Rica, GA has one of these.

  • @RockCity1111
    @RockCity1111 2 года назад

    Watching this video made me want to go play my x1x. I still haven't had any luck scoring a Series X for sale 😐

  • @aboudi0507
    @aboudi0507 2 года назад

    Prototype? Seems really cool you should keep it

  • @JensilDsouza
    @JensilDsouza 2 года назад

    Hello Steve...Hello Tronics Fix.. 🙂

  • @crimecity
    @crimecity 2 года назад

    great video lad keep up with the good work how are you doing today

  • @joe_schmoe_420
    @joe_schmoe_420 2 года назад

    Thought those snacks were edibles for a second...
    Haha

  • @SonoftheDragon
    @SonoftheDragon 2 года назад

    The label markings could mean CADV = "Cactus DV" or "Cactus Device Validation"

  • @bagos13GR
    @bagos13GR 2 года назад +1

    man you make soldering looks super easy....i am gonna sit on my corner and cry like a bad amateur i am xD

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +1

      Lol...just takes practice

  • @dog61
    @dog61 2 года назад

    This channel should be named TronicsOfCourseICanFixIt. :). I look forward to your videos.

  • @theboyx323
    @theboyx323 2 года назад

    HEB!!!!!! Must've sent it in from Texas.

  • @tquad8699
    @tquad8699 2 года назад

    You should if possible go into what’s on the prototype version vs retail final one.

  • @SkyfighterZX
    @SkyfighterZX 2 года назад +1

    I'm curious to know how a prototype got in the market, maybe a tester sold it or someone at microsoft who dealt with these got rid of them by selling them somewhere

    • @fallingstar6191
      @fallingstar6191 2 года назад +1

      It likely got given to stores for people to try, like a kiosk maybe and this was put in instead of retail consoles. And then said kiosk was sold. Or it could be a display model and the retailer sold it at a discount maybe

  • @chanithurithmal3717
    @chanithurithmal3717 2 года назад +2

    Bruh another vid, love it

  • @adinchandra1797
    @adinchandra1797 2 года назад

    Kinda Miss the Day, seeing that Boy (Xbox One X)

  • @ksredsfan
    @ksredsfan 2 года назад +1

    I believe you might have used just a tad too much thermal paste LOL j/k love the videos keep them coming thanks

  • @bogdanvulic1124
    @bogdanvulic1124 2 года назад +1

    Nice video:)

  • @dylanrowe7581
    @dylanrowe7581 2 года назад +1

    Hey Steve I have question do you know of any good companies that do xbox 360 controller repairs

  • @amarhamrani5354
    @amarhamrani5354 2 года назад +1

    Keep up the good work

  • @crazyphil7782
    @crazyphil7782 2 года назад

    Holy this might be worth a small fortune

  • @NunYaBeezWax80
    @NunYaBeezWax80 2 года назад

    I bought a Mophie juice pack from Best Buy brand new and it says prototype on it too

  • @halethewhale
    @halethewhale 2 года назад

    You should of scanned that qr code on the proto cpu. Just to see 👀

  • @drexelhim
    @drexelhim 2 года назад +1

    Great video, thanks

  • @dexietyy7922
    @dexietyy7922 2 года назад

    Hey Steve I would love to see some Xbox 360 repairs 😃

  • @aboudi0507
    @aboudi0507 2 года назад

    This is so rare how did he get his hands on it

  • @erockem
    @erockem 2 года назад +1

    Replaces redriver chip, 'that looks pretty good'.
    me, 'that looks factory'

  • @stuartleckie
    @stuartleckie 2 года назад

    You made that one look almost too easy 😆

  • @APPOINTEDTIMES
    @APPOINTEDTIMES 2 года назад

    right on...

  • @King-Merlin
    @King-Merlin 2 года назад

    What 😵 prototype could it be a Scorpio engineering sample #cool 👍

  • @chloefromdetroit8445
    @chloefromdetroit8445 2 года назад

    The designation most likely means that prototype unit was used for regular testing on hardware

  • @MrDougjima
    @MrDougjima 2 года назад +2

    I just ask if Xbox One X would work with m2 nvme, just soldering m2 socket and installing a PCIe 3.0 nvme.
    Maybe won't boot or probably ban? 1:28

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  2 года назад +1

      I might try this in a video at some point.

  • @RidgeWalletYT
    @RidgeWalletYT 2 года назад +1

    Team Burnt Titanium 🔥

  • @Lagonas_
    @Lagonas_ 2 года назад

    0:12 0:23 I'm not sure if there is a point to putting a post it note over the serial number if you did not do it a scene before that.

  • @ifindmetal
    @ifindmetal 2 года назад

    Wow I would love to have that Prototype he must work for Microsoft

  • @notsure9079
    @notsure9079 2 года назад

    not watched yet
    but you can fix anything !

  • @fireattack1
    @fireattack1 2 года назад

    Didn't expect to see H-E-B here lol