I bought 18 broken Xboxes - Can I Fix Them and Make Money?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • I bought 18 broken Xboxes - Can I Fix Them and Make Money? These Xbox One S and X consoles came from a liquidation company. I'm hoping to be able to make money off this salvage lot but there are several problems with Xboxes that I've never been able to fix so wish me luck!
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    About This Video: Xbox One S and X consoles are usually not too hard to fix. That being said there are several problems that they have that I've never been able to figure out how to fix. I took a chance and bought 18 broken Xboxes from a salvage liquidation company to see if I could fix them and it I could make money on them.

Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @Tronicsfix
    @Tronicsfix  5 лет назад +5127

    How many do you think I can fix?

    • @fallingReign1
      @fallingReign1 5 лет назад +615

      I'm sure with a little patience and time you will get most of them fixed, I betting only 3 will be unfixable in the end. If I guess right you can give me a shout out haha

    • @Theunknownman52
      @Theunknownman52 5 лет назад +224

      U can fix all !!!

    • @kieronalder5264
      @kieronalder5264 5 лет назад +194

      At least 80% of them.

    • @sherjeelmir1616
      @sherjeelmir1616 5 лет назад +139

      Where do you sell them I want to buy one off you

    • @750katman
      @750katman 5 лет назад +39

      Pro like you will fix em all im sure 😎👍

  • @NIXSI
    @NIXSI 5 лет назад +7077

    Imagine selling your xbox because you thought it was broken just to find out it just needed an update.

  • @kevinrico97
    @kevinrico97 5 лет назад +16590

    Me: *Scrolling thru youtube*
    RUclips recommendations: Hey, wanna watch a guy fix some xbox’s?
    Me: Sure

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  5 лет назад +413

      Thanks for watching!

    • @venomdude3425
      @venomdude3425 5 лет назад +120

      It do be like that

    • @ahmadsalman5121
      @ahmadsalman5121 5 лет назад +31

      same

    • @shalelemons5406
      @shalelemons5406 5 лет назад +24

      Also same

    • @kokickss2488
      @kokickss2488 5 лет назад +20

      same here, but not as interesting as i thought cause i should be playing minecraft which has been open for 2 hours now.

  • @eviolinarts5014
    @eviolinarts5014 5 лет назад +4615

    Who else is in the comments looking for the people who he said were going to say “Steve you’re doing it wrong”

  • @shionkun1672
    @shionkun1672 4 года назад +2689

    Next Video:
    Buying 20 Human Bodies and Bringing them back to life: Can i make money?

    • @Chiimp
      @Chiimp 4 года назад +98

      The necrophiliacs will buy out his stock

    • @McMukMuk
      @McMukMuk 4 года назад +10

      @@Chiimp Code Blue!

    • @henrinone8727
      @henrinone8727 4 года назад +16

      ShionKun .
      I wish it was that easy

    • @jacksonshxlby
      @jacksonshxlby 4 года назад +18

      only if he had a transmutation circle, if that.

    • @aidenerickson5779
      @aidenerickson5779 4 года назад +2

      😂😂

  • @ZemikianUchiha
    @ZemikianUchiha 5 лет назад +2000

    *Can't update*
    Mom it's broken

    • @vanags1165
      @vanags1165 5 лет назад +78

      son its just xbox

    • @davidaguilarg.7093
      @davidaguilarg.7093 5 лет назад +13

      @@vanags1165 oh shoot

    • @cheeto737
      @cheeto737 5 лет назад +56

      Sorry son you are adopted

    • @reality9295
      @reality9295 5 лет назад +3

      im rat 😑

    • @alzappa1
      @alzappa1 5 лет назад +12

      Mom: Told ya, PC Master race!
      Son: Okey... Can I get 1 on my birthday tho?
      Mom: ...
      (hmmmnnn mmmkay)

  • @xinflict3078
    @xinflict3078 4 года назад +954

    Dang that’s pretty cool, 60 bucks for a “broken” xbox one. All you had to do was remove the thing from touching the other thingy and it’s fixed....honestly it seems like fun fixing these

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  4 года назад +223

      It's usually fun!

    • @adenrockss
      @adenrockss 4 года назад +4

      TronicsFix hi

    • @gcgaming905
      @gcgaming905 4 года назад +17

      I wish it was that easy but you should definitely try repair though.

    • @gokublack8342
      @gokublack8342 4 года назад +16

      Just started doing it myself have fixed 4 of them so far it is pretty fun

    • @lucasbatista9369
      @lucasbatista9369 4 года назад +5

      How do I lean how to do this? This seems a pretty interesting line of work

  • @TimmyShagpile
    @TimmyShagpile 4 года назад +2730

    I'm that dude who could easily take stuff apart and have no idea how to put it back together.

    • @MrPlaidFace
      @MrPlaidFace 4 года назад +142

      I'm that dude too, I also lose screws and break things trying to put it back together.

    • @shamarthompson926
      @shamarthompson926 4 года назад +118

      I always have extra screws left

    • @MrPlaidFace
      @MrPlaidFace 4 года назад +43

      @@shamarthompson926 I'm a few screws short.

    • @nubbsyaboi263
      @nubbsyaboi263 4 года назад +8

      Same for me but the problom is switch joy-cons for me

    • @TheFourWindBadger
      @TheFourWindBadger 4 года назад +6

      me too! well sometimes i can put it back togheder ( i got a logitech g25 and that one i took pictures off when i neede to repair it and that actually worked Lol)
      and sometimes i got spare parts out of it ! (no idea where they comes from but)

  • @azuputzier4715
    @azuputzier4715 4 года назад +417

    his shirt says "never take broken for an answer", hes too powerful.

    • @alexcameron2880
      @alexcameron2880 4 года назад +8

      ...and then proceeds to not be able to fix half of them. lol

    • @elitevivid2475
      @elitevivid2475 4 года назад +2

      Alex Cameron well he didn’t give up on them he has put them to the side and is asking for others to hopefully have some info on them because they had the same issue that he doesn’t understand so he still hasn’t taken broken for an answer yet but then again I ain’t watched the second video

    • @alexcameron2880
      @alexcameron2880 4 года назад +1

      @@elitevivid2475 It was a joke. I'm not doubting his skill.

    • @elitevivid2475
      @elitevivid2475 4 года назад

      Alex Cameron ight. Besides I wasn’t that worried honestly forgot about this lol.

    • @nabs3178
      @nabs3178 3 года назад +1

      He’s too dangerous to be left alive!😂😂

  • @BeatsandBox
    @BeatsandBox 5 лет назад +2934

    I learned from this video that I can sell my broken xbox for 60$, thanks man

  • @QaDri93
    @QaDri93 5 лет назад +2035

    He sold his “broken” Xbox because he couldn’t update it? Wow.

    • @arckage
      @arckage 5 лет назад +138

      What a waste

    • @namoraification
      @namoraification 5 лет назад +199

      how dumb ppl sometimes are its insane

    • @chazzavr6196
      @chazzavr6196 5 лет назад +180

      well they dont sell it, they just send it back to amazon and amazon sells it or sends to a liquidation company and you buy loads of stuff from them for cheaper but might be broken

    • @Neanderthal75
      @Neanderthal75 5 лет назад +144

      I have given a macbook pro free, because the laptop wasn't turning on and wasn't charging. I just bought a new power adapter and it was fixed. 🤣

    • @xandinefathom5485
      @xandinefathom5485 5 лет назад +84

      Some people are just very lazy and are lucky enough to have money to throw around for a new one, I say good riddance its good for people like this guy who can make some money of the laziness of others.

  • @LudwigVanKoopa
    @LudwigVanKoopa 5 лет назад +582

    When you started scratching through all those circuit layers, I thought you've given up and just wanted to see how badly it was damaged. Didn't expect it to just work after that.

    • @dariok9118
      @dariok9118 4 года назад +40

      LudwigVonKoopa for real I never would be brave enough to do this kinda stuff

    • @TookyG
      @TookyG 4 года назад +38

      @@dariok9118 I wouldn't be brave enough to resell it. No chance I'd risk burning someone's house down on one x-box that had that kind of short in the mobo.

    • @aidenransdell5491
      @aidenransdell5491 4 года назад +7

      LudwigVonKoopa the scratching noise scares me

    • @numa2k147
      @numa2k147 4 года назад +3

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @fianchetto5954
      @fianchetto5954 4 года назад +3

      My sister got 8 cavities, you have no idea XD

  • @markwarrington2788
    @markwarrington2788 4 года назад +294

    After watching this I immediately went and turned on my Xbox one s. What a relief - it works.

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  4 года назад +38

      Ha, ha...nice!

    • @garretsmink730
      @garretsmink730 4 года назад +6

      Same I put a disk in and took it out to see if the disk drive wasn't broken

  • @EODChaosWo1f
    @EODChaosWo1f 5 лет назад +2105

    18 xboxs for $61.25 each totalling $1,102.50 or to ebgames/gamestop $3.50 each.

    • @warchromeyt8948
      @warchromeyt8948 5 лет назад +58

      Maybe, Gamestop checked already if it is still fixable or not before they sell it out.

    • @mattunwin9770
      @mattunwin9770 5 лет назад +33

      @@warchromeyt8948 ... its a joke :/

    • @unfunny8705
      @unfunny8705 5 лет назад +19

      @@mattunwin9770 KINDA isnt but ok

    • @TheTaintedWisdom
      @TheTaintedWisdom 5 лет назад +43

      I can only assume that the $3.50 is you being made to pay $3.25 for "wasting their time" and 25 cents for the parking meter outside?

    • @BEDMan-vl3xy
      @BEDMan-vl3xy 5 лет назад

      EODChaosWo1f Copy that

  • @Killbayne
    @Killbayne 5 лет назад +305

    Number 4 is literally just "did you try turning it off and on again?"

    • @erikhendrych190
      @erikhendrych190 5 лет назад +3

      I think it was overheating due to the dirty fan. It is then more like turn off, open, clean the fan, turn on. Also Idk about xboxes but with laptops the fan gets clogged with dust. They might have tried to clean the dust with vacuum cleaner or compressed air and when that didn't help they just called it.

  • @owillypete
    @owillypete 5 лет назад +494

    Bro, just pull out the cartridge and blow on it. Fixed.

  • @KittenoftheBroccoli
    @KittenoftheBroccoli 4 года назад +740

    Him scraping away the motherboard layers made me extremely uncomfortable.

    • @popo864
      @popo864 4 года назад +50

      So you are the one!

    • @jakehague1
      @jakehague1 4 года назад +125

      When he was scraping the motherboard just give me visceral memories of the dentist

    • @Guy19372
      @Guy19372 4 года назад +3

      Agustin Re same

    • @kemikal2570
      @kemikal2570 4 года назад +3

      Exactly

    • @dilshadktkl1744
      @dilshadktkl1744 4 года назад +15

      It was very satisfying for me..

  • @Erutan409
    @Erutan409 5 лет назад +866

    Quick question:
    Have you tried yelling at it?

    • @nico_h1961
      @nico_h1961 5 лет назад +38

      Erutan409 putting it in rice?

    • @pendagar449
      @pendagar449 5 лет назад +32

      Have you tried turning it off and on again?

    • @79tazman
      @79tazman 5 лет назад +11

      I remember the Original NES when it came out and how we blow into the cartridge and sometimes it would blink in the middle of the game and we yell at it and punch and kick it that console was the worst I went though 4 of them just beating the hell out of them but there was one that outlived them all

    • @allenbballin6418
      @allenbballin6418 5 лет назад

      Lmao

    • @shaedigan5139
      @shaedigan5139 5 лет назад

      Yes it said im dead

  • @denniss9620
    @denniss9620 5 лет назад +2647

    I bought 18 broken Xboxes and now I can reach the top of my kitchen cupboards

    • @brendanwright352
      @brendanwright352 5 лет назад +21

      Now I can lift my truck off of the ground!

    • @SgtAirRaid
      @SgtAirRaid 5 лет назад +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @commando2782
      @commando2782 5 лет назад +53

      I bought 18 broken Xboxes and now i have 18 broken Xboxes

    • @shadevelt
      @shadevelt 5 лет назад +41

      i bought 18 broken xboxes now i can reach the top of my closet for my ps 4

    • @denniss9620
      @denniss9620 5 лет назад +11

      @@shadevelt I can now reach my Glock

  • @FireFish5000
    @FireFish5000 5 лет назад +683

    How to recoup your loss:
    1) Assemble Xboxes out of all remaining known broken parts
    2) Sell on ebay for 60$

  • @Weavilepichu
    @Weavilepichu 4 года назад +396

    my experience fixing consoles
    50% of the time: I know exactly what's wrong! Simple fix!
    50% of the time: i don't know what i did but I looked around and it's working now!

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  4 года назад +61

      Ha, ha...those second 50% are my favorite!

    • @legacysage
      @legacysage 4 года назад +24

      Sometimes I merely touch broken things, and then they begin to work again. It's a blessing and a curse.

    • @sarge1176
      @sarge1176 4 года назад +36

      @@legacysage can you touch every government/society in the world? Thx in advance!

    • @joedementiabiden8063
      @joedementiabiden8063 4 года назад +1

      @@sarge1176 😂

    • @georgewbush43
      @georgewbush43 4 года назад +3

      @legacysage touch my personal favorites the IRS

  • @followlordjesuschrist
    @followlordjesuschrist 5 лет назад +425

    Imagine throwing your xbox or selling it as scrap because a little piece of foam was stuck inside the fan :-/

    • @NickTheKangaroo
      @NickTheKangaroo 5 лет назад +61

      Nicholas Finnegan and because it needed an update lmfao some people have no idea

  • @toddd.8496
    @toddd.8496 5 лет назад +1082

    I get nervous when I'm 11 minutes into the video and we're still on the 1st of 18 Xboxes!

    • @tonysolar284
      @tonysolar284 5 лет назад +33

      When you've seen one, you've seen them all.

    • @onedrive7025
      @onedrive7025 5 лет назад +13

      If this isnt me at the 11th minute typing this...

    • @idclan4389
      @idclan4389 5 лет назад +5

      Istg I clicked on this at 11 mins too😂😂

    • @diroxx__
      @diroxx__ 5 лет назад +1

      Todd D. Facts

    • @kingmarkseven17
      @kingmarkseven17 5 лет назад

      I was thinking the same thing lol

  • @metalmeal0
    @metalmeal0 5 лет назад +601

    i like how he always asks me questions as if im qualified to answer them

  • @suppressedchicken
    @suppressedchicken 4 года назад +777

    Finally, someone that does not have cringey edits to their videos

    • @nazfx2648
      @nazfx2648 4 года назад +19

      Suppressed Chicken omg you have the same pfp as my other account let me switch

    • @funnyclipsndmoments
      @funnyclipsndmoments 4 года назад +23

      Hellooo

    • @MarkXM0
      @MarkXM0 4 года назад +16

      @@nazfx2648 this looks like a neat YT comment section meme

    • @pelomalino9715
      @pelomalino9715 4 года назад +3

      You are sooooo right

    • @suppressedchicken
      @suppressedchicken 4 года назад +6

      @@funnyclipsndmoments HOLY RHODE ISLAND CHICKEN THAT IS HOT!!!!

  • @Dorff_Meister
    @Dorff_Meister 5 лет назад +2358

    I was super skeptical about the first one when I saw you scraping away the layers... But hey! WOW!

    • @chubbysumo2230
      @chubbysumo2230 5 лет назад +131

      Pcb repair is an ugly business, especially with multi-layer pcbs.

    • @LongBean7
      @LongBean7 5 лет назад +99

      Yeah, how are you going to list that, maybe "Certified Refurbished"

    • @thekrasa1970
      @thekrasa1970 5 лет назад +79

      @@LongBean7 Refurbished-ish

    • @IAO_Strange
      @IAO_Strange 5 лет назад +51

      Question: how reliable is the repair though??

    • @Coreyztv
      @Coreyztv 5 лет назад +26

      @@IAO_Strange it should hold up to years of use but i wouldn't take a chance that's why i buy brand new but for some people its not that easy.

  • @jacobsievenpiper1947
    @jacobsievenpiper1947 5 лет назад +396

    no wonder i cant find broken xboxs anymore this guy bought all of them

    • @adampie154
      @adampie154 5 лет назад

      Jacob Sievenpiper 😂😂😂

    • @StevePringle
      @StevePringle 5 лет назад +1

      Some will be back on the market..... once it is fixed.

    • @natnat4569
      @natnat4569 5 лет назад

      @@StevePringle the price tho

    • @coehn8284
      @coehn8284 5 лет назад

      Jacob Sievenpiper Hahaha yea that is so true!

    • @GlassDeviant
      @GlassDeviant 5 лет назад

      He bought 18, not 18 million.

  • @planetwanderlust2702
    @planetwanderlust2702 4 года назад +216

    The click reminds me of when I was 14 and taking apart my broken 360 with a hope I could fix the red ring of death by looking at it.

    • @trg618911
      @trg618911 4 года назад +4

      Yea ps3 was where it was at

    • @WICK_3D
      @WICK_3D 4 года назад +4

      Not playing against hackers was where it was at

    • @jeniknf
      @jeniknf 3 года назад +1

      I did fix my red ring of death and thats what started a love of electrical repair

    • @waltersobchak7275
      @waltersobchak7275 3 года назад +2

      @@trg618911 yellow light launch were as bad as 360s

  • @orf_av8or303
    @orf_av8or303 5 лет назад +486

    As a person who knows absolutely nothing about any of this, I appreciate you putting that sarcasm but on the screen... thank you.

    • @hunterlee1592
      @hunterlee1592 5 лет назад +4

      ORF_AV8TOR I thought the same thing

    • @Beaches_south_of_L.A.
      @Beaches_south_of_L.A. 5 лет назад

      Your statement makes no sense. Incomplete sentence or dangling modifier or something.

    • @orf_av8or303
      @orf_av8or303 5 лет назад +1

      Beaches south of L.A. ahhhh I see what you’re saying, but I’m to lazy to fix it. Thanks

    • @neyel8r
      @neyel8r 5 лет назад

      that was a very weirdly shaped dab of thermal solution btw... i'd suggest putting it more in the center & probably using less of it too

    • @smokey-fr8yh
      @smokey-fr8yh 5 лет назад

      Yooooo fatcs

  • @bensass8741
    @bensass8741 5 лет назад +1168

    *Scratches the motherboard*
    Me: Dies inside

    • @user-zh8yi7lw2h
      @user-zh8yi7lw2h 5 лет назад +6

      What time

    • @ethanwells1230
      @ethanwells1230 5 лет назад +4

      @@user-zh8yi7lw2h 5:09

    • @Dominoes282
      @Dominoes282 5 лет назад +55

      He's scratching the solder mask and not any traces, so no damage from that.

    • @PeytonHale3
      @PeytonHale3 5 лет назад +88

      Its the sound

    • @PeytonHale3
      @PeytonHale3 5 лет назад +44

      @@Dominoes282 its the sound not the damage

  • @chillwolfhusky8098
    @chillwolfhusky8098 5 лет назад +720

    Gamestop will take that 18 Xboxes for 45 dollars if it was working

    • @krenz7477
      @krenz7477 5 лет назад +9

      Lmao

    • @terra__
      @terra__ 5 лет назад +56

      store credit only

    • @allenbballin6418
      @allenbballin6418 5 лет назад +17

      Yep and add 5 points on your power up rewards that is worth less than a cent

    • @mandelaeffect3521
      @mandelaeffect3521 5 лет назад +1

      Dont even talk about them that's what offerup is for

    • @tmerrill2875
      @tmerrill2875 5 лет назад +1

      I got $100 for my Xbox One S at my GameStop here in Indiana

  • @Reggie2000
    @Reggie2000 5 лет назад +701

    If Apple made these, there would be special nine sided screws installed so that you couldn't fix them.

    • @eriktruchinskas3747
      @eriktruchinskas3747 5 лет назад +68

      They would make it unrepairable by instead of having clips for the plastic case to attach to it will be glued so if you try opening it you snap the plastic breaking it

    • @pb7379-j2k
      @pb7379-j2k 5 лет назад +25

      Reggie or maybe they would do something like marrying the disk drive to the motherboard so you can’t fix them

    • @eriktruchinskas3747
      @eriktruchinskas3747 5 лет назад +15

      @@pb7379-j2k imagine the CPU, harddrive, GPU, and everything being permanently stuck.

    • @pb7379-j2k
      @pb7379-j2k 5 лет назад +3

      Erik Truchinskas iPhone: replaceable screen, battery, back glass. Sorry, can’t imagine what the hell you’re talking about

    • @johnfurman5946
      @johnfurman5946 5 лет назад +14

      Paul Bruneau it’s because apple is obviously going out of their way in order to make their phones more difficult to fix so people are more likely to just buy a new one from them.

  • @jtmnavy
    @jtmnavy 5 лет назад +641

    I bought 18 broken xboxes and now i have 1 Dreamcast

    • @mopmop_27
      @mopmop_27 5 лет назад +8

      i rly loved the Dreamcast alot :( sad great console

    • @ohyeahyeah9213
      @ohyeahyeah9213 5 лет назад

      Lol what’s up JT! I love your videos and have been subscribed since 20k

    • @joshuatitus5527
      @joshuatitus5527 5 лет назад

      Didnt expect to see you here

    • @AS-oj3cw
      @AS-oj3cw 5 лет назад +1

      😂

    • @MagdyF
      @MagdyF 5 лет назад

      @@AS-oj3cw ...

  • @Krzys6301
    @Krzys6301 4 года назад +74

    I've fixed a lot o laptops, there's one thing that's coming to my mind which could help with the power. The power coils itself could be broken, i don't know why it happens exactly, but the way to check this is to heat them up with hot air and then try to power it up, if it starts, the power coils needs to be replaced. Let me know if that helped you.

  • @alexprice8632
    @alexprice8632 4 года назад +222

    Guys I just fixed my first Xbox today and I’m super proud of myself. I’m thirteen and thought I’d give some motivation to anyone who is discouraged about not being able to fix something, so just keep trying and eventually you’ll do it. Edit: if I can do it, so can you ;)

    • @alvawayfarer6096
      @alvawayfarer6096 3 года назад +26

      I’m 12 and I’m trying to get into the business! Recently shipped out a ps4 pro that just need a deep cleaning, replacement thermal paste, and replacement hard drive. Once I get the money I will by a soldering station to repair more consoles. Wish me luck!

    • @jhonchoparce3815
      @jhonchoparce3815 3 года назад +5

      Let me guess, it only needed an update...

    • @alexprice8632
      @alexprice8632 3 года назад +10

      @@jhonchoparce3815 nope a hard drive AND an update! Also I’m 15 now you’re kinda late lmao

    • @tazz1911er
      @tazz1911er 3 года назад +7

      @@alexprice8632 If You Did it ....
      Nice
      But i Recommend To Always Have a Cheap Multimeter And Soldering Iron and a Screw Driver Kit

    • @unoriginalname1
      @unoriginalname1 3 года назад +5

      @@Ashcel835 Because when he wrote this comment, he didn’t just newly turn 13, some time passed since then, and it wasn’t a year since he wrote it, it was a year and some months.

  • @jaype5
    @jaype5 5 лет назад +1121

    date asks what your job is,
    "I'm a mother board dentist"

  • @Austinkyser2
    @Austinkyser2 5 лет назад +1075

    Steve: *puts Hella thermal paste on the cpu*
    Me(in my head): "That's way to much thermal paste"
    Steve: "This is the perfect amount of thermal paste"

    • @Cam.The.Kid.
      @Cam.The.Kid. 5 лет назад +49

      i thought the exact same thing lmao. your just supposed to apply a pea sized dot.. not a circle XD

    • @deimosxd
      @deimosxd 5 лет назад +71

      Lmao that thermal paste would be enough for a ryzen threadripper lmao

    • @KoryLunaa
      @KoryLunaa 5 лет назад +8

      Actually puttting in thermal paste is subjective as all heck and everybody has a take on it

    • @adam_g.
      @adam_g. 5 лет назад +39

      he did say sarcasm.

    • @beauervin3273
      @beauervin3273 5 лет назад +31

      Nobody saw the sarcasm at the top right corner

  • @TristanMarcano
    @TristanMarcano 5 лет назад +438

    This has been in my recommended for months. FINE.

  • @hf8693
    @hf8693 4 года назад +251

    A free copy of Rainbow Six Siege.

    • @ghostnamedbert9596
      @ghostnamedbert9596 4 года назад +4

      Harrison Ford I need that

    • @jetso2000
      @jetso2000 4 года назад +3

      @@ghostnamedbert9596 it's 8 dollars

    • @anth91386
      @anth91386 4 года назад +2

      @@jetso2000 it retail at 29.99$ i got it on sale at Wal-Mart for 20$ even brand new

    • @therealfox
      @therealfox 4 года назад +7

      Now i understand where this disc only sales on ebay gets its discs.

    • @KnightMirkoYo
      @KnightMirkoYo 3 года назад +1

      Well, since the xbox was thoroughly fried, I don't think the original owner could get it out... Even if he needed it, given he didn't own a console anymore XD

  • @Pnshr74
    @Pnshr74 5 лет назад +317

    StEvE yOu’Re dOiNg It WrOnG *high pitched voice*

  • @leetom5192
    @leetom5192 5 лет назад +1121

    "Mom! It's broken!"
    "Uhh it just need an update-"
    "Let's sell it as a broken Xbox!"

    • @MrSh4W
      @MrSh4W 5 лет назад +141

      he probably wanted a ps4 😂

    • @TheMagnay
      @TheMagnay 5 лет назад +24

      yeah I actually got a ps3 from the tip that was taken in due to no sound and weird colours or so the guy there said, all I did was reformat it and it worked perfectly. it has a bit of dust in it and once I clean that up I think I can double or triple my money.

    • @alek8835
      @alek8835 5 лет назад +32

      NiteOwl ps3 are worthless

    • @raymondleggs5508
      @raymondleggs5508 5 лет назад +28

      @@alek8835 no it ain't theres lots of games to play lol like thousands, if not millions LMAO! PS-4 and Xbox one ain't up to that many yet lol. I guess NES is useless too. Super Mario for the win!

    • @TheMagnay
      @TheMagnay 5 лет назад +7

      @@alek8835I personally am a pc gamer and wouldn't buy consoles for myself but loads of people like them. the ps3 is an oldish platform and as a result, has lost a lot of value but that doesn't mean it's lost it all. remember ps4 has no backwards compatibility so people do still buy them when their old ones break so they can still play their old games. it is also a 250gb slim which gives it more value then some of the older models, even the charcoal black colour can help it sell better. just cause it is old does not mean it's worthless or got no value, if you buy them cheap enough which I did then you can still make some profit off it.

  • @dhyde9207
    @dhyde9207 5 лет назад +333

    Ooops. Every electronic device operates on Magic Smoke. Once you let it escape, you're screwed.

  • @theketchupking7794
    @theketchupking7794 4 года назад +30

    Title- 18 broken Xboxes
    11 minutes in- Still on first Xbox

  • @JTAGxUsELeSs
    @JTAGxUsELeSs 5 лет назад +202

    This video has a special place in my heart, this was my passion back in the Xbox 360 days and i once bought a lot of 46 xboxs and repaired every single one. Keep doing your thing!

    • @THEGOON618
      @THEGOON618 5 лет назад +10

      Did the same lol people would throw away so many good consoles

    • @earlspencer7863
      @earlspencer7863 5 лет назад +5

      Lol towel method huh

    • @JTAGxUsELeSs
      @JTAGxUsELeSs 5 лет назад +5

      Earl Spencer god no never lmao, I was straight up reballing the gpu

    • @elitescouter
      @elitescouter 5 лет назад +3

      I bought over 200, still have like 20 left in the garage and a crap load of drives/faceplates/front boards/heatsinks. Prob will just need to throw it all away.

    • @RallyDon82
      @RallyDon82 5 лет назад +2

      you and steve doing good work for the environment :)

  • @mrbandito9410
    @mrbandito9410 5 лет назад +330

    Nobody:
    Me at 12 at night: watching some guy fix xboxes

  • @davidhuerta331
    @davidhuerta331 5 лет назад +159

    "How many Xboxes do you want?"
    TronicsFix: Yes.

  • @Devildoginvu
    @Devildoginvu 4 года назад +82

    The factory smoke is supposed to stay in the unit! LMAO

  • @kronicdeath420
    @kronicdeath420 5 лет назад +810

    If it was apple your next video would be can i beat 18 law suits?

  • @xgnbaku1901
    @xgnbaku1901 5 лет назад +79

    You know you got em when you hear the click

  • @hessinebkl
    @hessinebkl 5 лет назад +507

    if you made this video 1 or 2 or even 3 hours long, i'll watch it all

    • @Renschius
      @Renschius 5 лет назад +26

      ​@@USN7119 if u didnt know, there are people who don't speak english as their native language ..

    • @tasmim_Kingz10
      @tasmim_Kingz10 5 лет назад +2

      @@Renschius 100%

    • @hessinebkl
      @hessinebkl 5 лет назад +3

      Nacho Libre that is not funny but i think you didn’t have to write that comment 👎🏼👎🏼😞

    • @wateveryo
      @wateveryo 5 лет назад +7

      @@hessinebkl your english is fine bro dont let that hater bring you down like that

    • @TheAbrahamHD
      @TheAbrahamHD 5 лет назад

      @@Renschius you*

  • @imthakrazy1706
    @imthakrazy1706 4 года назад +15

    Buyer of number one: so anything I should know about
    TronicsFix: it tries to kill itself by fire.

  • @OldGamerPapi
    @OldGamerPapi 5 лет назад +141

    I am just so amazed at people with this kind of skill and knowledge.

    • @MLProductions.1
      @MLProductions.1 5 лет назад +4

      If you work on PCs all this is pretty simple

    • @junesuprise
      @junesuprise 5 лет назад +7

      It looks like he doesnt know what hes doing and getting lucky

    • @cal5750
      @cal5750 5 лет назад +2

      @@junesuprise So.... troubleshooting lol. You test around blind (if it's not apparent) until you find the problem.

    • @Neanderthal75
      @Neanderthal75 5 лет назад +1

      The hardest part of this whole procedure is knowing how to solder and use the voltmeter. And just do some research on what fails on these, using google.

  • @DontRightlyCare
    @DontRightlyCare 5 лет назад +96

    The video I didn't know I was looking for. Thanks, man.

  • @jezusmylord
    @jezusmylord 5 лет назад +585

    Me: watching some football videos never owning a single xbox
    RUclips: Hey wanna see a guy fix 18 broken xboxes?

    • @mickeypham
      @mickeypham 5 лет назад +13

      jezusmylord I know this is late but Neymar falls in endgame

    • @jezusmylord
      @jezusmylord 5 лет назад +12

      @@mickeypham Neymar falls in pre-game.

    • @jibanjyotilalnayak7005
      @jibanjyotilalnayak7005 5 лет назад

      Exactly same

    • @habu30
      @habu30 5 лет назад +1

      @Cole What is soccer?

    • @NessieZaps
      @NessieZaps 5 лет назад

      You still watched though 😂

  • @silverbags1208
    @silverbags1208 4 года назад +28

    I generally do this with computers. I’m fine when it comes to hardware repair and getting pretty much any peripheral to work with any setup, and I’ve begun dabbling around with video game consoles because they’re so similar these days to micro ATX form factor computers. Excited to work on my friends Xbox One S but also a little nervous. Great video.

  • @GertGybels
    @GertGybels 5 лет назад +767

    5:40 what the hell are you doing, amateur!
    9:30 ok I'll shut up, you've got this.

  • @david78212
    @david78212 5 лет назад +237

    You let the magic smoke out? It'll never work now...

    • @martinox4649
      @martinox4649 5 лет назад +4

      You just need to learn how to refill with new smoke. but it is still easier to just buy a new pre-filled chip.

    • @nickc8863
      @nickc8863 5 лет назад

      I'm dying dude! Magic smoke! Lol!

  • @Evilserge
    @Evilserge 5 лет назад +123

    I think that essence of "challenge" in this video makes me love your "how many can i fix" videos.

  • @OllieLK
    @OllieLK 4 года назад +10

    I have no idea wtf he is talking ab watching this at 4 am jus so calming lol

  • @mikeoxwollen2774
    @mikeoxwollen2774 5 лет назад +1270

    My friends when i rap a whole verse without making a mistake:
    5:11

  • @samuriguy1259
    @samuriguy1259 5 лет назад +355

    RUclips 2 months ago: wanna watch this guy fix 18 xboxs
    Me: no not really
    RUclips today: wanna watch this guy fix 18 xboxs
    Me: sure why not

    • @markbravo6077
      @markbravo6077 5 лет назад +3

      Board and this Board that somes it up .

    • @Sadwilly
      @Sadwilly 5 лет назад +1

      @@markbravo6077 sums* lol sorry

    • @Jaaiiss
      @Jaaiiss 4 года назад

      True

    • @Negthetarget
      @Negthetarget 4 года назад

      @@markbravo6077
      P

  • @gseric4721
    @gseric4721 4 года назад +72

    Wow, I didn't know that a partially burned motherboard could be fixed so quickly. You've got a new subscriber :)

    • @isaiah5star
      @isaiah5star 4 года назад

      What is Joe name my name is Israel I want to know what's your name

  • @OldManePeace
    @OldManePeace 5 лет назад +104

    Steve the way you took that clamp off was impeccable you did it perfect 👌

    • @xXpr1son3rXx
      @xXpr1son3rXx 5 лет назад +3

      perfectly *

    • @Dantemonte26
      @Dantemonte26 5 лет назад +4

      and he used the right amount of thermal paste

    • @Luke-or4lz
      @Luke-or4lz 5 лет назад +2

      alejandro conde
      The exact right amount perfectly

  • @joshwilson4168
    @joshwilson4168 5 лет назад +25

    18:40 If you still have that one..A short on the power button board typically causes this as well as main chips/ main chip paths. Take a look at the connector shielding to see if the power button board is grounding to the case.

  • @dontachito4923
    @dontachito4923 5 лет назад +143

    I don’t have a clue about electronics, but I still ended up watching the whole vídeo

    • @Jimmeh_B
      @Jimmeh_B 5 лет назад

      don't worry... "open loop", this guy doesn't seem to know much more. Though he does have a hot air re-flow station..... jury's out.

    • @chrishatherley3531
      @chrishatherley3531 5 лет назад

      Yeh I couldnt help myself! Ive never even looked inside a console or a PC, too scared to. But it was a great watch. I've subscribed as I feel compelled to find out the rest of the results

    • @Jimmeh_B
      @Jimmeh_B 5 лет назад

      @@chrishatherley3531 lol... i'm tempted, but given that it's 3:30am here and his television that we're supposed to keep listening to has the volume set at about 2 and he keeps shouting "what do you think? will *blah* be fixed"? down the mic.... feels like you're watching sesame street or something!
      I did learn something though.... these things are not very serviceable, which means easy money if you own the equipment... I happen to own the equipment :)

    • @atnfn
      @atnfn 5 лет назад

      Me neither, still I don't understand how you can just scrape away pieces of the circuit board and still have it working? I did study some electronics almost 20 years ago, but it didn't interest me so I learnt next to nothing, even fell asleep during lectures.

    • @chrishatherley3531
      @chrishatherley3531 5 лет назад

      @@atnfn my guess is the actual power transfer is layers deep? thats from an entirely non technical background!

  • @KatJustice97
    @KatJustice97 4 года назад +11

    I honestly enjoy the cash breakdowns of the purchase being shown on paper instead of edited text on-screen. Just feels a little more authentic to me

  • @isaac2990
    @isaac2990 5 лет назад +133

    I know nothing of circuit boards and think they work on magic.. why is this video still so satisfying to watch?
    Edit: really? Someone couldn't update their xbox and just sold it as broken?

    • @erikhendrych190
      @erikhendrych190 5 лет назад +3

      I think it was also overheating due to the dirty fan.

  • @terriblegamer6162
    @terriblegamer6162 5 лет назад +150

    Okay RUclips, I watched it and it was very entertaining now pls stop recommending it.

    • @starkness65
      @starkness65 5 лет назад +1

      stfu dude, you are not a special snowflake

    • @Moonlakes
      @Moonlakes 5 лет назад +4

      you can literally click on "stop recommending this"

    • @terriblegamer6162
      @terriblegamer6162 5 лет назад +2

      @@Moonlakes I have, several times! But even I've watched it, it still pops up.

    • @pizzasub3194
      @pizzasub3194 5 лет назад

      Terrible Gamer
      delete it from your watch history, that works for me

    • @rickydawn6313
      @rickydawn6313 5 лет назад +1

      @@pizzasub3194 *Looks at search History*
      *Metric ton of porn stares back at me going .-.*
      why u do dis to me?

  • @r4dius
    @r4dius 5 лет назад +99

    You can transform the one without disk into a diskless console, just tape the front drive hole ^^

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  5 лет назад +15

      Ha, ha...true. Except some updates check to make sure that the disc drive is there and working.

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 5 лет назад +1

      LMFAO

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 5 лет назад

      @@Tronicsfix wonder how future updates will go now with the REAL discless xbone SAD

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 5 лет назад +5

      @@adventureoflinkmk2 it's a different firmware.

    • @jdub9047
      @jdub9047 5 лет назад

      They already have one without a disk drive

  • @SolidIncMedia
    @SolidIncMedia 4 года назад +3

    I watched you plug in the first one and when it sparked I thought "why didn't he plug it in first, then turn the switch on, instead of just plugging it in with the switch on?"
    Then I remembered that the US doesn't have power outlets with switches. A year or more after my wife moved from the US to Australia, she asked what the switches were for. Kinda blew her mind.
    And it kinda blew my mind that the US doesn't have switched outlets.

  • @mattrubin89
    @mattrubin89 5 лет назад +55

    "I bought 18 broken Xboxes"
    Where can I get a spare powersupply? :/

  • @sven4627
    @sven4627 5 лет назад +58

    Good job, keep up the good work! too much electronics is just going to waste, knowing how to repair electronics is one of the most useful skills

  • @skootski7569
    @skootski7569 5 лет назад +154

    This was oddly satisfying...
    I should really sleep though.

  • @mikebing1230
    @mikebing1230 3 года назад +2

    Don’t ever let the smoke out, it’s so hard to get it back in.

  • @angeloestoya762
    @angeloestoya762 5 лет назад +109

    Dang motherboards and disc drives are loyal to their spouse

  • @VoytEngineering
    @VoytEngineering 5 лет назад +24

    It's great watching your work. The microscope timelapse was especially nice. Thank you!

  • @MrBleedingyellow
    @MrBleedingyellow 4 года назад +26

    The Xbox always seems to be way more cleaner inside then the PS , don't know why

    • @andrewmac5494
      @andrewmac5494 4 года назад +6

      All the xboxs were only a year old compared to some of the ps4's could be 5 years old.

    • @gcgaming905
      @gcgaming905 4 года назад +3

      @@andrewmac5494 not the firstgen Xbox one

    • @benmann16
      @benmann16 4 года назад +8

      Probably broke the first time it was used...

    • @friendlyaaron9021
      @friendlyaaron9021 4 года назад

      Probably because it can vent more

    • @sebastianmeans5954
      @sebastianmeans5954 3 года назад +2

      @@benmann16 Just depends on the quality and the factory. Some Playstations burn up right away due to a short caused by a sloppy soldering joint getting coupled. Same with Xbox's. Welcome to automation not console wars

  • @juanmeza5253
    @juanmeza5253 5 лет назад +20

    First time that I watch a whole video without fast forward
    I wish that I can learn how to fix things like you

    • @bobtoo9870
      @bobtoo9870 5 лет назад +1

      stop wishing ,start reading & trying.

    • @juanmeza5253
      @juanmeza5253 5 лет назад

      @@bobtoo9870
      I always try but they are moments that the main tools are missing
      And thanks am going to start looking for some books online and videos

  • @daithi007
    @daithi007 5 лет назад +88

    25:15 This is why we need the
    🔧Right To Repair Law🔧
    If the schematics were available we wouldn't be throwing this into the landfill

    • @eduardomartinezjuarez7849
      @eduardomartinezjuarez7849 5 лет назад +8

      Yup, but companies want you to pay them for repairing your broken stuff rather than publishing the schematics you need to repair it yourself for free

    • @daithi007
      @daithi007 5 лет назад +13

      @@eduardomartinezjuarez7849 Damn the companies, they are bullies abusing their Monopoly.
      An old excuse would be, we couldn't possibly put the schematics up there, the Chinese would copy, the Chinese are doing this already, so putting up the schematics would only be for the good of the people

    • @johnthomas4551
      @johnthomas4551 5 лет назад +5

      Are they not made in China? Lmao

    • @daithi007
      @daithi007 5 лет назад +1

      @@johnthomas4551 Place of manufacture is irrelevant.
      Edit, sorry John didn't catch the sarcasm 🤭

    • @johnthomas4551
      @johnthomas4551 5 лет назад +1

      Sorry Dave I know I was supporting your comment and I alway forget my sarcasm doesn’t work on social media. Also forgot to thumbs up your comment. A mistake i intend to rectify directly. You were absolutely right.

  • @icee.
    @icee. 5 лет назад +254

    I need to sleep but nah ima just watch some guy fix a bunch of Xbox's
    Edit: I just deleted the text that was here when I edited

    • @itsthezainali
      @itsthezainali 5 лет назад +1

      loool i'm in the same situation rn AHA

    • @dihdicjdbd2693
      @dihdicjdbd2693 5 лет назад +1

      It’s 1 in the morning and I am thinking tomorrow I’m going to gamestop and buying all the broken Xbox’s and now I realized... how do I fix them

    • @McMeggawhacc
      @McMeggawhacc 5 лет назад +5

      Why edit?

    • @mvvincent2632
      @mvvincent2632 5 лет назад

      I feel ya

    • @RandomGuy-nm6bm
      @RandomGuy-nm6bm 5 лет назад +3

      I hate you for editing

  • @itsonlyacommentsnowflake3346
    @itsonlyacommentsnowflake3346 5 лет назад +6

    RUclips been aggressively recommending this and I've been dodging it for days. You win RUclips.

  • @Salehalanazi-7
    @Salehalanazi-7 5 лет назад +118

    Imgine it's the power button stuck and it's not partial power lol

  • @conormcbeast2805
    @conormcbeast2805 5 лет назад +136

    You could remove the disk drive and sell them at SAD edition prices.

    • @danielhycarl539
      @danielhycarl539 5 лет назад +4

      @@yournan7249 sad.

    • @metpach
      @metpach 5 лет назад +9

      @@yournan7249 one S All Digital S.A D edition

    • @alexatkin
      @alexatkin 5 лет назад

      As I understand it the S firmware wont boot without a drive. Perhaps if you could flash the SAD edition firmware, although I'm betting the firmware is actually identical and it just has a serial number lookup table in the firmware that decides which edition it is.

  • @Hannah-on9zw
    @Hannah-on9zw 4 года назад +25

    When you can get the whole console cheaper than the controllers

  • @dorkultra
    @dorkultra 5 лет назад +603

    STEVE YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!!!11

  • @alexalexandru691
    @alexalexandru691 5 лет назад +48

    I subscribed because you never know when you need a tutorial to fix an Xbox 😂

  • @GameDogLP
    @GameDogLP 5 лет назад +520

    lol, I love your TV. "No signal (is it on?)"

    • @Nayplays1
      @Nayplays1 5 лет назад +21

      All tvs that use Roku do that

    • @TheMagnay
      @TheMagnay 5 лет назад +30

      @@Nayplays1 well good on Roku for that, I love it when companies do small things like that.

    • @lucasrem
      @lucasrem 5 лет назад +2

      GameDog
      Signal you need, antenna media u still do, sitcoms, news, what do you need to see on it?

    • @windows10person30
      @windows10person30 5 лет назад +2

      @@TheMagnay me too.

    • @analogmoron3945
      @analogmoron3945 5 лет назад

      My TCL does that,

  • @TheTardisNamedSexy
    @TheTardisNamedSexy 4 года назад +142

    Why am I obsessed with these videos? I don’t even play video games. 😂

    • @zorrodx504
      @zorrodx504 4 года назад +3

      😂

    • @Born1956
      @Born1956 4 года назад +3

      The TARDIS Named Sexy
      Same here 🔻

    • @angelortega5665
      @angelortega5665 4 года назад +3

      The TARDIS Named Sexy true ion even have a console

    • @encryptedjc1772
      @encryptedjc1772 4 года назад +11

      really this has nothing to do with video games. Think about it

    • @TheTardisNamedSexy
      @TheTardisNamedSexy 4 года назад +2

      EncryptedJc People do play video games on Xboxes, don’t they?

  • @Tremor244
    @Tremor244 5 лет назад +311

    I saw him scraping the board and I was like, bruh just stop, it's already dead. Then it turns on......lol. It's a good thing there weren't any other important traces under there.

    • @tomdabomb2072
      @tomdabomb2072 5 лет назад +36

      You were like:
      Omae wa mou shindeirou
      He was like:
      Nani?!?!

    • @einarabelc5
      @einarabelc5 5 лет назад +1

      You don't know what a ground PLANE is do ya? I had to remember to figure it out. It's NOT a track, look at the big chunk of metal covered by green resin.

    • @TheBUGZNTA
      @TheBUGZNTA 5 лет назад +12

      Wouldn't have mattered as going from having a non working board to another non working board isn't exactly a big deal.

    • @shahabahmed7135
      @shahabahmed7135 5 лет назад +2

      Its like waking up dead by giving electric shocks...

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 5 лет назад +3

      @@shahabahmed7135 Cutting out the cancer to heal the patient...

  • @iTzAwesomeeez
    @iTzAwesomeeez 5 лет назад +229

    never take broken for an answer?`can you fix my marriage?

    • @kroliks
      @kroliks 5 лет назад +25

      iTzAwesomeeez that’s not broken, it’s completely destroyed beyond repair...

    • @kestrelite
      @kestrelite 5 лет назад +5

      Its fubar

    • @WaltWW
      @WaltWW 5 лет назад +21

      Just scrape away the burnt parts.

    • @peppigue
      @peppigue 5 лет назад

      Or Bran?

    • @Cokk9ine
      @Cokk9ine 5 лет назад +1

      The answer your looking for is at 22:50

  • @NPCNo-xm2li
    @NPCNo-xm2li 5 лет назад +254

    "Hmmm... I don't see what is wrong exactly. LET'S JUST SCRAPE THE BLACK BITS!"

    • @thatwasinteresting.8150
      @thatwasinteresting.8150 5 лет назад +6

      @Jason Kelly- It was an exploratory technique and he was correct, so... sorry you don't get it. No obvious burned diodes, capacitors or mosfets, so poke around where the OBVIOUS BURNED SHIT IS! What's so hard to understand about that? He knows circuit boards have layers and that the power supply is using at least one of those layers to transmit power to the MB. Charring and burning from a shorted connection happens when power is sent to ground via a path it shouldn't be on so he also knows that something in that area is shorting. Scrape the layers back and see if the short is alleviated. Voila! This was a good example of exploration and improvisation from a solid base of general electronics knowledge. It's brilliant actually.

    • @kaydog890
      @kaydog890 5 лет назад +2

      Mmmmm... the poor person who ends up buying that console! I'm no electrical engineer, but I wouldn't consider scrapping burnt fibreglass a fix o.0

    • @alexatkin
      @alexatkin 5 лет назад +3

      @@kaydog890 For your own use, data recovery etc it is, but to sell it I definitely agree. Although I'm more concerned at what burnt in the PSU, I can't imagine it lasting very long and I personally would feel very uncomfortable leaving that PSU plugged into the mains 24/7 after that.

    • @anotheruser676
      @anotheruser676 5 лет назад +3

      I was a little surprised too, but you need to consider that circuit boards are just layers of copper conductors separated by non conductive layers. He essentially cut off the bad areas. I would personally feel obligated to run it for several weeks before I felt OK about selling it. On the other hand, Steve is PRO.

  • @samh0191
    @samh0191 5 лет назад +10

    I own a One S and whenever I heard the power on sound effect I looked at my xbox, only to realise i'm watching a man fix them.

  • @imsofunnyxd8642
    @imsofunnyxd8642 5 лет назад +94

    We should call you "The console dentist"

  • @jjkipper62
    @jjkipper62 5 лет назад +97

    No one:
    Old Honda Civics at 3 am: 10:13

  • @letsfixit4404
    @letsfixit4404 4 года назад +7

    Thanks for the videos! Always fun to watch and just the right amount of thermal paste ;)

  • @prismstudios001
    @prismstudios001 5 лет назад +256

    At least there aren`t any Roach motels in there....

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  5 лет назад +15

      True!

    • @I_am_BiG_Al
      @I_am_BiG_Al 5 лет назад +17

      *ive seen some disgusting roach infested consoles on youtube*

    • @dayadam16
      @dayadam16 5 лет назад

      Lmfao

    • @dunxy
      @dunxy 5 лет назад +7

      They can only afford budget accommodation, like Playstations!

    • @deesmee250
      @deesmee250 5 лет назад +8

      @@dunxy the war is over stop

  • @TampaTec
    @TampaTec 5 лет назад +23

    Congrats on the viral video, amazing it's blasting off like a 🚀

    • @Tronicsfix
      @Tronicsfix  5 лет назад +4

      Thanks! Ya, this was a crazy one!

  • @terastarship2
    @terastarship2 5 лет назад +110

    cheap build by Microsoft's contractor. there should be a washer protection ring embedded for the holes.

    • @lucasrem
      @lucasrem 5 лет назад +5

      terastarship2
      AMD designs, TSMC, why you cry Microsoft here? You run MS office on them?

    • @chubbysumo2230
      @chubbysumo2230 5 лет назад +3

      Shorting at the screw, no surprise.

    • @stale2665
      @stale2665 5 лет назад +6

      @@xCDF-pt8kj Economics. Any effort put into a design that allows it to live longer than their official support period is a waste to the company. It really is that simple. If they don't think an improvement is going to give a definite benefit to their future profits, it won't be implemented. They know they can afford a certain percentage of defects without it affecting their brand, so going above this percentage isn't a sound investment. As long as it's not a huge amount of similar faults, like the RROD of the XB360s, it's not a problem.

    • @agfagaevart
      @agfagaevart 5 лет назад +3

      Built-in obselescence.

    • @stale2665
      @stale2665 5 лет назад +2

      @@xCDF-pt8kj Companies put more effort into things like return of investment and lifetime costs analyses than the average consumer does. Selling things that break fast works better when you sell to consumers rather than businesses.
      Consumers are more easily wooed by fancy gimmicks, design that makes them look wealthy, and are often easily manipulated by advertisement. While a business is made up of humans, the decisions on what equipment to invest in doesn't necessarily lie within a single person, so bad decisions will often be questioned by others before a purchase is made.
      This is part of why business grade laptops often cost more than consumer grade laptops even though the consumer laptop has faster components inside. Business models typically last longer and are easier to service when something breaks.

  • @Coolman6564
    @Coolman6564 3 года назад +21

    Incredible. Once I see a non-plated through hole (NPT) that's shorted internally, that's it. There's no guarantee that the short is within scrapable distance near the hole, and you would have never been able to scrape all the welded metal plane(s) out of there. Typically, board designers put between 10-35 mils clearance away from NPT's just for this reason, even more if it's a power supply split plane (depending on current requirements). If it's shorting even with that (granted, damaged because something goes into that hole, wearing it out), it's over, "F". Literally sitting here yelling at the screen... "You can't do that REEE!"! If the whole plane had been welded, you would have had to scratch all that copper cladding off that G10 core material and it would have still been junk... an incredible save to say the least.

  • @hyosunggt125rcomet
    @hyosunggt125rcomet 5 лет назад +73

    You Applied your thermal paste wrong, you meant to do an 'X' as it's an Xbox