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You know what? Messing up boards is not the end of the world. And just because you can't revive them it doesn't mean that they no longer hold value to someone. I'm sure that there are still some good components on them and they could probably be revived in the right hands. This just tells me that you are eager to learn. Good for you. You'll get there one day. Now you have a couple of practice boards to learn other skills on. You could easily find another Xbox for $20 and try again on that one. Maybe one day, you'll return to one of these boards and fully repair them.

I have a Xenium Ice without all the LCD bits and bobs. Ive been looking at some SPI capable LCDs. Back in the day SPI was expensive, but now with the likes of Aliexpress etc there are now cheaper options. Might get one or two of the smaller ones that are cheaper than the full size, needed/desired to test out things.