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Good idea I think; you now know its been replaced recently and unless you're hugely unlucky or you flog the Xbox to its limits you should not need to worry about even checking it for at least decade. The other older caps are far more likely to go before it does so keep an eye on them over the next few years and you can always check the clock cap at the same time too. As SS_Dave said its a v1.1 and likely a late 2002 manufacturing date so its now 18 years old - the clock cap is almost certainly the newest component.

I've not seen a clock cap like that so my guess is that it is a replacement. My thought is: why replace it if it is working? That of course means testing that it is - leave the Xbox on for an hour or two with the correct date/time. Turn it off, unplug it from the mains and if 12 hours later it is still displaying the correct date when you restart it I'd say the cap still young and in good condition. If it maintains the time for 24hrs or longer then I'd guess it had been replaced recently, perhaps for the sale just before you bought it. In either case its working as it should so keep it. Only problem is if you're using a SID softmod it won't keep the date if set it to anything post June 2020. So if this is the case then use a pre-2020 date for the test.

You're getting old and your clock cap has died.

the original clock caps ive seen say 'aero gel' on them

My experience with Super Caps (Clock Cap) has not been good and not just with Xbox's I would remove it, as the board is a version 1.1 I would think it has been changed at some stage. A sign of leakage is a oil type of stain on the PCB and or damage to the copper traces. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Yep there is You still need to create the HDD in a Xbox and correctly partition the drives but when you have that done then connect to a PC a copy away. The only thing is the drive needs to be unlocked You will easy do a 2tb drive in under 24 hours. https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/2020/03/28/fatxplorer-3-0-beta-now-available/ Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

Is there a version of FatXplorer that sees the games drive? I imagine if he has them installed on E it would be ok, but all the fatxplorer versions I've seen don't see F & G. I think you're onto something copying C & E to the already setup drive though. Should be the easiest way. Copy C & E for a softmod to the drive and lock it, pop it into the 1.6, no?

I would tell them to backup their games to an external pc hdd anyway. It doesn’t take that long using fatxplorer.

There's a small problem here. You need a separate 3.3 Vdc power supply that is always on to provide the standby power source for the SMC/clock circuitry for v1.0-1.4 consoles. And, for a 1.6/1.6b, you need an always on 5 Vdc source. Very little current is needed - I believe something like 50 to 75 milliAmps. It is this standby power supply that provides the voltage and current necessary to power on/off the console via the soft switch mechanism controlled by the SMC (v1.0-1.4) or Xyclops chip (v1.6), power the clock circuitry to keep the time and date current when the rest of the console is OFF and charge the clock cap.

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