Maztr_0n

well, i havent got anything to take it apart yet but i remember when i was 14 and dug it up that i plugged it into the wall and pressed the power button, but then nothing happened... i also remember that last time it did work it asked me to set the time when i turned it on when before it kept the time just fine, so i'm reasonably guessing the caps were starting to leak. I think i'd like to get a good screw set for games consoles (not just xbox) maybe one of those fancy electric screwdrivers too because i'm not the most steady handed person when it comes to taking apart things, i still have a sega genesis controller i took apart to clean that when reassembled, lets say the D Pad was never the same again and the anxiety of screw stripping might creep in, if anyone has any recommendations for electric screwdrivers and sets with the right stuff for Xbox and other consoles let me know but right now i have 0 space at my current house so i think i'd have to take it over to my stepdads house in the near future for us to work on it together and perhaps fully diagnose the issues, i have SEVERAL games on disc that i really wanna be able to play again!

alright, i found my broken XBOX, i dont think i have the tools to open it up but it was manufactured in May, 2004, i can send pictures if needed...

thank you, i might try to look for my broken one and some other ones.

This is not my first post, but i'd like to introduce myself. My username is Maztr_0n and the first gaming experience i can remember was being 2 years old and playing on my dad's xbox, i may have not known it yet but i knew this was the beginning of a slowly growing fondness for the console, if my dad's story serves me right it was sold to some guy they knew but that wasnt the last of my original xbox experience as when i was in middle school, i got a used Xbox for fairly cheap and it became one of my most used devices, the games were dirt cheap so on birthdays and Christmases i would always get a few titles for my Xbox, until one day when i was about 14 after moving to a different neighborhood i had slowly been going through boxes until i found it, i hooked it up and pressed the power button and then, nothing... it would not power on at all. That was devastating for me as i was still invested in wanting to expand my collection, but alas. There was nothing that i was able to do at my age for it. So for awhile i had kind of forgotten all about it until recently i've started to remember fondly my time with the console, and when going to places like thrift stores or second hand, i kept seeing many games for the system, so i'd like to get back into the system, i MIGHT still have the broken one but i'm a little worried about if it was broken because of a leakage that happened a handful of years ago, so i am open to getting a "new" system, maybe a revision thats best for what i am interested in using the console for. Thank you for reading!

Hello to everyone in this forum, i am a new user here but a nearly lifelong fan of the OG Xbox, it was my first experience with a games console and it will always hold a place in my heart for that, but after having a few systems throughout my childhood, i thought i should seriously look into getting a system, one that will be the best fit for my needs, i know theres several different revisions but i'm thinking what i want my console for is probably very niche compared to most other users. So i'd feel like asking for my needs which revision is personally the best fit for me? So to start, what i want to do with my console is obviously play the games but i also want to watch DVDs on it (Yeah i still like to watch DVDs, they're just the most convenient method for me) and i liked using the ripping CDs feature for putting my favorite songs in certain games, so i'd like to do that, basically... i'm just gonna want something that will reliably play discs. As for modding, i am not interested much in mods, i havent really ever done any mods before, i did purchase a soldering set so in the future i could do things like that for many systems but really i dont think i'd be comfortable with opening one up, although knowing the whole clock capacitor problem i might have to. So if i had to do any modifications to the console it would only really be simple stuff to enhance the vanilla XBOX experience, obviously the caps but perhaps if its possible maybe a slightly larger hard drive for lots of music and game saves, just really nothing special or crazy, but i'm open to suggestions on recommended mods and tricks for my relatively mundane wants for an XBOX from the research i've done (and are still working on) i think the V1.4 revision from what i hear is good, but i think its in my best interest to ask people who truly know the system, i am aware of things like the early thompson drives as well as the previously mentioned caps issue but i want to be able to know what the best option is for me. Thank you