Naked Newt Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 (edited) I recently acquired this Xbox with a 1.0 board and wanted to try and repair it. After opening it up and cleaning it, I noticed the clock cap hanging on by a thread so I plucked that off. I haven't done anything else to the console and the previous owner doesn't know if it was soft or hard modded. I still get the same error from when I first got it which is described in the title. Below I will attach some photos to show off the condition of the motherboard. Thanks in advance for the help! Edited April 10 by Naked Newt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NokSueCow Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 The points don't look bridged, and the lpc looks untouched, I'd say softmod. Did the previous owner say it was indeed modded? No error code at the top left? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Newt Posted April 10 Author Report Share Posted April 10 40 minutes ago, NokSueCow said: The points don't look bridged, and the lpc looks untouched, I'd say softmod. Did the previous owner say it was indeed modded? No error code at the top left? Sorry I should have specified, the previous owner does not know if it was modded at all and there is no output on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjwelch Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Have you tried booting with the dvd drive and hdd unplugged? It may not hurt to completely remove the mobo and check the underside and possibly post a picture here. The metal shielding shows signs like its seen a good amount of moisture of some kind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMartigan Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 (edited) You've probably got some trace rot under the board where the clock capacitor was located. Once they start leaking, they can damage components. Remove the motherboard completely and check continuity on those traces. Here is a video explaining what you should check and how to fix the issue if they're damaged. https://youtu.be/IqZ20K6o1yc?si=OsGMit_TtIeJic_O Edited April 10 by MadMartigan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Newt Posted April 10 Author Report Share Posted April 10 5 hours ago, jjjwelch said: Have you tried booting with the dvd drive and hdd unplugged? It may not hurt to completely remove the mobo and check the underside and possibly post a picture here. The metal shielding shows signs like its seen a good amount of moisture of some kind I have tried without the DVD drive and HDD plugged in and I get the same error as described in title. I will post the underside below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Newt Posted April 10 Author Report Share Posted April 10 12 minutes ago, MadMartigan said: You've probably got some trace rot under the board where the clock capacitor was located. Once they start leaking, they can damage components. Remove the motherboard completely and check continuity on those traces. Here is a video explaining what you should check and how to fix the issue if they're damaged. https://youtu.be/IqZ20K6o1yc?si=OsGMit_TtIeJic_O The traces under the clock cap look pretty good to me but I'm no expert. I posted pics of the underside of the board in a reply above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 @Naked Newt Red/Orange is a memory issue. For some reason, the Xbox's 64MBs of RAM memory is not working properly. Possible causes: Solder bridge between pins on one or more of the chips. LPC Debug port's LRESET# pin (pin #5) being held low (or in a floating state that's not registering as a logic '1' level - HIGH) which keeps the RAM memory and other peripheral chips in a reset state never allowing them to run. (Edit: xbox-hq.com's Fixing flashing red/orange tutorial) Dead RAM chip that requires replacement. It's possible that the electrolyte corrosion damaged something involving the RAM without actually being the RAM. Unless replacing all the modules fixes it, this board is probably a lost cause since there is too much to diagnose. There have been cases I have seen where replacing the troublesome ram chip (probably only one chip in many instances, as long as RAM chip(s) are the cause) remedied the issue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjwelch Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 I'm a sucker for lost causes lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 The RAM chip on the top of the board, nearest to the AV port.... On the side oy that RAM that's closest to the AV port, there are two pins in the middle of that row that might have a spec bridging them. It appears that way in two separate pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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