PainToad Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) Spent the last few weeks modding the thing and just noticed this Besides from trace rot (which I don't have the skills or time to fix), could it be anything else I can try? It happens even with the AV cable disconnected, so it's not that short circuiting. Thanks heaps guys. Edited April 1, 2022 by PainToad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 2 hours ago, PainToad said: Spent the last few weeks modding the thing and just noticed this Besides from trace rot (which I don't have the skills or time to fix), could it be anything else I can try? It happens even with the AV cable disconnected, so it's not that short circuiting. Thanks heaps guys. Read my reply in another thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PainToad Posted April 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 I gave the underside of the clock cap and the traces around the area a good clean with a tooth brush and isopropyl. At first, it still turned on immediately, but this time it was worse; restarting itself continually while flashing red and green on the power light and no AV output. I thought I completely broke it. Reconnected the HDD and DVD drives. Now it seems perfect with no more auto power ons/offs. I'm guessing the initial problems were due to isopropyl not being completely dry on the mobo somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 The hard drive and DVD drive have to be connected. If not, the console will FRAG since a major system component is not found by the BIOS when it looks for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PainToad Posted April 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 7:43 AM, KaosEngineer said: Yes. 8 hours ago, KaosEngineer said: The hard drive and DVD drive have to be connected. If not, the console will FRAG since a major system component is not found by the BIOS when it looks for it. Sorry, I wasn’t very clear. By reconnect I meant disconnect and connect again. When the Xbox was having issues on first boot after being cleaned, both the DVD and HDD where connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 15 hours ago, PainToad said: Sorry, I wasn’t very clear. By reconnect I meant disconnect and connect again. When the Xbox was having issues on first boot after being cleaned, both the DVD and HDD where connected. Ok, thanks for the clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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