I bought 18 broken Xboxes - Can I Fix Them and Make Money?
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2019
- I bought 18 broken Xboxes - Can I Fix Them and Make Money? These Xbox One S and X consoles came from a liquidation company. I'm hoping to be able to make money off this salvage lot but there are several problems with Xboxes that I've never been able to fix so wish me luck!
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About This Video: Xbox One S and X consoles are usually not too hard to fix. That being said there are several problems that they have that I've never been able to figure out how to fix. I took a chance and bought 18 broken Xboxes from a salvage liquidation company to see if I could fix them and it I could make money on them. - Навчання та стиль
How many do you think I can fix?
I'm sure with a little patience and time you will get most of them fixed, I betting only 3 will be unfixable in the end. If I guess right you can give me a shout out haha
U can fix all !!!
At least 80% of them.
Where do you sell them I want to buy one off you
Pro like you will fix em all im sure 😎👍
Imagine selling your xbox because you thought it was broken just to find out it just needed an update.
I got a ps3 like that
That happened to me but I just needed to connect a wire
I must know where to find your avatar picture
lmfao smfh
What is your avatar pic
Me: *Scrolling thru youtube*
UA-cam recommendations: Hey, wanna watch a guy fix some xbox’s?
Me: Sure
Thanks for watching!
It do be like that
same
Also same
same here, but not as interesting as i thought cause i should be playing minecraft which has been open for 2 hours now.
Dang that’s pretty cool, 60 bucks for a “broken” xbox one. All you had to do was remove the thing from touching the other thingy and it’s fixed....honestly it seems like fun fixing these
It's usually fun!
TronicsFix hi
I wish it was that easy but you should definitely try repair though.
Just started doing it myself have fixed 4 of them so far it is pretty fun
How do I lean how to do this? This seems a pretty interesting line of work
his shirt says "never take broken for an answer", hes too powerful.
...and then proceeds to not be able to fix half of them. lol
Alex Cameron well he didn’t give up on them he has put them to the side and is asking for others to hopefully have some info on them because they had the same issue that he doesn’t understand so he still hasn’t taken broken for an answer yet but then again I ain’t watched the second video
@@elitevivid2475 It was a joke. I'm not doubting his skill.
Alex Cameron ight. Besides I wasn’t that worried honestly forgot about this lol.
He’s too dangerous to be left alive!😂😂
I'm that dude who could easily take stuff apart and have no idea how to put it back together.
I'm that dude too, I also lose screws and break things trying to put it back together.
I always have extra screws left
@@shamarthompson926 I'm a few screws short.
Same for me but the problom is switch joy-cons for me
me too! well sometimes i can put it back togheder ( i got a logitech g25 and that one i took pictures off when i neede to repair it and that actually worked Lol)
and sometimes i got spare parts out of it ! (no idea where they comes from but)
Who else is in the comments looking for the people who he said were going to say “Steve you’re doing it wrong”
i am looking for the negative comments
Im looking for the people that claim they can fix their own devices
me XD
Me
100th like
After watching this I immediately went and turned on my Xbox one s. What a relief - it works.
Ha, ha...nice!
Same I put a disk in and took it out to see if the disk drive wasn't broken
Next Video:
Buying 20 Human Bodies and Bringing them back to life: Can i make money?
The necrophiliacs will buy out his stock
@@chiimp Code Blue!
ShionKun .
I wish it was that easy
only if he had a transmutation circle, if that.
😂😂
*Can't update*
Mom it's broken
son its just xbox
@@vanags1165 oh shoot
Sorry son you are adopted
im rat 😑
Mom: Told ya, PC Master race!
Son: Okey... Can I get 1 on my birthday tho?
Mom: ...
(hmmmnnn mmmkay)
I learned from this video that I can sell my broken xbox for 60$, thanks man
lmao
Only 60$ whit Rainbow Six
Wow
$60*
It's $ 60.00 not 60$
Finally, someone that does not have cringey edits to their videos
Suppressed Chicken omg you have the same pfp as my other account let me switch
Hellooo
@@nazfx2648 this looks like a neat YT comment section meme
You are sooooo right
@@funnyclipsndmoments HOLY RHODE ISLAND CHICKEN THAT IS HOT!!!!
The click reminds me of when I was 14 and taking apart my broken 360 with a hope I could fix the red ring of death by looking at it.
Yea ps3 was where it was at
Not playing against hackers was where it was at
I did fix my red ring of death and thats what started a love of electrical repair
@@trg618911 yellow light launch were as bad as 360s
He sold his “broken” Xbox because he couldn’t update it? Wow.
What a waste
how dumb ppl sometimes are its insane
well they dont sell it, they just send it back to amazon and amazon sells it or sends to a liquidation company and you buy loads of stuff from them for cheaper but might be broken
I have given a macbook pro free, because the laptop wasn't turning on and wasn't charging. I just bought a new power adapter and it was fixed. 🤣
Some people are just very lazy and are lucky enough to have money to throw around for a new one, I say good riddance its good for people like this guy who can make some money of the laziness of others.
When you started scratching through all those circuit layers, I thought you've given up and just wanted to see how badly it was damaged. Didn't expect it to just work after that.
LudwigVonKoopa for real I never would be brave enough to do this kinda stuff
@@dariok9118 I wouldn't be brave enough to resell it. No chance I'd risk burning someone's house down on one x-box that had that kind of short in the mobo.
LudwigVonKoopa the scratching noise scares me
😂😂😂😂😂
My sister got 8 cavities, you have no idea XD
“Steve you’re doing it wrong” I have finally ended your search you are welcome
dacheezypotatobois 😂
Lol
Thnx
Thx
Thank you
This is so addicting. As a mechanical engineer who sits in an office doing desk work all day. I could sit an watch this for hours.
18 xboxs for $61.25 each totalling $1,102.50 or to ebgames/gamestop $3.50 each.
Maybe, Gamestop checked already if it is still fixable or not before they sell it out.
@@warchromeyt8948 ... its a joke :/
@@mattunwin9770 KINDA isnt but ok
I can only assume that the $3.50 is you being made to pay $3.25 for "wasting their time" and 25 cents for the parking meter outside?
EODChaosWo1f Copy that
Number 4 is literally just "did you try turning it off and on again?"
I think it was overheating due to the dirty fan. It is then more like turn off, open, clean the fan, turn on. Also Idk about xboxes but with laptops the fan gets clogged with dust. They might have tried to clean the dust with vacuum cleaner or compressed air and when that didn't help they just called it.
my experience fixing consoles
50% of the time: I know exactly what's wrong! Simple fix!
50% of the time: i don't know what i did but I looked around and it's working now!
Ha, ha...those second 50% are my favorite!
Sometimes I merely touch broken things, and then they begin to work again. It's a blessing and a curse.
@@legacysage can you touch every government/society in the world? Thx in advance!
@@sarge1176 😂
@legacysage touch my personal favorites the IRS
Him scraping away the motherboard layers made me extremely uncomfortable.
So you are the one!
When he was scraping the motherboard just give me visceral memories of the dentist
Agustin Re same
Exactly
It was very satisfying for me..
well even if he didn't make profit from fixing the Xbox's , he definitely will from that 4.4 mill views worth of ad revenue
Sub_Zero yeah
Video was copyright claimed by sony already
@@TheMrpanda23 Microsoft dummy
@@Ghosttt999 you missed the joke
@@TheMrpanda23 ?
Imagine throwing your xbox or selling it as scrap because a little piece of foam was stuck inside the fan :-/
Nicholas Finnegan and because it needed an update lmfao some people have no idea
I've fixed a lot o laptops, there's one thing that's coming to my mind which could help with the power. The power coils itself could be broken, i don't know why it happens exactly, but the way to check this is to heat them up with hot air and then try to power it up, if it starts, the power coils needs to be replaced. Let me know if that helped you.
Guys I just fixed my first Xbox today and I’m super proud of myself. I’m thirteen and thought I’d give some motivation to anyone who is discouraged about not being able to fix something, so just keep trying and eventually you’ll do it. Edit: if I can do it, so can you ;)
I’m 12 and I’m trying to get into the business! Recently shipped out a ps4 pro that just need a deep cleaning, replacement thermal paste, and replacement hard drive. Once I get the money I will by a soldering station to repair more consoles. Wish me luck!
Let me guess, it only needed an update...
@@jhonchoparce3815 nope a hard drive AND an update! Also I’m 15 now you’re kinda late lmao
@@alexprice8632 If You Did it ....
Nice
But i Recommend To Always Have a Cheap Multimeter And Soldering Iron and a Screw Driver Kit
@@Ashcel835 Because when he wrote this comment, he didn’t just newly turn 13, some time passed since then, and it wasn’t a year since he wrote it, it was a year and some months.
I bought 18 broken Xboxes and now I can reach the top of my kitchen cupboards
Now I can lift my truck off of the ground!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I bought 18 broken Xboxes and now i have 18 broken Xboxes
i bought 18 broken xboxes now i can reach the top of my closet for my ps 4
@@czechio I can now reach my Glock
i like how he always asks me questions as if im qualified to answer them
*
Feels like Dora
Same.
TheRealMetalmeal 400th like
Buyer of number one: so anything I should know about
TronicsFix: it tries to kill itself by fire.
11:59 "I'm gonna leave this part open so if it does anything cool we can at least watch it..." earned you a new sub. Scienceing dat shiz FTW!
Bro, just pull out the cartridge and blow on it. Fixed.
nerd
I tried this with me ex gf. Didn’t work at all.
Genius comment alert!
@@Momyficator I love when my gf pulls out *my* cartridge and blows it.
Linkux Snooks but does it make it worked?
The factory smoke is supposed to stay in the unit! LMAO
A free copy of Rainbow Six Siege.
Harrison Ford I need that
@@ghostnamedbert9596 it's 8 dollars
@@jetso2000 it retail at 29.99$ i got it on sale at Wal-Mart for 20$ even brand new
Now i understand where this disc only sales on ebay gets its discs.
Well, since the xbox was thoroughly fried, I don't think the original owner could get it out... Even if he needed it, given he didn't own a console anymore XD
I was super skeptical about the first one when I saw you scraping away the layers... But hey! WOW!
Pcb repair is an ugly business, especially with multi-layer pcbs.
Yeah, how are you going to list that, maybe "Certified Refurbished"
@@LongBean7 Refurbished-ish
Question: how reliable is the repair though??
@@IAO_Strange it should hold up to years of use but i wouldn't take a chance that's why i buy brand new but for some people its not that easy.
How to recoup your loss:
1) Assemble Xboxes out of all remaining known broken parts
2) Sell on ebay for 60$
you should be running some company :D
underrated comment
@@nostromov7892 Its called DRM its a feature.
@@eragonbaffel9518 "feature"
Sounds scummy
Title- 18 broken Xboxes
11 minutes in- Still on first Xbox
I have no idea wtf he is talking ab watching this at 4 am jus so calming lol
I get nervous when I'm 11 minutes into the video and we're still on the 1st of 18 Xboxes!
When you've seen one, you've seen them all.
If this isnt me at the 11th minute typing this...
Istg I clicked on this at 11 mins too😂😂
Todd D. Facts
I was thinking the same thing lol
As a person who knows absolutely nothing about any of this, I appreciate you putting that sarcasm but on the screen... thank you.
ORF_AV8TOR I thought the same thing
Your statement makes no sense. Incomplete sentence or dangling modifier or something.
Beaches south of L.A. ahhhh I see what you’re saying, but I’m to lazy to fix it. Thanks
that was a very weirdly shaped dab of thermal solution btw... i'd suggest putting it more in the center & probably using less of it too
Yooooo fatcs
Thanks for the videos! Always fun to watch and just the right amount of thermal paste ;)
I can't believe how addicting these videos are. Great work man.
Quick question:
Have you tried yelling at it?
Erutan409 putting it in rice?
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I remember the Original NES when it came out and how we blow into the cartridge and sometimes it would blink in the middle of the game and we yell at it and punch and kick it that console was the worst I went though 4 of them just beating the hell out of them but there was one that outlived them all
Lmao
Yes it said im dead
no wonder i cant find broken xboxs anymore this guy bought all of them
Jacob Sievenpiper 😂😂😂
Some will be back on the market..... once it is fixed.
@@StevePringle the price tho
Jacob Sievenpiper Hahaha yea that is so true!
He bought 18, not 18 million.
I generally do this with computers. I’m fine when it comes to hardware repair and getting pretty much any peripheral to work with any setup, and I’ve begun dabbling around with video game consoles because they’re so similar these days to micro ATX form factor computers. Excited to work on my friends Xbox One S but also a little nervous. Great video.
I'm glad this showed up in my recommendations you have a new subscribers Bro keep up the good work
*Scratches the motherboard*
Me: Dies inside
What time
@@user-zh8yi7lw2h 5:09
He's scratching the solder mask and not any traces, so no damage from that.
Its the sound
@@Dominoes282 its the sound not the damage
date asks what your job is,
"I'm a mother board dentist"
Your motherboard has teeth???
🤣🤣🤣🤣
More like electrical engineer.
@@ncg8224 *likes own comment*
He said sarcasm after that
Awesome work. I used to love fixing broken xbox 360s, especially when it was just a disc drive stuck tray or laser issue
I just wanted to learn how to fix flat screen TV s but now I'm watching how to fix other electronics. Keep up the good teaching.
I bought 18 broken xboxes and now i have 1 Dreamcast
i rly loved the Dreamcast alot :( sad great console
Lol what’s up JT! I love your videos and have been subscribed since 20k
Didnt expect to see you here
😂
@@AS-oj3cw ...
Gamestop will take that 18 Xboxes for 45 dollars if it was working
Lmao
store credit only
Yep and add 5 points on your power up rewards that is worth less than a cent
Dont even talk about them that's what offerup is for
I got $100 for my Xbox One S at my GameStop here in Indiana
I discovered your videos like 2 days ago and I legit cannot stop watching
Congrats on the video! Keep them coming up. I am a fan of your UA-cam channel from Brazil.
This has been in my recommended for months. FINE.
For real lmao
Same! Wtf youtube?
Same
At least it wasn't that video of "Can You Cast Obsidian?".
Same
If Apple made these, there would be special nine sided screws installed so that you couldn't fix them.
They would make it unrepairable by instead of having clips for the plastic case to attach to it will be glued so if you try opening it you snap the plastic breaking it
Reggie or maybe they would do something like marrying the disk drive to the motherboard so you can’t fix them
@@pb7379-j2k imagine the CPU, harddrive, GPU, and everything being permanently stuck.
Erik Truchinskas iPhone: replaceable screen, battery, back glass. Sorry, can’t imagine what the hell you’re talking about
Paul Bruneau it’s because apple is obviously going out of their way in order to make their phones more difficult to fix so people are more likely to just buy a new one from them.
“Never take broken as an answer”, awesome motto, quick question, when you resale these, would you include a description of your findings and fixes so that a potential buyer can also check them out before making a purchase?
Quite satisfying putting hard work into something and seeing it work.
I think that essence of "challenge" in this video makes me love your "how many can i fix" videos.
StEvE yOu’Re dOiNg It WrOnG *high pitched voice*
You’re*
He said you’re
Franky Zendejas They edited their comment, dumbass.
@@jaydens.2526 probably only one person
Finleyyy ?
I know nothing about the parts of electronics, I don't even know about building PCs or what half the fancy stuff listen inside a console means. But your videos are always so satisfying to watch and oddly therapeutic
Don’t ever let the smoke out, it’s so hard to get it back in.
Steve: *puts Hella thermal paste on the cpu*
Me(in my head): "That's way to much thermal paste"
Steve: "This is the perfect amount of thermal paste"
i thought the exact same thing lmao. your just supposed to apply a pea sized dot.. not a circle XD
Lmao that thermal paste would be enough for a ryzen threadripper lmao
Actually puttting in thermal paste is subjective as all heck and everybody has a take on it
he did say sarcasm.
Nobody saw the sarcasm at the top right corner
The video I didn't know I was looking for. Thanks, man.
Must say I randomly saw one of these videos and I'm instantly interested definitely subscribed
Nice vids!, dont know why is SO satisfying watching these...
"Mom! It's broken!"
"Uhh it just need an update-"
"Let's sell it as a broken Xbox!"
he probably wanted a ps4 😂
yeah I actually got a ps3 from the tip that was taken in due to no sound and weird colours or so the guy there said, all I did was reformat it and it worked perfectly. it has a bit of dust in it and once I clean that up I think I can double or triple my money.
NiteOwl ps3 are worthless
@@alek8835 no it ain't theres lots of games to play lol like thousands, if not millions LMAO! PS-4 and Xbox one ain't up to that many yet lol. I guess NES is useless too. Super Mario for the win!
@@alek8835I personally am a pc gamer and wouldn't buy consoles for myself but loads of people like them. the ps3 is an oldish platform and as a result, has lost a lot of value but that doesn't mean it's lost it all. remember ps4 has no backwards compatibility so people do still buy them when their old ones break so they can still play their old games. it is also a 250gb slim which gives it more value then some of the older models, even the charcoal black colour can help it sell better. just cause it is old does not mean it's worthless or got no value, if you buy them cheap enough which I did then you can still make some profit off it.
This video has a special place in my heart, this was my passion back in the Xbox 360 days and i once bought a lot of 46 xboxs and repaired every single one. Keep doing your thing!
Did the same lol people would throw away so many good consoles
Lol towel method huh
Earl Spencer god no never lmao, I was straight up reballing the gpu
I bought over 200, still have like 20 left in the garage and a crap load of drives/faceplates/front boards/heatsinks. Prob will just need to throw it all away.
you and steve doing good work for the environment :)
I honestly enjoy the cash breakdowns of the purchase being shown on paper instead of edited text on-screen. Just feels a little more authentic to me
You are my inspiration to try this after getting the knowledge and practice.
Nobody:
Me at 12 at night: watching some guy fix xboxes
I'm doing the same thing
I'm doing the exact same thing, just browsing for something to watch cause i'm bored
yup me rn
go to sleep
Omg I'm doing the same but its 1:23am and I'm bored 🤣
You know you got em when you hear the click
love this guys videos, soo therapeutic!
Holyshit! My eyes lit up @12:19 as soon as i heard that sound. Good job man that was awesome.
Ooops. Every electronic device operates on Magic Smoke. Once you let it escape, you're screwed.
Good one
Haha I learned this from AvE and bigclive :)
Try turning it off and wait for few seconds before turning it on again
Woooosh
Denzel Toruno who you woooosh’n
18:40 If you still have that one..A short on the power button board typically causes this as well as main chips/ main chip paths. Take a look at the connector shielding to see if the power button board is grounding to the case.
You are amazing. Well done with this one!!!
I watched you plug in the first one and when it sparked I thought "why didn't he plug it in first, then turn the switch on, instead of just plugging it in with the switch on?"
Then I remembered that the US doesn't have power outlets with switches. A year or more after my wife moved from the US to Australia, she asked what the switches were for. Kinda blew her mind.
And it kinda blew my mind that the US doesn't have switched outlets.
"How many Xboxes do you want?"
TronicsFix: Yes.
Is yes a number
Matvey Shymchuk yes
@@messiedits1621 twelve
@@messiedits1621 yes
@@Wizpen wrong, the answer is always yes.
It's great watching your work. The microscope timelapse was especially nice. Thank you!
Incredible how much he knows about repairing this things
This was really interesting. I'd like to watch them all repaired.
5:40 what the hell are you doing, amateur!
9:30 ok I'll shut up, you've got this.
bbbruh
@@Shroudey 😂😂
if you made this video 1 or 2 or even 3 hours long, i'll watch it all
@@USN7119 if u didnt know, there are people who don't speak english as their native language ..
@@Renschius 100%
Nacho Libre that is not funny but i think you didn’t have to write that comment 👎🏼👎🏼😞
@@hessinebkl your english is fine bro dont let that hater bring you down like that
@@Renschius you*
finnaly a good video I can watch during quarantine
Im cheering for this guy to Win!! Go smart guy go!!
I am just so amazed at people with this kind of skill and knowledge.
If you work on PCs all this is pretty simple
It looks like he doesnt know what hes doing and getting lucky
@@junesuprise So.... troubleshooting lol. You test around blind (if it's not apparent) until you find the problem.
The hardest part of this whole procedure is knowing how to solder and use the voltmeter. And just do some research on what fails on these, using google.
I don't know anything about fixing technology but man was I entertained. Amazing video bro.
Glad you enjoyed this!
Nice work, great videos!
This guy inspires me to buy consoles and fix them and maybe sell them or give some to my friends or family. It’s nice that I found his videos because I found what I’m interested in.
If it was apple your next video would be can i beat 18 law suits?
hahahaha
Lol 😂 😭😭😭😭
This funny
Lol
Dont woosh me but I don't get it
Me: watching some football videos never owning a single xbox
UA-cam: Hey wanna see a guy fix 18 broken xboxes?
jezusmylord I know this is late but Neymar falls in endgame
@@mickeypham Neymar falls in pre-game.
Exactly same
@Cole What is soccer?
You still watched though 😂
Didnt know a guy fixing consoles wouldnt be this satisfying
That thermal paste amount was perfection
My friends when i rap a whole verse without making a mistake:
5:11
this is a beautiful comment
BHAHAHAHAHA
Ahahahahaha. Brilliant
LMAOOOOOO 😂
LOL
Steve the way you took that clamp off was impeccable you did it perfect 👌
perfectly *
and he used the right amount of thermal paste
alejandro conde
The exact right amount perfectly
I find it surprisingly interesting to watch. Even tho I never did it myself and will likely never do it, still it's something like a detective work :)
17:14 My boi just pulled a Louis Rossman with that hot air technique.
Incredible quality video, with zooms at the right times, that's gold
Really impressive man, I had a lot of doubts once I saw that mother board was shorted by you fixed it.
Enjoyed your video. Subbed! Take care!
When you can get the whole console cheaper than the controllers