Can't say you were ripped off nothing is guaranteed with salvage. You get what you get and cross your fingers. Except for the devious glued in ports. That was shady and deceptive. Sorry it didn't turn out better for ya.
In retrospective, I wish I had spent my time otherwise ... not reading the title of part 3 _entirely_ (including the truncated part not showing up in the video list) was my fault, tough.
I used to fix old RROD issues on the 360s. Most of the time it was the thermal paste that needed replacing. Made a good chunk of change and the ones I didn't get repaired usually got to keep and used for parts for other broken 360s. Glad to see people still DIY. In my opinion, having a basic electronic troubleshooting knowledge and a willingness to void warranty is much cheaper and less headache then sending unit in.
It's like papa franku said *"there are certain types of people in this world, that should not be here, who should breath far far far away from here"* I guess that person is one of those people...
I had this happen to me about 10 years ago. I bought a huge lot of ipods for a couple grand. I get them in and realized they had all already been gone through and put back together with bad parts. They each had 3 or 4 unrelated problems which was just too much to be a coincidence. I ended up selling some of them but lost money for sure. Lesson learned.
I had the same thing happen with Xbox 360s. I thought I was going to make major bank by doing a bunch of x-clamp fixes on some 360s, only to find out that the lot I bought had already had those x-clamp fixes attempted and were beat to hell. I also learned the x-clamp fix really wasn't a long term solution. I got a few of them to work by baking the boards in the oven, but those were still flakey as well. I ended up just selling the whole lot on to the next person to break even, minus the shipping costs. I'm weary about trying to ever get into the refurb business because of that experience.
Ya, no way all of those Xboxes are "accidentally" missing some parts. Somebody definitely combed through those consoles, removed what was working and sold them as broken ones.
@@asmodeusml all from the same seller. Again obvious but not that big a deal. Just seem so common for people to point out the obvious in UA-cam comments nowadays
@@ryanabarca8616 and why having one console in the lot of 18 being an obvious scam automatically means the rest of them is a scam, too? Glued one is obvious, sure. The rest of them, not so much. Having a couple of consoles missing working parts and being full of bad ones is probably normal for a salvage lot, but when all of them are like that it is just something else. Which I pointed out in my comment.
You got ripped off. The guy who sold these just put together his pile of unfixable machines that he'd already gone through, and got you to pay way too much for them.
9:41 that is just rude, they take out the motherboard AND they GLUE the ports on to the Xbox..... people these days. u deserve a refund. that just pisses me off >:O
Yeah. I'd say it wasn't this seller. I'd say it was a previous seller because to go to that much effort seems like something someone would do for an individual listing, not a job lot salvage listing.
hhahhaha totally agree on the "rude" portion of this and would add "shameless and fraudulent" to the mix. BUT I have to admit, when I first read your comment I thought you said "you deserve a friend" which I ALSO agreed with after seeing so much disappointment. =) ;)
Hate to say it but I think you may have bought a lot of broken Xbox's from a man who repairs them himself. Doesn't hurt to look at the seller and if they are selling a lot of electronics/consoles it's probably a good idea to avoid that lot. You will get genuine "idk what's wrong" from time to time but there also seems to be just as much "I know what I'm doing and I have no clue what's wrong". I guess the point is don't buy lots from folks who repair consoles for a living because if it was easily fixable they would have most likely done it themselves. Also this goes for everyone in general as I'm sure more than a few people here are also buying similar things themselves hopefully they can take this advice and avoid learning the lesson the hard way :)
Yeah, I buy a lot of faulty stuff to repair from eBay and, while most of it is genuinely faulty or accidentally damaged, there is the occasional batch of things that have had botched repair attempts that there's no way the seller didn't know about. If I can't repair something, I only sell it on if I think someone else has a fair shot at repairing it or there are some usable parts, and I describe it honestly - like 'I had a look and this seems to be the problem, but that's beyond my skillset to repair so maybe someone with better tools and knowledge could fix this.' I'm certainly not going to trash it and then just sell it as 'not working'.
@@fadetonoirfilms That is kinda covered under the "salvaged" description. This is the main reason why I don't want to get into repairing electronics at home. When you're not dealing with absolutely unfixable devices that the seller knows are unfixable, you're dealing with bad parts. For example the most time consuming thing about repairing phones is waiting for the parts. And when you get a faulty part, that's maybe another month of waiting for a replacement. Too much shit to deal with.
I don't believe that. He didn't fix 3 of the 5. the other 2, he did very minor repairs. The peeling the layers of the board back over a holding point, some people may not know that most boards only have the universal grounds on those layers that close to the edge so, if you don't know that you're less likely to dig in, so to speak.... The other one he replaced the HDMI port which is a minor operation. A few he removed and put parts back before testing the simplest solutions and didn't get anywhere with... The other 3 needed updates or a different hard-drive ( not what I'd call 'fixing', but what I'd call updating or replacing parts ).
Unlucky Steve, still very entertaining though. Gluing in the ports....wow...speechless!!! Hopefully you will get some of the others working in the follow up vid :-)
I think the "empty" Xbox One X is just a sample/placeholder/exhibition model . Down here in Argentina they use these things on big stores so if one gets stolen is just a fake model and the store doesn't lose any money. Maybe the seller got it mixed without knowing.
Without knowing... Yeah sure, tell yourself that. They probably nicked it. Pity they didn't fit a chip that showed a screen reporting it as stolen and identifying the decoy device.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k it's pretty commone here in Italy too, shops do the same with ps3/4 and xbox360/one, they just put together a placeholder with spare parts to show off, and if it gets stolen it's not a problem
For the record... I have what I would consider only surface-level electronics skills and absolutely NO desire to be digging into consoles and troubleshooting component-level problems. BUT I have been following this series along the whole way and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Did I skip a minute here or there... sure but the fact is that as a relative outsider you've earned my sub and I'm looking forward to your future endeavors. HOPEFULLY for YOU, more profitable ones. =) Thanks for the great videos, smiles, and reluctant sighs. ;)
I got recommended this video because I had the same issue with my One X. Error E200 and E500. I tried factory resetting multiple times which fixes the problem for maybe an hour before the Xbox crashes and on reboot shows the same error code. I also tried all manner of updates to no avail. Eventually, I sent it into Xbox to be repaired and they just sent me a whole new console... I’m guessing because Microsoft cut too many corners to get the price down and introduced some unfixable bugs... which they do a terrible job of addressing online. Look up those error codes. So many people have the same problem with their X and there is no good solution.
I was watching the video about the ps4 and ps4 pro comparison, and I've saw the "I void warranties" t-shirt and hoodie, just ordered both in white, since I buy broken iphones, fix them and resell, I've found that absolutely hilarious, good luck with your job man I'll keep watching your videos :)
Doubt your see this commet but with the partial power xboxes try heating the console up there is a thermal sensor which you need to reset ive personally done this to xboxone s and x versions
sithlordmaster181 hes not a rookie, he has a company who fixes Xboxes and i bet he searched it online, many people have the problem but Xbox just makes it soo cheap that they have created many many errors
The reason I only have an original xbox, it can be hacked. Ffs Microsoft, on a PlayStation you can change the hard drive. I know they want to stop piracy but locking down the hard drive like that is just a PITA.
Great channel. Love your repairs! I wanted to share my own personal fix real quick. I bought an Xbox One X that wouldn't power on. It would chime without light, no power off chime, no picture, no fan movement what-so-ever. It actually had a small click sound after about a second or two when it would just give up and shut off. Inspected the board and found the 7403 MOSFET near the fan connector was blown. Ordered me a couple off of Digi-Key, but first I removed the 7403 that is between the optical disk drive connectors and replaced the blown one near the fan connector. It came back from the dead and everything works perfectly! I shut it off until I get the 7403's in and I'll add one to the ODD side where I removed the other one. Just a heads up to look for that in the future as it can be a 64 cent fix like mine! :)
For the disc drives you have to swap the marryd daughterboard from the disc drive, that worked for me. I tried to say this in ep 1 and 2 but no response. 😂
Yeah but I think he is saying that you can take the board from the disc/hard drive. Move that to a new working drive and it should work because that board on the drive is married not the whole drive. I have absolutely no clue it just seemed like you misinterpreted the comment.
Imagine going through all that effort to screw someone over... Surely they didn't make much on the deal and even so the time they spent isn't worth it. I've really enjoyed these videos though. Keep it up!
i think the glued crap was too much. this is deliberate... sadly you cant really do something. i feel with you. i am making this , but with laptops and iphones... buying and repairing . but in 4 years it has never happened to me that someone deliberately fooled me on a broken product. still ... better luck next time
I use to fix PCs and consoles as well as misc electronics. This reminded me why I switched to fabrication and building. I was temporarily tempted to look at getting back into repairs but I’ll leave it to pros like you. I’ll just cheers you and wish you luck
awww man i was so sure that one of the XBOX one X's woulda been fixed \m/ awesome video, now im going to watch the 10 NINTENDO SWITCH's video \m/ keep up the great work bud
Conclusion: Not cost effective to repair a batch of faulty Xbox's for a living but as a hobby only for the self satisfaction feeling when you do find ONE or more that is repairable! Interesting to watch never the less
Just watched your three videos back to back. I love how you deliver your videos. Easy to understand, informative and interesting. BUT you didn't tell us whether you put them on eBay and if so, what money did you make after your initial outlay. I'd like to know. :) Really enjoyed the videos.:)
Nah, I reckon the seller bought them just to pass them on or at least tried to fix some maybe, but I'd say their business is flipping them considering they had so many in the one listing. Salvage sometimes means just parts, simple as that. ⅓ isn't so bad. I know the moneys not there but 6 out of 18 is not a terrible result.
Regarding the Xbox with the full short on the power: You can apply some (limited) current with a lab power supply and check which component is getting hot. You can use an infrared camera for that or you an use a sales slip which will turn black where the heat is generated.
@@phoneme52xxx6 That's the thing they don't want you to fix them they want you to either send them in so they can charge exhorbant prices or just go and buy a new one they hate ppl like Tronics that actually knows how to fix them
Hey mate. allways interesting to watch your work, keep on the great videos. Maybe try to swap fans with known good ones on the xbox's with power problem, i read they often have internal faults that can cause this type of Problem. Hope it isn't to late for this tip :D
You could glue the six PCBs with the power failure in the empty One-X case and sell it. But seriously, I feel you with these power failures. You replaced a central power controlling IC in your first video. There is a type number on it showing the exact type and you can find the datasheed and pinout. I would start with this one and monitor the boot process and see if one of these many power lines fails. The good thing is: You have a working One-S to compare to. But who am I'm telling this. Thanks for the videos.
I like how you keep on improving your technique overtime, especially on how you tried to just plug in the HDMI and turn it on just to see if it will work on this video
Tronicsfix, your videos are strangely relaxing and addictive. Please, one small criticism. When you use a verb, please use the adverb 'well' to describe it, instead of the adjective 'good'. :)
@@IIh1tm4nII You slowly heat up the pcb until the solder reflows. Often old electronics that heat cycle with have small cracks in the solder over time that then causes a chip to flake out. By reflowing you make the connections again. I have been buying old video cards for my collection and have revived several this way.
@@IIh1tm4nII It real factories the boards are soldered with "ovens". Not as simple as a toaster, but they are oven anyway. Bare board have solder paste applied on each point of soldering, components are put by using and automatic machine. Component reamin stuck to is place due to the paste. The board is sent into an oven that will melt the paste and solder every single point an the same time. After extensive use, due to heat / col cycling, solde joints can crack and give up developing all kind of failures. Many joints are not even visible, are sandwiched between chips and the board, By reheating the board you are trying to re-melt the solder and recover the connections in the points that are cracked.
The unit with the glued on ports was some sneaky bastard's way of scoring a mother board and then returning item to store. You're probably the first one in the chain to find this. I've run across stuff like this at "electronics" auctions. Only you can answer "did I get ripped off?", but I'd like to think you broke even. Thanks.
What do you think...was I ripped off?
Absolutely!
Can't say you were ripped off nothing is guaranteed with salvage. You get what you get and cross your fingers. Except for the devious glued in ports. That was shady and deceptive. Sorry it didn't turn out better for ya.
You got millions of views on your videos so I don't think so.
Yeah
Do you ever sleep man?
I just watched all 3 parts of the video. I dont own x box or any console, but i enjoyed this.
In retrospective, I wish I had spent my time otherwise ... not reading the title of part 3 _entirely_ (including the truncated part not showing up in the video list) was my fault, tough.
Same lol
Same here! It's nice to see repair videos. This guy definitely has good soldering skills :)
Me too!
Same lol
I used to fix old RROD issues on the 360s. Most of the time it was the thermal paste that needed replacing. Made a good chunk of change and the ones I didn't get repaired usually got to keep and used for parts for other broken 360s.
Glad to see people still DIY. In my opinion, having a basic electronic troubleshooting knowledge and a willingness to void warranty is much cheaper and less headache then sending unit in.
Just with cars after a certain amount of years you are the warranty
Who ever glued those ports on the Xbox deserves a place in hell.
It's like papa franku said *"there are certain types of people in this world, that should not be here, who should breath far far far away from here"* I guess that person is one of those people...
a special place in hell
Could have been a fake display model.
It's called being smart
@@mauricelopez1745 Why would it have a cooler, drive and PSU then?
Finding out that the ports were clued in took my stress levels to a next *dimension*
It made me kill my master, steal some mortal's body, travel to the future and team up with my future self in my plot to destroy mortalkind
I had this happen to me about 10 years ago. I bought a huge lot of ipods for a couple grand. I get them in and realized they had all already been gone through and put back together with bad parts. They each had 3 or 4 unrelated problems which was just too much to be a coincidence. I ended up selling some of them but lost money for sure. Lesson learned.
Yep, that happens a lot
02stampede sell the broken ones like the guy did you
I had the same thing happen with Xbox 360s. I thought I was going to make major bank by doing a bunch of x-clamp fixes on some 360s, only to find out that the lot I bought had already had those x-clamp fixes attempted and were beat to hell. I also learned the x-clamp fix really wasn't a long term solution. I got a few of them to work by baking the boards in the oven, but those were still flakey as well. I ended up just selling the whole lot on to the next person to break even, minus the shipping costs. I'm weary about trying to ever get into the refurb business because of that experience.
@@XeonProductions Stay away from lots when you're first starting out seem like the solution to that. I buy broken single systems from sellers
Very interesting, looking forward to seeing if you can fix any of the partial power ones
When a thicc elf tells you to fix something you do it without fail
he never did
Did you get ripped off? With the XBOXes, yes. With the videos you put out on said XBOXes, you went viral! So, I say, it's an overall win.
souperflipboi basically lol he didn’t lose but he won more
You need to change the name of the channel to "WILL IT POWER ON"
But will it blend?
Ya
I watch all parts. It’s true
Ya, no way all of those Xboxes are "accidentally" missing some parts. Somebody definitely combed through those consoles, removed what was working and sold them as broken ones.
Um did you not see the glued ports? That's an obvious observation
@@ryanabarca8616 um, not all of them had glued ports if you haven't noticed.
@@asmodeusml all from the same seller. Again obvious but not that big a deal. Just seem so common for people to point out the obvious in UA-cam comments nowadays
@@ryanabarca8616 and why having one console in the lot of 18 being an obvious scam automatically means the rest of them is a scam, too? Glued one is obvious, sure. The rest of them, not so much. Having a couple of consoles missing working parts and being full of bad ones is probably normal for a salvage lot, but when all of them are like that it is just something else. Which I pointed out in my comment.
You got ripped off. The guy who sold these just put together his pile of unfixable machines that he'd already gone through, and got you to pay way too much for them.
sounds about right lol
What do you mean unfixable, some of them litterly just needed to be updated
Yeah that's what it looked like to me too
dude....... nobody forced him to buy faulty xbox's lol........ anytime you pay for lots like this, you're basically rolling the dice
1.2m views pays for many thousands of Xbox series xs, he won’t give a toss about faulty ones
9:41 that is just rude, they take out the motherboard AND they GLUE the ports on to the Xbox..... people these days. u deserve a refund. that just pisses me off >:O
Yeah. I'd say it wasn't this seller. I'd say it was a previous seller because to go to that much effort seems like something someone would do for an individual listing, not a job lot salvage listing.
No that is blatant theft..
hhahhaha totally agree on the "rude" portion of this and would add "shameless and fraudulent" to the mix. BUT I have to admit, when I first read your comment I thought you said "you deserve a friend" which I ALSO agreed with after seeing so much disappointment. =) ;)
@@pedxing "you deserve a friend" IM DEAD LOLOL. but yes he does deserve a friend.
Lol I guess that's what he gets for keeping the website he is buying these from f or himself haha
Hate to say it but I think you may have bought a lot of broken Xbox's from a man who repairs them himself. Doesn't hurt to look at the seller and if they are selling a lot of electronics/consoles it's probably a good idea to avoid that lot. You will get genuine "idk what's wrong" from time to time but there also seems to be just as much "I know what I'm doing and I have no clue what's wrong". I guess the point is don't buy lots from folks who repair consoles for a living because if it was easily fixable they would have most likely done it themselves.
Also this goes for everyone in general as I'm sure more than a few people here are also buying similar things themselves hopefully they can take this advice and avoid learning the lesson the hard way :)
good comment
Yeah, I buy a lot of faulty stuff to repair from eBay and, while most of it is genuinely faulty or accidentally damaged, there is the occasional batch of things that have had botched repair attempts that there's no way the seller didn't know about.
If I can't repair something, I only sell it on if I think someone else has a fair shot at repairing it or there are some usable parts, and I describe it honestly - like 'I had a look and this seems to be the problem, but that's beyond my skillset to repair so maybe someone with better tools and knowledge could fix this.' I'm certainly not going to trash it and then just sell it as 'not working'.
thanks mom!
@@fadetonoirfilms That is kinda covered under the "salvaged" description. This is the main reason why I don't want to get into repairing electronics at home. When you're not dealing with absolutely unfixable devices that the seller knows are unfixable, you're dealing with bad parts. For example the most time consuming thing about repairing phones is waiting for the parts. And when you get a faulty part, that's maybe another month of waiting for a replacement. Too much shit to deal with.
I don't believe that. He didn't fix 3 of the 5. the other 2, he did very minor repairs. The peeling the layers of the board back over a holding point, some people may not know that most boards only have the universal grounds on those layers that close to the edge so, if you don't know that you're less likely to dig in, so to speak....
The other one he replaced the HDMI port which is a minor operation. A few he removed and put parts back before testing the simplest solutions and didn't get anywhere with... The other 3 needed updates or a different hard-drive ( not what I'd call 'fixing', but what I'd call updating or replacing parts ).
I have a partial power with my one s, I cleaned the whole board with a toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol and got a new HDD and it fixed it.
3:43 "let's get a hard drive plugged in" My head: "But is it a good known hard drive?!"
😂😂
EmloSDC I feel like that was his main go to. “Seems we have no power... let’s put a hard drive in”.
it has to be a known good hard drive though
Known good*
420 likes lol
Hey bud, the updated via USB error was different. It went from E200 74 to E200 D1
There the same it's just failing at a different part of the boot up
Adam dawg your smart!!!!
@@ChronickStoner Yeah the 74 I think relates to a RAM chip, while D1 I believe is a firmware error but I could be mistaken.
@John Doe Hey thats not nice
@@Lit_Hot_takes sadly truth hurts :)
The person glued these ports must be feeling so proud that his artwork made it to you
xD
@KoivuTheHab *whom glued
@KoivuTheHab shut up
@Luis Delgado whomfort houst presently gluificated
lucifer did it LMAO
Unlucky Steve, still very entertaining though. Gluing in the ports....wow...speechless!!! Hopefully you will get some of the others working in the follow up vid :-)
Next time they will sell you empty Switches so you cant fix them. But the good news are you wont get them worse LOL. Joking. Love your vids Sir.
@@38911bytefree Haha, knowing me I would probably crack the case opening them, just to make them that little bit worse :-)
Ya, that one was crazy! That's the chance I take buying salvage though....on to the next lot!
@@Tronicsfix did you get your money back for that?
@@the8-bitgeek347 considering he got millions of views on all videos yes he did
10:00 You got ripped off, you were knowingly sold another repair man's unfixable scrap.
For those with hard drives issues, did you ever mess with the SATA power and SATA data connections/cables?
I think the "empty" Xbox One X is just a sample/placeholder/exhibition model . Down here in Argentina they use these things on big stores so if one gets stolen is just a fake model and the store doesn't lose any money. Maybe the seller got it mixed without knowing.
Without knowing... Yeah sure, tell yourself that. They probably nicked it. Pity they didn't fit a chip that showed a screen reporting it as stolen and identifying the decoy device.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k it's pretty commone here in Italy too, shops do the same with ps3/4 and xbox360/one, they just put together a placeholder with spare parts to show off, and if it gets stolen it's not a problem
In the UK it's mobile phones the ones on display they work like normal but they are fake can't be used as an actual mobile phone
The display models don’t have HDD, disc drives and power supplies you dweeb.
wouldnt they just have an empty weighted unit with the connectors glued in, not the PSU and Disc Drive?
"I bought an X-Box, and the only part that was missing was the actual X-Box"
DEFCONSHARK a case
xD
DEFCONSHARK an air
@Connor Gaughan I need the power supply lol
Bilbalo ballins appeared and gave Nazeem some drugs that sent Nazeem to the happy land where he met Red Pyro
For the record... I have what I would consider only surface-level electronics skills and absolutely NO desire to be digging into consoles and troubleshooting component-level problems. BUT I have been following this series along the whole way and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Did I skip a minute here or there... sure but the fact is that as a relative outsider you've earned my sub and I'm looking forward to your future endeavors. HOPEFULLY for YOU, more profitable ones. =) Thanks for the great videos, smiles, and reluctant sighs. ;)
Thanks so much for your positive comment! Welcome to my channel!
@@Tronicsfix your toppest g
Hats off to you, sir. I don't know how you have such patience. Great videos!
Imagine seeing your old Xbox One getting repaired on UA-cam by some Tech Guy.
that would be cool I was actully thinking that same thing lol!
And it just need an update
@@frhn1101 KEK
I was thinking this 😂
Farhan Gozali I just bought an Xbox one that apparently couldn’t read disks for $50, I get it plugged in and it reads disks and runs fine.
Trust me bro, ex's can't be fixed :P
P r/Wooosh
Comrade
Especially if they’re ignorant to your words, and ESPECIALLY if they have absolutely no substance whatsoever.
Dammn lol that was good
Try factoring resetting the Xbox for the error e200 not updating from flash drive
I agree with this guy. Try factory resetting it a few times.
@@mayumikentei once should be plenty lol
I got recommended this video because I had the same issue with my One X. Error E200 and E500. I tried factory resetting multiple times which fixes the problem for maybe an hour before the Xbox crashes and on reboot shows the same error code. I also tried all manner of updates to no avail. Eventually, I sent it into Xbox to be repaired and they just sent me a whole new console... I’m guessing because Microsoft cut too many corners to get the price down and introduced some unfixable bugs... which they do a terrible job of addressing online. Look up those error codes. So many people have the same problem with their X and there is no good solution.
@@ProffesorNoggonious faulty sata cable. "Cut it half" the original hdd cable and use a casual 45angled pc sata cable
@@ProffesorNoggonious at least you got a brand new xbox.
In Canada, we have the same problem, shipping from the US is very expensive.
I was watching the video about the ps4 and ps4 pro comparison, and I've saw the "I void warranties" t-shirt and hoodie, just ordered both in white, since I buy broken iphones, fix them and resell, I've found that absolutely hilarious, good luck with your job man I'll keep watching your videos :)
Doubt your see this commet but with the partial power xboxes try heating the console up there is a thermal sensor which you need to reset ive personally done this to xboxone s and x versions
we will die if this commet hits the earth
MrCommanderTel explain more please
yeah just pop it in the microwave for a minute or two. It's worked a few times for me
This sounds like a troll trying to get people to further destroy their board and make it definitely unrepairable.
@@bara9880 🤣
"No.15 doesn't even have a hard drive"..that made me chuckle.
That's how you know this pile has already been gone through. If it was just consumer returns, it's very unlikely there would be so many missing parts.
That moment when you buy an Xbox and you only get the box
😕
I love your definition of what “doing ok” means - not losing a ton of money!!!??? I have a different understanding of the phrase.
*puts on hat for no reason*
10 minutes later..
"Hey! Thanks for the hat!"
I think he was really shocked that all that stuff wasn't working
It's a Nintendo hat. He was taking a jab at Microsoft, and then doing some product placement.
@@rumandbass its the retro future's hat he makes youtube videos too.
He's losing his hair.
You've come so far in your videos since you made this one. Truly a great guy.
Idk why but I'm kinda addicted to ur repair vids. Can you do more switch vids?
The deceptive xbox was frustrating to view out of all of them. Good luck with the partial power xbox consoles.
Love this series, entertaining and amazing. Keep up the good work! :)
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
The E200 error in that case is likely a broken Hard-Drive signer chip.
Right? He’s not even looking up codes or schematics...rookie.
sithlordmaster181 hes not a rookie, he has a company who fixes Xboxes and i bet he searched it online, many people have the problem but Xbox just makes it soo cheap that they have created many many errors
@@sithlordmaster181MS don't release schematics.
The reason I only have an original xbox, it can be hacked. Ffs Microsoft, on a PlayStation you can change the hard drive. I know they want to stop piracy but locking down the hard drive like that is just a PITA.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k - This is why I don't game on a console - PC's are update-able and upgrade-able and way more powerful.
Great channel. Love your repairs! I wanted to share my own personal fix real quick. I bought an Xbox One X that wouldn't power on. It would chime without light, no power off chime, no picture, no fan movement what-so-ever. It actually had a small click sound after about a second or two when it would just give up and shut off. Inspected the board and found the 7403 MOSFET near the fan connector was blown. Ordered me a couple off of Digi-Key, but first I removed the 7403 that is between the optical disk drive connectors and replaced the blown one near the fan connector. It came back from the dead and everything works perfectly! I shut it off until I get the 7403's in and I'll add one to the ODD side where I removed the other one. Just a heads up to look for that in the future as it can be a 64 cent fix like mine! :)
For the disc drives you have to swap the marryd daughterboard from the disc drive, that worked for me. I tried to say this in ep 1 and 2 but no response. 😂
Yes, I know they are married. I haven't swapped and disc drives though. This is how they came.
Ya he hasn’t touched a disc drive lol. Hard drive does not = disc drive.
Yeah but I think he is saying that you can take the board from the disc/hard drive. Move that to a new working drive and it should work because that board on the drive is married not the whole drive. I have absolutely no clue it just seemed like you misinterpreted the comment.
Not a good idea. The hard drive PCB contains information that is specific to the platters (e.g. Calibration info, reserved sectors, bad sectors...)
@@bignut6983 yes
I love those videos! Absolutely addictive 😍😂. Keep it up and you got ripped off I guess :/love from Germany.
Imagine going through all that effort to screw someone over... Surely they didn't make much on the deal and even so the time they spent isn't worth it. I've really enjoyed these videos though. Keep it up!
he might fixed his xbox so might be worth for him
Are those brand-new ports or used/broken ports glued in? If new, free ports!
Just gotta clean the glue off, freezer can help loosen it.
fixing broken xbox is most frustrating thing in the world you are brave soul
The reaction when he finds out the motherboard is missing, priceless. The seller had you bent well over and he didn't even use lube.
I don't think you got ripped off because even though it's a gamble, overall you earned a profit long term.
i think the glued crap was too much. this is deliberate... sadly you cant really do something. i feel with you.
i am making this , but with laptops and iphones... buying and repairing . but in 4 years it has never happened to me that someone deliberately fooled me on a broken product.
still ... better luck next time
The "glued one" is a store floor Demo unit, nothing more. Very common in electronics retail just for show purposes.
I use to fix PCs and consoles as well as misc electronics. This reminded me why I switched to fabrication and building. I was temporarily tempted to look at getting back into repairs but I’ll leave it to pros like you. I’ll just cheers you and wish you luck
Crazy to see such honest work from what i'd consider to be a pretty commercial, self-operated UA-cam channel. Good stuff
awww man i was so sure that one of the XBOX one X's woulda been fixed \m/ awesome video, now im going to watch the 10 NINTENDO SWITCH's video \m/ keep up the great work bud
I don’t even repair xboxes or any consoles for that matter but I’m so hooked on this series 😂
Hello dear Tronics. Thx for making those great videos i really enjoy them ^^ your voice is satisfying tho. Keep going!
Greetings from germany
Did you ever do the video of repairing the ones with partial power issues? Can’t find it if so.
Conclusion: Not cost effective to repair a batch of faulty Xbox's for a living but as a hobby only for the self satisfaction feeling when you do find ONE or more that is repairable! Interesting to watch never the less
Depends on the batch and the price you get them for...as with anything else.
I am subbed because I appreciate the honest videos!
Yes! I've been waiting for this video.
Gambling, it's _never_ a sure thing. Hope the one's that don't work you can sort out.
Thanks for the video.
Where is the power fix video? I don't even play games, or work on electronics, but you've got me hooked and ready to watch that video.
I watched all your vids on the xbox one s repairs and i have he partial power issue. Were you ever able to make a vid of that?
Yes, you were ripped off. They actively misrepresented the motherboard being in place by gluing the ports in.
Its been 9 months, any chance we will be getting a partial power repair video??
Bummer man. That last one is definitely fraud.
That one was crazy!
It was a troll console ....
Probably just an exhibition piece...
Just watched your three videos back to back. I love how you deliver your videos. Easy to understand, informative and interesting. BUT you didn't tell us whether you put them on eBay and if so, what money did you make after your initial outlay. I'd like to know. :) Really enjoyed the videos.:)
When should we expect the promised 4th video where you look at the partial power consoles?
I was wondering the same. I want to see the partial power issues tested at least 🤔
Love watching this and yes, I think you were ripped off. Great video though.😀😀😀
Glad you enjoyed them!
Nah, I reckon the seller bought them just to pass them on or at least tried to fix some maybe, but I'd say their business is flipping them considering they had so many in the one listing. Salvage sometimes means just parts, simple as that. ⅓ isn't so bad. I know the moneys not there but 6 out of 18 is not a terrible result.
I don't think it's possible to be ripped off buying salvage. Salvage is a gamble. Simple as that.
I think the reason for some of the consoles not accepting update might be that the seller has swapped the Blu-ray drives in them ...
0:32 start thinking about his life and why is he here
Regarding the Xbox with the full short on the power: You can apply some (limited) current with a lab power supply and check which component is getting hot. You can use an infrared camera for that or you an use a sales slip which will turn black where the heat is generated.
Is there a link to the partial power ones being fixed?
It rhymes omg
"Now for the best part, let's take it apart!"
Put that on a shirt my dude
Great videos. Thanks for sharing your experiences. Love this stuff!
Nice hat, I'm a big fan of The Retro Future myself
Yep...love Elliots vids!
good advice about keeping tabs on good / bad sellers. I respect what you're doing here. good honest business.
You’re too genuine and nice for me to mention if ur at loss or not ~ I hope u make some prof but also provided nice information
I wish Xbox company should recruit u.
Love from India.
This is just the evolution of depression
I love how I'm watching this at 2 am not knowing what goin on and I'm failing school and I'm supposed to be studying
Anytime you buy salvage units it's a crapshoot. But that X Box 1X with the glued in ports, man!
Was there a follow-up video for the xboxes with power problems?
The best advertisement for Microsoft's 3-year extended warranty.
The best advertisement for the playstation. 😀
No. If Microsoft released the schematics these could mostly be repaired. Another example of the need for a Right to Repair.
@@phoneme52xxx6 That's the thing they don't want you to fix them they want you to either send them in so they can charge exhorbant prices or just go and buy a new one they hate ppl like Tronics that actually knows how to fix them
*StrangeParts Wants To Know Your Location*
Miami Beach
Why?
Keep up the great work mate,I have a PS4 there if u want it,i had to buy another as I didn't have time to fix it, would love to see you try fix it 🙈🙏
@BJL yes but I ordered on Amazon and can't find the email,so just gave up and got a new one 🙉
Contact me on my website: tronicsfix.com/pages/contact
@@Tronicsfix sure will thanks
@@Tronicsfix have got intoch with u mate but just realized where Ur from because I am from the UK 😑,so not sure if possible 🤔
@@gary2k1 Why 🤔 do you use emojis 🤡 in every comment🗿?? 😂👌🏿♨️
Great videos man, just sucks for your loss i was hoping you would get them all fixed
Hey mate. allways interesting to watch your work, keep on the great videos.
Maybe try to swap fans with known good ones on the xbox's with power problem, i read they often have internal faults that can cause this type of Problem.
Hope it isn't to late for this tip :D
Another great video none the less. Thank you again for uploading!
Love the TheRetroFuture merch! Im subscribed to him
Elliot is awesome! Love his vids.
Thanks PuppetMemeStealer!
Take a drink every time he said “power”
Are you trying to kill me.
You could glue the six PCBs with the power failure in the empty One-X case and sell it. But seriously, I feel you with these power failures. You replaced a central power controlling IC in your first video. There is a type number on it showing the exact type and you can find the datasheed and pinout. I would start with this one and monitor the boot process and see if one of these many power lines fails. The good thing is: You have a working One-S to compare to. But who am I'm telling this. Thanks for the videos.
I like how you keep on improving your technique overtime, especially on how you tried to just plug in the HDMI and turn it on just to see if it will work on this video
That TV in the background is somewhat ironic - 'Is it on?'
Lol
Microsoft needs to release that info for repair men like yourself. It gives us fantastic interesting content to enjoy and gives you a living!
If they do, then people would pirate the console easily.
u have to format the HDD in a special format before doing the update.
The Xbox One X with the glued parts.
Probably an ex display unit from a retailer. I've seen some pretty good display units from Microsoft in the past
Tronicsfix, your videos are strangely relaxing and addictive. Please, one small criticism. When you use a verb, please use the adverb 'well' to describe it, instead of the adjective 'good'. :)
Ever considered doing a reflow on these in a toaster oven?
Yes, but haven't yet
Just curious, but how does this work? Is the process/concept comparable to using a defibrillator to restart a heart?
@@IIh1tm4nII You slowly heat up the pcb until the solder reflows. Often old electronics that heat cycle with have small cracks in the solder over time that then causes a chip to flake out. By reflowing you make the connections again. I have been buying old video cards for my collection and have revived several this way.
@@IIh1tm4nII It real factories the boards are soldered with "ovens". Not as simple as a toaster, but they are oven anyway. Bare board have solder paste applied on each point of soldering, components are put by using and automatic machine. Component reamin stuck to is place due to the paste. The board is sent into an oven that will melt the paste and solder every single point an the same time. After extensive use, due to heat / col cycling, solde joints can crack and give up developing all kind of failures. Many joints are not even visible, are sandwiched between chips and the board, By reheating the board you are trying to re-melt the solder and recover the connections in the points that are cracked.
Well, that sucks. But then again, as you said, is a risk to buy salvaged. Great content though! New subscriber here! 👍🏻
Welcome to my channel! Yep, it's a risk I take when buying salvage.
I'm very curious as to how your next video is gonna go, best of luck :p
Love your videos dude
The unit with the glued on ports was some sneaky bastard's way of scoring a mother board and then returning item to store. You're probably the first one in the chain to find this. I've run across stuff like this at "electronics" auctions. Only you can answer "did I get ripped off?", but I'd like to think you broke even. Thanks.