My Xbox I played at my grandmas would display that same screen no matter the disk after initial start up. Had to listlen to music for 15 or 20 minutes and then it would work flawlessly. I literally called it warming up the Xbox. Me at 10 and my cousin 6 or 8 listening to let the bodies hit the floor on repeat is a childhood memory that will never be forgotten. I’m 27 now.
As a 32year experienced electronic technician, i truly have yo say what a relief it is to see someone.take the same care in checking voltages, and electrical safety seriously. People.dont realize when youpower that stuff on and then immediately takenit apart, those electrolitics can hold a charge for qyite awhile and atill be very hazardous. I love watching your electronic restorations, i javw somw of the same tendancies you do ive noticed!
Modern corporations are made up of "arms", Microsoft included, so the people who designed the X-box aren't necessarily the same ones designing Windows.
@Atharnius huh? What are you talking about? I just made an underhanded jab at Microsoft. It said nothing about me nor was it in any way boastful. I strongly suggest you read things properly next time. Have a good day.
Man, these consoles really were a thing of beauty weren't they. I mean, I love my Series X, but the originals just had character. Crystal is making a bit of a comeback and I couldn't be happier, the nostalgia is real.
Well done in less in 30 minutes! Ever since i liked this video, had a different uploader but almost an hour, 2 hours to fully diy fix 😂😂😂😂❤ master of ur craft my dude subscribed!
One thing is missing from this video… lol 😂 I’m mad the tv wasn’t on first for the Xbox intro lol that’s the best part. Other than that you did a fire 🔥 job on the game.
Clear Plastic is just clear for our visible spectrum, could be different for another. That the black caps of IR lights for instance, or the black plastic of PS1 games. It looks opaque to our eyes, but in infrared it isn't. So the color doesn't say a lot about the Retrobright effect, it's more the type of plastic. But that's a topic, I have zero knowledge about 🙂.
Actually you should increase the resistance, neither reduce it. By this case with 3210 Ohms you've lowered the voltage of laser beam, so I assume it now won't even focus to even recognize the discs. I prefer tweaking it between stock value up to 1000 Ohms to see the result. If it still don't want to read games, I'll recommend to replace the electrolytic capacitors on main DVD drive board to make it work again and tweak the resistance on laser beam to stock values (1750 Ohms). This is a common issue with Samsung DVD drives, not the lasers themselves. Give it a try.
It doesn't matter anyway as he changed the drive near the end of the video as you can see that the tray doesn't have two large holes in it like the one he tries to restore.
Nice work bro, I have a crystal Xbox as well! Only problem is the clock doesn’t work unfortunately :/ I would like to work on it but I’m not confident enough to take it apart and fix it, I’d rather work with someone or learn a lot of other stuff then get 2 that
The best way to learn before doing anything yourself first, but with the clock capacitor, l would just take it out and not replace it, buddy they are known for going and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
Sadly, l didn't make a video on my UV box but odd thinkering on youtube does have a video that will have out and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
I should have said in the video I've put it in the write-up / description that l put in a different disc drive in the end, and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
It's kinda looks brand's new at the start. As in it was baught new , opened and out in a cardboard box in a storage unit for the past 20 year and now is just taken out
I think this is my most favourite restaurant video I've done so far . You really see the difference, and thank you for watching it's much appreciated ❤️ 😀
Half way through the cleaning with alcohol I thought “what if he is just absolutely destroying this and the video is actually a joke?” 😂 I’m glad it wasn’t!
Looking back at it, I wish l did take it out. l wouldn't replace it. l could put up with the clock and date at the start and just skip it and thank you for watching 😃
@@techrestoread The crystal console has a 1.6 board and doesn't suffer the clock capacitor issue of the other versions, besides, the 1.6 will not operate without the clock capacitor so you did well to leave it there.
I have reused the peroxide in the past with the clock/date capacitor. I wouldn't replace it. l would just leave it out and be done with it to be fair. Thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃 PS, I should have taken out when it was apart. Save me from going back to it at a later date
I've had times when l had to look back at my recordings to find Where Parts had to go back together, lol my tip is to take many photos and thank you for watching 😀
I’ve always owned a PlayStation growing up but I went to go buy the exact same Xbox original from a game shop 2nd hand in its box in a fair condition about 12 years ago only reason was to play doom 3 because back then it wasn’t available on ps2 which they shortly released on ps3. 😄
How? Ive had mine forever and it doesnt look no where near that bad.😅 I bought it off of ebay, modded it with homebrew and stuck a bunch of iso. on the 500gb HDD.
@@techrestoread that is true. No smokers or pets in my home. I'm sure the inside of it is pretty dusty though. I try to vaccum off all of my consoles once a quarter.
That thing would have looked so nasty in my house growing up. My dad would chain smoke inside the house and it would turn a nasty yellow orange color so fast.
Same for me, to be fair my dad still smoking like a train l do say to him he needs to stop but old habits die hard and thank you for watching really is much appreciated 😃
I’m playstion all the way but what make this Xbox the best console of all time was the first to do it the hard drive and able to play music while playing games and thru it malfunction never gave the red ring of death 😂 it kept going lol
Tweaking the Pot of the Laser will just reduce the lifetime of the laser, nothing else. If cleaning the lens isn't successful, there is for sure dust/smokers dirt (this one for sure was in a smokers room) on the half transparent mirror under the lens. Sometimes it's possible to reach this mirror, spray a throttled amount of air over it. I even had success with contact cleaner for a very dirty laser (takes some time to let the cleaner vaporize). But that should be the last step as it can make it even worse.
Adjusting the pot can help but should be a last ditch thing because, yeah, will decrease the lifespan. Although if you're at the stage where you're needing to adjust the pot to get it to read, lifespan isn't a concern anymore as it's already cooked.
I had the same one in perfect condition that was givin to me by my brother. Then a couple years later my dad forced me to give it to my sister as I had the Xbox 360 that I bought with my own money btw. A year went by and I asked her if I could buy it back and she sold it at a garage sale.... I was pretty pissed to say the least :/
Good video, basically the same format and editing as Odd Tinkering but nice to watch either way. [Edit] I've looked at your channel and it seems like you've just plagiarized the entire concept, even the thumbnails.
In person, you can really see the difference might be the lighting or when l have put the insides back in it look a bit darker and thank you for watching 😃
you put a 20 years old game in old console: game starts you put a 20 days old game in new console, update, checking license, server not found, please retry later
My Xbox I played at my grandmas would display that same screen no matter the disk after initial start up. Had to listlen to music for 15 or 20 minutes and then it would work flawlessly. I literally called it warming up the Xbox. Me at 10 and my cousin 6 or 8 listening to let the bodies hit the floor on repeat is a childhood memory that will never be forgotten. I’m 27 now.
As a 32year experienced electronic technician, i truly have yo say what a relief it is to see someone.take the same care in checking voltages, and electrical safety seriously. People.dont realize when youpower that stuff on and then immediately takenit apart, those electrolitics can hold a charge for qyite awhile and atill be very hazardous. I love watching your electronic restorations, i javw somw of the same tendancies you do ive noticed!
Thank you it's very much appreciated and thank you for watching and your understanding of my safety that l do 😃
I usually try to discharge something by unplugging the power source then turning it on for a few seconds and turning it back off. Does that work, too?
That's a really elegant internal build, Microsoft. I didn't know you had it in you.
That was like microsoft's prime years lol not anymore
Modern corporations are made up of "arms", Microsoft included, so the people who designed the X-box aren't necessarily the same ones designing Windows.
@@mikecsernyik7360It’s prime year was its first console ever Yikes! I think it at least extends to the 360 no?
@Atharnius huh? What are you talking about? I just made an underhanded jab at Microsoft. It said nothing about me nor was it in any way boastful. I strongly suggest you read things properly next time. Have a good day.
@@antiphlex I was just kidding sheesh learn how to take a joke
Thank you for not putting lame music on in the background bud. This is the first no speaking video I made it through I think ever. I liked it.
Thank you for your kind words it's very much appreciated ❤️😃
I think the way these people clean up and fix things like this is very fun to watch them do.
Thank you it's much appreciated 😃 PS, l do have a lot of fun doing them aswell
Damn this is nostalgic. I’ll forever regret selling this console, such a unique design and the clear shell made it even more so.
Man, these consoles really were a thing of beauty weren't they. I mean, I love my Series X, but the originals just had character. Crystal is making a bit of a comeback and I couldn't be happier, the nostalgia is real.
The only restorer I've seen on anything using a cap tester before pulling the power. Such a quick and easy thing for safety.
Nostalgic. I used to take these apart all the time and had them modded by a friend. Crazy
0:35 a man of culture I see.
The fact that you have matrix path of Neo is 🔥
Still have my childhood xbox, works fantastic to this day.
Man great job I felt a huge relief when you removed that yellow tint from the Xbox
Thank you 😃 and thank you for watching it's much appreciated
Yo bro, you’re so good at this stuff. I wish I can be good at this stuff like you when I’m older.😊
Thank you 😃
This was my first ever back in 2007 I enjoyed every moment of it one of the best consoles for sure
Well done in less in 30 minutes!
Ever since i liked this video, had a different uploader but almost an hour, 2 hours to fully diy fix 😂😂😂😂❤ master of ur craft my dude subscribed!
Lol 😂 and thank you for watching and for subscribing it's much appreciated 😃 ❤️
@@techrestoread anything to kill the time besides working & gaming 💯🙃
This channel is like Odd Tinkering from Temu 😊
i got halfway through and realized it wasn’t OT. i was like “where are the gloves and the Ducktor??” still watched it though 😅
One thing is missing from this video… lol 😂 I’m mad the tv wasn’t on first for the Xbox intro lol that’s the best part. Other than that you did a fire 🔥 job on the game.
Lol 🤣 and thank and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
I have one of the exact same ones, it’s even boxed!
Never, and I mean NEVER sell it.
Check those boards to make sure they aren't fried from the battery acid
No you don't
Can I have it? Plz
@@benzkryptek505MocroSkate probably dissaproves
That Xbox just leveled up, listen to that purr
Your restoration work is amazing! 👏🏻😎👏🏻
Thank you 😃 really glad you enjoyed it it's much appreciated ❤️
@@techrestoread ☺
amazing video! 🎉❤ 2:29 btw its "peel" not "pill" just throwing that out for you
Shout out to The Path of Neo! I haven't thought of that game in years, i gotta find a way to play it now.
Looks super cool at the end result
Thank you 😃
I was told to always worry about ESD damage ... that brush scares me.
Ive got 2 of these consoles in a storage box in the back shed, both need a good clean
I have mine full restored, amazing machine and memories.
It’s been probably about 12 years since I’ve opened an xbox game case. I have a feeling the distinct smell of it would make me cry 😭
I’ve never tried retrobrighting a clear case but it worked really well. Good to know 👍
Clear Plastic is just clear for our visible spectrum, could be different for another. That the black caps of IR lights for instance, or the black plastic of PS1 games. It looks opaque to our eyes, but in infrared it isn't. So the color doesn't say a lot about the Retrobright effect, it's more the type of plastic. But that's a topic, I have zero knowledge about 🙂.
1:17 me screaming put in halo! It will recognize it immediately! 😂
🤣
Best game you could've tested with!!
Congratulations on the video, it is extremely rewarding to watch, I would like to know which product you used in the UV vat?
Thank you for your kind words it's much appreciated
The chemical l used was hydrogen peroxide 12% l got from ebay
12% Food Grade Hydrogen peroxide
@@techrestoread tks brother 👊🏻❤️
Cool resto video!😊
Probably would have been a good idea to replace those capacitors with surface mounted ones. When they get this old, they have a tendency to pop.
Yeah, you're right there l will change them as l will keep this Xbox and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
Think it needs more time in the uv
Actually you should increase the resistance, neither reduce it. By this case with 3210 Ohms you've lowered the voltage of laser beam, so I assume it now won't even focus to even recognize the discs. I prefer tweaking it between stock value up to 1000 Ohms to see the result. If it still don't want to read games, I'll recommend to replace the electrolytic capacitors on main DVD drive board to make it work again and tweak the resistance on laser beam to stock values (1750 Ohms). This is a common issue with Samsung DVD drives, not the lasers themselves. Give it a try.
I will do that and thank you for your help it's much appreciated and thank you for watching 😃
And of course, to be more precise: Tweak it step-by-step every 50-100 Ohms. I'll be interested to see it on your channel. Good luck!
It doesn't matter anyway as he changed the drive near the end of the video as you can see that the tray doesn't have two large holes in it like the one he tries to restore.
@@dodoubledragon That's why I wrote this comment. It's not a big deal to make that Samsung working back again.
Nice work bro, I have a crystal Xbox as well! Only problem is the clock doesn’t work unfortunately :/ I would like to work on it but I’m not confident enough to take it apart and fix it, I’d rather work with someone or learn a lot of other stuff then get 2 that
The best way to learn before doing anything yourself first, but with the clock capacitor, l would just take it out and not replace it, buddy they are known for going and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
Great job! Well done.
Thank you it's very much appreciated, and thank you for watching 😀
@@techrestoread 👍👍
Do you have a video on making the UV Box you have? I have some old toys that need a good cleaning like that and I would love to make one.
Sadly, l didn't make a video on my UV box but odd thinkering on youtube does have a video that will have out and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
The other Matrix game on Xbox was dope
Muito bom irmão, parabéns 👏
Thank you it's very much appreciated and thank you for watching 😀
I saw that the disc drives were different. It was a samsung dvd drive before, and now it was a philips drive
I should have said in the video I've put it in the write-up / description that l put in a different disc drive in the end, and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
@@techrestoread I like to watch these types of restoration videos
I have the fake one but it was molded with a bunch of games and it was awesome for 2003
Came out great! Congrats!
Thank you much appreciated 😃 and thank you for watching
@@techrestoread really liked your UV setup, plus I don’t think I’ve seen anyone retrobrite clear plastics yet!
@@LeftyPem Thank you and thank you for watching
It's kinda looks brand's new at the start. As in it was baught new , opened and out in a cardboard box in a storage unit for the past 20 year and now is just taken out
I think this is my most favourite restaurant video I've done so far . You really see the difference, and thank you for watching it's much appreciated ❤️ 😀
Half way through the cleaning with alcohol I thought “what if he is just absolutely destroying this and the video is actually a joke?” 😂 I’m glad it wasn’t!
Lol 🤣 and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
Amazing job man
Thank you 😃
Whats the point of making it clear then putting a metal box inside so you can see the internal workings
I know what you mean, and thank you for watching 😀
The crystal-like Xbox I used to have at home has not been turned on for at least six years. I don’t know if it can still be turned on.
Fingers crossed, it will turn on for you and thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃
Why didn’t you take out or replace the clock capacitor?
Looking back at it, I wish l did take it out. l wouldn't replace it. l could put up with the clock and date at the start and just skip it and thank you for watching 😃
@@techrestoread The crystal console has a 1.6 board and doesn't suffer the clock capacitor issue of the other versions, besides, the 1.6 will not operate without the clock capacitor so you did well to leave it there.
That's good to know and thank you for watching 😃
This was awesome 😱
Thank you 😃
So so many hours of halo on one of these bad boys
12:13 ayyyyeeeoooo did you just fart 🤣😭
Lol 🤣 no l was picking up the toothbrush
Good vidéo as always !! Did you re-use the peroxyde or you change it for every retrobrighting? And Why don’t you change the timer fused ??
I have reused the peroxide in the past with the clock/date capacitor. I wouldn't replace it. l would just leave it out and be done with it to be fair. Thank you for watching it's much appreciated 😃 PS, I should have taken out when it was apart. Save me from going back to it at a later date
excellent!!
Many thanks!
No SSD? 😢
1:06 I died inside 👋😵👉✨💿✨
Clicks video. Immediately clicks 2x wishing there was a faster way to watch lol
22:09 this is where I realize I have no idea how to put it back together
I've had times when l had to look back at my recordings to find Where
Parts had to go back together, lol
my tip is to take many photos and thank you for watching 😀
Also it looks so goodd 🤗
Thank you 😃
I’ve always owned a PlayStation growing up but I went to go buy the exact same Xbox original from a game shop 2nd hand in its box in a fair condition about 12 years ago only reason was to play doom 3 because back then it wasn’t available on ps2 which they shortly released on ps3. 😄
Doom, l can remember playing that on the PC back in the day game
Good video
Thanks for your work
Thank you, and you're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it 😀
Now im making one of these into a pc. Gotta be done
I think back in the day mine had Xecuter 3 mod chip, LED lighting kit so the whole thing lit up blue and a 200GB hard drive
Gloves?
I have started wearing gloves now in my new videos that come out next year, and thank you for watching 😀
Nice video! Did you replace the DVD drive?
I did in the end. l was meant to put in text on the video and thank you for watching 😃
How? Ive had mine forever and it doesnt look no where near that bad.😅
I bought it off of ebay, modded it with homebrew and stuck a bunch of iso. on the 500gb HDD.
Just being in a smoker house can do it, but thank you for watching 😃
@@techrestoread that is true. No smokers or pets in my home. I'm sure the inside of it is pretty dusty though. I try to vaccum off all of my consoles once a quarter.
Can't believe it's 20 yrs old. 2:03 😀
It's shocking how time goes so fast 😀🤪
That thing would have looked so nasty in my house growing up. My dad would chain smoke inside the house and it would turn a nasty yellow orange color so fast.
Same for me, to be fair my dad still smoking like a train l do say to him he needs to stop but old habits die hard and thank you for watching really is much appreciated 😃
I’m playstion all the way but what make this Xbox the best console of all time was the first to do it the hard drive and able to play music while playing games and thru it malfunction never gave the red ring of death 😂 it kept going lol
Remarkable!
Thank you 😃
The path of neo needs a remaster
Merci pour la vidéo
Amazing.
Thank you 😃
My red flag is believing I can watch this video a couple of times and do this myself
Tweaking the Pot of the Laser will just reduce the lifetime of the laser, nothing else. If cleaning the lens isn't successful, there is for sure dust/smokers dirt (this one for sure was in a smokers room) on the half transparent mirror under the lens. Sometimes it's possible to reach this mirror, spray a throttled amount of air over it. I even had success with contact cleaner for a very dirty laser (takes some time to let the cleaner vaporize). But that should be the last step as it can make it even worse.
Adjusting the pot can help but should be a last ditch thing because, yeah, will decrease the lifespan.
Although if you're at the stage where you're needing to adjust the pot to get it to read, lifespan isn't a concern anymore as it's already cooked.
Wow i could never do this its so cool watching you do it 🫶🏻
❤️
Bring back clear consoles
id give it more air intake holes in the front & back
I had the same one in perfect condition that was givin to me by my brother. Then a couple years later my dad forced me to give it to my sister as I had the Xbox 360 that I bought with my own money btw. A year went by and I asked her if I could buy it back and she sold it at a garage sale.... I was pretty pissed to say the least :/
I know what that's like when your stuff gets given away, and they don't even look after it or even really want it 😒
Back when the game came on the disc
why not replace the hdd for an ssd?
I'm happy with the HDD to be honest but thank you for watching 😃
Good video, basically the same format and editing as Odd Tinkering but nice to watch either way.
[Edit] I've looked at your channel and it seems like you've just plagiarized the entire concept, even the thumbnails.
Thank you it's very much appreciated 😃
Nice video.. but I would have done a full recap of that board as the caps are around 20 years old
At least the clock capacitor, those go catastrophically bad.
After all that work i would have added some Mods to it while it was all taken apart.
>Path of Neo
MY MAN
👍
slimmer raer mounted fan also
I think i remember having a green one. Or that might have been an N64
You can get this in green as well it does look pretty good
@@techrestoread thought so ^_^
Xbox made for prisons?
The Prison Box?
I've had many people say it's a prison Xbox, but I'm not sure about that. I tried Google but didn't find anything 🤔
the breathing in the mic is wilddd
Lol sorry about that but need to breath
Looks like the retrobright solution would have benefited from a 3rd day of cure
In person, you can really see the difference might be the lighting or when l have put the insides back in it look a bit darker and thank you for watching 😃
These were made for prisons lol.
Or it was a demo one.
The only production Xbox that was clear made to the public was the green halo ce edition.
based
you put a 20 years old game in old console: game starts
you put a 20 days old game in new console, update, checking license, server not found, please retry later
So true with Xbox console tuck me 20 or 30 minutes just to play a game on the Xbox One s 🤪
I forgot how loud they were 😂
make the case glow in the dark or under vu black light
pretty :)
Thank you 😃
The detector pen detects AC, not DC
if there was still charge in the capacitors the pen will light up and thank you for watching
@@techrestoread No, no they wouldn't. They can't detect potential without a reference to ground.
Bro is pulling out all the connections by the wires 😢