Subj : Re: XBox hackery
To   : esc
From : jack phlash
Date : Sat Dec 23 2023 02:03 pm

on 23 Dec 2023, esc said...
 
 es> I've modded a bunch of consoles and continue to obsess over
 es> this....anyone else into this type of stuff? Would love to discuss more.

Sweet!

I still have my original Xbox which is in almost new condition despite me playing a shit ton of games on it back in the day. Well, I thought it was in great condition until I read about the clock capacitor which is notorious for leaking all over the place. Opened up my Xbox and, sure enough, mine was leaking. I cut it out and cleaned up the board a little. That was 5 or 6 years ago, and while it seemed to work fine, I *vaguely* recall seeing some other bulging caps while I was in there, so I've been planning to re-cap the board for a while now, including replacing that clock capacitor. 

Now, I have the original component cable HD kit, as well as one of the Pound HDMI cables which, for a while there, were highly praised, although it seems like there are a number of internal HDMI mods that are recommended over the Pound cable these days, so that might be the second thing I do. Whether I take it any further and mod it to let me play disk images, or do anything else, I haven't decided - I like the idea of keeping it more or less original.

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