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Xbox 1.0 freezing at EvoX boot screen - board or HDD issue?
YO! I picked up a broken Xbox 1.0 and been troubleshooting it. Original issue was "Powers on, but no display/Post." Here's what I know:
- Was able to get it to post: Blue Xbox logo with EvoX logo. flashed to TSOP??
- Clock capacitor removed (first thing i did when opening. pic of board taken before removal)
- Fresh thermal paste applied, heatsink secured
- New IDE cable installed just for testing I had an extra 40 laying around)
Symptoms:
- Boots to EvoX/Xbox splash screen then freezes regardless of what's connected
- Freezes with HDD connected, without HDD, with known good HDD from working console (trying out everything to try and get to an error screen)
- After freezing for a while, Ring starts alternating red/green
- No bad caps visible, IDE port looks good
Any ideas on what could cause it? Should I try my hand at replacing caps?
Possible bad RAM? IDE controller issue? Any help appreciated!!! I'm very new at trying Xbox repair!
Also, I know this system needs a good cleaning :)
u/Efficient_Pass_1082 — 24 hours ago