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Original Xbox will not turn on

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My stepdad just bought a couple original Xboxes for a pretty good price, and apparently both of them worked, but one just doesn't turn on. Pressing the power button results in absolutely nothing other than the button clicking. I would really like it if someone could help me out, since this would mean that I can't get an Xbox out of the deal, which I would REALLY like.

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Open'er up, check the power supply, start checking voltages across the output pins. Should be 12v, 5v, and I think 3.3v.

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Open'er up, check the power supply, start checking voltages across the output pins. Should be 12v, 5v, and I think 3.3v.

I do think it might be the power supply. I hear that high pitch sound that indicates shit is dying (almost like a pew, I guess, when I unplug it).

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My stepdad just bought a couple original Xboxes for a pretty good price, and apparently both of them worked, but one just doesn't turn on. Pressing the power button results in absolutely nothing other than the button clicking. I would really like it if someone could help me out, since this would mean that I can't get an Xbox out of the deal, which I would REALLY like.

If it's been thrown around a lot the mechanism that the power button is attached to may not be correctly hooked up any more. Try canoodling with that.

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I do think it might be the power supply. I hear that high pitch sound that indicates shit is dying (almost like a pew, I guess, when I unplug it).

I seem to recall that's normal on the original, heck my PSU in my rig does that when you shut it down :P

 

Just check all the cables make sure it's all plugged in, also short across the solder points on the power button, just to rule out a possibly faulty button.

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get your money back.

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The PCB must be clean, the cables well attached. You could check the power in the circuits with a multimeter.

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It's dead caps. The ones that like to leak. :/

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Yeah the Original Xbox was notorious for that. When I was in MN I used to re-cap them all the time. There was a Mod Shop there too called the Llama that I used to get the parts from when I would mod them. 

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