Alastar Gabriel (but you can call me anything). I'm an ex-professional software developer, now I make weird art and music :p I will give you bug facts unprompted
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Also the caps around the CPU (tall green ones) should be looked at
Also make sure your AC plug solder joints aren’t cracked
Better replace the thermal paste. The old stuff will need some kind of solvent, it’s become concrete
Basically if you find an OG Xbox that still has its rubber feet, watch out!
Edit: https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox:Clock_Capacitor Instructions for removing the clock capacitor and cleaning up any leaks
don't rip it out, use a soldering iron or side cutters
use heat to get the heatsink off (just run the thing for a few minutes), it's like cement otherwise
you can buy or print 3D-printed feet with screw holes
Even with heat I’ve had trouble, it really IS like cement. Goo gone will nuke it but use sparingly.
And yeah you really shouldn’t just rip it out, and I’m gonna plead the fifth on if I’ve personally done that to my box.
I've repasted two and did some things with a hairdryer that I'm not proud of. No idea what goo gone actually is, they don't sell the actual stuff here, unfortunately, Alcohol and a lot of elbow grease eventually worked
