Re: Xbox 360 caps keep failing
Ok I guess I can only just use it as is I suppose. I’m not even sure where I could get it reballed anyway. I’m also assuming that the lead free to leaded conversion of the solder doesn’t help any either? I’ve heard that the Pb free failed easier or something. But thanks for all the responses and help on here. I really have learned a lot and I understand that the original 360s REALLY are as unreliable as they were fabled to be. I really believed I could beat the odds though. I’ve always had a fascination with the original 360’s because of the styling, marketing, and the age I was when it came out as well as the memories I have playing them. So when I found this launch 2005 Xbox that was brand new that I won for a pretty good price in an auction, I was very excited. Little did I know that this thing would give me such a headache over the past 2 years, having to tear it open every few months, changing a few caps here and there and so on... but thanks to you all I have made 110% more progress with it than I would have on my own, so thank you very much. I’m not sure if my problem was unique for my xbox, or if all old systems just sitting in a box should just be avoided because components go bad without periodic use. I guess I’ll just take it how it is and hopefully it will last a while. It would just have been cool to say I had an original 2005 Xbox 360 that is still working properly!
Ok I guess I can only just use it as is I suppose. I’m not even sure where I could get it reballed anyway. I’m also assuming that the lead free to leaded conversion of the solder doesn’t help any either? I’ve heard that the Pb free failed easier or something. But thanks for all the responses and help on here. I really have learned a lot and I understand that the original 360s REALLY are as unreliable as they were fabled to be. I really believed I could beat the odds though. I’ve always had a fascination with the original 360’s because of the styling, marketing, and the age I was when it came out as well as the memories I have playing them. So when I found this launch 2005 Xbox that was brand new that I won for a pretty good price in an auction, I was very excited. Little did I know that this thing would give me such a headache over the past 2 years, having to tear it open every few months, changing a few caps here and there and so on... but thanks to you all I have made 110% more progress with it than I would have on my own, so thank you very much. I’m not sure if my problem was unique for my xbox, or if all old systems just sitting in a box should just be avoided because components go bad without periodic use. I guess I’ll just take it how it is and hopefully it will last a while. It would just have been cool to say I had an original 2005 Xbox 360 that is still working properly!
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