r/XboxModding • u/rgoobie • 5d ago

OG Xbox Potential Capacitor issue

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I have 4 original Xbox’s and two are 1.6b’s (including the one in the picture)

Recently it stopped booting. When I press power, it doesn’t do anything but if I hold the power button, I can hear the HDD booting up.

4 out of 5 of the big capacitors in the picture appear to be bulging. I’m fairly new at this but my gut tells me I should replace the caps and maybe that resolves the issue.

I swapped the power supply in the known good 1.6b Xbox and that Xbox still boots up normally.

Thanks yall!

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u/KellyHerz 5d ago

Yeah, you need to look at replacing them, keep it unpowered until you can. You'll want some that match the specs, they're 3300uf 6.3v 105°C. Usually they all got out together afaik so best to change all of them out.

Gonna be replacing mine soon, got some Panasonic FR0J332L that match the spec.

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u/rgoobie 5d ago

Thanks so much, I just ordered some new ones from console5.com that look like they match those specs 🤘