Broken Capacitor Anyway Around This Problem Options

[makr0jeff]

Well I broke the lcp capacitor, Now what, is there any way around it, My xbox boots but my mod chip does work. could I use the alternate D0.

PLEASE HELP

I did try replacing it but no luck

[ikill2game]

did you replace it with one that has the same capacitance? that should work just fine. check your soldering job. maybe you got a cold solder joint, which you probably will if you don't use flux.

[makr0jeff]

it's not the same, I just went by color code, I've got an xecuter 2.2 lite+. It lights up as if it's fine but the green D0 light won't come on, but I know that it's lined up because I actually soldered a wire into the d0. what does that capacitor do?? Is it just to regulate power to the D0

[ikill2game]

if it's not the same, you can't really expect it to work. alot of those capacitors and resistors are put on there to help regulate circuit resonance (harmonics). that stuff is very delicate and needs the proper balance.

also, where did you get the new cap from?

[makr0jeff]

lol a broken video card. I didn;t expect it to work it was just to easy
so basically short of replacing my mobo, if I want to use a mod chip I'll need to flash the tsop? ir is there a work around?

[ikill2game]

just find out the value for that cap and replace it. there are people here that work on xboxes and can easily find out that value for you. you can probably get a replacement from digi-key's or newark's website.

here's to hoping you didn't screw anything up with that "replacement" cap.

if it makes you feel any better, i did the same thing but with a resistor. i unknowingly removed it from the mobo by accidentally bumping my soldering iron up against it. this cause my xbox to only boot through the chip.

the ms bios would not boot with that resistor gone. once i figured out the problem, i asked around (yesterday) for the value of that resistor. i got an answer and i used a resistor i had laying around that had the same value. it was a far cry from the same type of resistor, but it had the same value and it worked just fine.

here's a pic of the resistor i accidentally removed and consequently broke (it's the one in the red circle):



here's a pic of my make-shift replacement resistor:




i'm happy to say that my box is now working 100%!!! w00t!!!

This post has been edited by ikill2game: Aug 12 2004, 04:56 PM