The Power Cord Conspiracy, Here's the truth Options

[pimpmaul69]

i too have been fixing them forever...but then again you woulda known if anyone had noticed i posted this in the bigger thread first...but still glad someone has a camera to post pics up

[hippo]

Well they should use the style of plugs with 3 through holes even if one is just for stress relief. Everyone who's modded many boxes has seen a bunch of these smokin' and crackling, I normally just reflow them.

[networkBoy]

All the other supplies use rivets for strain relief. This was Foxlink trying to shave roughly 1.5 cents off the cost of the supply.

As to the guy who suggested conductive ink: This is a mechanical failure, ink won't help. Aside from that the power requirements are high enough I wouldn't trust that gunk anyway.
-nB

[xman954]

think I will call M$ when I get the AFI cord and tell them
"you sent me this new cord and now it keeps reseting the red button,
i think it is defective and i will have to use the old cord untill i get a new one "
and see what they say...
maybe they will send a new xbox

[basso4735]

yup, i just checked out my foxlink 1.0 psu, and those solder joints are broken. i guess ill just make a new connection.

[munkle]

this happened to my friend sparked and burnt out the back of his psu.

[big_xbox_n00bie]

Maybe the lousy PSU is the cause of the MCPX pop n' burn (check Hsdemonz hall of shame) ?

-BxN

[ChipInABox]

I've had to repair countless PSUs that give out. To fix, all I do is sand any burns away, then desolder a little and resolder it. The first Xbox I've opened was bc of this problem (which probably got me into the scene!)

[chasealicious11]

so if i solder these together on a BROKEN power supply, would that possibly get it to work?


what are some common fixes to broken power supplies

[anticrap1234]

on the main page it shows a replacement america power cord. and the bitch is huge and has 2 buttons on it. i got my replacement today and it looks exactly like the origional on color is a lil different and it shows number on it different(serial type number) its not huge. so whats up w/ talk of huge power cords?

[G0t M4xx 21]

this seems to be a likely cause of failed psu's, that and blown fuses, capacitors and mosfets.

[brahm2]

Same problem on another PSU a while back: http://www.brahm2.com/xs/jessePSU.jpg

[G0t M4xx 21]

yeah, thats the foxlink PSU thats in question

[TheMoho]

People xbox is a MS product. Did you actually expect it to work after a year?

Bye the way, my xbox 1.0 has the same problem with the power coard. It is very loose.

[G0t M4xx 21]

thats true, but MS didn't make the power supply, and it shouldnt catch on fire