The Power Cord Conspiracy, Here's the truth Options

[prenetic]

Those 2 joints had been nuked, and I ran a screwdriver over all the points to discharge wherever the electricity still was, until I got a big spark from one of them adn that was it - PSU was dead. Thankfully it happened OUTSIDE of the XBox and didn't fry my house (if not my hand  )

I can't believe the writer thinks he/she has a case on their hands. I just...I...I got nothin'.

[TKramka]

I ordered 2 powercords, one for my 1.0, one for my 1.1. The 1.0 had a Delta PS and got a big clunker of a cable but my 1.1 has a Mineba power supply and got another boat anchor all the same. Now the mineba has extra reinforcements on the plug, and I checked the solder joints and they were fine and the reinforcements were strong as well. Maybe M$ just fudged up an the SN numbers.

[Cr8Zy M0DdEr]

i have been reading this thread for a while and trying to learn as mucb as possible about this whole "Power Cord Conspiracy"... and i have seen people order more then one cord from MS....... i was just wodnering how do you do that????... dont MS record all your order info. so people cant re order or something......????

[one321]

i have been reading this thread for a while and trying to learn as mucb as possible about this whole "Power Cord Conspiracy"... and i have seen people order more then one cord from MS....... i was just wodnering how do you do that????... dont MS record all your order info. so people cant re order or something......????

I'm pretty sure the people ordering more than one cord have more than one Xbox.

I think it was pretty funny from that earlier post how someone had two Xboxes and received two different replacement cords. When asking MS which cord goes to which machine, they said it didn't matter. That obviously means that the cords are not the problem. I have a friend that just replaced his PSU for $30+. I am pissed for him that he had to spend that money because of MS's stupid ass.

[LiGhTfasT]

Recieved the big fat cord today in the UK and 2 letters for some reason?

Had a quick look in the xbox and have a delta psu on a v1.0 made april 2002 i think. Psu makes a poping noise when plugging in the cable. No serial on the box aswell so if you ordered more than one in the UK theres no telling whats for what.



This post has been edited by LiGhTfasT: Feb 25 2005, 07:01 PM

[pimpmaul69]

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I'm not sure how far this has come off topic, but I'd like to add my two cents if I may.  I would agree about the "Power Cord Conspiracy" apporach (however conspiracy is a harsh word).  I was confused when I heard about this recall.  MS kept saying it was problems with the power cord being faulty.  In my mind, I couldn't understand how a power cord, which is basically STRAIGHT THROUGH, could possibly be causing fires!  I have inspected the power cables and they are probably of the best quality I have ever seen.  Not only are they sturdy, but also made of fire-resistant plastic. 
I guessed, but never came to the conclusion that the problem could actually be inside the xbox. 
When MS decided to blow it's own horn in the press release about the recall, saying, "We did the responsible thing"... when supposedly millions of these cables are faulty, it was definately suspicious!
Lately I have been very upset with the way gates and Co. are running their own company.  Like a bunch of lazy retards.  First, Gates said in some statement, "windows does not need to make a bullt-in Anti-virus, there is plenty of great 3rd party software available"  who does he think he is kidding?
Then, they released this new MS Ant-spyware.  What a slap in the face to the whole windows userbase.  Rather than admit the problem, they apply this bandaid (which they teased about making profit from) and now THIS "power cord" bandaid??  Sickening.  MS was much more responsible when we had them in the courtrooms.

ok you complain about this but need to realize something...all the hundreds of thousands of faulty psones and ps2s...u think sony will ever take responsibiliy and do a recall ...ever...hell no they are worse than MS...atleast MS is doing something....take one of the new ps2 systems...the small one and play it on vinyl and watch how hot it gets when it melts the vinyl and that is the least of the huge defects they have made

[ripnullnet]

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[rpao]

Xbox v1.4 replacement power cord pictures

I wonder if people who did not send in their Xbox serial numbers to MS via product registration or Xbox Live get new power cords. MS did not know my serial number until I checked if I needed a new power cord.

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[robbybertu15]

  That obviously means that the cords are not the problem.  I have a friend that just replaced his PSU for $30+.  I am pissed for him that he had to spend that money because of MS's stupid ass.

That sucks. I paid $7.00 for mine.

[ZASADAR]

do these cords fix the 1.0/1.1 weak power supply problem?

[funboy6942]

OK if that is true and it is the foxlink power suplies I went and tried to get the cable Mine was made 12/2002 and it has a foxlink PS in it (how do I know....Im special ) and I was told I wasnt cool enough to get the big ass power surge protector. But I have a foxlink PS damnit I dont want my trailer to burn to the ground, or do I...............

[networkBoy]

do these cords fix the 1.0/1.1 weak power supply problem?

No, not really.
-nB

[Electrox3d]

And I thought it was just me! I had noticed my loose power connector and thought someone had switched power cords with me, but when i had it open to mod it i noticed the power connector was loose. Re-soldered with THICK solder and its been perfect ever since!

[dparish]

I have been having major hassles with getting the XBOX powered on and was having some nice arcing sounds happening. I have just opened up and resoldered the power connector. It seemed to help, but I am still having trouble booting it up most of the time. I think there maybe a fault further up in the power connector on the upper side of the PCB. The trouble is the first transformer on the board on the foxlink I have sits over the top of power connector making it very difficult to get out. I think I might just save the hassle and get a new power supply as they are reasonably cheap, but if the power supplys had better mounting on the connector this would never of happen MS!!

[djp]

my cousin had the same problem with his psu, was sparking, was a foxlink, i resoldered the joint on it and it worked fine. atfirst i thought this was a scheme for them to get serial numbers so they can find out whos got modded xboxs when they get banned from live.