The Power Cord Conspiracy, Here's the truth Options

[Ycon]

I resieved my power cord today and its that bulky thing but i have a xbox v1.1 with a delta psu. Are you people sure that its only a problem with the foxlink psu's and the solder joints???? Maybe there's something with the components.

[kencix]

i use the cable for my pc (big one).. it protects my pc better then ordinary cable ...
there's nothin wrong with xbox cables.. if solder points are bad inside the xbox, then it's gonna be a prob...

[Ycon]

I got a bit of a speculated update for you mods n modders:
Unfortunatly it has been my experience that it is not only the foxlink PSU that has this problem. My box is a 1.0 from mexico, and it has a delta PSU. or rather it HAD a delta PSU. Solder points loose, i resoldered it, worked for a month, exploded (litterally, i think one of the capacitators blew). In any case, its all fixed now but i've learned something about these delta PSU's. There are at least two different versions, and one IS better than the other. About 1.5 CM into the box from the plug (where the power cord inserts) is a little box, dimentions approx 1.5X1X1 (cm, i've lived in canada for too long). The easiest way to tell what version of the PSU you have have is just the colour of the box. From my experience,

BEIGE or GREY = BAD, RESOLDER IMMEDIATLY
BLUE = no need to resolder.

I believe this to be true after working with several PSU's.
by the way, thanks to xtek69 for a "blue" delta:D

Can you give a picture of the boxes please ?

[manu_xl]

In any case, its all fixed now but i've learned something about these delta PSU's. There are at least two different versions, and one IS better than the other. About 1.5 CM into the box from the plug (where the power cord inserts) is a little box, dimentions approx 1.5X1X1 (cm, i've lived in canada for too long). The easiest way to tell what version of the PSU you have have is just the colour of the box. From my experience,

BEIGE or GREY = BAD, RESOLDER IMMEDIATLY
BLUE = no need to resolder.

look at my pictures on page 19. i have the grey delta. but i have to say that those 2 solder joints look perfect. i cant give a closer picture because my camera sucks big time.

[Ycon]

I have the same psu maybe i'll check the solder joints sometime. But i haven't got any problems before and when i travell with it i always unplug the powercord chould i use that bulky thing? I want to know what that powercord does is it a sort of fuse? Does somebody have a picture of the inside?

[fredou2005]

I guess I'm lucky, I have 2 Xbox 1.0:

Manu date: 2001-10-27 and 2002-07-16

and both are Delta Powersupply with still perfect join.

I tought all in 2001 were Foxy's one... Well I'm lucky.!

fredou

[Exobex]

i use the cable for my pc (big one).. it protects my pc better then ordinary cable ...
there's nothin wrong with xbox cables.. if solder points are bad inside the xbox, then it's gonna be a prob...

Your PC has the same power connector as an Xbox?

[kevinlekiller]

Your PC has the same power connector as an Xbox?

He's joking...

I guess if our xbox's psu's breakdown we can send them to micr0s0ft and get them fixed.

[CandieCorpse]

in replie to mirco-shit's replie , there is indeed a soldiering problem i myself had to resoldier the psu points mentioned in this thread the fact that they sit there and lie makes me want to punch bill gates in the goddam head

[shibz]

wow MS are such bullshitters. I have encountered the same soldering problem on 8 out of the 10 1.0-1.1 xboxes that I modded. They cant say that there is no problem with the soldering. Someone needs to call bullshit on them in court.

[fahrenheit]

look at my pictures on page 19. i have the grey delta. but i have to say that those 2 solder joints look perfect. i cant give a closer picture because my camera sucks big time.

This description of the grey/blue delta only works to describe 110v supplies, as the 240v version is designed a little differently.

I think it would be better to describe them as the one and two capacitor versions.

[Conundrum1911]

just got my powercord in...its one of the "regular" ones (I live in Canada btw). Last weekend I opened up my 1.2/1.3 xbox to find a foxlink psu, however it did not look like the foxlinks posted in this thread (it had a reinforced plug similar to that of a delta), and the traces looked fine. Incase it helps anyone, my XBOX was from the 05 (China) plant with a mfg date of 2003-06-19 (one of the holiday tetris/clonewars bundles from the 2003 holiday season), and as for the foxlink, it said "rev B" on it.

Conundrum1911

[G0t M4xx 21]

yeah the rev B foxlinks are the better ones with the reinforced connectors

[wolrahnaes]

Does anyone with a 1.0 delta got a GFI Plug?

Did someone with a 1.2 or 1.3 and a foxlink psu get a GFI plug?

I got the AFI cord for my 1.0 (10/19/2001) box, and I just checked, it's a Delta. Solder joints look fine, so I'm gonna just throw the AFI cord in the corner.

[XboxGuru]

I wondered why my Foxlink was like that too I just thought I was pulling the cord out too roughly I fixed this without knowing at all.

What causes the joints to break is the little plastic stay clips on the connector are originally secured to the PCB with some kind of crappy black adhesive.

Once the adhesive gives way the only thing holding the connector is the solder joints and they break when you pull the power cord out.

I took some super glue to secure the clips and then I repaired the broken solder joints.

This 1.0 I have has given me a major pain I already had one of the electrolytic capacitors spill its guts and blow on the mobo which made my room look like a crack house and gave me a bonus melting plastic aroma.

I replaced the mobo then for some reason the fan ground connector on the new mobo stopped working then the thing would overheat due to the fan not working so then I bought the 12v connector to run it off the HDD cable.

Do you think the PSU caused the mobo capacitor to blow and put me $70 in the hole??? Or is that just bad luck?

This post has been edited by XboxGuru: Mar 2 2005, 04:09 AM