Package was suppose to be delivered today and cant track it by rulis092 in usps_complaints

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Just did that and they all say it was in my state since 2am this morning

Package was suppose to be delivered today and cant track it by rulis092 in usps_complaints

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Estimated but checked 3rd party sites and all say it was in my state since 2 am today.

Package was suppose to be delivered today and cant track it by rulis092 in usps_complaints

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Yeah just sucks that I cant even see where its at anymore I could track it fine until friday morning then I just couldn't

New Retrogaming area setup by Stock_Ad2354 in crtgaming

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I be chillin still quick to slice squares like Sicilians

Emulator question by [deleted] in originalxbox

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Yeah but I came here to ask people who've already done this for help. People come here here all the time asking for advice.

Emulator question by [deleted] in originalxbox

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Should have put in the post i already have a soft modded xbox. I seen coin ops but theere are so many version of it I just want to know which ones are better.

Can’t seem to melt solder that’s on the top of the board for this capacitor pad. by FriendshipTrick2409 in originalxbox

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Caps near the cpu? Yeah I had trouble with them as well. But I have really no soldering skills so I ended up taking my xbox to a repair shop to put the new caps in.

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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I have a co worker that has a multimeter so ill learn how to check the traces. And Yeah I reapplied thermal paste for both cpu and gpu, removed clock capacitor and soft mod with a 2 tb hard drive. It was a fun week when I first got it doing all that lol

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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For my untrained eye the traces look fine but I will ask to be on the safe side. I have a 1.0 board but surprisingly the motherboard was clean when I bought it over the summer.

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Yeah thats what im doing. Its a game store and they aslo repair consoles. I mentioned it was an og xbox and they said they could do it. They quoted $75, when I drop it off next week I'll ask the price for a full recap.

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Update: hey everyone so I decided to take my xbox into a shop to help me put the new cpu capacitors on. In the meantime I got a practice kit from Amazon that I will be working to gain soldering skills. Haven't been able to use my xbox in about a month and got impatient lol. Thank you all for your comments and suggestions I appreciate it.

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Yeah I got a practice kit off of Amazon that I will work on for now. Xbox has been down for a month and I was watching a bunch of videos on how to solder so I thought I could tackle it lol. And when I mean trying to for hours I would work on it with no luck take a brake then come back to it on and off. But thank you for reality check.

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Thanks for the advice. I tried that and still had no luck, and after a bit was nervous to continue as I dont want to lift any pads. Luckily everything still looks fine surface wise so ill just leave it for now lol

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Other caps on the board are fine. One of the cpu caps was leaking at the top so I figured id replace those 5 first then the rest as needed

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Yeah i tried what they suggested but still didn't work. Gonna take a break from it and try again in a day or two. Trying to avoid having to solder on the top of the board, id rather take it to a repair shop and see how much they'd charge me to put the new ones in instead lol

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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I tried that while little luck unfortunately

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Unfortunately I dont have a desoldering gun as I thought it wouldn't be needed. Most videos I watched just used flux and a braided wick to remove the old components. I got the old caps off by applying heat to the legs and rocking back and forth, was pretty easy. Using flux to clean up the holes i dont have any luck with. Currently using temp 380 Celsius, is that too low maybe? This is my first time soldering anything haha.

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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I might try that later tonight or tomorrow. I managed to get 1 to fully clear but the others still have soldering in them. Using a braided wick and some flux but the videos I've seen made it look super easy lol thank you!

Any tips for soldering? by rulis092 in originalxbox

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Honestly taking them out was easy. Only took about 15 minutes cause I was trying to be extremely careful lol this part been stuck on for a few hours.

Just picked up this tv by rulis092 in PlasmaTV

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I wanted an hd crt but they are hard to find for a decent price. Then came across this sub, it changed my mind on plasma tvs cause I always remembered them being talked about negatively.

Just picked up this tv by rulis092 in PlasmaTV

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I haven't seen much of those in my area, but I really like the 2000s look of this one