this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
11 points (100.0% liked)

RetroGaming

23894 readers
129 users here now

Vintage gaming community.

Rules:

  1. Be kind.
  2. No spam or soliciting for money.
  3. No racism or other bigotry allowed.
  4. Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Was doing some looking around Goodwill and was lucky enough to find an Original Xbox for only $25! Got it home and cleaned him up, disc drive didn't work at first but I tinkered and fixed the belt that was getting stuck. Booted up an old copy of Halo 2 and all was well. So happy with this find!

top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] CaptainLemmit@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember to check the health of the capacitor they used as a cmos battery!

[–] KotActually@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not actually sure how to check that! Any tips?

[–] CaptainLemmit@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago

If I remember correctly I watched this video , try searching "xbox capacitor replacement" on youtube!

[–] Aywren@possumpat.io 3 points 2 years ago

Woah, nice! I should check into my local Goodwill sometime. Great restoration tale. :)

[–] dawnerd@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago

Before the pandemic my local goodwill had dozens of these for five dollars each. Picked a couple up and most worked. You should check the clock cap https://hackaday.com/2020/12/14/save-your-original-xbox-from-a-corrosive-death/