I Bought 3 UNTESTED Xbox 360 Consoles from Goodwill... do they work??

[@jrob0021]

What else should I buy from goodwill? 🤔

[@Acuaril]

Idk,but i just gonna left my comment here.

[@Cerolessly]

PSP

[@jrob0021]

Lol

[@KGirl495]

GC Console

[@sashathedemiroomni4146]

See if they have the original Xbox

[@ChrisTuffursStuff]

Honestly the blackness on that last one looks like smoke damage, not from a smoker, but a fire. Smoke from cigarettes tends to yellow white plastic, whereas black smoke from say a house fire leaves a black sut on everything. Makes you wonder if it was recovered property from a house fire or something.

[@gilles111]

Not exactly smoke damage, looks more like soot. But I agree, it's coming of a building that was on fire. Like a house which had a kitchen fire and the smoke/soot spread through the house. You can see where the disc booklet of the last played game was on top of the console when the fire happened. It is very common when there was a fire and the place got cleaned by a cleaning company/insurance that consoles like this one are tossed out because cleaning/repairing would cost a lot of money and hours so the Insurance usually just pays money to replace the console. To get it well cleaned it has to be taken 100% apart to clean out soot, smoke and eventually water damage. Otherwise it might have issues in the future (even causing a new fire as it might get shortened as the chemicals spread in the fire eat their way through the components).

[@pherlong7]

Yeah, I think that they just put a stack of games on top of it and left it

[@MarfeeWarfee]

Funny enough, the Saw game you found in the second console is worth about $30 loose according to Pricecharting, which pays for the 3 consoles.

[@Lanethers]

thumbnail: ALL RED RING OF DEATH video: normal

[@CrashFan03]

Yeah I've seen another channel doing the same kinda weird clickbaity thumbnails yet the actual vids are genuine and normal

[@deadlydam]

They aren't red rings they are av cable error red ring is 3 red lights not all 4

[@theladdo]

@@deadlydam finally somebody who knows about this stuff

[@coolgamer6713]

@@deadlydam no he actually edit it in the thumbnail you can see the red is off a little

[@deadlydam]

@@coolgamer6713 i know but people still think it's a red ring when it's the xbox av error

[@Ryan96se]

I find it so amazing that 15 years later, you can buy a more reliable X-Box cheap than you could when new and paying out the butt for it.

[@jackochainsaw]

These are all the ones that worked decent so were held onto for a long time before being traded in. My original was one of the early ones. The disc drive broke first, then I had RROD shortly after. I sold it spares and repair. Wish I'd kept it looking back, probably could have fixed it.

[@lenz49]

Ps

[@trismegistus2881]

I think the later models were actually very reliable. Especially the Slim and later. The old ones also made so much noise, it was horrible.

[@ayetimes2]

It's xbox not x-box

[@realsnuuyhaha]

@@lenz49 lmao console wars are over

[@WhatsHisFace12346]

After years of owning an og 360, i can give you a tip: that first one will work fine press to open the tray then give it a slap above the tray and it'll open right up

[@jrob0021]

Lol

[@safetyzone2962]

That happens because the magnet that holds the disc in place can become too strong and when you hit the top of it you essentially knock the magnet loose for just enough time to open the tray.

[@nastysdsi]

@@safetyzone2962 It's usually just the belt getting loose over time. I've replaced that part in two 360 drives (plus some regular PC drives) and they work fine.

[@dmo848]

@@nastysdsi yup or a good cleaning with alcohol diluted

[@nastysdsi]

@@dmo848 You can also boil it, to shrink it a little bit.

[@CampingChair101]

You should make a video showing you cleaning/repairing these consoles

[@Stealth6921]

Yes he definitely should

[@jrob0021]

I probably will, but I think I'll start with it on my 2nd channel: kzbin.info/door/GWQ8KDbsWTQFfz26cz-r4Q

[@MikeeVee]

Agreed

[@waltercomunello121]

I got 5x x360 (Xenon, Falcon, Jasper, Trinity and Winchester) for a bit more than €100. minor issues like stuck dvd tray or non working wireless controller. lots of dust and dirt, the Jasper one with a busted shell. amazing how people just mistreat their stuff that badly and can't evaluate the seriousness of its faults.

[@Trokero956]

The third one looks like my clothes, after work.

[@intergalactic242]

They all look like somebody took a dump on them

[@williambarby4597]

@@intergalactic242 7p

[@Haloboss9572]

@@intergalactic242 XD

[@goodolddoug889]

Thrift stores can be great for buying consoles. I found the Star Wars R2D2 Xbox 360 for $13. No controller or cables, but it works perfectly. Also found a Japanese slim silver PS2 for $14, but it needs a new motor from what I can tell. It did boot up a few times but then died. I put a new laser in it and then it stopped spinning at all. lol

[@sandwichfromtesco4694]

Even to this day I still don't believe you found a star wars 360 for 13

[@Chuked]

I didn’t know people still reviewed this console in 2021! Great stuff

[@SpaceOwl]

I bought a GameCube from a Goodwill once for $30. There was a SSBM disc hidden inside

[@jeffreygamer32]

Man let me tell ya those gamecubes could really take punishment cause there was a time when I accidentally dropped my GameCube down an entire flight of stairs and there wasn't even the slightest of damage to the console it still worked perfectly fine and I never had any big issues with it, I had the console for atleast 10 or 11 years before I sold it

[@Stealth6921]

@@jeffreygamer32 wow that’s crazy. My iPod is like that. I chucked it across my house like 7 times and I didn’t even see one single scratch on it

[@jeffreygamer32]

@@Stealth6921 what kind of IPod was it cause I used to have an IPod classic years ago but it broke

[@jeffreygamer32]

@@GunnarGFORCE what? I'm a little confused by your question

[@parknich081]

lucky

[@Asriazh]

The tray opening and closing on its own is a pretty easy fix. The drive has a sensor that engages wnen it's closed. That tiny switch is probably dirty and because of that the tray doesnt know in which state it is. Cleaning that switch fixes its erratic behaviour. Just don't ask me where that switch is. Im talking from experience with PC-DVD drives that show the same error. There the switch is close to where the tray opens.

[@chevytitus628]

Its actually a small rubber band you can see as soon as you peer into the drive itself. Taking it out and gently cleaning it restores the opening process.

[@philsinclair]

You’d think they’d just go round with a cloth before sending out. Ya know, make it look like they care.

[@jrob0021]

Yeah. It's kinda funny because they actually packaged it really well, but couldn't take the extra couple of minutes to wipe it down

[@Chuked]

Ikr like they just threw in there

[@MegaFinalRound]

Maybe the black stuff is soot that is hard to take off? 🤔

[@jesuschrist711]

@@MegaFinalRound nah i had the same marks on mine. Its a bit of a scrub, but i didnt use anything besides my fingers, so its probably way easier with said cleaning tools

[@jackochainsaw]

Sweat stains of the slave workers boxing all these machines up adds value, supposedly.

[@YoungMrBlue]

7:46 seeing that old GameStop case gave me nostalgia

[@gabrielh9886]

Based on my experience and general common sense, usually when video game systems are sold “as-is” they have problems and have been taken apart before. Don’t ever expect a seller to mention that because they never do. eBay is riddled with sellers like that.

[@jrob0021]

Yep that's why I took a close look at these pictures before buying. Doesn't look like these have ever been opened before, or if they were, they were opened very stealthily

[@xozzy830x]

10:40 Me after buying a used console. 😛 I buy a lot of consoles to fix and repair them. It’s rare but a free game is sometimes included. Happened when I bought a GameCube and the free game was Pokémon Colosseum. Best GameCube of my life!

[@Ak4ShadowZ]

Haven’t even watch the video yet, BUT I know it’s gonna be a banger

[@Harsha04120]

12:30 can u send my saw game back😂 jk u can keep it, but i was looking for it and couldn't find it, so im happy they ended up on ur channel.

[@jeffreygamer32]

My Xbox 360 broke about 2 years ago when I got the red ring of death, I just now got another used Xbox 360 so I'm hoping it lasts me a while

[@deadlydam]

You sure it was the red ring

[@jeffreygamer32]

@@deadlydam yeah it was cause when I would turn it on it immediately gave me the red light on the power button

[@5mmg]

@@jeffreygamer32 was it 3 lights?

[@puls3tech]

@@jeffreygamer32 if it was 1 or 2 lights, then you’re probably okay, but if it was 3, it’s fucked

[@justthedoctor6822]

Those original 2005 Xbox 360's are sexy

[@gregr1578]

The reason the light is flashing on that one console is because of the disc drive constantly being opened and closed. The 360’s light flashes while opening the drive

[@WhirlwindQuest]

I love ur xbox 360 unboxing videos lol

[@Project_29]

The reason the first disk tray didn’t work is because the drive belt is stretched and it needs opened and a new belt

[@tristanraine]

Surprised he didn't do the tried and true method of banging on the top of the case near the DVD drive to see if it opened.

[@daveshank1921]

Exactomundo.

[@chevytitus628]

late comment but several years ago I learned how to get the disc tray to stop becoming stuck and get it out of the constantly opening state. The small black rubber band that works the small pulleys must be removed and cleaned with warm water and hand soap (or a soap bar), not alcohol (as it can burn or even melt the rubber). Just clean the small black rubber band like that, gently dry it off and reinsert it back into the console. Free fix I learned when I was 12 or 13 with my original Xbox and did the same with my white 360 console. Works every time: stops the tray from becoming stuck, hesitant on opening and ends the constant opening mode. No idea who posted the video but he helped me save my consoles and reduced extensive damage.

[@rwdplz1]

The dirt pattern from the third one looks like something that was in a house fire.

[@crazycsiw6404]

7:56 - 17511, Metro-R, very late, nothing special 11:11 - 12625, Kinect, early, 2011 13:54 - 9199, last NXE version, 2010

[@noneed4me2n7]

The older models that have the hdmi ports are the earliest revision and some modders prefer these models.

[@patrlim]

Why did they REMOVE HDMI?

[@cameronabernathy4675]

no the earliest revision is a Xenon and it has no hdmi

[@thesummergamer7245]

5:30 the shape of the clean area looks like a case, so there could be a game just sitting over there

[@jrob0021]

Good point

[@ghostly5866]

We had to beat our old 360 elite like it owed us money, just to get it to play discs. It worked really well up until it didn’t.

[@JJHcars]

Just Got 2 From Goodwill. This video gave me the guts to try. Didn't spend a ton but it's money. If they work. I won big time. I will update when it ships and arrives and I test them both Update: they Both worked! No games like yours lol but power and sync. The disc tray was issue. Pryed it open with knife. Put my hard drive and wireless modem in it. Updated and then I could open and close disc tray with the remote control. Got 2 black elites for 15.50 plus tax and free fed ex shipping. Beyond happy. Thanks again

[@lamort223able]

First one is a Falcon: pretty reliable but not the best Second one is a Jasper: the most reliable fat, probably will never RROD Third one is a Zephyr: they're trash Edit: i'm the guy who sells RGH 360's in your discord

[@jrob0021]

Thanks, I forgot the names for the motherboards. My personal console that I used for years is a jasper. Got it in 2009

[@R323838]

i have a launch 360 zephyr i got off of ebay in 2019, it still works surprisingly.

[@nastysdsi]

It's probably a late Falcon, which is as reliable as any Jasper. There's no way to know for sure without opening the console and removing the heatsink and thermal paste, though. I have both (although unfortunately, I killed my Falcon with a bad flash some time ago). Also, some Xenons/Zephyrs are way more reliable than others, depending on the CPU manufacturer/revision.

[@lamort223able]

@@nastysdsi yeah these consoles are luck based I just said what they were known for back in the days

[@tristanraine]

Pretty sure my Elite is a Jasper, I've had it for years and it still runs a treat.

[@Jfraire99]

The 3rd one's shell looks like it may have came from a house of a smoker and had something set on top of the 360 causing those lines. To really get the shells looking like how they originally were I recommend watching a tutorial from Oddtinkering

[@raymondswenson5529]

I used to always hear about this "wrapping a towel around it" trick. I of course.....would never actually try that Has anyone here ever tried that?

[@Jfraire99]

@@raymondswenson5529 I thought that was something for the rrod but I wouldn't know for sure because I've only had my black xbox 360 for about a month now.

[@androidunderground40]

@@raymondswenson5529 I heard it would only solve the issue temporarily

[@jordanmillraney5481]

Keep the NXE one because the one you made on the last video, it had dashboard version 8955 while the one you bought off goodwill was 9199. They’re the same but the 9199 one is a bit newer.

[@daveshank1921]

Dash doesnt matter anymore. Itll either be a KV donor updated to latest dash or RGH'd. ALL dashes and console revisions can be explioyed now except the newset blue COD Coronav3 with 500gb hdd.

[@lukedavis436]

Don't update them!!! Those are some rare Dashboards!!!

[@jrob0021]

Yep for sure

[@diskiii.]

Xbox 360 Tip: If the console is sideways, the disk drive might not work properly until it is flipped right side up with the HDD Drive on the top and/or the power button on the bottom.

[@TheNewSoda]

I mean what's the weirdest thing you ever bought from Goodwill I would love to see a video on that

[@jrob0021]

I haven't purchased much from goodwill recently lol so not gonna be too interesting right now

[@TSAMMariolover5554]

Man.. the manufacture date for the 2nd Xbox is 7 days before I was born lol

[@benjib2691]

Mate your comment makes me feel so old, I was already 9 and a half when this 360 Jasper was manufactured lol XD

[@KurosakiIchigo27]

I used to work at Goodwill, they don't test anything.

[@cosman666]

My friend sold me their xbox360 slim for $30, not only that, it works almost perfectly( it’s very loud when playing a disc )they gave me games with it and a controller that works plugged in, I will get it fixed eventually but other than that, it work fine and i love it.

[@luismarquez4757]

I really like the old xbox dashbords

[@smoke_sum597]

The third one you better never update. That’s a golden item right there.

[@LazyRetroGamer]

Number 2 is a Jasper (12.1 amps)

[@TofouNugget]

I have a Xbox 360 fat. It was my uncle's. But he never came back for it. So it's mine now lol

[@jrob0021]

lol

[@jabadahut8420]

The nostalgia from looking at those dashboards....

[@BodziuM]

Restoration video soon? :)

[@burnedtoast8151]

You can RGH 1.0 on both of those consoles that are on the older dashboards. The older one is on NXE dash and the other is on Kinect Dash. The newest one is on Metro and will need RGH 1.2, 2.0 or R-Jtag. (Use rgh 1.2, its just better all around)

[@2KSYT]

My Xbox 360 has a stuck eject button and on the inside it has loose pieces of plastic but from the outside looks pristine and runs great and cleaned it

[@slee_kyle]

Strange, that second one hasn't been used since 2011 or something and it's disc tray hasn't fixed itself, yet when my Xbox 360 (20/11/2008 for reference) had a similar issue in 2018 (I replaced it very quickly) and didn't use it for like a year and a half but it did fix itself at some point. Though it still needs to be weighed down to open the tray, that's not going to self-fix on any old Xbox 360, so it's a shame that all of them are like that now (or don't open for any reason really) .

[@Daniel-dl6fp]

I think you should make a video to fix the 2 xbox's with disc tray issues and refurbish them i think that would be really entertaining

[@Menjari]

The second XBox with 12V 12A is a Jasper, one of the most reliable consoles.

[@MYSEGAISBROKEN]

Hey that saw game holds value i usually see it for like $15-40 depending on condition.

[@jrob0021]

Shoot you're right. I just looked it up on ebay and there's one that's disc only listed for just under $20

[@diskiii.]

Sometimes if the disk tray doesn’t work, 1st step. Hit the eject button, 2nd step. Hit the top / side hard while it is ejecting, 3rd step. Here comes the disk! This is what my dad told me to do and it works 😳

[@jackgaming1675]

Most people judge the older xbox 360 models like saying oh no all of them do the red ring when I've owned a 2007 xbox 360 elite for a couple years and it's done the red ring only once

[@smtwc001]

in the first one just remove the front panel and put office clip in the little hole under disc tray and it should open... pretty old method used in old PCs cd roms but i always used it in my xbox 360 that had that issue since i bought it and it still works

[@ysn2273]

The one you dared most was the only one that actually allowed you to put the disc in and work at the same time

[@sparkles122]

As well as the rrod the early Xbox 360 also had disc drive issues. If you sent your Xbox bAck to Microsoft for the rrod to be fixed sometimes they would also replace the drives, happened to mine. Also pop off the front and you can access the tray eject hole

[@jet34thehawk]

Wow man awesome video

[@leolionz3692]

My 360 was so old it didn't even have the HDMI port yet

[@RRQualityRemoteControls]

So back in your time you just used your mind to get the tv working?

[@leolionz3692]

@@RRQualityRemoteControls 😂😂 it had the old RCA style connectors. Look up on Google "RCA connector Xbox 360" it had a bunch of other connections if your TV was capable of high definition. This was when the Xbox was just released and they updated it to HDMI pretty shortly after

[@hyper_matt2492]

Great video!

[@sneezyferret6482]

1st one is a Falcon, can get the RRoD. 2nd one is a Jasper, think it might even be a Kronos - definitely a keeper! They basically don't get the RRoD; they run very cool. 3rd one is a zephyr, 2nd revision after the Xenon and susceptible to the RRoD But yeah, they need taking apart and cleaning, esp. the DVD drives. For the one that wouldn't open, just replace the rubber band on the opening mechanism. They get worn and stretched after a time. Think you got a nice deal there. Have fun!

[@itsrobloxhere]

The jasper and kronos can definetly get the rrod, but it is unlikely

[@matttherrien9608]

My Zephyr was sent to "rehab" about a year-and-a-half after it was made. I just bought it. It's 17 years-old and I'm dying to see how long I can get out of it this winter.

[@NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth]

The silver tray ones are the original 👌 and unfortunately I was still playing SNES, ps1 Sega and og Xbox while my older siblings upgraded 😢 😔

[@DerkuiDerkui]

Goodwill, underrated website to get gaming consoles

[@jrob0021]

True, I've been looking at it lately and there so many. I can't decide which ones to buy lol

[@Irelad.]

top tier vids man

[@Exzell0123]

You should do a compilation of all of your Xbox 360 consoles

[@deadlydam]

I hate that the 2007 model has a hdmi but the 2006 model doesn't thank god i recently got a free 2008 model

[@money_hands]

You should go to different goodwills and see how many Wii sports games you could find🤔

[@ShitpostJay]

I have a GameCube from goodwill for 6 bucks. Like from their local thrift store.

[@jrob0021]

What year did u get it?

[@ShitpostJay]

@@jrob0021 last year

[@Bwong55]

On the 3rd the mark on top is probably from the blu ray player you could buy as an accessory.

[@Cody-Bear]

I thought Xbox was HD DVD? 🤔 Or am I mistaken?

[@Bwong55]

@@Cody-Beardvd is much different than bluray

[@Cody-Bear]

@@Bwong55 I just looked it up and the 360 does not play BluRays. Only regular DVD and HD-DVD. Which is what I was asking because you said BluRay

[@Bwong55]

@@Cody-Bear blu ray player as an accessory

[@Bwong55]

Did you not read my comment

[@TaylorMinecraftGaming]

7:38 The power supply shows orange, the power supply won't work, but that's only if it has a red ring.

[@DarkKnight2845]

A Kinect and NXE dash, those are quite rare finds nowadays.

[@aquaarora5370]

I love your vids man

[@truth.speaker]

Perhaps "untested" is the best way to describe it

[@BrodysOnXbox]

Everybody does not notice that Jacob’s Channel Photo is his Mii (Wii Character)

[@chloemotsinger2987]

I bought a xbox360 as is at good will for 24 dollars and it worked!

[@liam1791]

If the tray isn't working, try to give the console a good slap. It actually works for me.

[@kasurystech1978]

3 working consoles andddd 2 games, nice!!

[@eggbag4182]

The dirty Xbox definitely had a game box in one position on it for years

[@TimDespairBear11]

11:56 I actually had an Xbox 360 that had that same issue. When I bought my 360 slim in 2011 my disc drive kept opening up by itself so I had to exchange it.

[@HempireKing420]

"They smell like a goodwill." So they smell used? Like my ex lmao 🤣

[@Ottie193]

I used to have a 360 and never had an issue with it. Unfortunately, my mom made me sell it, because apparently I "didn't play on it any more," considering it was at my grandparents and I used it every time I was at their house.

[@puls3tech]

Considering it was your Xbox she had no right to make you do that

[@damienflores1921]

if the disc tray does not work i just slap my xbox on top of the disc tray and it works just give it some smacks and it will work it wont fix it but it will oopen the disc tray and when you put disc in it works my xbox 360 has the same issue(Only works on 1st xbox shown in video)

[@MoneyBrozYT]

9:13 from my research i think version 2.0.17511.0 is from late 2016

[@AwakenedSpace80]

I still have a working Xbox 360, yes I too am surprised

[@mohammadali6246]

My xbox 360 disc tray used to get stuck so 7 yr old me used to shove a butter knife in it it used to open as well lol

[@adangutierrez7066]

15:40 you can see him in the tv

[@EDFCentral]

Those droplets are from Cheeto juice! Gamer sweat and Cheeto dust equals Cheeto juice.

[@gunnie7080]

And you got *drum roll* 3 Red Rings Of Death!!!

[@Shephard117]

those consoles were so dirty I didn’t want you touching it😂 where gloves 🧤

[@GOODPACKRAT]

Who else remembers the red ring of death fix lololol

[@lithuanianballer3859]

fixes**

[@kasa1600]

Nah fam. That’s bloodstained. Straight from the crime scene.

[@MrBioniclefan1]

The last one was released in 2008 before the 2010 dashboard

[@jamesgaming2576]

God the last one was dusty

[@jrob0021]

Yeah. Lol

[@stuffiuploaded5473]

I bought a 360 at a brick and moter goodwill, it actually works

[@Gaming_with_Bobby1]

I still have one and it has the warranty sticker I believe I have four at my house

[@gregsmith9183]

I'm surprised these first gen fat consoles actually turned on and didn't have the RROD. Remember paying $5 for an original Xbox DUKE controller from a charity ship.

[@jrob0021]

Same lol

[@nastysdsi]

Well, they aren't first-gen. Jaspers and late Falcons are very reliable. Only the third one in this video (which is a Zephyr) had a high chance of hardware failure. You can tell the motherboard revision by the amperage on the label (on the console itself - not necessarily the PSU, since it's forwards-compatible). You can sort of tell if a Falcon is the fixed revision by looking at the manufacturing date, but you can't know for sure without removing the heatsink.

[@BlackAnt02]

The first xbox isn’t reset it just doesn’t have any storage containing any data no hard drive on the side

[@daniel070487]

easy fixes. first one is the drive belt, just clean it, it'l work. second should only be dust built up on the switch inside the drive, that lets the xbox know its closed, just clean it, it'll work.

[@Lugzexplo92]

#3 Xbox is was in a house fire but survived

[@Xtuboi]

At least 2 of them were on the NXE dashboard