I Bought 5 BROKEN Xbox Series X's From eBay - But Can I Fix Them?!

[@Tronicsfix]

SCAMMER ALERT!!! If you see ANYONE posting as me in the comments but isn't verified IT'S NOT ME and they will scam you. I don't sell anything in the comments section EVER. You can tell if it's me commenting because I have a verified account. PLEASE use their contact info to contact them and waste their time. The only way they will stop is if we all fight back.

[@windowsxpprofessional]

Yes I always check if the commenter is verified. I also tap at the profile pic

[@ayush_k-]

Hey Steve thanks I am an expert at wasting scammers' time as I get fake credit and debit renewal and fake lottery calls almost every week.

[@Napster60]

As a repair guy do you see anything in the design of this Xbox that would assume these problems are waiting to crop up? Or is it more likely to just be manufacture error rate that's entirely normal? In short.. Do you see these things failing over time or just because the parts where bad to start?

[@shinycompi]

Alright will do

[@tomv4576]

Hi do all patreons have a chance of buying a xbox series x or do i need to be at some level? And IF i can buy one do you ship it worldwide? Is really like your opinion about repair instead ewaste i repair stuff myself but in Belgium there are not much broken consoles to repair :( but i fix phones and laptops/pc's i hope i can fix consoles one day :p

[@thedragonshellfire]

I used to repair Xbox elite controllers that I got off eBay sadly they came out with the newer ones and I'm stuck with around 20-30 fixed controllers since people are no longer buying them but I liked seeing this so much I might go back into repairs. I'm disabled so there isn't much I can do. Thank you for bein a inspiration.

[@Warthog42069]

Could you imagine selling your broken Xbox Series X just to find out you pushed the HDMI 2.1 in too deep lol.

[@jojohill27]

Definitely why right to repair is so important to get into mainstream so people understand what these companies do

[@madcat4563]

Damnit I can't like this comment because it's already at 69.

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@madcat4563 uP

[@wisetekniquez5812]

And if ppl only knew what a trash company apple is and always will be by trying to go against Right to Repair. Morons will continue to buy them and small shops will keep taking every apple sucker's money to repair it 😂

[@uniteddrones7626]

Aren’t these still a new thing, how are you finding so many broken consoles. I still have my Xbox one original

[@burtpanzer]

I agree and suspect you're familiar with Louis Rossman and his efforts... great channel.

[@WalkthroughWill]

These game consoles are not even 8 months old, what are people doing lol 😂

[@hackthis02]

The pure excitement he got from fixing #2 is contagious. I know that feeling, It's a good one.

[@ulyssessait]

Steve Porter is kinda guy that very optimistic, that none of the problems he cant solve

[@sumamawaseem3666]

tell the time too selfish

[@Abdullahjimmy]

That was so amazing

[@gcb22]

That was an awesome fix to watch

[@devanshjain5145]

Serendipity

[@jaytaybrae3766]

I'm not understanding how it's so many broken next gen consoles. Why don't they send it back with the 1 year warranty that comes with the xbox. Nice vids btw.

[@nabilbensafi]

It boggles me how some people treat their consoles, I mean you have to set it up once and never touch it again.

[@m4heshd]

Being a programmer all my life, I can relate to that rush of tracking down an issue and finally fixing it. This video was so satisfying to watch. Thank you.

[@Bsidheq]

Imagine breaking your HDMI port on your series X……….

[@modermonkula]

We live in a world where a broken game console costs more than a working one from a retail website.

[@johny1220]

“We live, in a society! Where honor, is a distant memory, isn’t that right, TQG?!” 😂

[@decoy1312]

@@johny1220 you adding that emoji makes you without dignity

[@paulh43]

I still don't get how these devices are going on ebay, they have warranty and microsoft should swap them, and then you need to return the faulty ones...

[@smokeeish77]

@@paulh43 well welcome to the gray world of electronics. people buy stuff with stolen credit card info , can't really go complain about it if you bought it on the grey market ...

[@karmakaze9972]

none were more than retail tho

[@TWEEMASTER2000]

i used to mod 360s back in the day, and i feel like those were less of a mystery and easier to fix compared to whatever is wrong with the newest stuff. Right to repair is really important.

[@trevorquinn3757]

You single handedly got me to rip my n64 apart and fix it, including cleaning and restoration. Great videos man. Always keep up the work!

[@jacobras]

Nice work!

[@samuelraytheweirdcontentgu8551]

What did you have to fix?

[@trevorquinn3757]

@@samuelraytheweirdcontentgu8551 added an hdmi i port should I say

[@samuelraytheweirdcontentgu8551]

@@trevorquinn3757 ok

[@Jetanium]

I’m about to do my fat PS2.

[@cyrakohl5795]

This man is a genius. He diagnosed and fixed every problem. Super impressive. You get a like sir.

[@EffectR6]

ur pfp makes me happy

[@thewhang]

You're like the Bob Ross of diagnosing game console problems.

[@change929]

i have always tried to pinpoint who he reminded me of but never could, but this is it

[@or-what]

Steve, I think you just pioneered a routine repair with that power connector short fix. That's cool to see, with you discovering what could possibly become a common problem with the Series X.

[@ExemplarKyle]

That Xbox #2 fix was outstanding. Amazing the damage that one little short in the board can do.

[@highlander2222222]

How they managed to brake it so quickly? Also where is warranty

[@TRASHBOAT91]

Your the only guy I watch on KZbin that fix broken systems

[@rtbarshaw3766]

There are others?

[@lilgag474]

Butt

[@herrakaarme]

Awesome work figuring out the fault in #2, and thus in the other one as well. It was made all the better by connecting it to your experience with the earlier sample, which had the utterly burned chip. It's really interesting how you could hunt down the problem by using the simple multimeter and, above all, your knowledge and experience, despite the motherboard being so complicated with multiple layers and myriad components.

[@Anthony-fg4bv]

The editing of you putting #2 back together was so satisfying. If only that’s how fast it actually happened

[@felibootsack5300]

no double thta speed, the editor had some real thinking to do with it

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

Intermittent problems which are hard to diagnose are, in my experience, almost always the power supply. Brownouts caused by a wonky power supply make the system unstable, and you'll never get the same diagnosis twice. It's why I usually just try a new power supply first to see if it fixes the problem.

[@seacrezt]

As someone who is not very good at taking things apart and fixing them, I found this very interesting and I have learnt a lot. I took my PS5 apart to clean it the other day because of your videos.

[@Tronicsfix]

That's awesome! Love hearing stuff like this.

[@Chuked]

Jeez how dirty is it already its only been 6 months since launch

[@AlexKidd4Fun]

@@Chuked Clearly you've never had kids playing your consoles. They could do this level of nasty in just one evening.

[@AlphaMachina]

I love how modular these units are. It's ALMOST like they made them to be diagnosed and components replaced and/or repaired. Until they refuse to provide parts. Kinda wish I lived in Shenzhen, China or Taiwan, where parts can usually be found, even if they aren't always OEM.

[@antonioramirez4671]

Steve's buys 50 broken ps4s on ebay let's see if he can fix them

[@macroscalequantumsys]

And the answer is usually Yes, He Can!

[@Inergee7]

Me watching this guy fix technology is just mind blowing at how people can do this stuff. Great job and keep up the great work

[@benjaminorlandomejiahernan4847]

Literally, I'm applauding seeing how you repair the Xbox Series X number 2! I love your videos, you're my Master, greetings from El Salvador.

[@pcaetano7527]

i used to watch Clovis Xbox Repair videos , aka HGCGamersClub , but you are now my favorite when it comes to diagnosing xbox and video game system repairs .

[@kingamer2]

I love watching these videos and because of how simple the repairs can be make me wanna go into fixing stuff like this. Being a former auto tech most of the stuff you do is stuff I'd be doing on cars. Besides there's nothing as satisfying as seeing your hard work function normally again.

[@10100rsn]

30:35 Check fan for the boxes that turn on and then shut off and use the thermal camera to look for hot spots around the other voltage regulators on the boards. There are a few other voltage regulators on those boards besides the ones for the main APU that can fail. Some fail short circuit and heat up but sometimes they just don't output voltage. They are a pain to test when they aren't just shorted or heating up but soldering wires to points you want to test makes it extremely quick and easy. I have a couple of meters that I just connect with alligator clips to test a few at a time. ;)

[@bryanfrye8770]

These videos are soothing for me.

[@bryanfrye8770]

I bet figuring out that power issue was a huge boost of confidence, good job!

[@Tronicsfix]

It's always fun figuring out new issues!

[@razredge68]

The number of similar chip failures in these units makes me hesitant to even buy one. Only 1 of these appears to have been caused by owner neglect. I think I'll give it another year or so and see what the failure rate is.

[@jackboom9356]

That second Xbox repair was absolutely amazing, that’s raw smarts shining through😆

[@siberx4]

Since you already have a thermal camera, if you also have a reasonably beefy (5A+) bench power supply with current-limiting, then you can use it to diagnose shorts more easily. Set the power supply to the shorted rail voltage (12V, 5V, whatever) and set the current limit to zero, then hook it up to the shorted power rail. Gradually increase current until you are passing about 1-5W of power (this will occur at very low voltage, so you might need separate multimeters to measure the voltage/current if your bench supply's built-in meters aren't accurate enough). Give the board a bit of time to heat up, then point your thermal camera at it; the short path should be slightly warmer than the surroundings, and often warmest right at the shorted component because it's usually higher resistance than the surrounding traces/copper.

[@within_cells]

Love the satisfying diagnostics that I usually only get from Louis Rossmann. Great to see something other than his PPBUS

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

Absurd that there’s so many broken systems already

[@GadgetUK164]

Really enjoyed that one =D Great job, especially considering there's so little info out on these yet. Those mosfets failing like that makes me wonder if the XBOX X needs a mod to better heat sink them?

[@Tronicsfix]

I think they need something. Just seems like I’ve seen a number of them fail just on the ones I’ve bought so far.

[@thadofalltrades]

@@Tronicsfix would it be worth it to strip those off faulty boards and sell them? I'm sure a lot of people would buy them if videos like yours get out.

[@HosaBosa]

im really impressed how he didnt give up at all and kept on trying different things to fix the xbox appreciate the hard work man

[@MrRegD]

I’m fascinated by the analysis you go through to get the problems resolved... great job!

[@SunKing333]

Box 2 was pretty complex, but I enjoyed box 3’s repair the most. Thanks for showing this.

[@rodolfomares7171]

Always makes my day seeing your videos in my news feed, thanks alot master!

[@Tronicsfix]

Happy to hear that!

[@goatmade8933]

Steve is the absolute best! He is like The Rainman of broken electronics.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

This, is exactly how I want to start my weekend 👌👏

[@ridwanismail]

It's

[@LULZLSKennedy]

10/10 for introducing the video, and then going right into it. No intro that goes on forever!

[@WASKMUSIC]

Your content is so great and has so much value to people like me. Very professional and entertaining! Keep on doing this!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Juan1234567311]

You should inject a little voltage on the main power jack (at least 1V~2,5V) and check which component are getting hot. Then, you would found the faulty component and didn't need to remove all the good components and lose time.

[@danielescialpi2986]

Never clicked so fast!

[@Tronicsfix]

I appreciate that!

[@chriswilliams9734]

Can you help me with my ps5 order ? Apparently I dont click fast enough when it comes to putting it in my cart.

[@ginfiz125]

Lecchì

[@יהלילן-פ4ל]

one thing to always remember: if the power button on a console isnt working, then it may be the power button board or ribbon cable being either dislodged or faulty

[@xKeelar]

I love how you always troll people with the "perfect" amount of thermal paste. Love it.

[@boredofcarverticaladverts]

A trained KZbin professional! 😹 love this channel

[@bleach8888]

The right to repair act passed in New York atleast for a year. I dont know about other states though, since I dont live in them. But should be able to get parts by getting them in New York and shipped to you if your from a state that didnt pass the right to repair bill.

[@ShaneFix]

Nice! That second fix was awesome.

[@Tronicsfix]

That was a crazy one!

[@Snaqejack]

So satisfying to watch, i love to try and fix stuff myself. Changed the fan in my Switch and replaced the analog sticks in my joycon, very easy to do when you know what the fault is. And very easy thanks to KZbin

[@dennisremoel2510]

I saw "I bought a broken..." and clicked the on video.

[@JetfireWithy]

Not sure why But watching your videos gives me more confidence in taking consoles apart keep it up.

[@hydrasyphinx]

I am always blown away at how fast the world produces these broken units. It is still difficult to buy a New Series X and a bunch of people have already managed to break theirs.

[@MT_Real_]

It's easy to buy series X and S, i have lot of them

[@FrankEBailey]

10-year-old kid plays his new XBox and his little brother wants to play, they grapple over the controller and the little brother falls backwards, knocking the XBox against the TV stand and pushing the HDMI port all the way in. Whoops!

[@MT_Real_]

@@KM-ir4zp aaa, from polond, everyone here can buy an xbox series S and X without any problem

[@addameddah2955]

23:00 the most satisfying thing ever

[@TheCod3r]

Fantastic job Steve. Looks like you're finding some pretty common faults with these things. Definitely going to be useful to find the faults so we can fix them 😁 definitely interested in buying one of these for experimenting when you auction them off 😀😄

[@Tronicsfix]

Ya, this power issue seems to be pretty common so far. Hopefully it won't affect many of them.

[@andrewlindsay8392]

I like to watch and learn from you guys even Northridge fix......I have a Xbox which when you switch on it goes off that I need to unplug the power brick and plug back in but it just never powers on console so sadly I can't play Xbox one anymore I'd love to try get it fixed but don't have any trustworthy people where I am.

[@krazytaxicabbie]

I'm surprised you did a video on these in 30 minutes. I was thinking it's gonna be a 2 part video but damn! You're awesome!

[@mikaelg3638]

You are amazing sir. I could never afford an Xbox Series X, I rather have a broken one than none at all. And here you are, a magician in heaven playing and understanding that technology like it is nothing. You are amazing sir.

[@wjofre1]

You're the real deal Steve, hope I can be as good as you on fixing consoles someday.

[@n7russ38]

Seeing the pure joy you get fixing these is why I love this channel. Learn a lot too.

[@mr__music5719]

3/5 fixed is very good news! It's a shame you couldn't figure out number 5, but hopefully the problem becomes apparent soon.

[@simonecastellana3557]

This have been one of the most interesting fixes! It seems like those chips tend to be faulty. Hoping Microsoft is watching! Greetings from Italy, love your videos!!

[@elcid4398]

Few good man are still exists. Max respect to you Sir. #salute

[@SteWood]

Best part of every Friday these videos. Keep up the entertainment mate “finger cheese in the cracks” hahaha

[@Tronicsfix]

So glad you enjoy them!

[@batto271]

So satisfying watching you get them fixed! Good fix my friend steve!

[@Mr.Mariuzz]

I really enjoy watching your videos! It's so sad that manufacturers don't provide replacement parts :(

[@TreDogOfficial]

4 out of five 5 . . . _not_ _bad!_ 😲 Really satisfying to watch somebody conquer the challenge of fixing electronics. I need to get some soldering skills as well as to learn how to use that multimeter!

[@cesarn8918]

Great content, love watching fixing stuff videos!

[@Tronicsfix]

More to come!

[@tomhourson4303]

People like you are so impressive. So much knowledge

[@virgildeklerk]

Perfect video Steve, you make analyzing and fixing look soo easy but i think you have a great way of learning other people how to fix things. Always looking forward to your new videos. I hope you have a good one 😁😉

[@Cbas619]

seeing your thought process when you were fixing the second one was awesome!

[@GanjjaGuru]

you could be making AMAZING ASMR videos of you opening and fidgeting with the cases and clips to get them open, oh god would that be a dream come true

[@NZMASTEROFGAME]

So satisfying to watch! Please keep repairing!

[@JohnCiaccio]

It begs the questions: What's the failure your rate on these consoles? These problems don't seem to be caused by abuse to poor manufacturing and/or components.

[@koozmusic]

Awesome troubleshooting instinct with #2 (and #4)! Really nicely done =)

[@PrimeAlex35]

So basically extended warranty on these is a must since their are no parts :P

[@navtheartist]

You are amazing man. Problem solving and patience S tier.

[@elitedestroyer0083]

What's your opinion on the repairability of new gen consoles compared to last gen?

[@Tronicsfix]

Seems to be pretty similar so far.

[@HeenaPatel253]

@@Tronicsfix yeah its not like phones lol

[@NewBMike]

Wow amazing content. I love seeing how boards and tech work

[@Creedoo]

finally a longer video - time to get some express chicken soup and watch

[@Tronicsfix]

I've got some shorter ones coming up...sorry.

[@BCGaming666]

@@Tronicsfix I don’t mind at least we get videos to watch.

[@Creedoo]

@@Tronicsfix then instead of an express chicken soup I'll just get one of those express soups in a cup haha

[@g-wolf9445]

Excellent troubleshooting. Thankfully that thing doesn’t have a glitch or hold-up circuit. Those things are nightmares to deal with.

[@timtoomuch]

It amazes me how people treat their stuff.everytime I sell something it usually looks new still

[@Dinosaurbugerbuns]

Really enjoy watching this :)

[@mykalimba]

"Already got some finger cheese in the cracks. That's gross." Also: *wipes thumbnail through crack filled with finger cheese*

[@electronicengineer]

Yuck.

[@inputfunny]

Tastes good on toast.

[@inputfunny]

@@rockapartie We're still talking about controllers right?

[@inputfunny]

@@rockapartie Have you thought of taking some fine-grit sandpaper and smoothing it down?

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

4 out of 5 saved. Very good. Those two with the faulty chips where really interesting.

[@michaelgayman8709]

It’s sad to see people ruin these beautiful machines when I can’t even get one

[@karimkhayat8577]

They have been sitting in virgin megastore since the release

[@pistool1]

I had PSX in the 1990s. No other consoles or console gaming after that. Still, I will always watch the new video in this channel and subscribed a long time ago. Maybe it is a sign of excellent content or Steve or am I just weird? :D

[@Nightenstaff]

Ok, got it! Don't mess with the internals of power supplies. I'm gonna go lick those CRT suction cups instead!

[@MrKaram666]

yo man you are amazing, ur video opened up randomly and i saw the hard work u did there man, its great!!

[@tenmillionvolts]

I love the way we both feel the same joy when one of them shows the logo, and I'm not even fixing it, haha

[@dancando6391]

Some of the best soldering ive seen you do! looked amazing!

[@FluidExtractor]

I had a mini heart attack when he brought out than opened power supply. Imagine touching anything on that thing while it's connected to power, or even after disconnecting it.

[@tenmillionvolts]

When you've worked on lots of them, you can know what to touch safely. If you don't have experience,, you can get painful shocks so he's right about being very careful

[@FluidExtractor]

@@tenmillionvolts He does have experience, I have no doubts about that. Problem is that experience doesn't magically prevent all accidents. Handling a PSU like that is just careless.

[@tenmillionvolts]

@@FluidExtractor It's ok to handle them by the edges and manipulate them with plastic tools like he was doing. Once you have discharged the high voltage capacitors, they are fine to touch all you like

[@tenmillionvolts]

@RedTony yes, the primary side voltage is high enough to burn skin as well. There's not enough current stored to kill unless you have it powered on at the time and you put both hands across the mains or high voltage DC section (and keep them there long enough) so you'll just get a nasty fright and pain, then whip your hands away quickly. I've honestly lost count of the amount of shocks I've had from servicing high voltage gear. It just comes with the territory. You work as carefully as you can and be aware. You can fit a discharge resistor which will make the supply safe each time you turn it off. Most supplies have one built in these days.

[@natasvr508]

@@tenmillionvolts he literally touched the power supply with his bare finger while it was powered on. Absolutely foolish thing to do.

[@xfiles2588]

Good Vid Bro...I am a tech like you and love to fix things too....i think people like us were born for this

[@addy.is.live1]

Need a big tub of popcorn tonight 🥺

[@Tronicsfix]

Oh, YA!

[@Tefz.]

@@addy.is.live1 bruh

[@AshtonDwyer]

Long time viewer, love your work. When diagnosing a board, How come you don’t spray the circuit with some cold stuff, to see which components dry first, then that’s where your problem is.

[@byronramos1918]

“I’m not going to lie that one felt good” 😂😂

[@FreedumbHS]

One of the best videos I've seen. Great work, dude. Instant subscribe

[@YaowBucketHEAD]

I wonder how many people are "rough"/careless with these consoles when *so many* people who would take better care of a console can't get one to save their life.