My Original Xbox Holy Grail, but it goes wrong

[@ElGatoLoco698]

Importing an xbox from Japan? That's kinda like a chinese person importing a fortune cookie from the US.

[@JordanDCGehl]

Favorite game console of all time. 360 was great too. Best memories, lineup of games and era in general. Many would say NES, Genesis, Gameboy, but it would be Xbox for me.😁😁😁

[@N68dodgeboy]

I like 6th gen the most too, I maybe like Gamecube slightly more than Xbox, but the Xbox has to be a close second for me. Especially because of Steel Battalion, but not just Steel Battalion, the console also runs cross platform third party games so excellently too! The controller has aged perfectly, since microsoft hasn't changed it up all that much. Plus there's some exclusives (not just Halo or Steel Battalion), but the Xbox Live Arcade, Midtown Madness 3, Project Gotham Racing 2. Not to mention, the way the whole online interface/interactions worked, was miles ahead of the PS2 and especially the Gamecube since the Gameube only used full online for one game (Phantasy Star Online, which you can also play on the Original Xbox for significantly cheaper now in 2024, than if you wanted to play it on Gamecube). Otherwise the Gamecube only had LAN for a handful of games and each PS2 game used it's own proprietary code for the online multiplayer servers, whereas the Original Xbox relies on a shared library of services to make the servers work (except for Steel Battalion Line of Contact's Campaign server). This was why the Insignia devs were able to roll out support for so many games at once. Whereas on PS2, you have to reverse engineer every single PS2 Online server that was ever made.

[@RCDEPENDANT]

What's that heinous chiming sound in the background?

[@carnavs]

Amazing! One of these days I’ll decide to pull the trigger on getting it.

[@christianorthodoxy4769]

Pristine ' and bangs it on desk using one hand... 😮 Should put camer down and handle it with much more care

[@gz795]

I have the DoA Ultimate-Edition too, unmodified and still works. Only the optical drive have some issue, sometimes it works fine, sometimes not.

[@N68dodgeboy]

If you can find a second original Xbox for cheap with a working disk drive, like I said in the video, it's only nine screws to replace the disk drive and the beauty of the Original Xbox is that the disk drives are not married to the motherboards they came with from the factory! Sometimes the fix could involve replacing the capacitors inside the disk drive. :)

[@oldschooldude8370]

Try cleaning the laser & apply lithium grease on the gears after cleaning up the old.

[@RazorStoJ]

Blue!!! 😮🤩

[@bryandrobny7690]

You could have put a towel down so you won't scratch the xbox but noooo!

[@N68dodgeboy]

You are right, I thought about that as I was watching it back in the editing software (I cringed a little). It's all good though. I tried to be as careful as I could. Plus it didn't work as I hoped and was a little disappointed and not thinking straight.

[@Noob1263-xbone]

I wouldn't even play it. Just display it. Especially with the time compactors exploding like old batteries and the fact that the hard drives are also degrading

[@N68dodgeboy]

Luckily for me, I removed the problematic clock capacitor (so my console retrieves the time from the internet) and if any of the other essential capacitors blow, you can easily replace them for less than $10 (assuming you already have soldering equipment and the skills to use said equipment). Also replacing the HDD is really easy with FatXplorer Beta 3. When I buy something like this, it's because I am going to use it.

[@Noob1263-xbone]

@@N68dodgeboy of course, I understand 👍

[@justin_2488]

If you use hot air you can get up the feet and the labels to put it back to where it looks like nobody's ever been inside of it

[@CautionusJay]

You could have modchipped the OG Xbox and replaced the HDD rather than swapping the entire mobo

[@N68dodgeboy]

I ended up dumping the eeprom and put the original motherboard back, now it is softmodded. I only swapped the motherboard for a few months before I eventually got a raspberry pi pico and dumped the original motherboard's eeprom since the HDD was dead and I didn't have the HDD key to lock a new drive.... until I did get that HDD key.

[@oldschooldude8370]

I wish I hadnt sold mine. It was just a dvd player for years but I would definately mod it now. Was that an 80 pin ide? I couldnt tell. It gives a bump in speed versus the 40 pin it comes with. Looks to be 40 actually.

[@N68dodgeboy]

Yeah it's an original 40 pin I believe.

[@christianorthodoxy4769]

Pristine ' and bangs it on desk using one hand... 😮 Should put camer down and handle it with much more care

[@N68dodgeboy]

You are right. I cringed watching that back in the editing software. Someone else told me I should've put a towel and in hindsight... Yeah I definitely should've, that would've been smarter. I was just sad that it had an error code 7 and I wasn't thinking straight. It doesn't have any scratches though. I tried to be as careful as I could.

[@christianorthodoxy4769]

@@N68dodgeboy yes that console is beautiful next time put a towel or rag underneath it so it won't scratch it even a cardboard on top of your couch or bed.

[@christianorthodoxy4769]

@@N68dodgeboy and I was watching you unscrew it to 😂 lol🤭 💥 you need both hands bro. Lol scratches on that beautiful beast is not good 💯 😊