POUND - Replacing Troublesome Capacitors on Your Original Xbox

[@ps3customgamer]

You're meant to push the legs through the pcb, bend out, solder then cut the legs. Having the legs uncut helps you and is super hard without.

[@BMR86]

Yeah I am surprised why he did that first

[@emmettturner9452]

The holes wouldn’t be plugged if you used the solder braid correctly. Add fresh solder and heat until it is flowed on both sides, then introduce a fresh piece of desoldering braid. Cutting the braid short and holding with tweezers makes it work much better since it can’t wick all your heat away. You can also hover the braid over the iron to pre-heat the braid without inactivating the flux in the braid and then quickly switch the iron on top of the braid and through hole once you have the solder flowing. Make sure you tip has a bit of solder to conduct heat into the braid but not so much it saturates the braid’s capacity needed to wick solder from the through hole. It’s all technique.

[@CerbTheUnidog]

Didn't realize this was a POUND technology video. I had to fix my Xbox HDMI Pound Cable because it wasn't actually soldered to ground when I got it. So I'm a bit dubious about this

[@HazeAnderson]

I keep coming back to this video for the assembly and disassembly. Thank you! 🙂👍

[@ChewyChicken589]

I recommend a good solder sucker for through hole. Not only does it remove the old solder, the capacitor usually falls out on it's own without needing to be pulled on

[@at-cj2iy]

Yea my xbox as the same problem with the excact same capacitors its getting bulgy and rusty Great vid tutorial thanks!!

[@emmettturner9452]

You should add fresh solder before working a capacitor out like that, especially if the solder is already corroded. If you just add heat and start tilting the capacitor without flowing fresh solder through to both sides it will likely flow on one side and not the other. This could easily damage pads/traces on the other side. Just add solder and dwell a bit before you move the capacitor. Also, 400 may be too hot for some. With a nice iron like that and fresh solder you should be able to get away with less.

[@poorlythoughtout5648]

Don't the 1.0 and 1.1 versions have 5 of those capacitors by the CPU? Not sure if this guide works for those.

[@howtobebasic2122]

i've repaired like 10 of these original xbox's because i recapped the whole board.

[@Rocky-hd8vg]

Can you help with mine?

[@danilodequeiroz9520]

What capacitors do I need for a whole recap on a 1.0 rev board, I'm not sure that just replace these 3 capacitors show on the video might fix my problem. My OG flashes the image on some TVs.

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

I need to replace my CPU capacitors too. I keep seeing different options like "solid" or "polymer" or "low resistance" or "high frequency". Does it matter which type?

[@The_Cokimoto]

This was quite easy thanks to your guide.

[@vkhelldog]

Some vid, I'm about to do a recap on my 1.6 and I was curious how to denote + from - on board and after I trim cap leads.

[@volks-jager]

all caps are marked. on the ones Denny was using the are green , but have a gold strip on one side. and the board will have corresponding marks

[@NiekkieNick]

What about the capacitors on the power supply?

[@TheRealNapsta]

Hey i bought your Xbox pound cable and it has a fuzzy picture. But I love this video.

[@GrimmTrixX]

I have your POUND HD cable for my original Xbox. Last year, I tested it, and it was fine. I haven't really used it since, but I am getting back into streaming. But all of a sudden, the audio is crackling, and voices sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks. I am also getting an "Out of Range" signal on my monitor that I didn't have before, yet I can see the image in OBS studio. I tried an alternate hdmi cable but it isn't the issue. What can I do?

[@PoundTechnology]

Shoot us an email to [e-mail] and we’ll see if we can help you out.

[@cardzgamez]

READ Make sure you power adapter is 10 amps Make sure pound cable is plugged is plugged into a 5v usb port *flat screens don't always provide 5v* if you have taken out the mother board or power supply some screws are needed for grounding so if all are not present then it also can cause this issue

[@marioandresjara]

Hi, I have a problem with my Xbox 1.0 and maybe you can help me. It works perfect with games on a 500gb HDD. When I turn on the console if i plug two controllers they work fine for 10 min and start failing, if I unplug 1 controller the other works just fine at any port, is like there s no enough power supply for both controlls. Do you know what can it be?. Sorry about my English.

[@johannesvonfreudenthal8738]

Please, name of music!?!!!

[@matheson153]

Just did this on a 1.4 as well and didn’t resolve the issue. Works great on my 1.1 though!

[@PoundTechnology]

Hi Skyler, Would you do me a favor and try plugging into the USB port to provide some additional power. See if the combination helps where either solution individually might not?

[@arnaudsaintilan3709]

Skyler Matheson hello un my 1.4 the cable doesn’t work but when i buy another Xbox 1.1 the cable work ?

[@adamgm10]

Unfortunately this did not fix the issue on my 1.4. I'll have to deal with the USB power for now. Great tutorial though.

[@emmettturner9452]

2:10 “The brand shouldn’t matter. I’m using Sanyo 3300uF caps rated at 6.3 volts” Whaaaaaaat?! You’re replacing all caps with the same value?! Clearly, you aren’t or you wouldn’t even have a cap kit. Also, the brand certainly does matter. Always use good caps when you replace them since you are going through the effort and the cost difference is negligible compared to a major manufacturer making millions (the reason they use cheap caps in the first place).

[@threepwoodsthrifts]

Do you need to replace all 30-40 caps?

[@PoundTechnology]

No, only the ones on the powersupply. However, there are some modders who do replace all caps to improve longevity to the console.

[@DCeric]

I think I may have fudged my system :( I'm hoping I didn't but I grabbed a new set that will hopefully solve the problem. I used 5 Sanyo and 3 poofed on me. 2 were fine. Put the old ones back in with the 2 new ones. It boots but now playing a game for a short amount of time eventually starts showing artifacts for a quick second and then completely locks up.

[@DCeric]

I went back in and made a major clean up seems to be working better. I really need some liquid flux.

[@Hoodville13]

Can i use 3300uf 10v capacitors from ebay?

[@cdiperformanceparts4364]

Yes

[@DodongoVideos]

Did this on a 1.4 but unfortunately it did not fix the issue, I've heard the revised cable might work better?

[@PoundTechnology]

Unfortunately it might still require external power to fully resolve the issue. If you have the release version of the cable this won't be possible. Sorry.

[@Viggen66]

When will the new cable be available? One thing I admire on business is honesty, and pound has proven do be run by that. However there's another difference for 1.4 the video chip is from "focus" manufacturer different from all models namely "conexant" and "xcalibur" the issue could also from the "focus" chipset,also similar HDMI cable from other vendors seem to also have issues with the 1.4 model not the same as here but some kind of a fog ,all other models work fine I read a review on a Amazon .

[@ronaldhenson3379]

Yes its totally worth replacing all the capacitors in a original Microsoft Xbox

[@MasterAilan]

Has anyone done this and it worked? Be aware that buying caps on ebay are typically fakes. Open them up and they're smaller capacitors wired to the can. You probably want to find local sources for your caps.

[@DaveDoc1984]

This didn't fix my 1.4 green xbox unfortunately.

[@gran_turismo_fan]

Check your power supply in your xbox. That can be also an issue causing the xbox not turning on. When you remove it from your xbox, flip it upside down and check to make sure that any of the solder joints are not popped (It easily noticeable when there's a black mark showing where it popped) If that's the case, find a another power supply that is a V1.4 part replacement that is correctly correspondent to your motherboard revision version. This is because that the xbox had too much voltage and shot the power supply. I hope this helped.

[@al.d9592]

Yeah man, this is not how to do this. With a proper iron like this hakko you should be able to free the holes from solder and put the caps through.

[@astrovewlix]

Wow. The advice here is terrible. No pre solder the legs on the original caps before removal? Clipping legs before inserting replacements. Huh?

[@TheYellowman2000]

has anyone noticed that his xbox actually says xobx @2:58 the factory must have made a misprint xD

[@jamesbogtrotter]

Or the console is upside down...

[@gran_turismo_fan]

That is because the camera's view is mirrored which is why it looks like the way it is. And clearly it isn't misprinted when your looking at it in person.

[@LouiesLog]

Cheaper to buy a new xbox lol

[@micheleraurorhi2021]

yep! ..but then they'd still be prone to fail as well if not recapped :(