SERIES X Displaying in 480p | ESD Filter Replacement With HELP From TheCod3r!

Many thanks to Phil from @TheCod3r with his help on this one!
The XBox Series X with the bypassed ESD filter chip, doesn't display in 4k. It will do very occasionally, but most of the time it's stuck in 480p.
Let's see if we can fix it by installing a newly reballed ESD filter chip!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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[@StezStixFix]

Stupid ESD filter thing

[@vinny142]

Good Dave though!

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

A needle with a bit of flux on the tip should be a better tool to pick and place tiny parts, by leveraging superficial tension. A friend of mine was using this technique when building jewelry.

[@anon_y_mousse]

I was expecting you to get ganked from behind by an invis-Elite and say "stupid Halo".

[@pashiki5480]

The steadiness in your hands is unreal mate. That is intricate work fella ! Love the channel

[@TheCod3r]

Absolutely brilliant Steve! The alignment of the chip was amazing, and even though the stupid chip broke you got some good practice in with reballing them, so that's a win 🏆 great job bud, love it 😀

[@ellisgarbutt1925]

Your a good lad Phil helping Steve out

[@TheCod3r]

@@ellisgarbutt1925 cheers bud, Stez is awesome, so happy to see how well he's doing

[@ellisgarbutt1925]

@@TheCod3rhes doing pretty good and to have people like you willing to help is the moste awesome thing to see

[@StezStixFix]

Cheers Phil, and thanks again for your help with this one! 👍

[@cunnyfunt30]

Top bloke Phil

[@budzillasohoski9858]

Steve. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this but you are extremely talented. You always knock yourself for not being “good” at things but in actuality, you have skills and patience not many others share. I’ve worked on electronics for 30+ years and can’t do or wouldn’t attempt to do the things you do. When you see a chip you’re working on under the microscope, the viewer thinks it’s huge but most don’t realize how unbelievably small these things are. You are brilliant and a blast to watch. Keep up the good work.

[@TheCod3r]

Good cod3r 😂

[@StezStixFix]

🤣

[@Rukyr99]

This time the singing (especially the Halo outro) outclassed the soldering. Nice.

[@michaelcarlon1831]

The music just takes this video to a different level.

[@pmc5532]

Handling small Balls like that takes Talent !!🤣 Well done sir.

[@northwestwildcamperssj3671]

I have zero skills with any of what you do,but completely love the way you talk and make your videos.. great job

[@UkdangermanRepairs]

I love the repair community. So supportive. Hats off to you, the cod3r and all the other repair guys out there. 👍

[@mrpetit2]

pretty funky rap, loved that Larry made an appearance. Good old days 😁😆👍

[@malekdahou95]

Gotta love Phil. He does so much for the community and always assisting others with help and spreading knowledge 🌟

[@idm8885]

Uncle Steve's symphony of destruction

[@rciancia]

I wonder who invented those ball chips... it had to be someone who firmly supports castration - Well done mate !!!! That's some micro stuff there.

[@StezStixFix]

🤣 definitely! Thanks Ron, much appreciated! 👍

[@theforthdoctor7872]

I suspect it was the same guy who invented those bloody ballbearing maze pixels I had a a kid. Lol

[@jdl3408]

Thanks for the context Voice Over Steve!

[@GameRaveTV]

The patience you have is off the charts. Fantastic re-fix!

[@wood0366]

Steve rocking up with a Julia Child "Oh, here's one I've set up earlier!" with Phil's chip would have been a giggle.

[@takashiemota9784]

Amazing fixing Amazing assistant Dave Good job buddy

[@Ed.Underscore.Underscore]

What an absolute lad @TheCod3r is!

[@KericthePally]

Great video. This is probably the most intimidating thing about microsoldering for me so it's nice to see you do so well on your first attempt. Gives me (some) hope!

[@gravedigga71]

Halo ❤ 😊Endsong, not the stupid game. Well done steve, was a pleasure to watch. Thanks @TheCod3r for the replacement stuff.

[@colinboneham7387]

Great work Steve, nice 1 Phil.

[@RedDev1l757]

Love the leisure suit Larry reference

[@pedromimoso8804]

Great work, Steve!

[@lauratiso]

Man, your videos are inspiring me to take the pile of work I've screwed up in the past and fix it. Yesterday I fixed my GameBoy Color I messed up the sound chip trying to change the potentiometer, but now it's working again! Thank you, Steve.

[@andrewhenderson3593]

Awesome video good to see other technicians helping each other out 👍

[@NexisTube]

nearly at 100k, awesome content as always!

[@gordonjeffrey231076]

Good first effort reballing Steve. Phil is a legend!! Watch both your channels and love them. You guys inspired me to get a efi locked MacBook Pro working. Stupid old efi chip swapped and hey presto!! A fully functioning laptop once again. Keep up the great work!!!

[@BuyitFixit]

Great Job Steve! NICE!

[@nooneson1]

Keep em coming stez love these videos and of course the outro songs

[@0errab0]

Congratz on being the first repairer that I've seen replace that chip and still get the 4k to work!

[@stephenoflaherty5656]

How is this even possible. So well done👏👏👏

[@Stefan_Payne]

Gotta love direct balled Silicon Dies soldered to the board....

[@weehappypixie]

Great video Steve. The easiest way to reball is to use a reball stencil. You can also use solder paste with the stencil.

[@preddy2940]

great video m8,Phil's a really nice guy and a really good tech

[@VenomDDD]

Stellar job, dude!

[@cypresscustoms]

Ahhhhh dat flow maaannnn!!! Ain’t skipping those sick bars!

[@larkan511]

Nice fix (again) and damn I'm jealous of your media setup, very clean!

[@bretzeletouffeur7401]

Love the singing as always, but especially that one !

[@DG-mi2mc]

Awesome job my dude!! Also thank you for adding the skip timestamp. Legend 🙏😆

[@dimitristamatakis2431]

Great job, really impressed. So far I've fried a Nintendo processor despite beautifully fitting a new USB chip and M92. Over heated the board and now have to break the news to a 9 yr old! This repair game is hard! Hat off to you and of course Phil and all community.

[@evilmissf]

Good Job, you and Phil make it look easy, wish I could do something as small as that, I just get blurred eyes and shaky hands, well done 👏 x

[@chrispike7249]

Good to see this one you & Phil working on this xbox series x Steve shame the chip broke but good for the practice experience there Steve 👍

[@samwilliamson4715]

Amazing outcome there Steve! I was really holding my breath when you were reflowing that chip to the board and those capacitors starting swimming about.. nice result tho👍

[@smokie0808]

You are 1 funny man, thanks for putting a smile on my face

[@Lenskee]

Hahaha, I love your songs, that's my type of humor right there! Awesome job, it's crazy how tiny these things are. I thought no human being could fix it.

[@Kaynos]

Hard to believe such a tinny thing is what makes it possible to do higher resolution. Good job Stez.

[@malinhead8468]

The cod3r knows his stuff

[@BrunakoPAO]

WoW Steve how do you manage to see those balls and where they belong to on the chip ?? 😅 big GG !!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Bruno! Yeah, it's really much harder than it looks when it's magnified! You need a steady hand! 😁

[@BrunakoPAO]

@@StezStixFix I'm thinking getting a microscope and the more I watch your vids, the more I want one

[@BlakeC27]

It looks like one of those puzzles where you have to get all the ball bearing in each of the holes only smaller. Much smaller.

[@alincocos7076]

I really hoped you would succeed. But next time you will do it. I definitely think that the chip was broken, otherwise you would have done it. Lovely videos, great fixes. Keep it up.

[@Tim_3100]

Good practice stez even though chip broke but still a great fix though

[@TheCyberDruid]

The beat on the Patreon shoutout this time is great :)

[@lindaorr1805]

Good on ya Phill

[@k1ckyscotland988]

You are the Messiah!. I should know,I've followed a few.

[@scouse1967]

Loving the "Captain Bodge" T-shirt, Steve lol

[@DankerTVTimeCapsule]

i had a feeling the wire trick would be an issue down the line. didn't expect the resolution to be the problem though.

[@fixitprohr]

Good work 💪

[@highfro]

TheCod3r! and StezStix Fix? am i dreaming!?!

[@zaust74]

Loved the first 2/3 of the songy thing

[@markvandesande8855]

Great listen to your comments and revist i commend you Sir.😁

[@infin1ty850]

I was worried there wasn't going to be a rap and then I was hit with one of the best ones yet.

[@CasualSpud]

I envy your fine motor skills.

[@greekwiz8140]

Good Job Steve. I would love to see some sort of compilation video with you, Phil, and Vince, maybe for your soon to be 100k subscribers? 3 of my favorite KZbin dudes.

[@greekwiz8140]

@Stezstix fix looks looks like you hitting the big time now. You even have a scamming bot on your channel now 🤣

[@jontait1095]

Nice console's setup

[@hakim031]

Hello From France, you are the avengers of retro fixing? 😄 i think yes :😂

[@robbkenobi]

Great job! Hey, I've seen other videos of yellow tape being used over the nearby fuses/capacitors to shield from the heat gun. Is there any merit in doing that?

[@aimetek]

BRAVO !

[@tomasw22]

nice work

[@octymocty132]

Have you tried Kapton tape to try and hold down other chips and try cancell out some heat while using heat gun to solder

[@wojiaobill]

youre actually a pretty talented lyricist!

[@leeheggie7043]

Phils a good guy. Nice video. did you hear me shouting yes when you were shouting no hahaha

[@dom1310df]

Your choice of songs related to something in the video reminds me of Homes Under The Hammer

[@wanjockey]

Very nice.

[@scottreids]

I love your content! I watch like I'll end up doing it myself but I know I definitely don't have the skill needed to do this hahaha 😅

[@brianlamtman7361]

Hay!!! Your music is getting better…. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@alexlucyrep9948]

you do make me lol keep going funny watching you in a good way :)

[@otakudad6423]

Phil to to rescue. What a legend! Great work Steve!

[@KoSLoW27]

Good jobbbb 🎉

[@gamergysyria]

Nice work dude, iam from Gamergy syria channel, I liked your work 👍

[@georg_wacker]

Holy shit the shoutout flow was insane!

[@W.Keeling]

great video steve, you must have the patience of a saint, it would be out the window in 5 minutes with me ha

[@superamario6464]

Nice!!!!

[@djthashock]

What's your Soundsystem? Looks pretty neat.

[@AdamTaylor-RDL]

Shame the original chip broke somehow, great fix despite the setbacks though!

[@craiggilchrist4223]

Balling that chip looked really frustrating to do.

[@spootybooter]

nice leisure suit larry name drop

[@spatbee]

I can't imagine an activity more frustrating than reballing a chip. My hands are too shaky.

[@danny66442200]

I'd love to see a video of that setup you have behind your TV to connect all of those devices.

[@PracticalDadd]

Awesome work! If you keep at it, you might make it more than 5 minutes in Halo without dying

[@I_RacooN_I]

Nice Job Steve, Silly Xbox

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Racoon! 😁

[@antoinedacosta9141]

Excellent job in replacing the ESD chip. But one thing annoys me, your XBox is sending it’s heat directly to the Denon amplifier that could bring faster wear on it. Mine is put sideways so it blow more to the back than on my Set top box and my Blu-Ray player. Another way would be to swap the two so that your XBox expels to the wall.

[@marsbar944]

Is the esd filter the same on the xbox one x. My series x esd chip is cracked and i can't find a replacement. Thanks and great video

[@PyroX792]

Hey Steve, are you putting fresh thermal compound on when you fully reassemble, right? Like, after you are done with all your testing and what not?

[@Mark-zj3xu]

Steve always put the wrong amount of thermal paste back on. ;-)

[@ontwricht]

The past tense of yeet is yote Steve.

[@mbob4337]

I got so mad when the chip broke. You were 99% there.

[@rocdocs]

Shot callin!

[@dodgydruid]

I like Phil's vids, he's a solid chap even if he sounds a bit Peaky Blinders but have to admit there is life past the Watford Gap not everyone is blessed to be a holy southerner... my car was built in Tamworth so got something good from oop north (dodges ballistic black puddings and rabid whippets /yoinks)

[@RyanDavidHale]

Hey Stez I am really interested in your console, TV audio setup - any chance you could do a quick video to show us your setup? I still run an old XBox360 and PS3 but have them frankesteined through my very old PC to play the audio and the like. Anyway, great video as always and glad you go the ESD chip thingy fixed

[@darkspongebob11]

the wires are probally just going to the tv like it normally would also thats very odd having it go throught some kind of pc just for audio

[@RyanDavidHale]

@@darkspongebob11 I should probably clarify My consoles are running into my PC monitor(s), but as the monitors I am running have no speakers, I am currently running the audio into my pc and outputting the audio into my 5.1 speaker setup - IT certinly isn't a great setup as I then need my PC on just to hear anything. So my 360 for example (it's the old, old version so no hdmi output, I have VGA or phono, I use th VGA to a hdmi output but tha leaves me with the audio on the phonos) I have just found out about HDMI splitters so looking into that too. Back to Steve's setup, He has loads of different consoles hooked to his TV and just wondered how he switcehs between them and handles the sound of the older onces - I can see a Denon box, so guessing that some sort of amp? and as he has multiple speakers, again guessing he is running some surround setup - would be cool to learn more Cheers

[@darkspongebob11]

@@RyanDavidHale it looks like a fancy tv so it possibly might have a lot more ports then a normal probably cheaper tvs and yeah even if there isnt enough you can get splitters and stuff to actually get more ports, i ideally need this so i can actually Easly switch between them because i only have one port on my extremely cheap tv

[@hervegabet]

Hi Steve , why your ambilight is it pink with a green screen ? 🤔

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I think it detected some voice over after the chip broke. "Family friendly" only if your kids can't read lips! I'm just taking the piss. I can barely solder onto pads that are the size of that entire chip. That was a valiant attempt, and required larger balls than many androids are currently equipped with. Good show all the same.