This Xbox One X Has A Strange Short Circuit. Can We ZAP It With Power And Fix The ESD Boost Circuit?

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[@jonathanlittle8393]

Merry Christmas to u and the family cheers m8

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers you too buddy

[@Diana2Carolina]

Great repair.

[@anthonyboccardo2726]

Great video mate, regardless of the outcome theres still plenty to learn from it, keep up the good work mate.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate, yeah I think unsuccessful repairs can still be as useful as a successful one if it gives you something new to learn 😀

[@dadwillfixit1907]

Cheers for the video mate

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers mate, merry Christmas 🎅

[@Discretesignals]

Santa needs to bring you a FLIR camera. Happy Christmas to you and your family.

[@TheCod3r]

Haha I've got one mate, I just don't use it very often

[@Ghozer]

You can replace the QFN with something like the HDMI2C1-6C1, and a QFN to DIP adaptor board, is a little bit fiddly, and you have to make sure you wire it up correctly (as the pinouts differ, but the chip has the same function) -- have seen success from a few places oinline (not myself)

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks for that, I'll look into it and maybe do a video on how to do it so people can find the help they need when those chips die

[@scottd9024]

Glad you said glass on the chip! The weakness in the glass is at the edges. This goes for any glass. Don't press hard on the edges of glass, hint, hint!!!

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah it's very weak at the edges. I've cracked a few of them to be honest

[@MrReeceyburger123]

Thanks again Phill I had a one X RMA the other day, retimer died again not sure why or how but they were from Ali express…. I hate these boards need so much heat to get the Ic to move 😭Hope you have a good Christmas 👍

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers mate merry Christmas. Chances are if the retimrr died again your customer needs to change their HDMI cable. I generally advise they change it anyway and sometimes give them a cheaper cable for free with the repair

[@MrReeceyburger123]

@@TheCod3r I did advise them replace the HDMI cable if it happens again I’ll replace it for them. Hope you are having a good one, have you checked my switch repair video out Phill ? I had one with a MLCC short on the EMMC was pretty happy with the find

[@robert11872]

Years a go my dads pc and mine blue at the same time wird wood love to know how to fix this stuff I have a x box one s never had it looked at and I got it 5 years a go and it still works

[@OblivionWalkerVerified]

I used to have an original Xbox. Sadly it ended up shorting on me. And I am still to this day trying to fix it… I am thinking maybe sending it to you as well… all costs covered of course. I know how currency between UK and Australia is.

[@philipsills5298]

Great video. You win some and you lose some unfortunately. Was a good honest video though showcasing your honest approach to your work so I have no doubt you will benefit longer term from your customer centric approach.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate. Yeah sometimes we just have to do what we can for the customer instead of thinking just about ourselves. I'd rather the customer at least be able to use it even if it means spending an extra few minutes to get it into 1080p for them

[@madmike2498]

Do you ever had Problems with the sata cable of the hdd connector? I sometimes got an e105 800745d error. After turning the one x off and waiting a few hours everything seemed to be ok until the error randomly returned. First i thought the hdd was broken and i installed an ssd. But the errors kept happening. After a long research i found someone recommending to replace the sata cable. I did it and had no problems after till now.

[@oznewton867]

Did you burn the short out or could it have been the debris that you removed from the port that was small and metallic shorting the 5v to gnd?

[@highroyds]

he removed the debris and the short was still there.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah as Roy said I did remove the debris and the short didn't disappear so i don't think it was that

[@ogm19881]

Would a surge protector help prevent this? also if you bypass the ESD the console will work but do you recommend the user to use a surge protector?

[@TheCod3r]

You can't really use a surge protector on HDMI as far as I know, unless there's one I've not seen. I could be wrong though. Yes if you bypass the ESD sometimes it will work fine

[@ogm19881]

@@TheCod3r Oh I thought the problem happened because of a surge on the power line to the power supply. This is actually a discharge of sorts through the hdmi connector?

[@C0smicr3aper]

@@ogm19881 yes, basically a higher voltage than normal or other electrical anomaly, like an esd event, went through the HDMI port and blew the esd protection ic bc it overloaded it, now the hard part is tracing where the root cause of it not displaying in 4k is coming from. It's almost got to be another short somewhere within that pipeline or a degraded data line ic not being able to funnel the 4k display data, but I could be wrong.

[@MyBroJimmy]

Ah man… I feel this one. I have an Xbox one x that was a nightmare repair and I got it finally to power up and display but won’t display anything more than 480P. It’s a horrible feeling! I buy mine on eBay and it was just a dud. I haven’t been able to fix it yet, I keep it complete though in hopes that I can fix it eventually.

[@TheCod3r]

Hopefully you eventually get it working. If I do find a solution I'll definitely post it on youtube :)

[@TheBotleyBoy]

My Mate Vince has a repair video on an Xbox One X that can only output 480p. I can't remember if he fixed it or not.

[@Wurstifier]

Hre replaced the TDP158/159 and it worked.

[@neddy1287]

Sad to see thinking that the hdmi wont output high resolution. I was thinking it the data lines in the port not detecting

[@8-bitsteve500]

a question if you have the time to answer it. I turned my PS4pro on today and got a huge and terrifying plume of smoke out the back, seriously it was scary and filled the room in seconds and stunk like hell. is it worth me sending this off for repair or is it just landfill fodder now? Thank you.

[@TheCod3r]

Hey bud. It sounds to me like the PSU might have popped a cap to be honest. They can go in spectacular fashion. It might just simply need a new PSU so definitely worth getting it looked at

[@TheBlackManitu]

Hello, I have an Xbox one X with a major issue I think. I press the on the button and it chimes on and shows the light, then it shuts off after 2 seconds. If I press the button shortly again, it also chimes off. I searched a little and found out that the TDP158 redriver can possibly make that issue, so I swapped that one for new. I also checked the HDD on my PC with several programs and in several tests for any failure but turns out it is in perfect condition. I checked the board for any damage, but there is no mechanical issue, no water damage, nothing, not even dust. It nearly looks new, since even the cooler and fan hasn't signs of dust, however, the thermal paste was hard, and the pads have some tiny cracks but are still soft when poked. I noticed that the cooler had a bent in the base which covers the ram, but it should have had contact since the pads left marks on the ram chips. However, I currently don't know where to search further, Micro Mage Repair told me to look for your videos since he said that the power rails could be an issue. Since I usually don't need to dig down that deep, it would be helpful to know where to check what on those power rails.

[@tacobeme]

This video alone serves as the marketing for your business. You went above and beyond and ultimatly didn't charge. Would make a good project for you to play with but I'm sure you would rather spend your downtime with other parts of your life. Unlucky, but Sterling effort !

[@nohaynadaaqui7998]

Hello buddy, may you do a video abou t how to bypass that IC, but on Xbox One S? Thanks

[@TheCod3r]

I don't have the pinout for the one s but that chip can be bought for the one s. The part number is HDMIC24-5F2

[@nohaynadaaqui7998]

@@TheCod3r Thanks for the answer! the problem is that im from colombia and shipping costs are very high, i was trying first to check if the bypass could work.

[@julianrousseau5993]

I got 2 xbox one x consoles that came in with video issues...replaced the retimer chips on both of them...after replacing issue persisted...after probing around further all the caps around the APU are shorted....is that the underlying issue or did I botch the retimer replacements?

[@TheCod3r]

You can't test the caps around the apu because they're all low impedance which means the caps will show up shorted because they have a low resistance to ground

[@julianrousseau5993]

@@TheCod3r even on the back side of the board?

[@TheCod3r]

@@julianrousseau5993 yeah any cap connected directly in line with the apu will show up as low impedance and needs a very expensive bit of kit to test properly

[@googlem7]

Imho. is the component you zapped from the specific +5V rail may be the culprit😎

[@TheCod3r]

It's possible but hard to say as I dont know what component was shorted

[@googlem7]

@@TheCod3r It be good to use your thermal imagimg camera.. handy for this type of problem, 👍

[@xXVintersorgXx]

You should get one of those heat/ir cameras to see where the board is heating up instead of trying to use your fingers. I think they are like 2-400 USD

[@TheCod3r]

I've got one mate it's just a bit awkward to use it on video because it connects to my phone

[@xXVintersorgXx]

@@TheCod3r got from your colab with tronicsfix btw. Wonder if Steve could help you sort that out. He does the ir camera thing all the time

[@giovanniunali2839]

Give to my mate Vince

[@TheCod3r]

Most of the content I produce is from customer consoles so I can't send them off elsewhere

[@Tysman909]

That short must of been on the apu

[@mikehall4517]

They have a chip that blows to protect the system, and then DON'T have a replacement chip.That's nice. 👎👎

[@TheCod3r]

Yep typical Microsoft 🙄

[@jasonlarnach6770]

Would a fuse do the same thing?

[@Stoney3K]

Could be a polyfuse inside the chip, which resets after a given amount of time.

[@lameturtle1170]

ain't it a HDMI2C4-5F2 ??

[@TheCod3r]

That's the correct part for the One S but the X uses a different chip unfortunately

[@phool136]

cap shorted

[@Arcade-fix]

Can't fix them all.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah sometimes we just do what we can to try and help the customer at least get a partially working console to tide them over until they can replace it

[@stevetealey2804]

well you gave it a good go but you can't win them all . where has your toothbrush gone did it go away some where for christmas and the new year and will it be back in the new year bud .

[@TheCod3r]

Haha yeah santa took it away 😅