Xbox One S with MULTIPLE FAULTS | Can I FIX It?

In this video, I'm going to try and fix a Microsoft XBox One S that powers on and then powers straight back off. Well, that's the original problem, but it turns out to be numerous different things. (Black Screen Of Death, anyone?)
I've tried to edit this down as much as possible, but there's just so much to cram in that I didn't want to cut anything relevant. Please leave me a comment below if you would prefer a "quick version"!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
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PS, needless to say, I don't really know what I'm doing. Please don't take this video as a "how to" in any way, it's just me attempting to fix broken stuff. Mostly badly.

[@StezStixFix]

I appreciate that this is a long video, but there was a lot going on. Please let me know if you'd prefer a shorter version?!

[@StizzedOut]

I usually watch youtube while multitasking/background noise.. IMHO, hour just about right... also F-YA!

[@jonome9565]

Long vid please

[@fixorbricks]

I love the longer ones. Helps me learn!

[@Krutzbe]

Nah, was ok. Just dont speed it up when you check for shortcuts. makes my ears bleed :D

[@murrij]

This was great. Longer when it needs to be, shorter when it can be. Unfortunately, some youtubers take a 10 minute video and extend it way long. Maybe the algorithms like it.

[@LKD70]

Man this hurt to watch. When I was younger my mother got me a second hand 360 classic for xmas, we weren't a well off family, so this was a huge deal. It worked well, a litte overheating here and there and some thermal paste placements required for Sure. One day it stopped working - I spent days working on it in secret hoping that my mother didn't notice it was broken as I feel it would have broken her too. I went through hell and back diagnosing the nonsense error codes and lights - Drove me to the edge of insanity. Luckily I got it back up and working (never could find out the cause). Regardless the xbox lasted me another year or so at least. It meant the world to me, and thus meant the world to my mum.

[@BigMeatyMike]

I watched a few 360 videos and mine had a similar issue way back when. The common theme seems to be that the board would actually flex under its own heat and cause temporary errors. mine would work then 5 minutes later it wouldn't turn on then the next day it would be fine. got a few 4 red ring death signs then it would pop back on like nothing happened. the console was just poorly designed for sure I still have mine actually the disk drive just doesn't work so its basically dead

[@SONNYemc]

Now that's a nice story to tell

[@FEARNL83]

​​@@BigMeatyMike Still have mine as well, I modded mine. Later on ran into the ring of death as well. Started reading on forums, and found out it was the flimsy backplane cross that had to keep the cooler in place. Because the board would heat up the board would start to bend and this made the processor not touch the heatsink and cooling paste. So made myself a new metal backplate with some insulation inbetween and added new cooling paste. Never had a single ring of death after that. I still have the 360 and it still works.

[@Mymatevince]

Well done Steve, you did really well to get that Xbox One S from hell working again. Big thumbs up from me :-)

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Vince 😊 It felt good saving this one from the rubbish dump!

[@KorAllRBare]

When you were testing the power supply Plug for shorts to the ground, Keep in mind "filtering capacitors" connected to the Positive and Negative rails hold a voltage ergo they can give a false positive indicating a short right up to the point where they are finally discharged. In short "your Meter will beep as long as the capacitors have a potential or voltage stored in them" Which BTW is perfectly fine as long as the beep does stop..

[@StezStixFix]

That makes perfect sense yet again. Your comments are always super helpful. Thank you so much! 🙂

[@SONNYemc]

I was about to tell him that I get the same false beep and I just got used to it 😂, but you explained it 👍

[@SONNYemc]

Do you do repairs sir ?

[@KorAllRBare]

I use to but as I retired I only repaired for my family and now since suffering the shakes or tremmors I gave up on it.. @@SONNYemc

[@Charlie_Crown]

Excellent, I believe Northridge Fix channel covered this also in one of his repairs, great channel in case you're unfamiliar with it, same with Buy It Fix It, great content👌

[@kiphakes]

Never apologise for a long video.. it's an absolute rollercoaster and I love it!

[@Framed-Naraht]

late to the party, but this ^

[@everettbunting4189]

I think my favorite part of your videos. Is you keep the failures in. Seeing someone struggle with the same issues makes you want to push forward. Great video keep them coming.

[@bjsharplin1]

Only folks that have done hours of troubleshooting can really appreciate your patience and determination. To say you were physically and emotionally exhausted is an understatement. Great work and I can only imagine how good it feels to have fixed it. We only see a small part of the work, you physically do all the work. A+++

[@jasonk795]

He's all guesswork. What troubleshooting? That's why it took so long.

[@muppetpaster]

🤣🤣🤣

[@noneyabidness9644]

As a person who has spent days looking for an l that was supposed to be an I (L-i) in thousands of lines of code... patience is a virtue. One, unfortunately, I did not share. I switched majors the next semester. 😂

[@lindaorr1805]

Why the negative feedback he makes no bones about being an expert he is learning and he has a hobby we are following him in and to be honest his adventures in this along with his self deprecation are informititve if not amusing and enjoyable

[@rod370]

Hi, Steve don't put yourself down. Your comtent is top notch. Stay safe to you and your loved ones.

[@davidca96]

Love to see when people dont give up and get rewarded like this, its always a win to get something broken and bringing it back to perfect working order.

[@KB1UIF]

Hi Steve, when you were testing the power socket you actually had no short to ground apart from the ground pins. When you reversed the meter leads you had what appeared to be a momentary short. What you actually had were the capacitors charging and once charged the apparent short disappeared. You will notice this, its very common when you put a meter on resistance or continuity range across a capacitor, it charges with the voltage from the leads, when you reverse the leads it discharges and then charges again. The length of a beep on continuity will be dependent on the amount of capacitance you have the test leads across. You can test this if you have an electrolytic capacitor out of circuit and a meter on continuity. The larger the capacitor value the longer the beep, its because of the charge time of the capacitor. Other meters, like ESR meters use charge times to work out the ESR of a capacitor. The greater the charge time the greater the ESR.

[@coreyjones1327]

Ive never been so happy for someone who just takes a stab at repairing these consoles. Great work and please keep making these vids.

[@John-1984]

The music during the disassembly kinda gives off a John Williams/Star Wars vibe.

[@markharrisllb]

You take your viewer on wonderful adventure using tools that are within reach of most viewers if not all at once. You are always pleasant and honest, you don’t pretend to know things you don’t but work them out even if you have to refer to other channels. It looks, like looking at the date of many comments, you’ve suddenly hit the KZbin algorithm well done and well deserved.

[@gb7767]

Not sure how you managed to think about going back to the original chip but hey it worked, what a result! Well done fella, you deserve the win for perserverance alone!

[@StezStixFix]

Thank you! I'm not sure why I went back to the original chip myself, I think it was a bit of desperation! But like you say, it worked, so happy days! 👍

[@Marine5D]

It makes me wonder how many time people didn't took that extra step back when all hope was lost and missed the chance to actually fix the item. But i guess there is nothing to lose except time when you are in that dead end situation so why not give it a go. I think that is a very good lesson.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Brilliant job. There were several times when I thought it was probably hopeless but you stuck with it

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks! Yeah, I very nearly gave up, but I'm glad I persevered 😊

[@Fifury161]

58:09 - as am I! Well done for sticking with it though, what an epic journey!

[@afterthewar54]

What an absolutely herculean effort. That was legitimately impressive, very well done!

[@futuresdojo]

Great work mate! I appreciate your effort. I learned so much from this video. I am stuck on my 4th xbox one s repair and watching this video was quite motivating; gave me the courage to give it another go. Please don't give us the short version of your videos. The long ones have so much more info in them and it's more likely we'll solve our own troubleshooting problems when we can see every aspect of your repair strategies. Cheers!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Mark, much appreciated! Good luck with your repair, I hope you can find the problem!👍

[@futuresdojo]

@@StezStixFix So, after about 11 hours worth of watching Xbox one s videos, I've circled back to you. Ok, so I've another question if that's alright. Here's my scenario: 1. 12v rail has no shorts. 2. 12v supply is good. 3. All MOSFETs are great. 4. No burn marks on the MoBo and all components are visually clean with no burn marks. Symptoms: 1. When I plug the PS into the board the fan does a regular 1 second spin 2. Upon hitting the power button, I get an Immediate shut off after the "beep on" tone. 3. Eject button does function, but after the board turns on it shuts off after a split second. I'm not sure what components I might check on the MoBo to get a solid lead that my southbridge needs a reflow, BUT I would surely prefer to feel silly if I missed something truly obvious. I'm afraid after logging in about 23 hours of troubleshooting and analysing under the scope, I could really use a fresh set of brain cells to give me a friendly nudge. Any suggestions? If you've an email address that you'd be willing to share that'd be great too! P.s. the first 2 boards I fixed, they would turn on fine without the HDD and without the BRD (Blu-ray Drive) plugged in. I had only tested the first two with the wifi card, power board, and the PS with the fan loosely placed on top. I want to avoid putting thermal paste on the fan, clamping it on for EVERY test to avoid wasting material and struggling with the blasted x-clamp. Should I be testing only after a full assembly?

[@StezStixFix]

Hi Mark! Have you checked out TheCod3r? He knows an awful lot about this stuff. I'm pretty sure he's done a few videos with that problem. I'm still a noob really, so I'm not sure if I can help you too much. But I would imagine that you must have a short somewhere. Have you been round the capacitors and checked for shorts to ground? If you have and are not finding any, then it probably is one of the BGA chips on there (unless its had a prior attempt like mine did on the retimer. Or if anything else has been replaced, like the HDMI port etc. I'd definitely check them for bridges.) Anyway, check out the Coder. He does it professionally and has some great videos. Also Andrew Paul, if you haven't seen his stuff. 👍

[@futuresdojo]

@@StezStixFix thanks so much for the reply! I have actually watched all of the Cod3r's videos and Andrew Paul as well. They have great stuff! Unfortunately, neither of them have anything that gave the me the edge I needed. At least not yet :) I have tried to each out but am still waiting for further replies from them. I'm still a noob as well. May I ask what the BGA chips are? Thanks for the reply mate. It really means a lot! Quick question. Concerning shorts: I removed every capacitor (all 6 above the coils on the 12v rail). I checked for continuity on the positive and ground points and noticed they they are shorted. Well, maybe they're supposed to be? I also noticed that the little gold/bronze colored ceramic looking caps on the APU are also shorted to ground. But not sure of that's also normal. I wish I had a fully functioning board to compare readings to. What do you think? Cheers!

[@futuresdojo]

@@StezStixFix fantastic! This was a great lead. Thanks a million!! I'll check out the Cod3r's group as well. Cheers!

[@BlkF]

This is the kind of journey I enjoy watching, I love to go on those journeys myself, poking having small breakthroughs and finally getting it working, I don't have much to work with but I seriously love this

[@MrProtector65]

loved it, thank you, my neighbour asked me to look at her son, lights up, Black Screen Of Death, do not think my 75 year heart, could take what you went through, but still great ending, and relief, the more you do, the better you get, look forward to the next one, regards

[@StezStixFix]

Thank you MrProtector! Much appreciated. I've had a couple of Xbox Ones with the Black screen of death. They were both the Hard Drive that had failed, but it could also be the HDMI port or the retimer chip. Good luck with fixing up your neighbours 👍

[@rod370]

Hi, Steve, Yes you fixed it. Nice one Steve i knew you could do it. I'm proud of you for doing that. Keep up the great work.

[@colinbrown3258]

I'm playing catch up on a lot of your videos, and I don't mind them being long it just shows how much hard work you put in, if the video was shorter with all the troubleshooting cut out, it would come across as an easy fix and after watching you take things off, put them back, take them off ( again ) it just shows that it's a big pain in the arse to find the solution. I am however really glad you stuck it out. You are an inspiration to anyone who wants to try an do what you do. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@dannyeccles1894]

I love coming back to these older videos. Still fun to watch.

[@Marine5D]

We all felt the same way, we all felt relieve when we finally saw that xbox logo on your tv screen :D

[@FluxKitten]

I'm so glad you showed this entire video . Well done on not giving up on it.

[@SimpleShaun80]

Those hdmi retimer chips can be a pain to replace, and you had to deal with someone else's work too great job mate :)

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Shaun. Yeah, this was a difficult one but it felt good to get it working! 👍

[@flyitlikeyoustoleituk1226]

No mate time flew by I felt your pain from start to end. Like mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" or "once you pop you can't stop" good job again that was a tough one 💪

[@nolancbg]

Can't applaud the work you did enough. Congrats on the result!

[@markdjdeenix6846]

Hi this was interesting 🤔.I watch a lot of the north bridge fix channel. The quad flat pack retimer chips need pre tinned pads,and a small blob of solder on the Center pad Heat push down ,run a chisel tip around all the pins to clear bridges The centre pad dissipates heat into the pc Good content 🤔well done

[@Darren_Barclay]

Here man we’ll done you got it in the end, I’ve just found your channel and am enjoying your content. I just love watching old things getting fixed or broken things get put back together, I love doing it myself with old tools and I do make a few videos for my channel of restorations. But I enjoy watching you going through the process of elimination to solve whatever is wrong with what your fixing, so I’ll definitely sub, ever little helps eh, I enjoy longer videos myself but most don’t, most don’t have the patience to sit for an hour and watch it let alone the week it would have taken you, hats off to you and keep at it man.

[@digitalgord5694]

I love the excitement you have when you get it to finally work. You can feel all that work and frustration rush away with joy!

[@seikb-9228]

That certainly was a patience test right there, thanks to you for holding up for the repair.

[@pootnannies]

That was a roller coaster ride. I didn’t think you’d be able to fix it towards the end but you pulled through!

[@firecrow7973]

that music when you found the burn was awesome. very good job

[@TacoTakoTaqo]

2 years late but, Congrats! I was so immersed, rooting for you the whole time. such a fun video.

[@chanyphilly8266]

You deserve a medal for your patience alone on this one!

[@lphillimore]

I had flash backs to the 'Strange but True' music at the start there. Great work as ever.

[@patzik1910]

Awesome repair Stez! Like the neo geo pocket, your didn’t give up, and it paid off. Well deserved win! Loved the video as usual. It really looked like they used plumbing solder to replace those chip, it had a very strange structure when you took off the retimer. Regarding the short on the 12v, this is the caps charging or discharging, that’s why you only got the beep for 1 or 2 seconds.

[@gotdsm95]

I had an OG Xbox from Goodwill that I went through a lot of various problems like this. I did the exact same thing with the disc drive lol. Love your videos Steve I think I'm closing in on watching all the videos you have out now. I always look forward to your new videos and love seeing the changes you have made to them as you make each one exciting and full of humor.

[@jesspar2]

Very good job, and very enjoyable watching you work. I wonder why you don’t have more subscribers by now? The quality and watchability of your videoes is so much better today!

[@_DanielPrieto]

57:47 this is by far the best Xbox one repair video on youtube

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Daniel, really appreciate that! 👍

[@5tu4rt]

I was only listening to your struggles (sitting at my pc and working 😁) thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact you'll get another watch (proper one) when I've finished work. Keep 'em coming!

[@RetroSaviour]

People like you have made me want to repair consoles too! I mainly do retro consoles but hope to one day move onto new consoles, thank you mate 👍

[@thebeerinnandrewmckenna2655]

Well done, I even struggle with surface mount kits, what a nightmare

[@barthanes1]

I agree. I think you bought some repair shop's collection of dead parts. A fantastic accomplishment getting it running.

[@mrsmw2020]

Just wow. Amazing that you maintained the patience to fix that. Well done.

[@RetroSK3L3]

Only just discovered your channel and loving it. What a great win this was. Great video

[@katieblackmore2004]

Must have felt so good when you got that heartbeat...... watching videos like this amaze me, nice work.

[@mediatour8898]

Awesome bro! You learn more with every fix, the struggle was beneficial!

[@golimonkey]

Great video, I love your persistence. Most people would give up...

[@PTguitars]

Outstanding work - completely amazing you rescued that mess. Cheers

[@RichieWilliams]

I really appreciate your perseverance and patience. Blooming well done Stez :)

[@robertl8057]

Well done, sir! Good on ya for not giving up.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Robert! This one was a real rollercoaster! 😁

[@Ukmartian1701]

Hi I have just found your channel and I have your back catalogue to through, so far I am liking and enjoying what I see...I can't do this myself but I still enjoy watching this keep up the good work .

[@rod370]

Hi, Steve. This video is intresting and forever seem's like a nice time period to watch it in.

[@ArcadeComputing]

I think for the amount of work required the length was appropriate :) Thumbs up, nice work Steve

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Andrew, much appreciated! 👍

[@trevorlack6565]

Bloody Hell mate, you have the patience of a Saint. I really felt your frustration and pain. Well done

[@Thertra70]

Man what a battle! Way to stick with it, glad it finally worked

[@paulcallaghan196]

Thanks!

[@n1ck211]

I appreciate the length of the vide and your perseverance 👍 this is something I would like to get into at some point in the new year, thanks for uploading 👍

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks N1ck! Much appreciated 😊

[@pitutete]

You suffered that one, great video mate. Good job. Big hug from Spain…

[@dr_ned_flanders]

Liked the long video. Well done on the fix.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Ned! Much appreciated 😊

[@KorAllRBare]

***Addendum*** With Transistors and Diodes always expect anything from around"0.6 to 0.9" one way and open when the leads are flipped, BTW with geranum junctions expect readings in diode mode as low as "0.3"

[@StezStixFix]

Thank you. Will look into this. Not sure what a geranum junction is, but I'll research! 😊

[@KorAllRBare]

@@StezStixFix I only mentioned Geranium as you may come across vintage electronics in your future endevours that may have Tranaistors and diodes with geranium junctions..

[@StezStixFix]

Ah, got you! Thanks bud! 😊

[@KorAllRBare]

@@StezStixFix Proper spelling btw is germanium.. sorry if my bad spell-n put you on the wrong track..

[@ianfleming4356]

Great work, your attention to detail is outstanding

[@Notpoop906]

seeing the mess some of these people create really makes me feel better about my soldering 😂 I'm very critical of whatever I do but seeing a mess like the one you discovered in that Xbox just makes me thankful that I'm no way near as bad as that 😂

[@VibrantMotion]

Well done, what a journey, I was even holding my piss in towards the end.... I needed to find out, it was one of those leg shaking frantically like a 11 year-old trying to keep it in... Epic, as said well done.

[@fkthewhat]

All considered, the innards of the xbone s are quite nicely done. I for one appreciate them packaging the psu separately as they tend to scare me! Also, I am enjoying this StezStix-binge!

[@dcfuksurmom]

I prefer PlayStation myself but I've done repairs on both the Xbox one and PS4 and the Xbox One is MUCH easier to service simply because its easier to get into, however the HDD is easier to get to on the PS4. Currently down own a PS4 or PS5, I sold my Xbox One to a friend (I never used it and needed the money). My PS2 and PS3 are still going strong.

[@100SteveB]

Nothing like that feeling when you get something like this working, can't beat it. Wow, looked like whoever originally worked on it used a paint stripper heat gun! Can't believe how much of the solder mask had been burnt off. I had a feeling that once you had replaced the re-timer with the one from eBay, and you got no power on that it would be that chip. Far too many fakes doing the rounds. But great job persevering, well worth it in the end.

[@mikemar42]

This one was an awesome journey. Love the content. Keep it up bud!

[@kodaloid]

This was really enjoyable to watch, glad I stuck around till the end :)

[@Audit-The-Auditors-UK]

When placing an IC with large ground plane in the middle do not press the chip down with your tweezers as this just squeezes the solder out into the surrounding pins and shorts them out. Use just a touch of solder on the ground plane. 🥴🥴🥴😀👍

[@can-I-fix-it]

Dont be so hard on your self. That was a great repair. Well done.....

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks James, appreciate it! 👍

[@jamesbeggs4324]

Real quick one on an older video - what is the bias lighting on your screen??? Those backlights look very cool. Also, well bloody done on the XBone!

[@bannzai]

Never give up, never surrender. Onward through your Quest of the Galaxy's worst botched repair jobs. Love , health and respect from Scotland UK

[@TonyVeart]

Well done Mate. I would have given up when the board went dead. Good One!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks mate. I was very close to giving up! But thought it was worth carrying on. I would probably have given up if there was no life after removing the chip again! Glad I carried on! 😊

[@MK-qo1rz]

Don't let the machines win! This was a good video and I didn't skip to the end!

[@charade993]

Good for you. A great feeling. With you all the way.

[@ximonx]

Chemtronics make the best wick I've tried so far! Nice fix too 👍

[@ripleysmith7583]

Good job! Way to stick it out! I know it was only a hour for me but it was hour on hour for you! And know I appreciate all the effort.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Ripley! It was a tough battle, thats for sure! 😄

[@Caluma122]

Tremendous job there, I certainly wouldn't have perservered like you did!

[@MrTimsvids]

Great Choice of undergarments, very comfy when slogging over a hot soldering iron, no bollock snagging, shall we say......................

[@crazycarl9484]

Tumultuous task magnificent triumph most enjoyable battle won. Hats off to you steve.

[@hayd7371]

When buying broken devices like this, it's worth asking the seller if it was working and then broke, or did they get it broken, have they attempted repair etc. Then even though it's bought as broken, you can at least work out if it's a high risk of being broken parts put together or is it just broken on them.

[@Zu3sUK]

You must NOT have met alot of people, 99% of people lie!

[@matthewbowers88]

I watched and enjoyed every minute of this. I learnt tonnes too. Brilliant.

[@Yoldark34]

The honest description ever as often on ebay sadly

[@StezStixFix]

So true! 😒

[@jeffdewe]

lol @ the music when you found that burnt looking chip. just perfect lol :)

[@CobraInformatique]

Perfect time video, I Love to watch your video because I learn a lot

[@RealThoughtSessions]

I think you deserve a medal from Microsoft after this fix!

[@mainmotar]

Bravo mate . That was quite the journey 👍

[@jimbodanssondodge1011]

apsolutely amasing ,what a exllent work ,,i fell also happy when its finally work

[@AFCJaack]

Such a feat! Well played Stez

[@marksequist7321]

This was awesome thanks so much. Now I'm subscribed so I don't miss anything real fun.

[@psi23k]

Great work and video 👍

[@irlshrek]

unreal. what a rollercoaster of emotions

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

The music at 08:18 sounds like montage music you would hear when the main character in a film suffers a near-death accident and slowly rehabilitates themself back to full health. you have done that on purpose hehe!

[@adajw89]

Hi Steve, I want to just say thank you for the content! Love your work! I want to do this as a hobby.. where do you start?

[@wollibaumfaller3233]

Finally I have time to watch the full video!

[@StezStixFix]

Hope you enjoy, Wolli! 🙂

[@wollibaumfaller3233]

@@StezStixFix Interesting Fix!

[@chr1998is]

Bloke from Manchester here 😂 Reminds me of Lockdown and me with a Xbox 360 and an a RGH chip 😂. That kept me busy for a while. I can take that thing apart in my sleep the amount of times I had to dismantle it due to something not working or not being plugged in right. Such a great feel when it springs back to life after a long soldering session and error codes 😂 I know exactly how this felt 😂

[@oldguy8177able]

i love your channel because its blood and guts repair .

[@LexLinux]

Well done man! really enjoyed the video!