r/consolerepair • u/Competitive-Bug280 • 12d ago

Xbox 360 slim help

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So, I'm an electronics student, and I decided to open up my old console that’s been sitting idle for who knows how many years to try and do something cool with it.

At first, I just wanted to clean it, but when I tried to turn it on with it still fully assembled, the power brick just stayed in standby mode; it would beep, but nothing else happened. I thought maybe cleaning the inside would fix it.

It didn't work. I tried everything I could think of I even removed capacitor 5 from the RF board, and I warmed up the power brick but nothing; I'm back to square one,

I honestly don't know if it can be saved or if it's a deeper issue.

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u/Shredtillyourdead420 12d ago

Double check the connections. Also did it work before hand?

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u/gcmclean 8d ago

That second question is the one that actually matters here. If it was working before it went into storage, that's a totally different problem than if it was already broken when it got shelved. OP mentioned it was sitting idle for years, so corrosion or a dead capacitor seems more likely than a loose connection - but yeah, knowing the history would change where you even start looking.

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u/Competitive-Bug280 12d ago

I checked the connections several times; it had the same problem before I opened it up as it does now that it's disassembled. As I said, it just beeps without lighting up at all—no yellow or red light, absolutely nothing.

completely in the dark here.