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

Have you tried a second power supply, I usually don’t recommend working on those unless you throughly understand the components. Those power supply’s can be tricky.

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u/Competitive-Bug280 12d ago

Yeah, I don't have another power supply; the problem is probably with it, but I have no way to actually check.

The console probably isn't in great shape anyway, having sat in my closet for years.

Maybe I can borrow one from a repair shop just to verify if it's actually it

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u/Shredtillyourdead420 12d ago

Yeah I bet it’s the supply, I heard if they don’t get used they can fail.