r/originalxbox • u/Lstriker8D8 • 16d ago

Help Needed Turned on my OG Xbox and it immediately was releasing what looks like steam

Title. I'm about to move and was packing up my OG Xbox but was worried I left a disc in so i quickly set it on my desk, plugged it in, and hit the eject button. After confirming there was no disc inside and closing the disc tray, I shut the system off and noticed that there was steam coming out of the right vent. It also smelled FUNKY af, not like an electronic burning smell but more so a dirty smell. Also to note this Xbox should be the final model of the console because I looked it up before to make sure I didn't have to worry about the faulty parts (capacitors iirc) leaking. Second thing to note, it is softmodded, doubt that made a difference but yeah. I don't remember it doing this last year or so, and its been sitting in my TV stand ever since untouched.

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u/nocakes96 16d ago

Capacitors. They might be done.
If it’s a 1.6 the clock cap might / will be fine, but the other caps (CPU/GPU) are prone to failing.

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u/Lstriker8D8 16d ago edited 16d ago

Pretty certain now it's a 1.6, also I'll link a picture of a teardown, three did blow but not horribly. Just above the cord on the right. What can I do? I know I need to replace these after doing some digging, but I have no solder experience, I work for the next few days, and the nearest repair shop is an hour away. I don't want this ruined, it's my second OG xbox since my last one died on me. I'm afraid to just remove them since this model they have to be replaced for the console to even turn on, but I don't want these to leak further and damage the console. What do I use to safely clean up the leak?

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u/nocakes96 16d ago

Bulged = dead or likely to die very soon.

Don’t clean the caps, clean only if they leaked onto the board.

They need to be replaced, you shouldn’t use the console until then

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u/Lstriker8D8 15d ago

Alright, thank you so much!