X-BOX series X HDMI repair

I presume the repair costs surpasses the price of a new X-Box. Otherwise you're too cheap, Mark.

God, what an ugly device! but you won! I shake hands through the screen!

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"Keep taking the screws out until it submits" - I will try this with my teenage kids!!

"Junk" loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool ..... loved that statement.....

Joy to watch you in action! Well done!

Clearly carefully designed to be easily serviceable - not! Good for you for remembering where the screws go - I would undoubtedly have a few left over when it was back together.

Ultimate form over substance. I'd refuse to work on that.

As you started using the desolder pump in my head I shouted out NOOOOO!!! - use braid!!!! No matter how careful you are they always skid sideways and fine tracks suffer - but you know that. Too late ......................

This was the first video with you where you didn't smile all the time. You really did hate this job.

Brilliant work. I've only done repairs on consoles from the nineties and back and this just seems horrible by comparison.

I am amazed you can put these things back together. I know why I own a pc and not a gaming console ! Good vid 👌 Mark.

Designed to be as hard to fix as possible. I always use USB hubs on my pc to save the motherboard usb sockets wearing out. A HDMI short extender would work well.

Apple Mack is worse! If you need to replace batteries they fill the bloody thing with a sort of black rubber you have to nibble it all out! They want you to buy a new Mack- they treat their customers like ::it !

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Junk, totaly agree! No games for me either

Wow, that was a lot of fiddly work to get to that connector. I've worked on some complicated stuff before, but never anything quite like that. Id pass on it.

Not sure why, but modern repairs don't do as much for me than older, more robust equipment. Weirdly enough, it's almost like the vintage stuff has a "soul" and "character" behind it's construction and circuitry. The new stuff literally screams "Made by a machine!" 😂

i feel for you things you have to do. amazing.

This time, the fear is on your face. But happy ending take back smile on your face.

Yes it is true junk consoles

And that is why I always use HDMI extenders so the main port never gets destroyed. Fine job fixing that one. Cheers!

That Xbox looks a bit like a piece of space hardware. Say what you will, but it is beautifully engineered. Space hardware is a right pain to rework I imagine, so this one sticks to that standard 😂

Molex nerds unite :)

If you tell an engineer to construct a device where exchanging essential connectors is as difficult as possible, something like this propably comes out.

I want to know how you know how to do up a bra do you know how to undo a bra he he

I wonder how many times Ive asked myself will it ever work again.

Thank you for posting 👍👍

Mark!
I’m loving your videos, and that Xbox repair felt as painful on this side as it did to you.
And speaking of that, it would appear that wherever your camera is, you aren’t looking at it, but rather looking to the side. It kind of takes away from the personal experience, so I’m wondering if you might put a small dot or something near your camera so you will be looking at your viewers.

Again, love the calibre of your work, and really enjoy your videos.
Thanks!

Try working on a Sony PlayStation 5 😅

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Was the replacement socket specific for the xbox, or just a generic part? The xbox series x uses hdmi 2.1, while generjc replacement parts are usually 2.0 or even 1.4. Just because it boots to the main screen doesn't mean it's fully working, you should have testes different resolutions and refresh rates.

Overall we could just see how much you hated this repair, and that isn't good, for you and the hardware. Leave console repaira for people who are enthusiastic about them, and keep to the stuff you actually enjoy. That's why we watch you, after all.

You have the patience of a saint. That thing is ridiculously complex. I'm glad I don't own one.

The less that can be fixed the more units they sell.

I could take the console apart, but I would be left with a bunch of screws left over after trying to reassemble it, and when I would plug it in it would show the BSOD.

Very amusing! So did you fix the Ethernet socket that was busted in the end?

A horribly complicated and very crammed machine.

Am using around 350-400C to heat the board from the bottom side.

welp, just finished watching all your videos. cant wait for more !

Construction of that looks like something from the automotive industry, everything having an outer steel casing. Bloody weird for a games console. Does not need any of that steel or that massive chunk of aluminium. MS are daft

Cure it with napalm !

I hate that stuff

What a nightmare… I would barely prefer the Walkman mecanism repair 😝

You did not repair the ethernet socket.

What is the economics of a repair like this?

Enjoy watching your videos.

It's more than apparent that these devices were designed in such a way not to be repaired. As with everything nowadays, they want you to wear them out and buy a new one as quickly as possible. Planned obsolescence being the name of the game.

Ahh, the joys of planned obsolescence...great video xD

I see it comes complete with the ubiquitous boys bedroom fluff

Looks like a flight data recorder

That was so painful to watch that this will be the first video of yours that I leave without watching all the repair being done.

That' one hell of a extension for that quick station. Does it loose much airflow traveling all that way?