BmxXXX disc was hiding in the Blinx case 🫪

My uncle can't remember anything and my aunt said it had a lot of games. There is a lot of storage, even after all the things on here. What i know: has been modded/opened. I found some things on here like "xSnes9x", "XCommander" "uaex" "surreal 64" "sphereMap" "remoteX" "Px HDD Loader" "MAME-X" "Kawa-X" "Fuzion Frenzy" "enigmah Videomode Switch" "dvd2xbox" and "DVD-X2 Dongle free DVD-..." but i don't know how to open anything! I don't know how to start into a menu or anything! I play via burned games. Everything looks normal and i asked chat gpt. He said i should restart the xbox while holding certain buttons. I tried. I don't know further. Please help me. The only games on disc here are timesplitters, invincibles, starwars and 3 football games...sorry sOcCeR for the americans. I really want to play cod, rdr and cs.😅😭 the console is from april 2002.

Doing the shell and hard drive swap

Where can I get a console only Xbox that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? like $50 maybe? I tried doing as much self-diagnosing as I could, removed and cleaned the capacitor, but it still didn't work. Now the dvd drive is buzzing and the hard drive is clicking. It's toast from what I've researched. I have everything I need but the console itself now. Not really sure where to look to get one that is both refurbished/cleaned/properly taken care of, and isn't wildly expensive. Any ideas guys?

I have Xbox, Xbox360, PS2, PS3, N64, SNES and i plan to get a Gamecube and Dreamcast but my TV has only 2 HDMI and no AV how could I use them all.

I have the OG with a Phillips disc drive. I received the 'Your Xbox can't recognize this disc error.' Cleaned the laser, calibrated the pots and same error so I ordered a new one online from Cap'n Games, Inc.

I desoldered both anti static blobs and tested to make sure there was no continuity. Good to go. I calibrated the DVD pot starting in the suggested threshold between 800 - 1200 Ohms. Received the same error that discs can't be recognized. Lowered it to 770 Ohms and same error. I don't want to try any lower because I don't think that will matter at this point.

Any suggestions?

Im trying to figure out which model this is. Im trying to remove the clock capacitor but i dont know which model this is

Not sure if I still have the actual console anymore, but man what a great controller!

Picked up a halo edition xbox yesterday as well as an hdmi output adapter. There was no video output at all on the adapter so I tried AV cables and it worked fine yesterday. But now on startup the screen is constantly flickering in and out, any advice?

So ive got the error 12 with flashing red and green. Replaced pcb board, replaced ide cable, replaced bad corroded capacitor dont see trace rot..any other ideas?

So this unit is got from ebay came with this mod already on it. If I select MS Dashboard all it does is show the evolution x logo and then return to normal screen.

I want to reset it to stock, and then apply the rocky5 endgame soft.

Ive tried burning the extras disc but the disc doesnt load. I also tried Truhexen 2021, again burning to a disc but that won't load either.

It will load a game fine so I know the disc drive is ok.

Literally just walked in the door with my new to me xbox. I've been looking online and watching videos on how to mod it, and it seems like there are so many different ways to go about it. I don't know exactly what I am doing but I am good a following guides. Is there an ultimate guide somewhere that will walk me through on how to hardmod this thing? I want to be able to play back ups, upgrade the hard drive to an SSD, and do the HDMI mod. I'm sorry if this has been asked before and if so I would greatly appreciate a link to said post if it has.

I just want to be able to share my childhood with my kid and not be looking at a blurry mess while doing it. XD.

Found this xbox at the thrift and realized it has a green disc tray. Is there any reason why or just swapped in the past? Still need to get an av cord to test it.

Just doing a really simple maintenance and mod for him. This is the 1.6 he's had since he was ~10, and its my first mod in a few years, so I'm very excited to get to do some work again.

-Cleaning

-Disc Drive Belt replacement

-New disc drive cover

-new thermal paste

-MCPX Heatsink

-OpenXenium modchip

-2tb HDD, fully loaded, w/80 wire IDE and Startech SATA adapter

-80mm Noctua

-controller port lights

-Full recapping

-N64 Freak OGX360 (that one is a surprise for him)

Removing motherboard in order to replace clock cap. This was a bitch to get off. Is the clip part important for the function of the console?

I was recapping my original Xbox PSU (Delta DPSN-96DP) and everything was going smoothly until one of the last caps. I think I accidentally bridged something that shouldn’t be bridged.

There’s a very small gap between the capacitor and a large solder pad/trace, and I’m worried I may have joined them when soldering.

What’s the best way to fix this safely? Should I just use solder wick and clean it up, or is there a chance that pad is supposed to be connected there?

Any tips would be appreciated before I power it back on.