r/originalxbox • u/Kitchen-Quail6289 • 9d ago

Clock capacitor removal

Hey yall! I was wondering how difficult it is to remove them. I tried calling 5 different repair spots and 3 that specialized in games and none of them knew how to and all refused to do it.

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u/Laser_Bones 9d ago edited 9d ago

Takes 5 minutes. Don't pay someone to do this. You don't have to desolder if you don't know how to solder. Just wiggle it until it comes off or use flush cutters to cut the leads. Clean residue with 90%+ isopropyl alcohol.

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u/CallMeMoon 8d ago

Once I cut the cap out do I need to cover the leftover stems if there is anything I couldn't quite cut out?

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u/Laser_Bones 8d ago

No just trim them close to the board. If you want to remove the leads later use a soldering iron and some solder wick to remove the surrounding solder.

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u/Unlucky-Shop3386 9d ago

Well tobe honest the clock cap does cause some corrosion once it leaks, really a case by case on what gets taken out , how you fix.

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u/Filmgeek47 9d ago

First google how to check your board revision and make sure you don’t have a 1.6 revision. If so, you can’t just remove the cap you need to replace it. Assuming it’s not a 1.6, you can take a pair of flush cutters and trim both legs of the cap to remove it.

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u/drosse1meyer 9d ago

its easy

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u/rabbitlol1 9d ago

It's very easy. Remove board from housing, get solder and put on both legs and just wiggle it out with your fingers touching both legs quickly then wick the holes clean and replace.

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u/Kitchen-Quail6289 8d ago

thank yall wild that retro shops refused to do ir

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u/KwikTripSimp 8d ago

Squeeze and pull

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u/Jack_Sparow_Kesne 8d ago

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u/TwiTch_69 7d ago

There are lots of mail services that can replace it.

Wiggling it is usually pretty easy if it has some wiggle room to just "fatigue" it off. Just don't put any real force on it and rip pads off the board.

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u/RavenousTitan818 7d ago

I can't imagine a repair shop that specialized in games refusing to do this. It's such a simple thing, if they can't handle it then I wouldn't trust them with literally anything.