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| Thread ID: 122319 | 2011-12-15 04:59:00 | Any way to salvage Xbox original? | skeptile2 (16539) | PC World Chat |
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| 1248751 | 2011-12-15 04:59:00 | I recently got an Xbox original (old, I know). It was a US model, so A) it had the wrong plug, and B) it was on the wrong voltage. So I used a "US Adaptor" and when I turned it on, it made a humming noise, and then a PHUT! So I guessed it was broken, because, as I later found out, the adaptor was a 250V adaptor, not a 125V, which is what the USA plugs run on. What I want to know is whether it was just a fuse, or has the whole thing died, and so, whether buying a transformer is worth it, or is it totally broken??? cheers, Skeptile |
skeptile2 (16539) | ||
| 1248752 | 2011-12-15 05:19:00 | Go find someone with the correct power thingy and test it. I know someone who has a US xbox. They need this extremely heavy voltage converter to get it to work. With a bit of luck you've only wrecked the power adapter and you can just buy another one. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1248753 | 2011-12-15 06:39:00 | I was looking at buying a new PSU, but the only one I can find is like $60, and as I paid $30 for the whole xbox, I guessed that was a bad deal. | skeptile2 (16539) | ||
| 1248754 | 2011-12-15 21:09:00 | You must be able to buy a second hand xbox for less than $60 and take the hard drive out of that? | mrlooneyman (16628) | ||
| 1248755 | 2011-12-15 22:41:00 | I recently got an Xbox original (old, I know). It was a US model, so A) it had the wrong plug, and B) it was on the wrong voltage. So I used a "US Adaptor" and when I turned it on, it made a humming noise, and then a PHUT! So I guessed it was broken, because, as I later found out, the adaptor was a 250V adaptor, not a 125V, which is what the USA plugs run on. What I want to know is whether it was just a fuse, or has the whole thing died, and so, whether buying a transformer is worth it, or is it totally broken??? cheers, Skeptile It is not clear from your description what you actually did. Supply voltages here are 230 volts, and the US is 110/115Volt. You should have used a wall-wart with NZ pin configuraion and 230 volts on the label, but it sounds like you just used a 'Plug type' adapter that simply converted the two round or parallel flat US pins on the existing US wall-wart to fit into the angled slots on a NZ outlet. This would almost certainly have killed the wall-wart, but has not necessarily damaged the X-Box (if you are lucky). So. you may have just popped the power supply (wall-wart) , or at worst, the X-Box DC input circuit. It is unlikely (but not impossible) that the HDD has been damaged. If you did what I think you did, i.e. just adapted the pins to fit the wall outlet, then you can buy universal power adapters from DSE or JayCar etc and provided you get the right DC output and polarity the X-Box may still work. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1248756 | 2011-12-15 22:52:00 | If it is an original XBox then the power supply is inside the unit itself so no power pack / wall wart, just a power cable directly into the back of the Xbox. You've most likely just killed the PSU but as others have said don't bother with finding a replacemet PSU when you can buy a whole original xbox for less probably on TradeMe. I've got one here if you want it for $50. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1248757 | 2011-12-16 01:30:00 | If it's a 115v Xbox you will need a stepdown transformer to run it. If you gave it 230v you will have blown its PSU. You will need to replace or repair the PSU and then get a stepdown transformer (expensive). If you can replace the PSU with a 230v one you will probably save money, since you won't have to buy a stepdown transformer. If the PSU is anything like a basic ATX supply you could probably even modify it to run on 230v, assuming of course you know what you're doing, which you don't, going by the fact you already blew it up, |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1248758 | 2011-12-16 01:45:00 | assuming of course you know what you're doing, which you don't, going by the fact you already blew it up, Subtle ... very subtle ... :lol: Well if it was me ... I'd be into like a pig into sh!t ... take out all the screws and have a good look around for the burn marks ... or maybe you might be lucky and all you've done is blown the slow-blow fuse. It's obviously not a warranty job, so you really don't have much to use by having a look. |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1248759 | 2011-12-16 04:17:00 | Yeah, I don't think it would be too hard to fix either. Probably a blown fuse and damage to some primary side components. Don't take my comment as an insult skeptile2, I have no idea what knowledge you have regarding electronics and the 240v mains is dangerous so if you couldn't figure out the voltage correctly you probably shouldn't just blindly open it and play around with it. Of course, that's not to say you should never try. If you find someone who does know about these things, and get them to help you, you'll learn something. Maybe you'll even end up fixing it. At the very least you'll know how to be safer around mains electricity and devices powered from it. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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