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If there are any on Sep7 besides me. If your Xbox is old as mine, you're most likely going to want to do this. The first time I saw this video, I thought it was for consoles with a 1.6 motherboard only, but no. Its actually for anyone with an older model. In my case, mine is one of the first models and its still alive for the time being, but this fucking little bastard can be the very thing to kill my console. I thought about snapping it off, but I think I might ask my brother to desoder it for me instead since he was the last one to fix the power supply on mine since it went loose.

I'd rather set the date and time each time I turn it on rather than have a dead Original Xbox. Keep in mind this shit is softmodded and I've had this console since childhood. Sentimental value may not mean a lot to you guys, but it sure does mean a lot to me. Granted I could just buy another one if this one dies, but I would prefer to save this one.

I've read that this is recommend to do according to many hardware modders. What do you guys think? Btw, the clock capacitor according to other forums, have said that it has a 100% chance of failing. If this thing cracks or explodes, it will corrode vital parts of the motherboard, and leakage of the acid from the fucking thing will destroy your system.

Has anyone done this before?

Oh and mine is softmodded. The softmod has a pre-date and time set to 2005, so it won't prompt me on UnleashX, making it a bit less annoying to setup the date and time.
Last Edit: December 11, 2015, 05:35:19 AM by Decimator Omega


 
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fuck you
Pretty sure both my original Xboxs are far from dead now.


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Pretty sure both my original Xboxs are far from dead now.
Well then, that confirms it. I now know what I have to do to save mine.


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Okay. I already opened mine up. I just need to remove the DVD and HDD off of it. The HDD is such a pain in the ass to unplug.


 
 
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I was quite upset when I found out that the game cartridges for the original pokemon games (Gold) had an internal battery.
Tried to get it to work years later and the save was corrupted.

Ah well, Heartgold managed to redo the nostalgia and then create a whole bunch of fond memories ontop of it. Twice now actually, I started a new game on the day that my nephew was born too (Coincidental) so now I've got a bunch of pokemon that are precisely as old as he is >_>

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I was quite upset when I found out that the game cartridges for the original pokemon games (Gold) had an internal battery.
Tried to get it to work years later and the save was corrupted.
those batteries are replaceable, but they're rather pricey

good news is that now that they're putting red, blue, and yellow on virtual console in february
so later down the line, they could put gen 2 up


 
 
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I was quite upset when I found out that the game cartridges for the original pokemon games (Gold) had an internal battery.
Tried to get it to work years later and the save was corrupted.
those batteries are replaceable, but they're rather pricey

good news is that now that they're putting red, blue, and yellow on virtual console in february
so later down the line, they could put gen 2 up
Yeah, I did look into it and it would have been doable but having already lost the save file I didn't really care to.

I'm at peace with it though, HG is oddly where the strongest nostalgia I have for pokemon comes from and provided that DS games remain compatible with a device I own I'll be content.

2010 was a nice year for me
Pity the ones that followed weren't so great but what can you do >_>


 
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Goodness gracious, great balls of lightning!
My original Xbox is a tank. It still works like a champ, although I have to hit the top of it sometimes to open the disc tray.


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My original Xbox is a tank. It still works like a champ, although I have to hit the top of it sometimes to open the disc tray.

The original Xbox itself is a tank. But even the best of the best can get murdered by that little bastard called the clock capacitor, which is designed to remember the system time without having to enter it again after turning it on, but if yours is softmodded like mine, you don't even need the fucking thing and it's a hazard on older Xboxes like mine to begin with.

With help from my brother-in-law later today I'm doing to desoder the bastard off of it, saving my console from being wrecked.
Last Edit: December 11, 2015, 05:18:27 PM by Decimator Omega


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I was quite upset when I found out that the game cartridges for the original pokemon games (Gold) had an internal battery.
Tried to get it to work years later and the save was corrupted.

Ah well, Heartgold managed to redo the nostalgia and then create a whole bunch of fond memories ontop of it. Twice now actually, I started a new game on the day that my nephew was born too (Coincidental) so now I've got a bunch of pokemon that are precisely as old as he is >_>

rambling as usual

Yeah when I found that out I immediately stopped playing actual GBA games. I treat them like museum pieces now and play most of my collection digitally on my modded PSP.


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Emulation will preserve these games if companies don't release them digitally. Luckily a lot of Rare games are on XB1. That said my original Xbox is dead I think.
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Emulation will preserve these games if companies don't release them digitally. Luckily a lot of Rare games are on XB1.

Still, I want to be able to enjoy games like THUG 2, THPS4, and Whacked natively.


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>tfw OG Xbox died sometime last year, and your Dad forgot to remove Midtown Madness 3 before throwing it out


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>tfw OG Xbox died sometime last year, and your Dad forgot to remove Midtown Madness 3 before throwing it out

That sucks.


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That sucks.
I'll likely spend the extra $20 in acquiring another copy when I eventually buy another OG Xbox anyway fam.


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That sucks.
I'll likely spend the extra $20 in acquiring another copy when I eventually buy another OG Xbox anyway fam.

If you buy another OG Xbox, Ask the seller to see if he removed the clock capacitor. Or better yet, buy a 1.6 model to avoid that shit all together.


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I did it. Its over. This Xbox is going to last a little longer now because of it. No fucking problems, still works. The date went off, it set itself to 12/10/15 at midnight. Corrected it today's date. Guess I'll have to keep doing that from now on but I don't care. I fucking saved this thing from death.


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My OG Xbox committed suicide long ago

Sorry for your loss.


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tbh that thing was modded as fuck so i could pirate games lmao


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