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.

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.

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.

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.

Sold mine about a month ago

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

That sucks.

Quote from: Decimator Omega on December 11, 2015, 08:22:45 PM

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.

My OG Xbox committed suicide long ago

My OG Xbox committed suicide long ago

Sorry for your loss.

Quote from: Dr. Mojo Torso on December 11, 2015, 08:32:11 PM

My OG Xbox committed suicide long ago

Sorry for your loss.

thanks fam