I Paid $360/£265 For A BROKEN Xbox Series X On eBay! But Was I Being Lied To And Can I Fix It? 

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Hey everyone. I hope you enjoy the video. I did film the outro on my camera's SD card but it became corrupt. Lucky I had a backup on OBS but face tracking was turned on. Sorry about that 😕😁

I can watch soldering all night. Fixing a cheap broken console for yourself makes owning it all the sweeter. Great video.

This is probably been the best tear down commentary I've ever heard. Explained everything extremely well and it made sense 👍

Well done, man !! I was holding my breath for the final switch on. You inspire me to be better at giving things a try, thanks for the vidoes/streams

RU-vid suggestion algorithm comes through again! First time watching, excellent video and I feel like I learned a good bit as well! Subbed :)

Awesome job, it's always satisfying to see a repair that brings electronics back to life and get a second chance. Most people will give up and just chuck it and sometimes it just needs a little tlc to get it back working.

i strained the HDMI port on my series X recently, luckily it still works but the port is a little wobbly with holding a cable in, I've ordered just about all the tools needed to replace the port if needed and they should be here in a few days. Super excited to expand my repair skills. you and TronicsFix have inspired me to keep exploring electronics repairs! thank you both!

As soon as you zoomed in on the back of that HDMI port I knew it was the problem. Good job on fixing this and welcome to the club of Series X ownership! 👍

The engineering is cool on the Series X. The split board and the way they did the cooling is nice.

Wasn't that bad i spected way worse from a previous repair attempt, you saved an amazing console from going to the landfill and you can use it and enjoy it

Great work man, very skilled and knowledgeable, someone else obviously tried and gave up on it, their loss is your gain 💪

This is great man just found you randomly. I know almost nothing about electronics but managed to diagnose repair a broken solder on the start button on my microwave with a similar process a while ago and it was so satisfying! Reminded me of the buzz you must have felt turning on the Xbox

Don’t know how,but for some unknown reason,one of your videos popped up in my recommendations…that was a few hours ago. 😂 I’ve watched a few since then. Fantastic channel and great to hear a English voice for a change. The bonus i,you do repairs for us the public,so now you are a top of a very short list when it comes to needing repairs. Keep up the amazing content and yes,I’m most definitely subscribed 👍

I find it so cool how you've learnt the knowledge that is so useful and lets you get a nice trade off of being able to get cheap consoles and able to fix them for a well earned reward for all the time you have put in on learning this stuff

Nice one mate, this was the problem with mine also I just got it fixed up works perfectly, Keep at it 🔥🔥

When you work on something yourself you tend to appreciate it even more, great video and bravissimo.

you are not cheep person you are wise one

I don’t know how I got here but very cool. The engineering and design of these products is insane. And the fact you can identify the problem and fix it is very cool.

Hellooo, came across your channel last week and now find myself constantly watching your videos :-) must say your best I have seen on youtube, you talk through everything which helps so much - other youtubers dont like to show it all and keep things a secret. Can i ask which copper wire you used on that track repair please?

This is hard-core. Best RU-vid channel out there. Must follow.

Confident in your work, to completely assemble before testing . Awesome!!.. But your X bracket was put in wrong🧐.. nice work as usual.

Hope you always stay healthy and happy, cos this world needs people like you for fixing video game consoles which gets abandoned by it's very own manufacturing companies.

Sir I really enjoy all of your videos keep up the best content on RU-vid

Really enjoyed that, great save! Thank you.

Really good job explaining how to use the jump wire and then test the trace from the jumped pin, made complete sense.

After turning the power on and off a few times, I never once had a scooby what was going on, lol. But I was enthralled throughout. The fluxy bits were my favourite. Kinda trippy. Keep on truckin', brother. Subbed.

Brilliant, so pleased you got it working.

😍 Yr vids. As life long repairer (take apart - check board fuse - put back together - have screws left over - hope that by some magic my inspection has fixed it - power on - nothing - throw in bin). Watching your skills we feel the same "fixed it" buzz. The high timber of your voice & repetition is good for us oldies or for those dip into or skip ahead in your vids.

I'm speechless. What an amazing work 👏

nice work! And congrats to your new XBox SeriesX :)

First of all let me thank you for this video. I came across it by chance and i couldn't stop watching. I have always admired people that build. Always a joy to watch skills at work . You have one more subscriber.🙌

Clean work man, well done. always love watching your video's

I know nothing for myself but watch quite a few people repair electronics on RU-vid and I was very impressed with the soldering.

Well done - a nice neat job, and good to see electronics being repaired rather than going into land-fill. My one criticism, which I hope you take constructively rather than seeing it negatively is to get a bit more confident with the soldering - your technique is good but you don't trust the result and uneccesarily go over and over the joints. One or two fairly quick passes across a line of pins should be plenty - the professional assembly line workers hand solder all the pins of a 50 pin PTH connector in about one second! Repeated passes carries the risk of lifting the pads, and from what I could see it was all fine after your second pass on the SMD pads of that HDMI connector (and a "flick" at the end would have done it perfectly on the first pass - you only needed to get rid of the bridge on the last two pins, not go over the whole line again and again). For the mounting PTH pins connected to the heat-sucking ground plane, use a hotter iron with a chunky tip and it will fill those holes with a single soldering operation from one side of the board only in about 2 seconds, and no need to "finish" with a hot air gun (which could have caused the connector pins to become unsoldered). Every heat/cool cycle risks lifting traces, delaminating layers and doing other damage. As a tip, baking the whole board for a few hours before doing any hotair gun work will prevent possible damage caused by moisture flash-boiling under or inside the components ("popcorning"), delaminating or bubbling the board layers or interfering with getting a good solder joint. I'd routinely leave boards and/or unsealed replacement components baking overnight, after which it's good to work on for the following week at least. Plastic connectors etc. will not be damaged if you keep the oven temperature down to less than 120 deg C, no matter how long they are in the oven, though check if there are any low melting point materials on the board (some RF equipment such as radios & TVs use wax to seal variable inductor cores). I've worked in the electronics industry for over 40 years, so do have some experience.

Now that’s a proper fix! And a cheap next gen console is yours. Just need to replace that missing metal plate. Can’t believe how many repairers break traces and remove shields and don’t put them back.

Great result, I know nothing about fixing things but was hooked as soon as I started watching you. I think you came across brilliantly on the video and would love to have the skills you have. Impressive!🎮👾, have fun on ya new X box.

This guy's looks like he could fix anything electronic. Subscribed

It was a pleasure watching you work

New to your channel, super vlog loved the vlog where you repaired a damaged console from TronicsFix, i will be looking at all your vlogs Paul

Great job! Well done big win there buddy! 👌🏻👌🏻

Nice fix. Love the merch mug on show. Great to see support between fixers 👍👏

Great work, really enjoyed the video.

Just bought my first faulty console from ebay to take a crack at a repair, a £20 PS2 slim. Listed as “the red light on the power button doesnt turn green when pressed”. Initial thoughts go to the little switch thats on the board behind the power button if you take the top cover off. And i was right, as soon as i took the top cover off, that little switch fell off. Hows that for my first go eh?? Lol

It’s amazing how much better engineered this is vs the PS, master piece and much smaller than a surfboard…🎉

The way you speak your thoughts pertaining to what you are doing and why is awesome. Thanks for an awesome walkthrough, subbed and look forward to looking at your other projects. TBH with the quality of information you put into your video along with the magnified view, it wouldn't even matter to me if you weren't successful fixing it. I still would of subbed. Heck I don't even have an xbox that needs fixing or plan to get one and I subbed.

That was so satisfying to watch. I need a hotter soldering iron.

Every time I've seen fan behavior like this on XSX, complete with the impact mark on the outer casing, removing the fan assembly and giving a firm push on the blades toward the bearings has brought it back, even if it may sound a little rough. Otherwise it would give erratic functionality, fan spin on boot but it stops trying once booting to a game.

Beauty! Great find :) Nice work!

series X and using the xbox one controller like a real G, awesome vid!

You’re much chill than _BenHeck_ and much younger! Finally you got the _Tower of Power_ !! Good deal @$360 bucks. You saved that console from E-waste.

Superb work saved a fair bit of money over buying a new one as well

I have a xbox one x just sitting there for 12 months hardly been used and I know the hdmi port is bad as everything works apart from display but I just don't know where to take it to get it fixed and the cost of the repair.. Great video my friend

Great work friend 👏 👍. Just found your channel. Looking forward to seeing more future content 😀 🙌 😊

Great vid. Found it very interesting to watch. I'd never have the confidence to take a part a console like that. Most i've ever done was some basic repairs and mods to standard xbox controllers

Amazing to watch, 1st time viewer & am going to watch more & subscribe

Only just discovered your channel and have to say that watching this repair was cathartic. You make it look way easier than I find it lol. Congrats on getting your new toy sorted :-)

Subbed! I have got an atari jaguar that doesn't switch on,I may get in touch about that in the next month matey

Love your videos!! Learning a lot here!!

Happy 4 you fella Well done 👏

Brilliant video thanx very much. Liked and subscribed

Really enjoyed watching this! Inspired me to try and fix more of my own electronics!

I can't belive how hooked i was on that video.

Nicely done, great watch

That was a legitimate quality repair. Kudos for the repair

That’s some fantastic work! 🙌🏼😎

Congrats on your next gen console man!!

Great job man! That’s gotta be a good feeling bringing it back to life for so cheap!

Lucky score there... you've encouraged me to start looking for spares or repairs series x again... can't say I like that flux doing that tho. Also try the RS solder sucker you can replace the seals and nozzles, I've had the same one since colleage, a good 25 years or so....

Great video thanks😄

Nice work on the repair

Brilliant video keep up the good work.

Solder flows towards heat. If you try to carry the solder to the joint with the soldering iron, it would rather stay on the soldering iron. Better to heat the wire and the trace, and apply the solder a little way away, and flow towards the joint. Then you can do it in one.

Another therapeutic video Phil, nice fix.

great job and a great video well done bud

Nicely done, talented fellow, thanks for showing.

good work. brilliant. love to see a craftsman.

Great videos mate! Keep them up

Gratz on the upgarde, enjoy :D

Your repair work is so impressive. I'm good, but I hope I get on your level here in the near future. 🙌

congratulations on the repair have fun gaming.

I love watching an artist at work

great video, lots of info and well presented - many thanks

Great video was a fantastic job glad you got the console working and upgraded to next gen 👍

When buying on ebay it could be good to ask the seller to send you a video to show the listed issues. This way you now thatvwhat you're getting is correct

This was fun and therapeutic to watch even though I didn't have a clue what you was doing but good job mate

You have way too much fun doing this job

Saving money is clever and satisfying in what ever industry you work in. 👍

What is this kind of work called? it’s very interesting how all these ports work and how you can actually open up and repair something that needs to be fixed well done 👏

gratz on the upgrade

Love your videos! Not sure I would have confidence to spec that kind of dough on an eBay Xbox lol but then again, you do have the skills of a ninja and the patience of a saint.

Great to see a potential scrap item reborn and you get to own it for half price

Finish time watching enjoyed it alot Gladyou it fixed

1st video I've watched here..... Nice one ! Great work

Happy for you mate, welcome to next GEN 😀😀😀😀

wow great work i got to say some times ago i had the same idea buy broken xbx sx but ebay want too much now is getting about 300 to 400 USE one not add shipping + tax ;/ we know that will add up so you got great deal Game on Bro!

Nice repair Phil

Original owner gets the xbox notification and says Damn it. lol

The Old solder on the HDMI port looked like junk and crumbly :O

You’re a bloody genius. Subbed and I don’t even game.