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Dirty Original XBox wouldn't function correctly
during Halo 2 Tournament - A reason to keep that console clean!
February 10, 2009
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During a recent Halo 2 tournament, one of
the Xbox consoles
at the store started acting
up. This was just
as we were starting the
event and the system
decides to start being
uncooperative. While
trying to join a system
linked game, the
console would freeze and
then try to load
(very slowly). Fortunately,
we had another console
available. We pulled
the malfunctioning
system of the line and
set it aside for
me to check later. That
night I roamed around
online and found that
the cause could be
a dirty laser in the disc
drive.
I decided I would undertake the challenge
a disassemble the XBox and see if this was
the problem. When I managed to get the unit
open I was unpleasantly surprised to see
the amount of gunk that was clogging up the
machine.
I cleaned everything
in the XBox, reassembled
it, and it works
like new!
Check out the pictures of the XBox before cleaning:
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| Dirt and dust build-up near the controller
ports. |
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| Dust on the heatsinks on the CPU and GPU. |
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| Dust and dirt on fan. |
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| Gunge inside the DVD/CD drive |
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| Nasty build-up on laser lens. |
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| General dirtyness. |
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Thanks goes out the The Llama! Visit their
site for step-by-step instructions on how
to disassemble your original XBox.
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