Hey y'all!
Well, I just got an XBox free of charge. A friend of mine began by buying an XBox. Eventually, the DVD drive broke (Thompson, of course), but he's not 'electically' inclined, and went out and bought a new XBox (the old one was no longer under warrenty). Then, the second one began 'stuttering' on boot up. Fortunately, his mom bought an XBox for Myst (strange... but that's women for you
) but she beat Myst and gave it to him.
So, it turns out the stuttering one has the Samsung drive. I did him a favor and moved the functional Samsung into his 1.0 that had the bad Thompson. Fixed everything right up. He was so appreciative (I guess I saved him buying another box...) that he gave me the non-functioning one. I know the DVD drive is bad, but I figure if I can get the rest of XBox working, I can use it as an emulator or backup box. So, here's my problem:
The one he gave me is (I think, I didn't get a great look at it) a 1.2-1.3. I'm not sure: I'll check it Sunday for sure. It's still stock. On boot up, it for a lack of better word, 'stutters.' The sound is choppy and the flubber animation is jerky. Most of the time, this results in total freeze of the XBox. Any ideas?
The first thought that came to my mind is a bad d0. However, on examination of the board, it visually looked okay. However, if y'all believe that is the problem, I am more then willing to take a second look at it.
Another possibility that jumped to my mind is a bad HDD. Could this be causing some of the flubber issues? I thought that was kept on the TSOP chip, but I'm ready to look at all possibilites.
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Also, some links to sites that can tell you how to analyze the XBox mobo using a multimeter would be awesome.
BTW: I know I've seen this problem address on the forums before. However, I believe those topics got deleted when we changed the format of our forums. I used the search button, but couldn't find anything relevant. Thanks is advance!
- Greg
Well, I just got an XBox free of charge. A friend of mine began by buying an XBox. Eventually, the DVD drive broke (Thompson, of course), but he's not 'electically' inclined, and went out and bought a new XBox (the old one was no longer under warrenty). Then, the second one began 'stuttering' on boot up. Fortunately, his mom bought an XBox for Myst (strange... but that's women for you
) but she beat Myst and gave it to him.So, it turns out the stuttering one has the Samsung drive. I did him a favor and moved the functional Samsung into his 1.0 that had the bad Thompson. Fixed everything right up. He was so appreciative (I guess I saved him buying another box...) that he gave me the non-functioning one. I know the DVD drive is bad, but I figure if I can get the rest of XBox working, I can use it as an emulator or backup box. So, here's my problem:
The one he gave me is (I think, I didn't get a great look at it) a 1.2-1.3. I'm not sure: I'll check it Sunday for sure. It's still stock. On boot up, it for a lack of better word, 'stutters.' The sound is choppy and the flubber animation is jerky. Most of the time, this results in total freeze of the XBox. Any ideas?
The first thought that came to my mind is a bad d0. However, on examination of the board, it visually looked okay. However, if y'all believe that is the problem, I am more then willing to take a second look at it.
Another possibility that jumped to my mind is a bad HDD. Could this be causing some of the flubber issues? I thought that was kept on the TSOP chip, but I'm ready to look at all possibilites.
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Also, some links to sites that can tell you how to analyze the XBox mobo using a multimeter would be awesome.
BTW: I know I've seen this problem address on the forums before. However, I believe those topics got deleted when we changed the format of our forums. I used the search button, but couldn't find anything relevant. Thanks is advance!
- Greg